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vw@Joshua:1:1 @ And after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, it came to pass that Jehovah spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying:

vw@Joshua:1:2 @ Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them; to the children of Israel.

vw@Joshua:1:4 @ From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.

vw@Joshua:1:6 @ Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I have sworn to their fathers to give to them.

vw@Joshua:1:7 @ Only be strong and very courageous, that you may take heed to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant has commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.

vw@Joshua:1:8 @ This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may take heed to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

vw@Joshua:1:10 @ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

vw@Joshua:1:11 @ Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are crossing over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving you to possess.

vw@Joshua:1:12 @ And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh Joshua spoke, saying,

vw@Joshua:1:13 @ Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God is giving you rest and has given you this land.

vw@Joshua:1:14 @ Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses has given you on this side of the Jordan. But you shall pass before your brethren armed, all your mighty men of valor, and help them,

vw@Joshua:1:15 @ until Jehovah has given your brethren rest, as He has given you, and they also have taken possession of the land which Jehovah your God is giving to them. Then you shall return to possess the land of your inheritance, which Moses the servant of Jehovah has given you on this side of the Jordan toward the sunrise.

vw@Joshua:1:16 @ So they answered Joshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

vw@Joshua:1:17 @ Just as we have heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only Jehovah your God be with you, as He was with Moses.

vw@Joshua:1:18 @ Whoever rebels against your mouth and does not heed your words, in all that you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage.

vw@Joshua:2:1 @ And Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Shittim to spy secretly, saying, Go, view the land, especially Jericho. So they went, and came to the house of a harlot woman named Rahab, and lodged there.

vw@Joshua:2:2 @ And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men have come here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the land.

vw@Joshua:2:3 @ And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search out all the land.

vw@Joshua:2:5 @ And it happened as the gate was being shut, when it was dark, that the men departed. Where the men have gone I do not know; pursue them quickly, for you may overtake them.

vw@Joshua:2:6 @ (But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.)

vw@Joshua:2:9 @ and said to the men: I know that Jehovah has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted before you.

vw@Joshua:2:10 @ For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

vw@Joshua:2:11 @ And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for Jehovah your God, He is God in the heavens above and on earth beneath.

vw@Joshua:2:12 @ Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father’s house, and give me a true token,

vw@Joshua:2:14 @ And the men answered her, Our lives for yours, if you tell none of this business of ours. And it shall be, when Jehovah gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.

vw@Joshua:2:15 @ Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the side of the wall; she dwelt in the wall.

vw@Joshua:2:16 @ And she said to them, Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you. Hide there three days, until the pursuers return; and afterward you may go your way.

vw@Joshua:2:18 @ unless, when we come into the land, you bind this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you have let us down; and you shall bring your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household into your house.

vw@Joshua:2:19 @ And it shall be that whoever goes outside the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his own head, and we will be guiltless. And whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on him.

vw@Joshua:2:20 @ And if you tell this business of ours, then we will be free from your oath which you have made us swear.

vw@Joshua:2:21 @ And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed. And she bound the scarlet cord in the window.

vw@Joshua:2:22 @ They departed and went into the mountain, and stayed there three days until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them all along the way, but did not find them.

vw@Joshua:2:23 @ So the two men returned, descended from the mountain, and crossed over; and they came to Joshua the son of Nun, and recounted to him all that happened to them.

vw@Joshua:2:24 @ And they said to Joshua, Truly Jehovah has delivered all the land into our hands, for indeed all the inhabitants of the land have melted before us.

vw@Joshua:3:1 @ And Joshua arose early in the morning; and they set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before crossing over.

vw@Joshua:3:3 @ and they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.

vw@Joshua:3:6 @ And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over before the people. So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.

vw@Joshua:3:7 @ And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day I will begin to magnify you in the eyes of all Israel, and they shall know that, as I was with Moses, so I am with you.

vw@Joshua:3:8 @ And you shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you have come to the edge of the water of the Jordan, you shall remain standing in the Jordan.

vw@Joshua:3:10 @ And Joshua said, By this you shall know that the living Mighty God is among you, and that He will destroy to dispossess before you the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Hivites and the Perizzites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Jebusites:

vw@Joshua:3:11 @ Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over before you into the Jordan.

vw@Joshua:3:13 @ And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come down from upstream, and they shall stand in a heap.

vw@Joshua:3:14 @ So it was, when the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,

vw@Joshua:3:15 @ and as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped into the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks during the whole time of harvest),

vw@Joshua:3:16 @ that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. Thus the waters that went down into the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea, stopped, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

vw@Joshua:3:17 @ And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan.

vw@Joshua:4:1 @ And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying:

vw@Joshua:4:3 @ and command them, saying, Take for yourselves twelve stones from here, out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet stood firm. You shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where you lodge tonight.

vw@Joshua:4:4 @ Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from each tribe;

vw@Joshua:4:5 @ and Joshua said to them: Cross over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

vw@Joshua:4:6 @ that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, What are these stones to you?

vw@Joshua:4:8 @ And the children of Israel did so, as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

vw@Joshua:4:9 @ And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, at the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.

vw@Joshua:4:10 @ Thus, the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that Jehovah had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and crossed over.

vw@Joshua:4:13 @ About forty thousand prepared for war crossed over before Jehovah for battle, to the plains of Jericho.

vw@Joshua:4:14 @ On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the eyes of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.

vw@Joshua:4:15 @ And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,

vw@Joshua:4:17 @ Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.

vw@Joshua:4:19 @ Now the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.

vw@Joshua:4:20 @ And the twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.

vw@Joshua:4:21 @ And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: When your sons ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What are these stones?

vw@Joshua:4:22 @ then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land;

vw@Joshua:5:1 @ So it was, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the children of Israel until we had crossed over, that their heart melted; and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the children of Israel.

vw@Joshua:5:2 @ At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make flint knives for yourself, and circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time.

vw@Joshua:5:3 @ And Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

vw@Joshua:5:4 @ And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they had come out of Egypt.

vw@Joshua:5:5 @ For all the people who came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised.

vw@Joshua:5:6 @ For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who had come out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of Jehovah; to whom Jehovah swore that He would not show them the land which Jehovah had sworn to their fathers that He would give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

vw@Joshua:5:7 @ And Joshua circumcised their sons whom He raised up in their place; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

vw@Joshua:5:8 @ So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp to be healed.

vw@Joshua:5:10 @ And the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening on the wilderness plains of Jericho.

vw@Joshua:5:11 @ And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and roasted grain, on the very same day.

vw@Joshua:5:13 @ And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, Are You for us or for our adversaries?

vw@Joshua:5:15 @ And the Commander of the army of Jehovah said to Joshua, Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so.

vw@Joshua:6:1 @ Now Jericho was closed, shut up before the children of Israel; no one going out, and no one coming in.

vw@Joshua:6:2 @ And Jehovah said to Joshua: Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.

vw@Joshua:6:8 @ So it was, when Joshua spoke to the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven shofars of rams’ horns before Jehovah went along and blew the shofars, with the ark of the covenant of Jehovah following behind.

vw@Joshua:6:9 @ The armed men went before the priests who blew the shofars, with the rear guard coming along behind the ark, while they proceeded blowing the shofars.

vw@Joshua:6:10 @ And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout or cause your voice to be heard, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, Shout! Then you shall shout.

vw@Joshua:6:11 @ So the ark of Jehovah went around the city, going around it once. And they came into the camp and lodged in the camp.

vw@Joshua:6:12 @ And Joshua arose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah.

vw@Joshua:6:13 @ And seven priests bearing seven shofars of rams’ horns before the ark of Jehovah proceeded to walk and blew with the shofars. And the armed men went before them, the rear guard coming behind the ark of Jehovah, while they proceeded blowing the shofars.

vw@Joshua:6:15 @ But it came to pass on the seventh day that they arose early, about the dawning of the day, and went around the city seven times in the same manner. Only, on that day they went around the city seven times.

vw@Joshua:6:17 @ And the city shall be devoted unto Jehovah, it and all who are in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we had sent.

vw@Joshua:6:18 @ And you shall altogether keep from the devoted things, that you not be accursed when you take of the devoted things, and make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

vw@Joshua:6:19 @ And all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are holy unto Jehovah; they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.

vw@Joshua:6:20 @ So the people shouted when the priests blew the shofars. And it happened, when the people heard the sound of the shofars and the people shouting with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. And the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.

vw@Joshua:6:21 @ And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

vw@Joshua:6:22 @ And Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the harlot’s house, and from there bring out the woman and all that she has, as you have sworn to her.

vw@Joshua:6:23 @ And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. And they brought out all her family and set them outside the camp of Israel.

vw@Joshua:6:24 @ And they burned the city and all that was in it with fire. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

vw@Joshua:6:25 @ And Joshua saved alive Rahab the harlot, her father’s house, and all that she had. And she dwells in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho.

vw@Joshua:6:26 @ And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.

vw@Joshua:7:1 @ But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the devoted things, for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted things; so the anger of Jehovah burned against the children of Israel.

vw@Joshua:7:2 @ Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is next to Beth Aven, to the east of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.

vw@Joshua:7:6 @ And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Jehovah until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they threw dust on their heads.

vw@Joshua:7:7 @ And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all; to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan!

vw@Joshua:7:9 @ For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?

vw@Joshua:7:11 @ Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I have commanded them. For they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff.

vw@Joshua:7:13 @ Get up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: There is a devoted thing in your midst, O Israel; you are not able to stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted thing from among you.

vw@Joshua:7:14 @ In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which Jehovah takes shall come according to families; and the family which Jehovah takes shall come by households; and the household which Jehovah takes shall come man by man.

vw@Joshua:7:15 @ And it shall be that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.

vw@Joshua:7:16 @ So Joshua arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

vw@Joshua:7:20 @ And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:

vw@Joshua:7:21 @ When I saw among the spoils a beautiful garment from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And behold, they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.

vw@Joshua:7:22 @ So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent, with the silver under it.

vw@Joshua:7:26 @ And they raised over him a great heap of stones, still there to this day. And Jehovah turned back from His burning anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor to this day.

vw@Joshua:8:1 @ And Jehovah said to Joshua: Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai. Behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

vw@Joshua:8:2 @ And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king. Only its spoils and its cattle you shall take as plunder for yourselves. Lay an ambush for the city behind it.

vw@Joshua:8:3 @ So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai; and Joshua chose thirty thousand mighty men of valor and sent them away by night.

vw@Joshua:8:4 @ And he commanded them, saying: Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.

vw@Joshua:8:5 @ And I and all the people with me shall approach the city; and it shall come about, when they come out against us as at the first, that we shall flee before them.

vw@Joshua:8:6 @ For they will come out after us till we have drawn them from the city, for they will think, They are fleeing before us as at the first. Therefore we will flee before them.

vw@Joshua:8:7 @ Then you shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city, for Jehovah your God has delivered it into your hand.

vw@Joshua:8:8 @ And it shall be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire. According to the word of Jehovah you shall do. See, I have commanded you.

vw@Joshua:8:9 @ Joshua therefore sent them out; and they went to lie in ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; and Joshua lodged that night among the people.

vw@Joshua:8:10 @ And Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

vw@Joshua:8:12 @ So he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

vw@Joshua:8:13 @ And when they had set the people, all the army that was on the north of the city, and its rear guard on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

vw@Joshua:8:14 @ And it happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hurried and arose early and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at an appointed place before the plain. But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

vw@Joshua:8:17 @ There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel. So they left the city open and pursued Israel.

vw@Joshua:8:18 @ And Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin in his hand toward the city.

vw@Joshua:8:19 @ And those in ambush rose up quickly out of their place; they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and they entered the city and took it, and hurried to set the city on fire.

vw@Joshua:8:20 @ And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended to the heavens. So they had no strength to flee this way or that way, and the people who had fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

vw@Joshua:8:22 @ And the others came out of the city against them; so they were caught in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side. And they struck them down, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

vw@Joshua:8:23 @ And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

vw@Joshua:8:24 @ And it came to pass when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness where they pursued them, and when they all had fallen by the edge of the sword until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.

vw@Joshua:8:26 @ For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

vw@Joshua:8:27 @ Only the livestock and the spoils of that city Israel took as plunder for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which He had commanded Joshua.

vw@Joshua:8:29 @ And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening. And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded and they took his corpse down from the tree, cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones that remains to this day.

vw@Joshua:8:30 @ And Joshua built an altar unto Jehovah the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

vw@Joshua:8:31 @ as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: an altar of whole stones on which no man has wielded an iron tool. And they offered upon it burnt offerings unto Jehovah, and sacrificed peace offerings.

vw@Joshua:8:32 @ And there, in the presence of the children of Israel, he wrote on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses, which he had written.

vw@Joshua:8:33 @ And all Israel, with their elders and officers and judges, stood on either side of the ark before the priests, the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, the sojourner as well as he who was born among them. Half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

vw@Joshua:8:34 @ And afterward he read all the Words of the Law, the blessings and the curses, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.

vw@Joshua:8:35 @ There was not a Word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the sojourners who were living among them.

vw@Joshua:9:1 @ And it came to pass when all the kings who were by the Jordan, in the hills and in the lowland and in all the coasts of the Great Sea toward Lebanon; the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; heard about it,

vw@Joshua:9:3 @ But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

vw@Joshua:9:4 @ they did shrewdly, and went and pretended to be ambassadors. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins torn and bound up,

vw@Joshua:9:5 @ old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and in crumbs.

vw@Joshua:9:7 @ And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you are dwelling among us; so how can we make a treaty with you?

vw@Joshua:9:9 @ So they said to him: Your servants have come from a very distant land, because of the name of Jehovah your God; for we have heard of His fame, and all that He has done in Egypt,

vw@Joshua:9:10 @ and all that He has done to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan; to Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.

vw@Joshua:9:11 @ Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our land spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants; now therefore, make a treaty with us.

vw@Joshua:9:13 @ And these wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and these our garments and our sandals have become old because of the very long journey.

vw@Joshua:9:16 @ And it happened at the end of three days, after they had made the treaty with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, dwelling among them.

vw@Joshua:9:18 @ But the sons of Israel did not strike them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by Jehovah the God of Israel. And all the congregation grumbled against the leaders.

vw@Joshua:9:22 @ And Joshua summoned them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you, when you are dwelling among us?

vw@Joshua:9:24 @ And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was reported and told to your servants that Jehovah your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; therefore we were greatly afraid for our souls because of you, and have done this thing.

vw@Joshua:9:25 @ And now behold, we are in your hands; do with us as seems good and right in your eyes to do.

vw@Joshua:9:27 @ And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of Jehovah, in the place which He would choose, even to this day.

vw@Joshua:10:1 @ Now it came to pass when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

vw@Joshua:10:3 @ Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

vw@Joshua:10:5 @ Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they and all their armies, and camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

vw@Joshua:10:6 @ And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, Do not forsake your servants; come up to us quickly, save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the mountains have gathered together against us.

vw@Joshua:10:8 @ And Jehovah said to Joshua, Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand; not a man of them shall stand before you.

vw@Joshua:10:9 @ Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly, having marched all night from Gilgal.

vw@Joshua:10:12 @ Then Joshua spoke to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the eyes of Israel: Sun, stand still over Gibeon; and Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

vw@Joshua:10:13 @ And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the people took vengeance upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of the heavens, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.

vw@Joshua:10:16 @ But these five kings had fled and hidden themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

vw@Joshua:10:17 @ And it was reported to Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkedah.

vw@Joshua:10:18 @ And Joshua said, Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them.

vw@Joshua:10:19 @ And do not stay there yourselves, but pursue your enemies, and strike their rear guard. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for Jehovah your God has delivered them into your hand.

vw@Joshua:10:20 @ And it happened, while Joshua and the sons of Israel made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they had finished, that those who had escaped entered fortified cities.

vw@Joshua:10:21 @ And all the people returned to the camp, to Joshua at Makkedah, in peace. No one moved his tongue against any of the sons of Israel.

vw@Joshua:10:22 @ And Joshua said, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings to me from the cave.

vw@Joshua:10:23 @ And they did so, and brought out those five kings to him from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

vw@Joshua:10:24 @ And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua summoned all the men of Israel, and said to the commanders of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they drew near and put their feet on their necks.

vw@Joshua:10:25 @ And Joshua said to them, Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage, for thus Jehovah will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.

vw@Joshua:10:26 @ And afterward Joshua struck them and killed them, and hung them on five trees; and they were hanging on the trees until evening.

vw@Joshua:10:27 @ And so at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid large stones against the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.

vw@Joshua:10:28 @ On that day Joshua took Makkedah, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them; all the souls who were in it. He let none remain. He also did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

vw@Joshua:10:29 @ And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah; and they fought against Libnah.

vw@Joshua:10:30 @ And Jehovah also delivered it and its king into the hand of Israel; he struck it and all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword. He let none remain in it, but did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

vw@Joshua:10:31 @ And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish; and they encamped against it and fought against it.

vw@Joshua:10:32 @ And Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, who took it on the second day, and struck it and all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

vw@Joshua:10:33 @ Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he left him none remaining.

vw@Joshua:10:34 @ From Lachish Joshua passed to Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it and fought against it.

vw@Joshua:10:35 @ They took it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; all the souls who were in it he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

vw@Joshua:10:36 @ And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.

vw@Joshua:10:37 @ And they took it and struck it with the edge of the sword; its king, all its cities, and all the souls who were in it; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon, but utterly destroyed it and all the souls who were in it.

vw@Joshua:10:38 @ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and they fought against it.

vw@Joshua:10:39 @ And he took it and its king and all its cities; they struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left none remaining; as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had done also to Libnah and its king.

vw@Joshua:10:40 @ Thus Joshua conquered all the lands of the mountains, and the south and the lowland and the wilderness slopes, and all their kings; he left no one remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded.

vw@Joshua:10:42 @ All these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because Jehovah the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

vw@Joshua:11:1 @ And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard these things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,

vw@Joshua:11:2 @ and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of Chinnereth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,

vw@Joshua:11:3 @ to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains, and the Hivite below Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

vw@Joshua:11:4 @ And they went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.

vw@Joshua:11:5 @ And when all these kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

vw@Joshua:11:6 @ And Jehovah said to Joshua, Do not be afraid before them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.

vw@Joshua:11:7 @ So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and fell upon them.

vw@Joshua:11:8 @ And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and pursued them to Greater Sidon, to the Brook Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they struck them until they left none of them remaining.

vw@Joshua:11:10 @ And Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms.

vw@Joshua:11:11 @ And they struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left breathing; and he burned Hazor with fire.

vw@Joshua:11:12 @ Thus all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua took and struck with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded.

vw@Joshua:11:14 @ And all the spoils of these cities and the livestock, the sons of Israel took as plunder for themselves; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left no one breathing.

vw@Joshua:11:15 @ As Jehovah had commanded Moses his servant, thus Moses had commanded Joshua, and thus Joshua did. He did not turn aside from anything of all that Jehovah had commanded Moses.

vw@Joshua:11:16 @ Thus Joshua took all this land: the mountains, all the south, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the plain; the mountains of Israel and its lowlands,

vw@Joshua:11:17 @ from Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, and struck them down and killed them.

vw@Joshua:11:18 @ Joshua made war many days with all those kings.

vw@Joshua:11:19 @ There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. All the others they took in battle.

vw@Joshua:11:20 @ For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them, and that they might receive no mercy, but that He might destroy them, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

vw@Joshua:11:21 @ And at that time Joshua came and cut off the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

vw@Joshua:11:22 @ None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.

vw@Joshua:11:23 @ Thus Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

vw@Joshua:12:1 @ These are the kings of the land whom the sons of Israel struck, and whose land they dispossessed on the other side of the Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

vw@Joshua:12:2 @ Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon and ruled half of Gilead, from Aroer, on the bank of the River Arnon, from the middle of that river, even as far as the River Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites,

vw@Joshua:12:3 @ and the eastern plain from the Sea of Chinnereth as far as the sea of the plain (the Salt Sea), the way to Beth Jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

vw@Joshua:12:4 @ And Og, king of Bashan, and his territory, of the remnant of the giants, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

vw@Joshua:12:5 @ and reigned in Mount Hermon, over Salcah, over all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

vw@Joshua:12:7 @ And these are the kings of the land which Joshua and the sons of Israel conquered on this side of the Jordan, on the west, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon as far as Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, which Joshua gave to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,

vw@Joshua:12:8 @ in the mountains, in the lowlands, in the plains, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the south; the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

vw@Joshua:12:9 @ the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

vw@Joshua:12:10 @ the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

vw@Joshua:12:11 @ the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

vw@Joshua:12:12 @ the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

vw@Joshua:12:13 @ the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

vw@Joshua:12:14 @ the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

vw@Joshua:12:15 @ the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

vw@Joshua:12:16 @ the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

vw@Joshua:12:17 @ the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

vw@Joshua:12:18 @ the king of Aphek, one; the king of Sharon, one;

vw@Joshua:12:19 @ the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

vw@Joshua:12:20 @ the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

vw@Joshua:12:21 @ the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

vw@Joshua:12:22 @ the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

vw@Joshua:12:23 @ the king of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of the nation of Gilgal, one;

vw@Joshua:12:24 @ the king of Tirzah, one. All the kings, thirty-one.

vw@Joshua:13:1 @ Now Joshua was old, advanced in years. And Jehovah said to him: You are old, advanced in years, and there remains very much land yet to be possessed.

vw@Joshua:13:2 @ This is the land that yet remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all Geshuri,

vw@Joshua:13:3 @ from Sihor, before Egypt, to the border of Ekron northward (which is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites;

vw@Joshua:13:6 @ all the inhabitants of the mountains from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth Maim, and all the Sidonians; them I will dispossess before the sons of Israel; only, divide it by lot to Israel as an inheritance, as I have commanded you.

vw@Joshua:13:7 @ Now therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

vw@Joshua:13:8 @ With them the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses has given them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of Jehovah has given them:

vw@Joshua:13:9 @ from Aroer on the bank of the River Arnon, and the town that is in the midst of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba as far as Dibon;

vw@Joshua:13:10 @ all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the children of Ammon;

vw@Joshua:13:12 @ all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants; for Moses had struck and dispossessed them.

vw@Joshua:13:13 @ Nevertheless the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maachathites, but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.

vw@Joshua:13:14 @ Only to the tribe of Levi he had given no inheritance; the sacrifices by fire unto Jehovah the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He had spoken to them.

vw@Joshua:13:15 @ And Moses had given to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.

vw@Joshua:13:16 @ Their territory was from Aroer, the bank of the River Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;

vw@Joshua:13:17 @ Heshbon and all its cities in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

vw@Joshua:13:19 @ Kirjathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the mountain of the valley,

vw@Joshua:13:21 @ all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses had struck with the commanders of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the land.

vw@Joshua:13:22 @ The sons of Israel also killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, among their slain.

vw@Joshua:13:23 @ And the border of the sons of Reuben was the border of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the sons of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages.

vw@Joshua:13:24 @ Moses also gave to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad according to their families.

vw@Joshua:13:27 @ and in the valley Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as its border, as far as the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth, on the other side of the Jordan eastward.

vw@Joshua:13:28 @ This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages.

vw@Joshua:13:29 @ Moses also gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh; it was for the half-tribe of the sons of Manasseh according to their families:

vw@Joshua:13:30 @ Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan, sixty cities;

vw@Joshua:13:31 @ half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, for half of the sons of Machir according to their families.

vw@Joshua:13:32 @ These are what Moses had distributed as an inheritance in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan, from Jericho eastward.

vw@Joshua:13:33 @ But to the tribe of Levi Moses had given no inheritance; Jehovah the God of Israel, was their inheritance, as He had spoken to them.

vw@Joshua:14:1 @ These are what the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided up as possessions.

vw@Joshua:14:2 @ Their inheritance was by lot, as Jehovah had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

vw@Joshua:14:3 @ For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan; but to the Levites he had given no inheritance among them.

vw@Joshua:14:4 @ For the sons of Joseph were two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their common lands for their livestock and their property.

vw@Joshua:14:6 @ Then the sons of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: You know the word which Jehovah had spoken to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh Barnea.

vw@Joshua:14:7 @ I was forty years old when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart.

vw@Joshua:14:9 @ And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and of your sons perpetually, because you have fully followed Jehovah my God.

vw@Joshua:14:10 @ And now, behold, Jehovah has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since Jehovah spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old.

vw@Joshua:14:11 @ As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both to go out and to come in.

vw@Joshua:14:12 @ Now therefore, give me this mountain of which Jehovah spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. It may be that Jehovah will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as Jehovah has spoken.

vw@Joshua:14:13 @ And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.

vw@Joshua:14:14 @ Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he fully followed Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@Joshua:15:1 @ This, then, was the lot of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families: The border of Edom at the Wilderness of Zin southward was the southern extremity.

vw@Joshua:15:3 @ Then it went out to the southern side of the ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa.

vw@Joshua:15:7 @ And the border went up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is in front of the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at En Rogel.

vw@Joshua:15:8 @ And the border went up by the valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusites (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain before the Valley of Hinnom westward, at the end of the Valley of Rephaim northward.

vw@Joshua:15:9 @ And the border went around from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around to Baalah (which is Kirjath Jearim).

vw@Joshua:15:12 @ The west border was the Great Sea. This is the border of the sons of Judah all around according to their families.

vw@Joshua:15:13 @ And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the sons of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, namely, Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).

vw@Joshua:15:15 @ And he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir was Kirjath Sepher).

vw@Joshua:15:19 @ She answered, Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the south, give me also springs of water. So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

vw@Joshua:15:20 @ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families:

vw@Joshua:15:21 @ The cities at the extremities of the tribe of the sons of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the south, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

vw@Joshua:15:22 @ Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah,

vw@Joshua:15:32 @ Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.

vw@Joshua:15:33 @ In the lowland: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

vw@Joshua:15:44 @ Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages;

vw@Joshua:15:47 @ Ashdod with its daughter-villages, Gaza with its daughter-villages; as far as the Brook of Egypt and the Great Sea with its coastline.

vw@Joshua:15:48 @ And in the mountains: Shamir, Jattir, Sochoh,

vw@Joshua:15:54 @ Humtah, Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages;

vw@Joshua:15:57 @ Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages;

vw@Joshua:15:61 @ In the wilderness: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,

vw@Joshua:15:63 @ As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

vw@Joshua:16:1 @ The lot of the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel,

vw@Joshua:16:5 @ The border of the sons of Ephraim, according to their families: The border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth Addar as far as Upper Beth Horon.

vw@Joshua:16:8 @ The border went out from Tappuah westward to the Brook Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families.

vw@Joshua:16:9 @ And the separate cities of the sons of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

vw@Joshua:16:10 @ And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day and are serving under tribute.

vw@Joshua:17:2 @ And there was a lot for the rest of the sons of Manasseh according to their families: for the sons of Abiezer, the sons of Helek, the sons of Asriel, the sons of Shechem, the sons of Hepher, and the sons of Shemida; these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

vw@Joshua:17:4 @ And they came near before Eleazar the priest, before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the leaders, saying, Jehovah had commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers. Therefore, according to the mouth of Jehovah, he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers.

vw@Joshua:17:6 @ because the daughters of Manasseh had inherited an inheritance among his sons; and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.

vw@Joshua:17:7 @ And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, that lies before Shechem; and the border went along south to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.

vw@Joshua:17:11 @ And in Issachar and in Asher, Manasseh had Beth Shean and its daughter-villages, Ibleam and its daughter-villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its daughter-villages, the inhabitants of En Dor and its daughter-villages, the inhabitants of Taanach and its daughter-villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its daughter-villages; three high regions.

vw@Joshua:17:12 @ Yet the sons of Manasseh could not dispossess those cities, but the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

vw@Joshua:17:14 @ And the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given us only one lot and one portion to inherit, since we are a numerous people, inasmuch as Jehovah has blessed us until now?

vw@Joshua:17:15 @ And Joshua answered them, If you are a numerous people, then go up to the forests and clear out a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the giants, since the mountains of Ephraim are too confined for you.

vw@Joshua:17:16 @ And the sons of Joseph said, The mountains are not enough for us; and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both those who are of Beth Shean and its daughter-villages and those who are of the Valley of Jezreel.

vw@Joshua:17:17 @ And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, You are a numerous people and have great power, you shall not have only one lot,

vw@Joshua:17:18 @ but the mountains shall be yours. Although it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and it shall be yours to its extremities; for you shall dispossess the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong.

vw@Joshua:18:1 @ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them.

vw@Joshua:18:2 @ But there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance.

vw@Joshua:18:4 @ Provide from among you three men for each tribe, and I will send them; they shall rise up and go through the land, plot it out according to their inheritance, and come back to me.

vw@Joshua:18:5 @ And they shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in their territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the north.

vw@Joshua:18:6 @ You shall therefore plot out the land into seven parts and bring the map here to me, and I shall cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.

vw@Joshua:18:7 @ But the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the servant of Jehovah has given to them.

vw@Joshua:18:8 @ And the men arose to go away; and Joshua charged those who went to plot out the land, saying, Go, walk through the land, survey it, and come back to me, and I shall cast lots for you here before Jehovah at Shiloh.

vw@Joshua:18:9 @ So the men went, passed through the land, and plotted it out in a book into seven territories by cities; and they came to Joshua at the camp at Shiloh.

vw@Joshua:18:10 @ And Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh before Jehovah, and there Joshua distributed the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions.

vw@Joshua:18:11 @ And the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot came out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.

vw@Joshua:18:12 @ Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up alongside Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the wilderness of Beth Aven.

vw@Joshua:18:15 @ The south side began at the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the west and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

vw@Joshua:18:16 @ And the border came down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of the giants on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, beside the city of the Jebusites on the south, and descended to En Rogel.

vw@Joshua:18:18 @ Then it passed along toward the north side of the plains, and went down to the plains.

vw@Joshua:18:20 @ The Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, according to its borders all around, according to their families.

vw@Joshua:18:21 @ And the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, the valley of Keziz,

vw@Joshua:18:28 @ Zelah, Eleph, Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families.

vw@Joshua:19:1 @ The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families. And their inheritance was within the inheritance of the sons of Judah.

vw@Joshua:19:2 @ They had in their inheritance Beer-sheba (Sheba), Moladah,

vw@Joshua:19:7 @ Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their villages;

vw@Joshua:19:8 @ and all the villages that were all around these cities as far as Baalath Beer, Ramah of the south. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.

vw@Joshua:19:9 @ The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was included in the portion of the sons of Judah, for the portion of the sons of Judah was too much for them. Therefore the sons of Simeon had their inheritance within their inheritance.

vw@Joshua:19:10 @ The third lot came out for the sons of Zebulun according to their families, and the border of their inheritance was as far as Sarid.

vw@Joshua:19:11 @ Their border went toward the west and to Maralah, went to Dabbasheth, and extended along the brook that is in front of Jokneam.

vw@Joshua:19:12 @ Then from Sarid it turned eastward toward the sunrise along the border of Chisloth Tabor, and went out toward Daberath, going up to Japhia.

vw@Joshua:19:13 @ And from there it passed along on the east of Gath Hepher, toward Eth Kazin, and extended to Rimmon, to Neah.

vw@Joshua:19:14 @ And the border went around it on the north side to Hannathon, and ended in the valley of Jiphthah El;

vw@Joshua:19:15 @ and included Kattath, Nahallal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

vw@Joshua:19:16 @ This was the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

vw@Joshua:19:17 @ The fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the sons of Issachar according to their families.

vw@Joshua:19:18 @ And their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,

vw@Joshua:19:23 @ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

vw@Joshua:19:24 @ The fifth lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families.

vw@Joshua:19:25 @ And their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

vw@Joshua:19:27 @ It turned toward the sunrise to Beth Dagon; and it reached to Zebulun and to the Valley of Jiphthah El, then northward beyond Beth Emek and Neiel, going past Cabul on the left,

vw@Joshua:19:28 @ including Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.

vw@Joshua:19:30 @ Included also were Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.

vw@Joshua:19:31 @ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

vw@Joshua:19:32 @ The sixth lot came out to the sons of Naphtali, for the sons of Naphtali according to their families.

vw@Joshua:19:35 @ And the fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

vw@Joshua:19:38 @ Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages.

vw@Joshua:19:39 @ This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

vw@Joshua:19:40 @ The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families.

vw@Joshua:19:41 @ And the territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,

vw@Joshua:19:42 @ Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Jethlah,

vw@Joshua:19:47 @ And the border of the sons of Dan went beyond these, because the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem and took it; and they struck it with the edge of the sword, dispossessed it, and dwelt in it. They called Leshem, Dan, after the name of their father Daniel.

vw@Joshua:19:48 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

vw@Joshua:19:49 @ When they had made an end of dividing the land as an inheritance according to their borders, the sons of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun.

vw@Joshua:19:50 @ According to the mouth of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked for, Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim. And he built the city and dwelt in it.

vw@Joshua:19:51 @ These were the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel divided as an inheritance by lot at Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. Thus they made an end of dividing up the land.

vw@Joshua:20:1 @ Jehovah also spoke to Joshua, saying,

vw@Joshua:20:2 @ Speak to the children of Israel, saying: Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I have spoken to you by the hand of Moses,

vw@Joshua:20:3 @ that the slayer who kills a soul accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

vw@Joshua:20:4 @ And when he flees to one of those cities, and stands at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declares his matter in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to themselves, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

vw@Joshua:20:5 @ And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, but did not hate him beforehand.

vw@Joshua:20:6 @ And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the slayer may return and come to his own city and his own house, to the city from which he fled.

vw@Joshua:20:7 @ So they appointed Kedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in the mountains of Judah.

vw@Joshua:20:8 @ And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain, of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead, of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, of the tribe of Manasseh.

vw@Joshua:20:9 @ These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills a soul accidentally might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, to stand before the congregation.

vw@Joshua:21:2 @ And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah has commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their common lands for our cattle.

vw@Joshua:21:3 @ And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, at the mouth of Jehovah, these cities and their common lands:

vw@Joshua:21:4 @ And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin.

vw@Joshua:21:6 @ And the sons of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

vw@Joshua:21:7 @ The sons of Merari according to their families had twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

vw@Joshua:21:10 @ which were for the sons of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the sons of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

vw@Joshua:21:11 @ And they gave them Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common land surrounding it.

vw@Joshua:21:16 @ Ain with its common land, Juttah with its common land, and Beth Shemesh with its common land: nine cities from those two tribes;

vw@Joshua:21:17 @ and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common land, Geba with its common land,

vw@Joshua:21:21 @ For they gave them Shechem with its common land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), Gezer with its common land,

vw@Joshua:21:27 @ Also to the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its common land (a city of refuge for the slayer), and Be Eshterah with its common land: two cities;

vw@Joshua:21:32 @ and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its common land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Hammoth Dor with its common land, and Kartan with its common land: three cities.

vw@Joshua:21:33 @ All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their common lands.

vw@Joshua:21:38 @ and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common land,

vw@Joshua:21:39 @ Heshbon with its common land, and Jazer with its common land: four cities in all.

vw@Joshua:21:40 @ So all the cities for the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

vw@Joshua:21:41 @ All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their common lands.

vw@Joshua:21:42 @ Every one of these cities had its common land surrounding it; thus were all these cities.

vw@Joshua:21:43 @ Thus Jehovah gave to Israel all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they took possession of it and dwelt in it.

vw@Joshua:21:44 @ And Jehovah gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.

vw@Joshua:21:45 @ Not a word failed of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.

vw@Joshua:22:2 @ and said to them: You have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I have commanded you.

vw@Joshua:22:5 @ But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the Law which Moses the servant of Jehovah has charged you, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to cleave unto Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

vw@Joshua:22:7 @ Now to the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half of it Joshua gave a possession among their brethren on this side of the Jordan, westward. And when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,

vw@Joshua:22:8 @ and spoke to them, saying, Return with much riches to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoils of your enemies with your brethren.

vw@Joshua:22:9 @ And the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had obtained according to the mouth of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.

vw@Joshua:22:10 @ And when they came to the region of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan; an altar of great appearance.

vw@Joshua:22:11 @ And the children of Israel heard it said, Behold, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar across from the land of Canaan, in the regions of the Jordan, at the border of the children of Israel.

vw@Joshua:22:12 @ And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel gathered together at Shiloh to go to war against them.

vw@Joshua:22:13 @ Then the sons of Israel sent Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead,

vw@Joshua:22:15 @ And they came to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

vw@Joshua:22:16 @ Thus says the whole congregation of Jehovah: What treachery is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel this day against Jehovah?

vw@Joshua:22:17 @ Was the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed to this day, and there was a plague in the congregation of Jehovah,

vw@Joshua:22:18 @ but that you must turn away this day from following Jehovah? And it shall be, if you rebel today against Jehovah, that tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.

vw@Joshua:22:19 @ Nevertheless, if the land of your possession is unclean, then cross over to the land of the possession of Jehovah, where the tabernacle of Jehovah stands, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against Jehovah, nor rebel against us, by building yourselves an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God.

vw@Joshua:22:20 @ Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And that man was not the only one to die in his iniquity.

vw@Joshua:22:22 @ Jehovah, the Mighty God of gods, Jehovah, the Mighty God of gods, He knows, and let Israel itself know; if it is in rebellion, or if in treachery against Jehovah, do not save us this day.

vw@Joshua:22:23 @ If we have built ourselves an altar to turn from following Jehovah, or if to offer on it burnt offerings or grain offerings, or if to offer peace offerings on it, let Jehovah Himself exact it.

vw@Joshua:22:24 @ But we have done it in this manner out of concern, thinking, In time to come your sons may speak to our sons, saying, What have you to do with Jehovah the God of Israel?

vw@Joshua:22:25 @ For Jehovah has made the Jordan a border between you and us, you sons of Reuben and sons of Gad. You have no portion in Jehovah. Thus your sons would make our sons cease to fear Jehovah.

vw@Joshua:22:26 @ Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice,

vw@Joshua:22:27 @ but that it may be a witness between you and us and our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your sons may not say to our sons in time to come, You have no portion in Jehovah.

vw@Joshua:22:28 @ Therefore we thought that it shall be, when they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Look at the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers have made, though not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between you and us.

vw@Joshua:22:29 @ Far be it from us that we should rebel against Jehovah, to turn from following Jehovah this day, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for grain offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of Jehovah our God which is before His tabernacle.

vw@Joshua:22:30 @ And when Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the congregation, the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh had spoken, it pleased them.

vw@Joshua:22:31 @ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh, This day we perceive that Jehovah is among us, because you have not committed this treachery against Jehovah. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah.

vw@Joshua:22:32 @ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the leaders, returned from the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought back word to them.

vw@Joshua:22:33 @ And the thing was good in the eyes of the children of Israel, and the children of Israel blessed God and spoke no more of going against them in battle, to destroy the land where the sons of Reuben and Gad were living.

vw@Joshua:23:1 @ Now it came to pass, many days after Jehovah had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua had grown old and advanced in age.

vw@Joshua:23:2 @ And Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders, their heads, their judges, and their officers, and said to them: I have become old and advanced in age.

vw@Joshua:23:3 @ You have seen all that Jehovah your God has done to all these nations because of you, for Jehovah your God is He who was fighting for you.

vw@Joshua:23:4 @ Behold, I have divided to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the Great Sea westward.

vw@Joshua:23:6 @ Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

vw@Joshua:23:7 @ and that you not go among these nations, these remaining among you. You shall not make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to swear by them; you shall not serve them nor bow down to them,

vw@Joshua:23:10 @ One man of you shall chase a thousand, for Jehovah your God is He who is fighting for you, as He has spoken to you.

vw@Joshua:23:12 @ But if you turn back, to go away and cleave to the remnant of the nations; these that remain among you; and make marriages with them, and go in to them and they to you,

vw@Joshua:23:13 @ know and understand that Jehovah your God will no longer dispossess these nations before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which Jehovah your God has given to you.

vw@Joshua:23:14 @ Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God has spoken concerning you. All of them have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed.

vw@Joshua:23:15 @ Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all the good things have come upon you which Jehovah your God has spoken to you, so Jehovah will bring upon you every evil thing, to destroy you from this good land which Jehovah your God has given to you.

vw@Joshua:23:16 @ When you have transgressed the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He has commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed down to them, then the anger of Jehovah will burn against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which He has given to you.

vw@Joshua:24:2 @ And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: Your fathers (Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor) dwelt on the other side of the River in ancient times; and they served other gods.

vw@Joshua:24:4 @ To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

vw@Joshua:24:5 @ And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to what I have done among them. Afterward I have brought you out.

vw@Joshua:24:7 @ And they cried out unto Jehovah; and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, brought the sea upon them, and covered them. And your eyes saw what I have done in Egypt. And you dwelt in the wilderness many days.

vw@Joshua:24:8 @ And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt on the other side of the Jordan, and they fought with you. But I gave them into your hand, that you might possess their land, and I destroyed them before you.

vw@Joshua:24:9 @ Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

vw@Joshua:24:10 @ But I was not willing to heed Balaam; therefore he continued to bless you. And I delivered you out of his hand.

vw@Joshua:24:11 @ And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the lords of Jericho fought against you; also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand.

vw@Joshua:24:12 @ I sent the hornet before you which drove them out before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword or with your bow.

vw@Joshua:24:13 @ I have given you a land for which you have not labored, and cities which you have not built, and you dwell in them; you are eating of the vineyards and olive groves which you have not planted.

vw@Joshua:24:14 @ Now therefore, fear Jehovah, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers have served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve Jehovah!

vw@Joshua:24:15 @ And if it seems evil to you to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers have served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

vw@Joshua:24:17 @ for Jehovah our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who has done those great signs before our eyes, and preserved us in all the way that we have gone and among all the people through whom we have passed.

vw@Joshua:24:18 @ And Jehovah drove out before us all the people, including the Amorites who were living in the land. We also will serve Jehovah, for He is our God.

vw@Joshua:24:19 @ And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve Jehovah, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous Mighty God; He will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

vw@Joshua:24:22 @ And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Jehovah for yourselves, to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses.

vw@Joshua:24:23 @ Now therefore, he said, put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@Joshua:24:25 @ So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and established for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

vw@Joshua:24:26 @ And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.

vw@Joshua:24:28 @ So Joshua sent the people away, each to his inheritance.

vw@Joshua:24:29 @ And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

vw@Joshua:24:30 @ And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Serah, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

vw@Joshua:24:32 @ And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried at Shechem, in the plot of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of silver, and which had become an inheritance of the sons of Joseph.

vw@Joshua:24:33 @ And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which had been given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.

vw@Judges:1:1 @ Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel asked Jehovah, saying, Who shall first go up for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?

vw@Judges:1:2 @ And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up. Behold I have delivered the land into his hand.

vw@Judges:1:3 @ And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me to my allotted territory, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I will likewise go with you to your allotted territory. And Simeon went with him.

vw@Judges:1:4 @ And Judah went up, and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they struck ten thousand men at Bezek.

vw@Judges:1:5 @ And they found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

vw@Judges:1:7 @ And Adoni-Bezek said, Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me. Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

vw@Judges:1:8 @ Now the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

vw@Judges:1:9 @ And afterward the sons of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the south, and in the lowlands.

vw@Judges:1:10 @ Then Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron. (Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kirjath Arba.) And they killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

vw@Judges:1:11 @ From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. (The name of Debir was formerly Kirjath Sepher.)

vw@Judges:1:15 @ And she said to him, Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the south, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

vw@Judges:1:16 @ Now the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, had gone up from the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

vw@Judges:1:17 @ And Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called Hormah.

vw@Judges:1:19 @ Thus Jehovah was with Judah. And they dispossessed the mountains, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the lowland, because they had chariots of iron.

vw@Judges:1:21 @ But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

vw@Judges:1:22 @ And the house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and Jehovah was with them.

vw@Judges:1:24 @ And when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will deal kindly with you.

vw@Judges:1:27 @ However, Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its daughter-villages, or Taanach and its daughter-villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its daughter-villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its daughter-villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its daughter-villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.

vw@Judges:1:29 @ Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

vw@Judges:1:30 @ Nor did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and were put to tribute.

vw@Judges:1:31 @ Nor did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob.

vw@Judges:1:32 @ But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

vw@Judges:1:33 @ Nor did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but they dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. And the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were put to tribute under them.

vw@Judges:1:34 @ And the Amorites squeezed the children of Dan into the mountains, for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;

vw@Judges:1:35 @ but the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet when the hand of the house of Joseph became heavy, they were put to tribute.

vw@Judges:2:1 @ And the Angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: I led you up from Egypt and brought you into the land of which I had sworn to your fathers; and I said, I will never break My covenant with you.

vw@Judges:2:2 @ And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall pull down their altars. But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this?

vw@Judges:2:3 @ Therefore I also have said, I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you.

vw@Judges:2:6 @ And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.

vw@Judges:2:9 @ And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

vw@Judges:2:11 @ And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and served the Baals;

vw@Judges:2:14 @ And the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

vw@Judges:2:15 @ Wherever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had said, and as Jehovah had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.

vw@Judges:2:17 @ Yet they would not heed their judges, but they committed adultery with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked, to obey the commandments of Jehovah; they did not do so.

vw@Judges:2:18 @ And when Jehovah raised up judges for them, Jehovah was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for Jehovah was moved to pity before their groaning because of those oppressing and thrusting at them.

vw@Judges:2:19 @ And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, by going after other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They have not failed from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.

vw@Judges:2:20 @ And the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel; and He said, Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I have commanded their fathers, and has not obeyed My voice,

vw@Judges:2:22 @ so that through them I may test Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah, to walk in it as their fathers have kept it, or not.

vw@Judges:2:23 @ Therefore Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out quickly; nor did He deliver them into the hand of Joshua.

vw@Judges:3:1 @ Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, that He might test Israel by them, that is, all who had not known any of the wars in Canaan

vw@Judges:3:3 @ namely, five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.

vw@Judges:3:7 @ And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of Jehovah. They forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and groves.

vw@Judges:3:8 @ Therefore the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan-Rishathaim eight years.

vw@Judges:3:10 @ And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and Jehovah delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.

vw@Judges:3:12 @ And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of Jehovah. So Jehovah strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

vw@Judges:3:14 @ And the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

vw@Judges:3:15 @ And when the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man with his right hand impeded. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

vw@Judges:3:16 @ Now Ehud made himself a sword (it was double-edged and a cubit in length) and girded it under his clothes on his right thigh.

vw@Judges:3:17 @ And he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

vw@Judges:3:18 @ And when he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who were carrying the tribute.

vw@Judges:3:19 @ But he himself turned back from the graven images that were at Gilgal, and said, I have a secret matter for you, O king. He said, Keep silence. And all who were standing by him went out from him.

vw@Judges:3:20 @ And Ehud came to him (now he was sitting upstairs in his cool roof chamber). And Ehud said, I have a word from God for you. So he arose from his seat.

vw@Judges:3:21 @ And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly.

vw@Judges:3:22 @ And the hilt went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and his excrement came out.

vw@Judges:3:23 @ Then Ehud went out through the porch and shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

vw@Judges:3:24 @ And when he had gone out, his servants came to look, and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked. And they thought, Surely he is covering his feet in the cool chamber.

vw@Judges:3:25 @ So they waited till they were ashamed, and behold he was not opening the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them. And behold, their master was fallen dead on the floor.

vw@Judges:3:27 @ And it happened, when he arrived, that he blew the shofar in the mountains of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came down with him from the mountains, with him before them.

vw@Judges:3:28 @ And he said to them, Follow me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. So they went down after him, seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

vw@Judges:3:31 @ After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck six hundred men of the Philistines with an ox goad; and he also delivered Israel.

vw@Judges:4:1 @ When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

vw@Judges:4:2 @ And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth Hagoyim.

vw@Judges:4:3 @ And the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

vw@Judges:4:4 @ Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

vw@Judges:4:5 @ And she was dwelling under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel went up to her for judgment.

vw@Judges:4:6 @ And she sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, Has not Jehovah the God of Israel commanded: Go and proceed to Mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun;

vw@Judges:4:7 @ and I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude at the River Kishon; and I will deliver him into your hand.

vw@Judges:4:9 @ And she said, I will walk to go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.

vw@Judges:4:11 @ Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the plain at Zaanaim, near Kedesh.

vw@Judges:4:12 @ And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.

vw@Judges:4:13 @ And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon.

vw@Judges:4:14 @ And Deborah said to Barak, Up! For this is the day in which Jehovah has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not Jehovah gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men behind him.

vw@Judges:4:17 @ However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

vw@Judges:4:18 @ And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; do not fear. And when he had turned aside to her into the tent, she covered him with a blanket.

vw@Judges:4:19 @ And he said to her, Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. So she opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him.

vw@Judges:4:20 @ And he said to her, Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says, Is there any man here? you shall say, No.

vw@Judges:4:21 @ Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. Thus he died.

vw@Judges:4:22 @ And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, I will show you the man whom you are seeking. And when he went into her tent, behold, Sisera was lying dead with the peg in his temple.

vw@Judges:4:23 @ So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.

vw@Judges:4:24 @ And the hand of the sons of Israel continued and proceeded to grow stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had cut off Jabin king of Canaan.

vw@Judges:5:1 @ Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying:

vw@Judges:5:2 @ When commanders lead in Israel, when the people willingly offer themselves, bless Jehovah!

vw@Judges:5:3 @ Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I, even I, will sing unto Jehovah; I will make music unto Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@Judges:5:5 @ the mountains flowed before Jehovah, this Sinai, before Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@Judges:5:6 @ In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, and the travelers walked along the byways.

vw@Judges:5:7 @ Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, arose a mother in Israel.

vw@Judges:5:8 @ They chose new gods; then there was war in the gates; not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.

vw@Judges:5:9 @ My heart is with the governors of Israel who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Jehovah!

vw@Judges:5:10 @ Sing out, you who ride on white donkeys, who sit on carpets, and who walk along the road.

vw@Judges:5:11 @ At the sound where they divide the flocks among the places to draw water, there they shall recount the righteous acts of Jehovah, the righteous acts to His village dwellers in Israel; then the people of Jehovah shall go down to the gates.

vw@Judges:5:12 @ Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead your captives captive, O son of Abinoam!

vw@Judges:5:13 @ Then the remnant came down and had dominion over the kings of the nations; for me Jehovah trod down the mighty.

vw@Judges:5:14 @ Out of Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek. After you, Benjamin, with your peoples, from Machir came down governors, and from Zebulun those who bear the staff of scribes.

vw@Judges:5:15 @ And the commanders of Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak, sent on foot into the valley. Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.

vw@Judges:5:16 @ Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the divisions of Reuben were great searchings of heart.

vw@Judges:5:17 @ Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan, and why did Dan remain on ships? Asher continued at the seashore, and stayed by his landings.

vw@Judges:5:19 @ The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought in Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of silver.

vw@Judges:5:20 @ They fought from the heavens; the stars from their courses fought against Sisera.

vw@Judges:5:21 @ The torrent of Kishon swept them away, that ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon. O my soul, tread on in strength!

vw@Judges:5:22 @ Then the horses’ hooves pounded, the galloping, galloping of his steeds.

vw@Judges:5:23 @ Curse Meroz, said the Angel of Jehovah, curse its inhabitants bitterly, because they did not come to the help of Jehovah, to the help of Jehovah against the mighty.

vw@Judges:5:24 @ Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed is she among women in the tent.

vw@Judges:5:25 @ He asked for water, she gave milk; she brought out curds in a lordly bowl.

vw@Judges:5:27 @ At her feet he has bowed down, he has fallen, he has lain down; at her feet he has bowed down, he has fallen; where he has bowed down, there he has fallen destroyed.

vw@Judges:5:28 @ The mother of Sisera has looked through the window, and cried out through the lattice, Why has his chariot delayed to come? Why have the hoof beats of his chariot waited?

vw@Judges:5:30 @ Are they not finding and dividing the spoils: to each chief warrior a girl to love; for Sisera, plunder of dyed garments, plunder of garments embroidered and dyed, two pieces of dyed embroidery for the necks of the plunderers?

vw@Judges:5:31 @ Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Jehovah! But let those who love Him be like the sun when it goes forth in its might. Thus the land was quiet forty years.

vw@Judges:6:1 @ And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of Jehovah. So Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years,

vw@Judges:6:2 @ and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. In the face of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, the caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains.

vw@Judges:6:3 @ So it was that when Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the sons of the East would come up against them.

vw@Judges:6:4 @ And they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep nor ox nor donkey.

vw@Judges:6:5 @ For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, coming in as numerous as the abundance of locusts; both they and their camels were without number; and they would enter the land to destroy it.

vw@Judges:6:6 @ And Israel was brought exceedingly low before Midian, and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah.

vw@Judges:6:10 @ Also I said to you, I am Jehovah your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But you have not obeyed My voice.

vw@Judges:6:11 @ And the Angel of Jehovah came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from before the Midianites.

vw@Judges:6:13 @ Gideon said to Him, O my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? But now Jehovah has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

vw@Judges:6:14 @ And Jehovah turned to him and said, Go in this might of yours, and you shall deliver Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?

vw@Judges:6:15 @ And he said to Him, O my Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Behold my company is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.

vw@Judges:6:17 @ And he said to Him, If now I have found favor in Your eyes, then perform a sign for me, that it is You speaking with me.

vw@Judges:6:18 @ Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You. And He said, I will wait until you come back.

vw@Judges:6:19 @ And Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot; and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth tree and brought them near.

vw@Judges:6:21 @ Then the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; and fire rose up out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.

vw@Judges:6:24 @ And Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah Shalom. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

vw@Judges:6:26 @ and build an altar unto Jehovah your God on top of this rock in the proper arrangement, and take the second bull and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the grove which you shall chop down.

vw@Judges:6:28 @ And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, there was the altar of Baal, torn down; and the grove that was beside it was chopped down, and the second bull was being offered on the altar which had been built.

vw@Judges:6:29 @ And they said to one another, Who has done this thing? And when they had inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.

vw@Judges:6:30 @ Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has torn down the altar of Baal, and because he has chopped down the grove that was beside it.

vw@Judges:6:31 @ And Joash said to all who stood against him, Would you plead for Baal? Would you deliver him? Let the one who would plead for him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been torn down!

vw@Judges:6:32 @ Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he has torn down his altar.

vw@Judges:6:33 @ Then all the Midianites and Amalekites, the sons of the east, gathered together; and they crossed over and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

vw@Judges:6:34 @ And the Spirit of Jehovah clothed Gideon; and he blew the shofar, and the Abiezrites assembled behind him.

vw@Judges:6:35 @ And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, who also assembled behind him. He also sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

vw@Judges:6:36 @ And Gideon said to God, If You are delivering Israel by my hand as You have said,

vw@Judges:6:37 @ behold, I am putting a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will deliver Israel by my hand, as You have spoken.

vw@Judges:6:38 @ And it was so. When he arose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece together, he wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

vw@Judges:6:39 @ Then Gideon said to God, Do not let Your anger burn against me, but let me speak just once more: Let me prove, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew.

vw@Judges:7:1 @ Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him arose early and encamped beside the well of Harod, so that the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

vw@Judges:7:2 @ And Jehovah said to Gideon, The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, that Israel not glorify itself against Me, saying, My own hand has delivered me.

vw@Judges:7:3 @ Now therefore, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him turn back and depart early from Mount Gilead. And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained.

vw@Judges:7:4 @ And Jehovah said to Gideon, The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. And it shall be, that of whom I say to you, This one shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, This one shall not go with you, the same shall not go.

vw@Judges:7:5 @ So he brought the people down to the water. And Jehovah said to Gideon, Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.

vw@Judges:7:6 @ And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.

vw@Judges:7:7 @ And Jehovah said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, every man to his place.

vw@Judges:7:8 @ So the people took provisions and their shofars in their hands. And he sent away all the rest of Israel, every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.

vw@Judges:7:9 @ And it came to pass on the same night that Jehovah said to him, Rise up, go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.

vw@Judges:7:11 @ and you shall hear what they say; and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp. And he went down with Purah his servant to the extremity of the armed men who were in the camp.

vw@Judges:7:12 @ Now the Midianites and Amalekites, all the sons of the east, were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore for multitude.

vw@Judges:7:13 @ And when Gideon came, there was a man telling a dream to his companion. He said, I have dreamed a dream: Behold, a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian; it came to a tent and struck it so that it fell and overturned, and the tent lay flat.

vw@Judges:7:14 @ And his companion answered and said, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel! Into his hand God has delivered Midian and the whole camp.

vw@Judges:7:15 @ And so it was, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he bowed down. He returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Arise, for Jehovah has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.

vw@Judges:7:16 @ And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a shofar into each man’s hand, with empty jars, and torches inside the jars.

vw@Judges:7:19 @ So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the shofars and shattered the jars that were in their hands.

vw@Judges:7:20 @ And the three companies blew the shofars and shattered the jars; they held the torches in their left hands and the shofars in their right hands for blowing; and they cried out, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon!

vw@Judges:7:21 @ And each man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled.

vw@Judges:7:22 @ And when the three hundred blew the shofars, Jehovah set every man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.

vw@Judges:7:24 @ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the mountains of Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the waters as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan. And all the men of Ephraim gathered together and seized the waters as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.

vw@Judges:7:25 @ And they captured two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.

vw@Judges:8:1 @ Now the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you done this to us by not calling us when you went to fight with the Midianites? And they strongly complained against him.

vw@Judges:8:2 @ So he said to them, What have I done now in comparison to you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

vw@Judges:8:3 @ God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. And what was I able to do in comparison to you? Then their anger toward him subsided when he spoke those words.

vw@Judges:8:4 @ And when Gideon came to the Jordan, he and the three hundred men with him crossed over, exhausted but still pursuing.

vw@Judges:8:5 @ And he said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

vw@Judges:8:6 @ And the rulers of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?

vw@Judges:8:7 @ And Gideon said, Therefore, when Jehovah has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will thresh your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers!

vw@Judges:8:8 @ And he went up from there to Penuel and spoke to them in the same way. And the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

vw@Judges:8:9 @ So he also spoke to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come back in peace, I will tear down this tower!

vw@Judges:8:11 @ And Gideon went up by the way of those who dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah; and he struck the army while the camp felt secure.

vw@Judges:8:12 @ And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the whole army.

vw@Judges:8:14 @ And he seized a young man of the men of Succoth and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the rulers of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.

vw@Judges:8:15 @ And he came to the men of Succoth and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you have taunted me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your weary men?

vw@Judges:8:18 @ And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so were they; each one with the appearance of the son of a king.

vw@Judges:8:24 @ And Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you, that each of you would give me the earrings from his plunder. For they had gold earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.

vw@Judges:8:25 @ And they answered, We will extend to give them. And they spread out a garment, and each man threw into it the earrings from his plunder.

vw@Judges:8:26 @ And the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple garments which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels’ necks.

vw@Judges:8:27 @ And Gideon made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, Ophrah. And all Israel committed adultery with it there. It became a snare to Gideon and to his house.

vw@Judges:8:28 @ Thus Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, so that they lifted their heads no more. And the land was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon.

vw@Judges:8:29 @ And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

vw@Judges:8:30 @ And Gideon had seventy sons proceeding from his loins, for he had many wives.

vw@Judges:8:31 @ And his concubine in Shechem also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

vw@Judges:8:32 @ And Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

vw@Judges:8:35 @ nor did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (Gideon) according to all the good he had done for Israel.

vw@Judges:9:1 @ Then Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

vw@Judges:9:2 @ Please speak in the ears of all the lords of Shechem: Which is better for you, for all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal to rule over you, or for one to rule over you? Remember that I am your own flesh and bone.

vw@Judges:9:3 @ And his mother’s brothers spoke all these words concerning him in the ears of all the lords of Shechem; and their heart was inclined after Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother.

vw@Judges:9:6 @ And all the lords of Shechem gathered together, all the house of Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree that was situated at Shechem.

vw@Judges:9:8 @ The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them. And they said to the olive tree, Reign over us!

vw@Judges:9:12 @ Then the trees said to the vine, You come and reign over us!

vw@Judges:9:13 @ But the vine said to them, Should I cease my new wine, which cheers both God and men, and go to sway over the trees?

vw@Judges:9:15 @ And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me as king over you, then come and seek refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon!

vw@Judges:9:16 @ Now therefore, if you have acted in truth and sincerity in making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the dealings of his hands;

vw@Judges:9:18 @ but you have risen up against my father’s house this day, and killed his seventy sons on one stone, and made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the lords of Shechem, because he is your brother;

vw@Judges:9:19 @ if then you have dealt in truth and integrity towards Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.

vw@Judges:9:25 @ And the lords of Shechem set an ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was reported to Abimelech.

vw@Judges:9:27 @ And they went out into the fields, and gathered grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and rejoiced. And they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

vw@Judges:9:29 @ Would therefore that this people were given into my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech. So he said to Abimelech, Increase your army and come out!

vw@Judges:9:31 @ And he sent messengers to Abimelech deceitfully, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem; and behold, they are fortifying the city against you.

vw@Judges:9:32 @ Now therefore, rise up by night, you and the people with you, and lie in wait in the field.

vw@Judges:9:33 @ And it shall be in the morning as the sun rises, that you shall rise up early and rush upon the city; and when he and the people with him come out against you, you shall do to them as your hand shall find to do.

vw@Judges:9:34 @ So Abimelech and all the people with him rose by night, and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

vw@Judges:9:35 @ When Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance to the city gate, Abimelech and the people with him rose up from the ambush.

vw@Judges:9:36 @ And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains! But Zebul said to him, You are seeing the shadows of the mountains as if they were men.

vw@Judges:9:37 @ And Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, people are coming down from the midst of the land, and another company is coming from the plain by way of the fortunetellers.

vw@Judges:9:38 @ Then Zebul said to him, Where indeed is your mouth now, with which you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Are not these the people whom you have despised? Go out now and fight with them.

vw@Judges:9:41 @ Then Abimelech dwelt at Arumah, and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, so as to not dwell in Shechem.

vw@Judges:9:42 @ And it came about on the next day that the people went out into the field, and they reported to Abimelech.

vw@Judges:9:43 @ And he took his people, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the field, watching. And behold, the people were coming out of the city; and he rose up against them and struck them.

vw@Judges:9:44 @ And Abimelech and the company that was with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city; and the other two companies rushed upon all who were in the fields and struck them.

vw@Judges:9:45 @ And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he broke down the city and sowed it with salt.

vw@Judges:9:48 @ And Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people with him. And Abimelech took an ax in his hand and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it and laid it on his shoulder; then he said to the people with him, What you have seen me do, make haste and do as I have done.

vw@Judges:9:49 @ So each of the people likewise cut down his own bough and followed Abimelech, put them against the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died, about a thousand men and women.

vw@Judges:9:50 @ Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and he encamped against Thebez and took it.

vw@Judges:9:51 @ But there was a strong tower in the middle of the city, and all the men and women, all the lords of the city, fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up to the top of the tower.

vw@Judges:9:52 @ So Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it; and he drew near the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

vw@Judges:9:53 @ And a certain woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.

vw@Judges:9:56 @ Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers.

vw@Judges:10:1 @ After Abimelech there arose to deliver Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim.

vw@Judges:10:2 @ He judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died and was buried in Shamir.

vw@Judges:10:4 @ And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns, which are called Havoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

vw@Judges:10:5 @ And Jair died and was buried in Camon.

vw@Judges:10:6 @ And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and served the Baals and Ashtaroth, the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah and did not serve Him.

vw@Judges:10:7 @ So the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel; and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.

vw@Judges:10:8 @ And that year they shattered and oppressed the children of Israel; for eighteen years, all the children of Israel who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, in Gilead.

vw@Judges:10:9 @ Moreover the sons of Ammon also crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.

vw@Judges:10:10 @ And the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah, saying, We have sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!

vw@Judges:10:11 @ So Jehovah said to the children of Israel, Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians and from the Amorites and from the sons of Ammon and from the Philistines?

vw@Judges:10:14 @ Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress.

vw@Judges:10:15 @ And the children of Israel said to Jehovah, We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems good in Your eyes; only deliver us this day, we pray.

vw@Judges:10:17 @ Then the sons of Ammon gathered together and encamped in Gilead. And the sons of Israel assembled together and encamped in Mizpah.

vw@Judges:10:18 @ And the people, the rulers of Gilead, said to one another, Who is the man who will begin the fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

vw@Judges:11:2 @ Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.

vw@Judges:11:3 @ And Jephthah fled from before his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men collected around Jephthah and went out with him.

vw@Judges:11:4 @ It came to pass after a time that the sons of Ammon made war against Israel.

vw@Judges:11:5 @ And so it was, when the sons of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

vw@Judges:11:6 @ And then they said to Jephthah, Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the sons of Ammon.

vw@Judges:11:7 @ So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?

vw@Judges:11:8 @ And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is why we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

vw@Judges:11:9 @ And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you take me back to fight against the sons of Ammon, and Jehovah delivers them up before me, shall I be your head?

vw@Judges:11:10 @ And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Jehovah is witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.

vw@Judges:11:11 @ Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.

vw@Judges:11:12 @ And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What do you have against me, that you have come to fight against my land?

vw@Judges:11:13 @ And the king of the children of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore, restore those lands peaceably.

vw@Judges:11:14 @ And Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon,

vw@Judges:11:17 @ Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Please let me pass through your land. But the king of Edom would not heed. And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained in Kadesh.

vw@Judges:11:19 @ Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Please let us pass through your land into our place.

vw@Judges:11:20 @ But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his people together, encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

vw@Judges:11:21 @ And Jehovah the God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them. Thus Israel gained possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that land.

vw@Judges:11:25 @ And now, are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel? Did he ever fight against them?

vw@Judges:11:26 @ While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages, in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities along the banks of the Arnon, for three hundred years, why have you not recovered them within that time?

vw@Judges:11:27 @ Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you are wronging me by fighting against me. May Jehovah, the Judge, render judgment this day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.

vw@Judges:11:28 @ However, the king of the children of Ammon did not heed the words which Jephthah had sent him.

vw@Judges:11:30 @ And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If You will give over to deliver up the sons of Ammon into my hands,

vw@Judges:11:31 @ then it shall be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, shall surely be Jehovah’s, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.

vw@Judges:11:32 @ So Jephthah passed over toward the sons of Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah delivered them into his hands.

vw@Judges:11:33 @ And he struck them from Aroer as far as Minnith; twenty cities; and to Abel Keramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.

vw@Judges:11:34 @ And when Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with timbrels and dancing; and she was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

vw@Judges:11:36 @ So she said to him, My father, if you have opened your mouth unto Jehovah, do unto me according to what has gone out of your mouth, because Jehovah has taken vengeance upon your enemies, the sons of Ammon.

vw@Judges:11:37 @ And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my friends and I.

vw@Judges:11:38 @ And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

vw@Judges:11:39 @ And it was so at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he did to her according to the vow which he had vowed. She had known no man. And it became a custom in Israel,

vw@Judges:12:1 @ Then the men of Ephraim gathered together, crossed over toward Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you with fire!

vw@Judges:12:2 @ And Jephthah said to them, My people and I were in a great struggle with the sons of Ammon; and when I called you, you did not deliver me out of their hands.

vw@Judges:12:3 @ So when I saw that you would not deliver me, I put my soul into my hands and crossed over against the sons of Ammon; and Jehovah delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?

vw@Judges:12:4 @ Now Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and among the Manassites.

vw@Judges:12:7 @ And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

vw@Judges:12:9 @ He had thirty sons. And he sent thirty daughters in marriage outside, and brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

vw@Judges:12:12 @ And Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

vw@Judges:12:15 @ Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mountains of the Amalekites.

vw@Judges:13:1 @ Again the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

vw@Judges:13:2 @ Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.

vw@Judges:13:4 @ Now therefore, take heed and do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean.

vw@Judges:13:5 @ For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

vw@Judges:13:6 @ And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A Man of God has come to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name.

vw@Judges:13:7 @ And He said to me, Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now drink no wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.

vw@Judges:13:8 @ Then Manoah prayed to Jehovah, and said, O my Lord, please let the Man of God whom You sent come to us again and teach us what we shall do for the boy who is to be born.

vw@Judges:13:9 @ And God heeded the voice of Manoah, and the Angel of God came to the woman again as she was sitting in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.

vw@Judges:13:10 @ And the woman ran in haste and told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the Man who came to me the other day has appeared to me!

vw@Judges:13:12 @ And Manoah said, Now let Your words come to pass! What are the ordinances for the boy, and what are his works?

vw@Judges:13:14 @ She shall not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor shall she drink wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. All that I have commanded her let her take heed.

vw@Judges:13:15 @ And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You.

vw@Judges:13:16 @ And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Though you detain Me, I will not eat your food. But if you offer a burnt offering, you shall offer it unto Jehovah. (For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of Jehovah.)

vw@Judges:13:18 @ And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, Why do you ask after My name, seeing it is incomprehensible?

vw@Judges:13:19 @ So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it upon the rock unto Jehovah. And He did an extraordinary thing while Manoah and his wife were watching;

vw@Judges:13:20 @ it happened as the flame went up toward the heavens from the altar; that the Angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar! And Manoah and his wife were watching this, and they fell on their faces to the ground.

vw@Judges:13:23 @ But his wife said to him, If Jehovah had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have told us such things as these at this time.

vw@Judges:14:1 @ Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

vw@Judges:14:2 @ So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife.

vw@Judges:14:3 @ Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.

vw@Judges:14:4 @ But his father and mother did not know that it was of Jehovah, that He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. For at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.

vw@Judges:14:5 @ So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.

vw@Judges:14:6 @ And the Spirit of Jehovah rushed upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one would have torn apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

vw@Judges:14:7 @ Then he went down and talked with the woman; and she was pleasing in the eyes of Samson.

vw@Judges:14:8 @ After some days, when he returned to take her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the carcass of the lion.

vw@Judges:14:9 @ And he took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. And when he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them, and they also ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion.

vw@Judges:14:12 @ And Samson said to them, Let me propound a riddle to you. If you expound to declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.

vw@Judges:14:13 @ But if you are not able to declare it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing. And they said to him, Propound your riddle, that we may hear it.

vw@Judges:14:15 @ But it came to pass on the seventh day that they said to Samson’s wife, Entice your husband, that he may expound the riddle to us, or else we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us in order to make us poor? Is that not so?

vw@Judges:14:16 @ Then Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, You only hate me! You do not love me! You have propounded a riddle to the sons of my people, but you have not explained it to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not expounded it to my father or my mother; so should I declare it to you?

vw@Judges:14:19 @ And the Spirit of Jehovah rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave the changes of clothing to those who had declared the riddle; thus his anger burned. And he went up to his father’s house.

vw@Judges:15:1 @ After some days, in the time of wheat harvest, it happened that Samson visited his wife with a young goat. And he said, Let me go in to my wife, into her room. But her father would not permit him to go in.

vw@Judges:15:2 @ Her father said, I thought in my heart that you hated her like an enemy; therefore I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Please, take her instead.

vw@Judges:15:3 @ And Samson said to them, This time I shall be blameless regarding the Philistines when I am doing evil to them!

vw@Judges:15:5 @ When he had set the torches on fire, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

vw@Judges:15:6 @ Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion. So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.

vw@Judges:15:7 @ And Samson said to them, Since you did a thing like this, I shall avenge myself on you, and after that I will cease.

vw@Judges:15:8 @ And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

vw@Judges:15:9 @ And the Philistines went up, encamped in Judah, and were spread out at Lehi.

vw@Judges:15:10 @ And the men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? So they answered, We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.

vw@Judges:15:11 @ Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? What is this you have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so I have done to them.

vw@Judges:15:12 @ But they said to him, We have come down to bind you, to deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.

vw@Judges:15:13 @ And they spoke to him, saying, No, but we will tie to bind you and deliver you into their hand; but we will not put you to death. And they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

vw@Judges:15:14 @ When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting against him. And the Spirit of Jehovah rushed upon him; and the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds melted from his hands.

vw@Judges:15:16 @ Then Samson said: With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men!

vw@Judges:15:17 @ And so it was, when he had finished speaking, that he threw the jawbone from his hand, and called that place Ramath Lehi.

vw@Judges:15:18 @ And he became very thirsty; so he cried out to Jehovah and said, You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant; and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

vw@Judges:15:19 @ And God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out, and he drank; and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he called its name En Hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

vw@Judges:15:20 @ And he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

vw@Judges:16:1 @ Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot woman there, and went in to her.

vw@Judges:16:2 @ When the Gazites were told, saying, Samson has come here! they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, In the morning, when it is daylight, we shall kill him.

vw@Judges:16:4 @ Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

vw@Judges:16:5 @ And the rulers of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.

vw@Judges:16:7 @ And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven fresh shoots, not yet dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

vw@Judges:16:8 @ So the rulers of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh shoots, not yet dried, and she bound him with them.

vw@Judges:16:9 @ Now men were lying in wait, staying with her in the room. And she said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! But he broke the shoots as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

vw@Judges:16:11 @ So he said to her, If they bind to tie me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

vw@Judges:16:12 @ Therefore Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! And men were lying in wait, staying in the room. But he broke them off his arms like thread.

vw@Judges:16:13 @ Delilah said to Samson, Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me with what you may be bound. And he said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head into the web of the loom;

vw@Judges:16:14 @ so she wove it tightly with the batten of the loom, and said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled out the batten and the web from the loom.

vw@Judges:16:18 @ And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and summoned the rulers of the Philistines, saying, Come up once more, for he has told me all his heart. So the rulers of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hand.

vw@Judges:16:20 @ And she said, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! So he awoke from his sleep, and thought, I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free! But he had not perceived that Jehovah had departed from him.

vw@Judges:16:21 @ And the Philistines took him and bored out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze fetters, and he was grinding in the prison house.

vw@Judges:16:22 @ However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.

vw@Judges:16:23 @ Now the rulers of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said: Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands!

vw@Judges:16:24 @ And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said: Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, the destroyer of our land, and the one who multiplied our dead.

vw@Judges:16:25 @ And it happened, when their hearts were feeling good, that they said, Summon Samson, that he may play for us. So they summoned Samson from the prison house, and he made sport before them. And they made him stand between the pillars.

vw@Judges:16:27 @ Now the house was full of men and women. All the rulers of the Philistines were there; about three thousand men and women on the roof watching while Samson made sport.

vw@Judges:16:28 @ And Samson called out to Jehovah, saying, O Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, only this once, O God, that I may once take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!

vw@Judges:16:29 @ And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and he braced himself against them, one on his right and the other on his left.

vw@Judges:16:30 @ And Samson said, Let my soul die with the Philistines! And he pushed with all his might, and the house fell upon the rulers and all the people who were in it. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than he had killed in his life.

vw@Judges:16:31 @ And his brothers and all his father’s house came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.

vw@Judges:17:1 @ Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

vw@Judges:17:2 @ And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and about which you had sworn an oath, even saying it in my ears; behold the silver is with me, I have taken it. And his mother said, Blessed of Jehovah are you, my son!

vw@Judges:17:4 @ Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a graven image, and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah.

vw@Judges:17:6 @ In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

vw@Judges:17:7 @ Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and sojourned there.

vw@Judges:17:8 @ And the man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn wherever he could find a place. And he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he made his way.

vw@Judges:17:9 @ And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn wherever I may find.

vw@Judges:17:10 @ And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your sustenance. So the Levite went in.

vw@Judges:17:12 @ And Micah confirmed the hand of the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

vw@Judges:17:13 @ Then Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!

vw@Judges:18:1 @ In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for itself to dwell in; for until that day their inheritance among the tribes of Israel had not fallen to them.

vw@Judges:18:2 @ So the children of Dan sent five men of their family from their territory, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and search it. They said to them, Go, search the land. So they went to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

vw@Judges:18:3 @ While they were at the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite. And they turned aside and said to him, Who has brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What do you have here?

vw@Judges:18:5 @ So they said to him, Please inquire of God, that we may know whether the journey on which we go will be prosperous.

vw@Judges:18:6 @ And the priest said to them, Go in peace. The way in which you go is before Jehovah.

vw@Judges:18:7 @ So the five men departed and went to Laish. They saw the people who were there, how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There was no possession of restraint putting them to shame for anything. They were far from the Sidonians, and they had no business with anyone.

vw@Judges:18:9 @ So they said, Arise, let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and behold it is very good. Will you sit still? Do not be sluggish to go to enter to possess the land.

vw@Judges:18:10 @ When you go, you will come to a secure people and a large land. For God has given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.

vw@Judges:18:12 @ And they went up and encamped in Kirjath Jearim in Judah. (Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind Kirjath Jearim.)

vw@Judges:18:13 @ And they passed on from there to the mountains of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.

vw@Judges:18:14 @ Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish answered and said to their brethren, Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod, household idols, a graven image, and a molten image? Now therefore, consider what you should do.

vw@Judges:18:18 @ And when these went into Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?

vw@Judges:18:19 @ And they said to him, Be quiet, put your hand over your mouth, and come with us; be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest to the household of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

vw@Judges:18:22 @ When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Daniel.

vw@Judges:18:28 @ There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no business with anyone. It was in the valley next to Beth Rehob. So they rebuilt the city and dwelt there.

vw@Judges:18:31 @ And they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image which he had made, all the days the house of God was in Shiloh.

vw@Judges:19:1 @ And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning in the remote areas of the mountains of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself, a woman from Bethlehem in Judah.

vw@Judges:19:2 @ But his concubine committed adultery against him, and went away from him to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there four months of days.

vw@Judges:19:3 @ And her husband rose up and went after her, to speak to her heart, to bring her back, having his servant and a couple of donkeys with him. So she brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the young woman saw him, he was glad to meet him.

vw@Judges:19:4 @ And his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, detained him; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there.

vw@Judges:19:5 @ And it came to pass on the fourth day that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart; but the young woman’s father said to his son-in-law, Sustain your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

vw@Judges:19:6 @ So they sat down, and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the young woman’s father said to the man, Please accept my invitation to stay the night, and let your heart be merry.

vw@Judges:19:7 @ And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law pressed upon him; so he turned back and lodged there.

vw@Judges:19:8 @ And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart, but the young woman’s father said, Please sustain your heart. So they delayed until afternoon; and both of them ate.

vw@Judges:19:9 @ And when the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the young woman’s father, said to him, Behold, the day is now drawing toward evening; please spend the night. Behold, the day is coming to an end; lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow go your way early, so that you may go to your tent.

vw@Judges:19:10 @ However, the man was not willing to spend that night; so he rose up and departed, and came to a place opposite Jebus (which is, Jerusalem). With him were the two saddled donkeys; his concubine was also with him.

vw@Judges:19:11 @ They were near Jebus, and the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, please, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and lodge in it.

vw@Judges:19:12 @ But his master said to him, We will not turn aside here into a city of foreigners, who are not of the children of Israel; we will go on to Gibeah.

vw@Judges:19:13 @ And he said to his servant, Come, let us draw near to one of these places, and lodge in Gibeah or in Ramah.

vw@Judges:19:14 @ And they passed by and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

vw@Judges:19:15 @ And they turned aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah. And when he went in, he sat down in the open place of the city, for no one received them into his house to lodge.

vw@Judges:19:16 @ And behold, an old man came in from his work in the field at evening, who also was from the mountains of Ephraim; he was sojourning in Gibeah, whereas the men of the place were Benjamites.

vw@Judges:19:17 @ And when he lifted up his eyes, he saw the traveling man in the open place of the city; and the old man said, Where are you going, and where do you come from?

vw@Judges:19:18 @ And he said to him, We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah toward the remote areas of the mountains of Ephraim; I am from there. I went to Bethlehem in Judah; now I am going to the house of Jehovah. But no one is receiving me into his house,

vw@Judges:19:19 @ even though we have both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and bread and wine for myself, for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of anything.

vw@Judges:19:20 @ And the old man said, Peace to you! However, let all your needs be upon me; only do not spend the night in the open place.

vw@Judges:19:21 @ So he brought him into his house, and gave fodder to the donkeys. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.

vw@Judges:19:22 @ Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, certain men of the city, sons of wickedness surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring out the man who has come to your house, that we may know him.

vw@Judges:19:23 @ And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has come into my house, do not do this disgraceful folly.

vw@Judges:19:24 @ Behold, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine; let me bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them whatever seems good to your eyes; but to this man do not do such a disgraceful thing!

vw@Judges:19:25 @ But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they knew her and abused her wantonly all night until morning; and when the day began to break, they let her go.

vw@Judges:19:26 @ Then the woman came as the day was dawning, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, till it was light.

vw@Judges:19:27 @ And when her master arose in the morning, and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way, behold the woman, his concubine, fallen at the door of the house with her hands on the threshold.

vw@Judges:19:28 @ And he said to her, Get up and let us be going. But there was no answer. So the man lifted her onto the donkey; and the man rose up and went to his place.

vw@Judges:19:29 @ And when he entered his house he took a knife, laid hold of his concubine, and divided her into twelve pieces with her bones, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.

vw@Judges:19:30 @ And so it was that all who saw it said, No such deed has been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day. Determine, take counsel, and speak up!

vw@Judges:20:2 @ And the chiefs of all the people of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew the sword.

vw@Judges:20:3 @ (Now the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the sons of Israel said, Tell us, how did this wickedness happen?

vw@Judges:20:4 @ And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, My concubine and I went into Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to lodge.

vw@Judges:20:5 @ And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house at night because of me. They had thought to kill me, but instead they have humbled my concubine so that she died.

vw@Judges:20:6 @ So I took hold of my concubine, cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the land of the inheritance of Israel, because they have committed lewdness and disgraceful folly in Israel.

vw@Judges:20:8 @ And all the people rose up as one man, saying, None of us shall go to his tent, nor shall any turn away to his house;

vw@Judges:20:9 @ but now this is the thing which we shall do to Gibeah: We shall go up against it by lot.

vw@Judges:20:10 @ We shall take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to carry provisions for the people, that when they come to Gibeah in Benjamin, they may repay all the disgrace that they have done in Israel.

vw@Judges:20:11 @ So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, united as one man.

vw@Judges:20:12 @ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What is this evil that has been done among you?

vw@Judges:20:13 @ Now therefore, deliver up the men, the sons of wickedness who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and remove the evil from Israel! But the sons of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brethren, the sons of Israel.

vw@Judges:20:14 @ And the sons of Benjamin gathered together from their cities to Gibeah, to go to battle against the sons of Israel.

vw@Judges:20:15 @ And from their cities at that time the sons of Benjamin numbered twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred choice men.

vw@Judges:20:16 @ Among all this people were seven hundred choice men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

vw@Judges:20:17 @ Now besides Benjamin, the men of Israel numbered four hundred thousand men who drew the sword; all of these were men of war.

vw@Judges:20:18 @ And the sons of Israel arose and went up to the house of God to inquire of God. They said, Which of us shall go up first to battle against the sons of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah first!

vw@Judges:20:19 @ And the sons of Israel arose in the morning and encamped against Gibeah.

vw@Judges:20:20 @ And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin, and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

vw@Judges:20:21 @ And the sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and on that day destroyed down to the ground twenty-two thousand men of Israel.

vw@Judges:20:22 @ And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves and again set the battle in array at the place where they had put themselves in array on the first day.

vw@Judges:20:23 @ And the sons of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until evening, and asked counsel of Jehovah, saying, Shall I again draw near for battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Go up against him.

vw@Judges:20:24 @ So the sons of Israel approached the sons of Benjamin on the second day.

vw@Judges:20:25 @ And Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroyed down to the ground eighteen thousand men of the sons of Israel; all these drew the sword.

vw@Judges:20:26 @ And all the children of Israel, all the people, went up and came to the house of God and wept. They sat there before Jehovah and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Jehovah.

vw@Judges:20:27 @ And the sons of Israel inquired of Jehovah (the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

vw@Judges:20:28 @ and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin, or shall I cease? And Jehovah said, Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.

vw@Judges:20:29 @ And Israel set men in ambush all around Gibeah.

vw@Judges:20:30 @ And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in battle array against Gibeah as at the other times.

vw@Judges:20:31 @ And the sons of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city. They began to strike down and kill some of the people, as at the other times, in the highways (one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah) and in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

vw@Judges:20:32 @ And the sons of Benjamin thought, They are struck down before us, as at first. But the sons of Israel had said, Let us flee and draw them away from the city into the highways.

vw@Judges:20:33 @ So all the men of Israel rose from their place and put themselves in battle array at Baal Tamar. Then Israel’s men in ambush burst forth from their places in the plain of Geba.

vw@Judges:20:34 @ And ten thousand choice men from all Israel came against Gibeah, and the battle was heavy. But the Benjamites did not know that evil was upon them.

vw@Judges:20:35 @ And Jehovah struck down Benjamin before Israel. And the sons of Israel destroyed that day twenty-five thousand one hundred of Benjamin; all who drew the sword.

vw@Judges:20:36 @ So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were struck down. And the men of Israel had given ground to the Benjamites, because they had trusted on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah.

vw@Judges:20:37 @ And the men in ambush quickly rushed upon Gibeah; the men in ambush drew out and struck the whole city with the edge of the sword.

vw@Judges:20:38 @ Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise up from the city,

vw@Judges:20:39 @ whereupon the men of Israel turned around in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to strike and kill about thirty of the men of Israel. For they thought, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.

vw@Judges:20:40 @ But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and behold the whole city had gone up in smoke to the heavens.

vw@Judges:20:41 @ And when the men of Israel turned back, the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that evil had come upon them.

vw@Judges:20:42 @ Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; and the battle overtook them, and whoever came out of the cities they destroyed in their midst.

vw@Judges:20:43 @ They surrounded Benjamin, chased them, and easily trampled them down as far as the front of Gibeah toward the rising sun.

vw@Judges:20:44 @ And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell; all these were men of valor.

vw@Judges:20:46 @ So all who fell of Benjamin that day were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

vw@Judges:20:47 @ But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they remained at the rock of Rimmon for four months.

vw@Judges:20:48 @ And the men of Israel turned back against the sons of Benjamin, and struck them down with the edge of the sword; entire cities, beasts, and all who were found. They also set fire to every city they found.

vw@Judges:21:1 @ Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, saying, None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.

vw@Judges:21:2 @ And the people came to the house of God, and remained there before God till evening, and lifted up their voices and wept with great weeping,

vw@Judges:21:3 @ and said, O Jehovah the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that today there should be one tribe missing in Israel?

vw@Judges:21:4 @ And it came to pass the next morning, that the people arose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

vw@Judges:21:5 @ And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not come up with the assembly to Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning anyone who did not come up to Jehovah at Mizpah, saying, He shall die the death.

vw@Judges:21:6 @ And the children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, One tribe is cut off from Israel today.

vw@Judges:21:7 @ What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah not to give them our daughters as wives?

vw@Judges:21:9 @ For when the people were numbered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead was there.

vw@Judges:21:10 @ And the congregation sent out there twelve thousand of their most valiant men, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, including the women and children.

vw@Judges:21:11 @ And this is the thing that you shall do: You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has known a man by lying with him.

vw@Judges:21:12 @ And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

vw@Judges:21:13 @ And the whole congregation sent word to the sons of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.

vw@Judges:21:14 @ And Benjamin came back at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead; and yet they had not found enough for them.

vw@Judges:21:15 @ And the people grieved for Benjamin, because Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

vw@Judges:21:16 @ And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?

vw@Judges:21:17 @ And they said, There must be an inheritance for the remnant of Benjamin, that a tribe may not be destroyed from Israel.

vw@Judges:21:18 @ However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.

vw@Judges:21:19 @ Then they said, Behold, there is a yearly feast of Jehovah in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.

vw@Judges:21:20 @ Therefore they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, Go, lie in wait in the vineyards,

vw@Judges:21:21 @ and watch; and when the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance their dances, then come out from the vineyards, and every man catch a wife for himself from the daughters of Shiloh; and go to the land of Benjamin.

vw@Judges:21:22 @ And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, Be gracious to them for our sakes, because we did not take a wife for any of them in the war; for it is not as though you have given the women to them at this time, thus making yourselves guilty of your oath.

vw@Judges:21:23 @ And the sons of Benjamin did so; they took enough wives for their number from those who danced, whom they caught. And they went and returned to their inheritance, and they rebuilt the cities and dwelt in them.

vw@Judges:21:24 @ So the sons of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family; they departed from there, every man to his inheritance.

vw@Judges:21:25 @ In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did what was right in his own eyes.

vw@Ruth:1:1 @ Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the land of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

vw@Ruth:1:2 @ The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; Ephrathites of Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to the land of Moab and remained there.

vw@Ruth:1:6 @ Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the land of Moab, for she had heard in the land of Moab that Jehovah had visited His people by giving them bread.

vw@Ruth:1:7 @ Therefore she went out from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

vw@Ruth:1:8 @ And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother’s house. Jehovah deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

vw@Ruth:1:9 @ Jehovah grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

vw@Ruth:1:11 @ And Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

vw@Ruth:1:13 @ would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of Jehovah has gone out against me!

vw@Ruth:1:14 @ And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

vw@Ruth:1:15 @ And she said, Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.

vw@Ruth:1:16 @ But Ruth said: Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.

vw@Ruth:1:17 @ Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.

vw@Ruth:1:18 @ When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.

vw@Ruth:1:19 @ So the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was in a stir because of them; and they said, Is this Naomi?

vw@Ruth:1:21 @ I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me back home empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Jehovah has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?

vw@Ruth:1:22 @ Thus Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the land of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

vw@Ruth:2:1 @ Now Naomi had an acquaintance, a kinsman of her husband, a mighty man of wealth of the family of Elimelech. His name was Boaz.

vw@Ruth:2:2 @ And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Please let me go to the fields, and glean heads of grain after him in whose eyes I may find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

vw@Ruth:2:3 @ And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And she happened to come to the part of the fields belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

vw@Ruth:2:5 @ Then Boaz said to his servant who was appointed over the reapers, Whose young woman is this?

vw@Ruth:2:6 @ And the servant who was appointed over the reapers answered and said, It is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the land of Moab.

vw@Ruth:2:7 @ And she said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came and has continued from morning until now, though she sat a little in the house.

vw@Ruth:2:8 @ Then Boaz said to Ruth, You will listen, my daughter, will you not? Do not go to glean in another field, nor go from here, but stay close by my young women.

vw@Ruth:2:9 @ Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Have I not commanded the young men not to touch you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink from what the young men have drawn.

vw@Ruth:2:10 @ And she fell on her face, bowed down to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?

vw@Ruth:2:11 @ And Boaz answered and said to her, It has been fully reported to me, all that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you have not known before.

vw@Ruth:2:12 @ May Jehovah reward your work, and full wages be given you by Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.

vw@Ruth:2:13 @ And she said, Let me find favor in your eyes, my lord; for you have comforted me, and have spoken to the heart of your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants.

vw@Ruth:2:14 @ And Boaz said to her at mealtime, Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar. So she sat beside the reapers, and he held out parched grain to her; and she ate and was satisfied, and had some left over.

vw@Ruth:2:15 @ And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.

vw@Ruth:2:16 @ Also let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her; leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her.

vw@Ruth:2:17 @ So she gleaned in the field until evening, and beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.

vw@Ruth:2:18 @ And she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out and gave to her what had been left over after she had been satisfied.

vw@Ruth:2:19 @ And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? And where have you worked? Blessed is the one taking notice of you. So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.

vw@Ruth:2:20 @ And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed is he of Jehovah, who has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead! And Naomi said to her, This man is next of kin to us, a kinsman redeemer.

vw@Ruth:2:21 @ And Ruth the Moabitess said, He also said to me, You shall stay close by my young men until they have finished all my harvest.

vw@Ruth:2:22 @ And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, and that you not be fallen upon in another field.

vw@Ruth:2:23 @ So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

vw@Ruth:3:1 @ Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek a secure rest for you, that it may be well with you?

vw@Ruth:3:2 @ Now Boaz, whose young women you were with, is he not our kinsman? Behold, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor.

vw@Ruth:3:3 @ Therefore wash yourself and anoint yourself, dress up and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.

vw@Ruth:3:4 @ And it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall notice the place where he lies; and you shall go in, uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you what you shall do.

vw@Ruth:3:6 @ So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law had charged her.

vw@Ruth:3:7 @ And after Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was glad, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain; and she came secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

vw@Ruth:3:8 @ And it happened at midnight that the man was startled, and turned himself; and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

vw@Ruth:3:9 @ And he said, Who are you? So she answered, I am Ruth, your maidservant. Spread your skirt over your maidservant, for you are a kinsman redeemer.

vw@Ruth:3:10 @ And he said, Blessed are you of Jehovah, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich.

vw@Ruth:3:12 @ Now it is true that I am a kinsman redeemer; however, there is a kinsman redeemer closer than I.

vw@Ruth:3:13 @ Stay this night, and in the morning it shall be that if he will redeem you, good, let him do it. But if he does not want to redeem you, then I will be your kinsman redeemer, as Jehovah lives! Lie down until morning.

vw@Ruth:3:14 @ So she lay at his feet until morning, and she arose before one could recognize another. And he said, Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.

vw@Ruth:3:15 @ And he said, Bring the shawl that is on you and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six ephahs of barley, and laid it on her. And she went into the city.

vw@Ruth:3:16 @ And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Is that you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done for her.

vw@Ruth:3:17 @ And she said, These six ephahs of barley he gave me; for he said to me, Do not go empty to your mother-in-law.

vw@Ruth:4:1 @ And Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the kinsman redeemer of whom Boaz had spoken came by. So he said, Ho there, you! Turn aside and sit down here. So he came aside and sat down.

vw@Ruth:4:3 @ And he said to the kinsman redeemer, Naomi, who has come back from the land of Moab, has sold the piece of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech.

vw@Ruth:4:4 @ And I thought to uncover your ear to say, Buy it in the presence of the inhabitants and the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you. And he said, I will redeem it.

vw@Ruth:4:5 @ Then Boaz said, On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also buy it from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.

vw@Ruth:4:6 @ And the kinsman redeemer said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I ruin my own inheritance. You redeem my right of redemption for yourself, for I cannot redeem it.

vw@Ruth:4:7 @ Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning redeeming and exchanging, to establish anything: one man took off his sandal and gave it to the other, and this was an attestation in Israel.

vw@Ruth:4:8 @ Therefore the kinsman redeemer said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself; and he drew off his sandal.

vw@Ruth:4:10 @ Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have acquired as my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from his position at the gate. You are witnesses this day.

vw@Ruth:4:11 @ And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

vw@Ruth:4:13 @ So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and when he went in to her, Jehovah gave her conception, and she bore a son.

vw@Ruth:4:14 @ And the women said to Naomi, Blessed is Jehovah, who has not left you this day without a kinsman redeemer; and may his name be famous in Israel!

vw@Ruth:4:15 @ And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.

vw@Ruth:4:17 @ Also the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi. And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

vw@Ruth:4:19 @ Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab;

vw@Ruth:4:20 @ Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon;

vw@1Samuel:1:1 @ Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.

vw@1Samuel:1:2 @ And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

vw@1Samuel:1:3 @ And this man went up from his city year after year to bow down and sacrifice unto Jehovah of Hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests unto Jehovah there.

vw@1Samuel:1:4 @ And whenever the time came for Elkanah to make an offering, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters.

vw@1Samuel:1:9 @ So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:1:10 @ And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah and wept with weeping.

vw@1Samuel:1:12 @ And it happened, as she continued praying before Jehovah, that Eli was watching her mouth.

vw@1Samuel:1:13 @ Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.

vw@1Samuel:1:14 @ So Eli said to her, How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you!

vw@1Samuel:1:15 @ And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of intense spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:1:17 @ Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him.

vw@1Samuel:1:18 @ And she said, Let your handmaid find favor in your eyes. So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

vw@1Samuel:1:19 @ And they arose early in the morning and bowed down before Jehovah, and returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and Jehovah remembered her.

vw@1Samuel:1:20 @ So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked for him from Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:1:22 @ But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah and remain there always.

vw@1Samuel:1:23 @ And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what is good in your eyes; wait until you have weaned him. Only may Jehovah establish His word. So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

vw@1Samuel:1:24 @ And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of Jehovah at Shiloh: the child, the boy.

vw@1Samuel:2:1 @ And Hannah prayed and said: My heart has rejoiced in Jehovah; my horn has been exalted in Jehovah. My mouth has been enlarged over my enemies, because I have rejoiced in Your salvation.

vw@1Samuel:2:4 @ The bows of the mighty are broken, and those stumbling have been girded with strength.

vw@1Samuel:2:6 @ Jehovah kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and brings up.

vw@1Samuel:2:7 @ Jehovah makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.

vw@1Samuel:2:8 @ He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, and He set the world upon them.

vw@1Samuel:2:9 @ He guards the feet of His saints, but the wicked are silent in darkness. For man does not prevail by might.

vw@1Samuel:2:10 @ The adversaries of Jehovah are broken in pieces; from the heavens He thunders against them. Jehovah judges the ends of the earth. He gives strength to His king, and exalts the horn of His anointed.

vw@1Samuel:2:13 @ And the custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fleshhook in his hand while the flesh was boiling.

vw@1Samuel:2:14 @ And he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; and the priest would take for himself all that the fleshhook brought up. Thus they did in Shiloh to all Israel who came there.

vw@1Samuel:2:15 @ Also, before they burned the fat with smoke, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, Give flesh for roasting to the priest, for he will not take boiled flesh from you, but raw.

vw@1Samuel:2:17 @ Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for the men had spurned the offering of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:2:18 @ But Samuel was serving before Jehovah, even as a boy, girded with a linen ephod.

vw@1Samuel:2:22 @ Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tent of meeting.

vw@1Samuel:2:23 @ And he said to them, Why do you do such things? For I am hearing of your evil dealings from all the people.

vw@1Samuel:2:24 @ No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I am hearing. You cause the people of Jehovah to transgress.

vw@1Samuel:2:25 @ If a man sins against man, God will judge him. But if a man sins against Jehovah, who shall intercede for him? Nevertheless they did not heed the voice of their father, because Jehovah desired to kill them.

vw@1Samuel:2:26 @ And the boy Samuel grew in stature, and in favor both with Jehovah and men.

vw@1Samuel:2:27 @ And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, Thus says Jehovah: Have I not revealed to show Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?

vw@1Samuel:2:28 @ Did I not choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before Me? And did I not give to the house of your father all the offerings by fire of the children of Israel?

vw@1Samuel:2:29 @ Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded for My dwelling place, and honor your sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?

vw@1Samuel:2:30 @ Therefore Jehovah the God of Israel says: I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now Jehovah says: Far be it from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.

vw@1Samuel:2:31 @ Behold, the days are coming that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, so that there shall not be an old man in your house.

vw@1Samuel:2:32 @ And you shall see an adversary in My dwelling place, despite all the good which God did for Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house for all time.

vw@1Samuel:2:33 @ And any of your men whom I do not cut off from My altar shall be to consume your eyes and grieve your soul. And all the increase of your house shall die as young men.

vw@1Samuel:2:34 @ And this shall be a sign to you that shall come upon your two sons, upon Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die, both of them.

vw@1Samuel:2:35 @ Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My soul. I will build him a lasting house, and he shall walk before My anointed for all time.

vw@1Samuel:2:36 @ And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and say, Please, join me to the priesthood, that I may eat a piece of bread.

vw@1Samuel:3:1 @ And the boy Samuel served Jehovah before Eli. And the Word of Jehovah was rare in those days; visions were not breaking through.

vw@1Samuel:3:2 @ And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes had begun to grow dim that he could not see,

vw@1Samuel:3:3 @ and the lamp of God had not yet gone out in the temple of Jehovah where the ark of God was, where Samuel was lying down,

vw@1Samuel:3:6 @ And Jehovah called yet again, Samuel. So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am, for you called me. He answered, I have not called, my son; go back and lie down.

vw@1Samuel:3:8 @ And Jehovah called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am, for you did call me. Then Eli perceived that Jehovah was calling the boy.

vw@1Samuel:3:9 @ Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you shall say, Speak, Jehovah, for Your servant is listening. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

vw@1Samuel:3:10 @ And Jehovah came and stood and called as at other times, Samuel! Samuel! And Samuel answered, Speak, for Your servant is listening.

vw@1Samuel:3:11 @ And Jehovah said to Samuel: Behold, I am doing something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

vw@1Samuel:3:12 @ In that day I shall carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

vw@1Samuel:3:13 @ For I have declared to him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he has known, because his sons are being despicable, and he has not restrained them.

vw@1Samuel:3:14 @ And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.

vw@1Samuel:3:15 @ And Samuel lay down until morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel was afraid to make known the vision to Eli.

vw@1Samuel:3:17 @ And he said, What is the word that He has spoken to you? Please do not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that He has spoken to you.

vw@1Samuel:3:18 @ And Samuel told him the matter, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Jehovah. Let Him do what is good in His eyes.

vw@1Samuel:3:20 @ And all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was being established as a prophet of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:3:21 @ And Jehovah appeared again in Shiloh. For Jehovah revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the Word of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:4:1 @ And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

vw@1Samuel:4:2 @ And the Philistines put themselves in battle array against Israel. And when they joined the battle, Israel was struck down before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men at the battle line in the field.

vw@1Samuel:4:3 @ And when the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has Jehovah struck us down today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us it may save us from the hand of our enemies.

vw@1Samuel:4:4 @ So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

vw@1Samuel:4:5 @ And when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout so that the earth shook.

vw@1Samuel:4:6 @ And when the Philistines heard the sound of the shout, they said, What is this sound of great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews? Then they understood that the ark of Jehovah had come into the camp.

vw@1Samuel:4:7 @ And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God has come into the camp! And they said, Woe to us! For such a thing has never happened before.

vw@1Samuel:4:8 @ Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck Egypt with all the plagues in the wilderness.

vw@1Samuel:4:9 @ Be strong and be like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Be like men, and fight!

vw@1Samuel:4:10 @ So the Philistines fought, and Israel was struck down, and every man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.

vw@1Samuel:4:11 @ And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

vw@1Samuel:4:12 @ And a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and came to Shiloh with his clothes torn and earth on his head.

vw@1Samuel:4:13 @ And when he came, behold Eli was sitting on a seat by the wayside, watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and reported, all the city cried out.

vw@1Samuel:4:15 @ Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes had become set that he could not see.

vw@1Samuel:4:16 @ And the man said to Eli, I am the one who came from the battle line, and I have fled today from the battle line. And he said, What happened, my son?

vw@1Samuel:4:17 @ And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, have died; and the ark of God has been taken.

vw@1Samuel:4:19 @ And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child, due to be delivered; and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she bowed herself and gave birth, for her pangs came upon her.

vw@1Samuel:4:21 @ And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory has departed from Israel! because the ark of God had been taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

vw@1Samuel:5:1 @ And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

vw@1Samuel:5:2 @ When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it next to Dagon.

vw@1Samuel:5:5 @ Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

vw@1Samuel:5:7 @ And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand has been severe upon us and Dagon our god.

vw@1Samuel:5:8 @ Therefore they sent and gathered to themselves all the rulers of the Philistines, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought to Gath. So they brought around the ark of the God of Israel.

vw@1Samuel:5:9 @ And so it was, after they had brought it around, that the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great destruction; and He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and tumors broke out on them.

vw@1Samuel:5:10 @ Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. So it was, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought around the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people!

vw@1Samuel:5:11 @ So they sent and gathered together all the rulers of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people. For there was a death panic throughout all the city, because the hand of God had been very heavy there.

vw@1Samuel:6:1 @ And the ark of Jehovah was in the land of the Philistines seven months.

vw@1Samuel:6:2 @ And the Philistines summoned the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? Make known to us how we shall send it to its place.

vw@1Samuel:6:3 @ And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty; but turn it back to return it to Him with a trespass offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.

vw@1Samuel:6:4 @ So they said, What is the trespass offering which we shall return to Him? And they answered, Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the rulers of the Philistines. For the same plague was upon all of you and upon your rulers.

vw@1Samuel:6:5 @ Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that are ruining the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps He will lighten His hand from off you, from off your gods, and from off your land.

vw@1Samuel:6:6 @ Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He did mighty things among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

vw@1Samuel:6:8 @ And take the ark of Jehovah and set it on the cart; and put the articles of gold which you are returning to Him as a trespass offering in a chest by its side; and send it away, and let it go.

vw@1Samuel:6:12 @ And the cows headed straight for the way to Beth Shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or the left. And the rulers of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.

vw@1Samuel:6:13 @ Now those of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

vw@1Samuel:6:14 @ And the cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there; and a large stone was there. And they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering unto Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:6:15 @ And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah and the chest that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone. And the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices that day unto Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:6:16 @ And when the five rulers of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

vw@1Samuel:6:17 @ And these are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering unto Jehovah: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;

vw@1Samuel:6:18 @ and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five rulers, both fortified cities and rural villages, even as far as the large stone of Abel on which they set the ark of Jehovah, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

vw@1Samuel:6:19 @ And He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people mourned because Jehovah had struck the people with a great slaughter.

vw@1Samuel:6:21 @ And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Jehovah; come down and take it up with you.

vw@1Samuel:7:1 @ And the men of Kirjath Jearim came and took the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:7:2 @ So it was that the ark remained in Kirjath Jearim many days; it was twenty years. And all the house of Israel mourned after Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:7:3 @ And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you are returning unto Jehovah with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts for Jehovah, and serve Him only; and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

vw@1Samuel:7:6 @ And they gathered together at Mizpah, drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah. And they fasted that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Mizpah.

vw@1Samuel:7:7 @ Now when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had gathered together at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard of it, they were afraid before the Philistines.

vw@1Samuel:7:8 @ And the sons of Israel said to Samuel, Do not cease to cry out unto Jehovah our God for us, that He may deliver us out of the hand of the Philistines.

vw@1Samuel:7:9 @ And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering unto Jehovah. And Samuel cried out unto Jehovah for Israel, and Jehovah answered him.

vw@1Samuel:7:10 @ And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But Jehovah thundered with a loud noise upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were smitten before Israel.

vw@1Samuel:7:11 @ And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and drove them back as far as below Beth Car.

vw@1Samuel:7:12 @ And Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, Thus far has Jehovah helped us.

vw@1Samuel:7:13 @ So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of Jehovah was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

vw@1Samuel:7:14 @ And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered its territories from the hands of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

vw@1Samuel:7:16 @ And he went from year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.

vw@1Samuel:8:2 @ The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beer-sheba.

vw@1Samuel:8:3 @ But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

vw@1Samuel:8:5 @ and said to him, Behold, you have become old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us like all the nations.

vw@1Samuel:8:6 @ But the thing made Samuel’s eyes quiver when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:8:7 @ And Jehovah said to Samuel, Consent to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, for Me to not reign over them.

vw@1Samuel:8:8 @ According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even to this day, with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods, so they are doing to you also.

vw@1Samuel:8:9 @ Now therefore, consent to their voice. However, you shall solemnly testify to them, and inform them regarding the manner of the king who shall reign over them.

vw@1Samuel:8:10 @ So Samuel told all the words of Jehovah to the people who were asking him for a king.

vw@1Samuel:8:11 @ And he said, This shall be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots.

vw@1Samuel:8:12 @ He will appoint commanders over his thousands and commanders over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his implements of war and equipment for his chariots.

vw@1Samuel:8:14 @ And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.

vw@1Samuel:8:15 @ He will take a tenth of your seed and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.

vw@1Samuel:8:16 @ And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and make them do his work.

vw@1Samuel:8:18 @ And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and Jehovah will not answer you in that day.

vw@1Samuel:8:19 @ Nevertheless the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,

vw@1Samuel:8:20 @ that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.

vw@1Samuel:8:21 @ And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and spoke them in the ears of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:8:22 @ And Jehovah said to Samuel, Consent to their voice, and cause a king to reign over them. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Each of you go to his city.

vw@1Samuel:9:1 @ Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

vw@1Samuel:9:4 @ And he passed through the mountains of Ephraim and through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them.

vw@1Samuel:9:6 @ And he said to him, Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and he is an honorable man; all that he speaks succeeds to come to pass. Now let us go there; perhaps he can show us the way that we should go.

vw@1Samuel:9:7 @ Then Saul said to his servant, But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread in our vessels is all gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?

vw@1Samuel:9:8 @ And the servant answered Saul again and said, Behold, I have here at hand one fourth of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way.

vw@1Samuel:9:9 @ (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he spoke thus: Come, let us go to the seer; for he who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.)

vw@1Samuel:9:11 @ And as they went up the hill to the city, they met some young women going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?

vw@1Samuel:9:13 @ As soon as you come into the city, you will surely find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. Now therefore, go up, for today you will find him.

vw@1Samuel:9:14 @ So they went up to the city; and as they were coming into the city, behold, Samuel was coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place.

vw@1Samuel:9:15 @ Now Jehovah had revealed in Samuel’s ear the day before Saul came, saying,

vw@1Samuel:9:16 @ Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him commander over My people Israel, that he may deliver My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to me.

vw@1Samuel:9:18 @ And Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Please tell me, where is the seer’s house?

vw@1Samuel:9:19 @ And Samuel answered Saul and said, I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today; and tomorrow I will send you away and will declare to you all that is in your heart.

vw@1Samuel:9:21 @ And Saul answered and said, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken this word to me?

vw@1Samuel:9:22 @ And Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the hall, and had them sit in the place at the head of those who were invited; which were about thirty men.

vw@1Samuel:9:23 @ And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it beside you.

vw@1Samuel:9:24 @ And the cook took up the leg with what was on it and set it before Saul. And he said, Behold here is what was reserved. Set it before you and eat; for until this appointed time it has been kept for you, since I said I invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

vw@1Samuel:9:25 @ And when they had come down from the high place into the city, he spoke with Saul on the top of the house.

vw@1Samuel:9:26 @ And they arose early; and it was about daybreak that Samuel summoned Saul to the top of the house, saying, Arise, that I may send you away. And Saul arose, and both of them went outside, he and Samuel.

vw@1Samuel:9:27 @ And as they were going down to the city limits, Samuel said to Saul, Command the servant to go on ahead of us. And he went on. But you stand here a moment, that I may proclaim to you the Word of God.

vw@1Samuel:10:1 @ Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, and kissed him and said: Is it not because Jehovah has anointed you ruler over His inheritance.

vw@1Samuel:10:2 @ When you depart from me today, you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased speaking about the donkeys and has become concerned about you, saying, What shall I do about my son?

vw@1Samuel:10:3 @ Then you shall go on farther and come to the plain of Tabor. There three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

vw@1Samuel:10:5 @ After that you shall come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is. And it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a lute, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.

vw@1Samuel:10:6 @ And the Spirit of Jehovah will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.

vw@1Samuel:10:7 @ And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you do as your hand finds to do; for God is with you.

vw@1Samuel:10:8 @ You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait, till I come to you and show you what you shall do.

vw@1Samuel:10:13 @ And when he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.

vw@1Samuel:10:16 @ And Saul said to his uncle, He reported to make known to us that the donkeys had been found. But about the matter of the kingdom, he did not tell him what Samuel had said.

vw@1Samuel:10:18 @ and said to the children of Israel, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all kingdoms and from those oppressing you.

vw@1Samuel:10:19 @ But you have today rejected your God, who Himself delivered you out of all your adversities and your afflictions; and you have said to Him, No, set a king over us! Now therefore, present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes and by your thousands.

vw@1Samuel:10:20 @ And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

vw@1Samuel:10:21 @ When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was chosen. And Saul the son of Kish was taken. But when they sought him, he could not be found.

vw@1Samuel:10:22 @ Therefore they inquired of Jehovah further, Has the man come here yet? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he is hiding himself among the equipment.

vw@1Samuel:10:24 @ And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom Jehovah has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people? And all the people shouted and said, Long live the king!

vw@1Samuel:10:25 @ Then Samuel explained to the people the ordinances of the king’s office, and wrote it in a book and set it before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

vw@1Samuel:11:1 @ Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.

vw@1Samuel:11:2 @ And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition I will make a covenant with you, to bore out all your right eyes, and bring reproach on all Israel.

vw@1Samuel:11:4 @ So the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke the words in the ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

vw@1Samuel:11:5 @ And behold, Saul was coming behind the herd from the field; and Saul said, What is with the people, that they weep? And they recounted to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

vw@1Samuel:11:7 @ And he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whoever does not come out with Saul and Samuel to battle, so it shall be done to his oxen. And the fear of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

vw@1Samuel:11:10 @ Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do with us whatever is good in your eyes.

vw@1Samuel:11:11 @ So it was, the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And it happened that those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

vw@1Samuel:11:13 @ But Saul said, Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today Jehovah has worked deliverance in Israel.

vw@1Samuel:11:14 @ And Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there.

vw@1Samuel:11:15 @ And all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal. There they slaughtered sacrifices of peace offerings before Jehovah, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

vw@1Samuel:12:1 @ And Samuel said to all Israel: Behold, I have heeded your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

vw@1Samuel:12:2 @ And now, behold the king walking before you; and I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

vw@1Samuel:12:3 @ Look at me. Witness against me before Jehovah and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.

vw@1Samuel:12:4 @ And they said, You have not cheated us nor oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man’s hand.

vw@1Samuel:12:5 @ And he said to them, Jehovah is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

vw@1Samuel:12:6 @ And Samuel said to the people, It is Jehovah who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

vw@1Samuel:12:7 @ Now therefore, present yourself, that I may plead with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah which He did with you and your fathers:

vw@1Samuel:12:8 @ When Jacob had gone into Egypt, and your fathers cried out unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.

vw@1Samuel:12:9 @ And when they forgot Jehovah their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.

vw@1Samuel:12:10 @ And they cried out unto Jehovah, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah and served the Baals and Ashtaroth; but now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You.

vw@1Samuel:12:11 @ And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies all around; and you dwelt in safety.

vw@1Samuel:12:12 @ And when you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, even though Jehovah your God was your king.

vw@1Samuel:12:13 @ Now therefore, behold the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. And behold, Jehovah has set a king over you.

vw@1Samuel:12:14 @ If you will fear Jehovah and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, then both you and the king who reigns over you shall follow Jehovah your God.

vw@1Samuel:12:15 @ However, if you do not obey the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, then the hand of Jehovah will be against you, as it was against your fathers.

vw@1Samuel:12:16 @ Now therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing which Jehovah will do before your eyes:

vw@1Samuel:12:17 @ Is today not the wheat harvest? I will call to Jehovah, and He will send thunder and rain, that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for a king for yourselves.

vw@1Samuel:12:18 @ So Samuel called unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.

vw@1Samuel:12:19 @ And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Jehovah your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king for ourselves.

vw@1Samuel:12:20 @ And Samuel said to the people, Do not fear. You have done all this evil; yet do not turn aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart.

vw@1Samuel:12:21 @ And do not turn aside to go after vanities which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are nothing.

vw@1Samuel:12:23 @ Moreover, as for me, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah to cease to pray for you; for I have taught you the good and the right way.

vw@1Samuel:12:24 @ Only fear Jehovah, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.

vw@1Samuel:12:25 @ But if you do wickedly to do evil, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.

vw@1Samuel:13:2 @ Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mountains of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent each man to his tent.

vw@1Samuel:13:3 @ And Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the shofar throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear!

vw@1Samuel:13:4 @ And all Israel heard it said that Saul had struck a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel had also become odious to the Philistines. And the people were summoned after Saul at Gilgal.

vw@1Samuel:13:5 @ And the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude. And they came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth Aven.

vw@1Samuel:13:6 @ And when the men of Israel saw that they were in straits, for the people were distressed, then the people hid in caves, in crevices, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.

vw@1Samuel:13:7 @ And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, with all the people behind him, trembling.

vw@1Samuel:13:8 @ And he waited seven days for Samuel, according to the appointed time; but Samuel had not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

vw@1Samuel:13:9 @ So Saul said, Bring the burnt offering and peace offerings here to me. And he offered the burnt offering.

vw@1Samuel:13:10 @ And it happened, as soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, to bless him.

vw@1Samuel:13:11 @ And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, When I saw that the people had scattered from me, and that you had not come at the appointed time, and that the Philistines were gathering together at Michmash,

vw@1Samuel:13:12 @ then I said, The Philistines will now come down upon me at Gilgal, and I have not entreated the face of Jehovah. Therefore I forced myself, and offered a burnt offering.

vw@1Samuel:13:13 @ And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Jehovah your God, which He has commanded you. For now Jehovah would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

vw@1Samuel:13:14 @ But now your kingdom shall not stand. Jehovah has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and Jehovah has ordained him to be ruler over His people, because you have not kept what Jehovah has commanded you.

vw@1Samuel:13:15 @ And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people found with him, about six hundred men.

vw@1Samuel:13:16 @ And Saul, Jonathan his son, and the people found with them remained at Gibeah of Benjamin; and the Philistines encamped at Michmash.

vw@1Samuel:13:17 @ And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned toward the way to Ophrah, to the land of Shual,

vw@1Samuel:13:18 @ another company turned toward the way to Beth Horon, and another company turned toward the way of the border overlooking the Valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

vw@1Samuel:13:19 @ Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines thought, Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.

vw@1Samuel:13:20 @ But all Israel would go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man’s plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle;

vw@1Samuel:13:21 @ and the price for sharpening was a pim for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to set the points of the goads.

vw@1Samuel:13:22 @ So it came about, in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan. But they were found with Saul and Jonathan his son.

vw@1Samuel:13:23 @ And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

vw@1Samuel:14:1 @ Now it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that was his armorbearer, Come, let us go over to the garrison of the Philistines that is on the other side. But he did not tell his father.

vw@1Samuel:14:2 @ And Saul was sitting at the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men.

vw@1Samuel:14:3 @ Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Jehovah at Shiloh, was wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

vw@1Samuel:14:4 @ Between the passes by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

vw@1Samuel:14:6 @ And Jonathan said to the young man that was his armorbearer, Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that Jehovah will work for us; for nothing restrains Jehovah, to save by many or by few.

vw@1Samuel:14:7 @ So his armorbearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart. Turn then; behold, I am with you according to your heart.

vw@1Samuel:14:9 @ If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to you, then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them.

vw@1Samuel:14:10 @ But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up, for Jehovah has delivered them into our hand; and this will be a sign to us.

vw@1Samuel:14:11 @ So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden.

vw@1Samuel:14:12 @ And the men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armorbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will teach you something. And Jonathan said to his armorbearer, Come up after me, for Jehovah has delivered them into the hand of Israel.

vw@1Samuel:14:13 @ And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet with his armorbearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan. And his armorbearer followed, killing them.

vw@1Samuel:14:14 @ That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armorbearer made was about twenty men within an area of land half the size that a yoke of oxen might plow in a day.

vw@1Samuel:14:15 @ And there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and the raiders also trembled; and the earth quaked, so that it was a very great trembling.

vw@1Samuel:14:16 @ And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold the multitude had melted away; and they went, striking down one another.

vw@1Samuel:14:18 @ And Saul said to Ahijah, Bring the ark of God here (for the ark of God was with the sons of Israel that day).

vw@1Samuel:14:19 @ And it happened, while Saul spoke to the priest, that the roar in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase; so Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand.

vw@1Samuel:14:20 @ And Saul and all the people with him assembled, and they went to the battle; and behold every man’s sword was against his neighbor, and there was very great confusion.

vw@1Samuel:14:21 @ Moreover the Hebrews who had previously retreated from the Philistines into the surrounding areas, they also joined the camp of the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

vw@1Samuel:14:22 @ Likewise all the men of Israel who had hidden in the mountains of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines had fled, they also pursued closely after them in the battle.

vw@1Samuel:14:24 @ And the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had placed the people under oath, saying, Cursed is the man who eats food until evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

vw@1Samuel:14:26 @ And when the people had come into the forest, there was the flowing honey; but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

vw@1Samuel:14:27 @ But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.

vw@1Samuel:14:28 @ Then one of the people said, Your father adjured the people with an oath, saying, Cursed is the man who eats food this day. And the people were faint.

vw@1Samuel:14:30 @ How much better if the people had eaten to feed themselves today of the spoils of their enemies which they have found! For now would there not have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

vw@1Samuel:14:31 @ And they drove back the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon; and the people were very faint.

vw@1Samuel:14:33 @ And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people are sinning against Jehovah to eat with the blood! So he said, You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone to me this moment.

vw@1Samuel:14:34 @ And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, Bring me here each man his ox and his sheep, slaughter them here, and eat; and do not sin against Jehovah to eat with the blood. So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night, and slaughtered it there.

vw@1Samuel:14:36 @ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and plunder them until the morning light; and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatever is good in your eyes. And the priest said, Let us draw near to God here.

vw@1Samuel:14:37 @ And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel? But He did not answer him that day.

vw@1Samuel:14:38 @ And Saul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see what this sin was today.

vw@1Samuel:14:39 @ For as Jehovah lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall be executed to death. But not one of all the people answered him.

vw@1Samuel:14:40 @ Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and my son Jonathan and I will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do what is good in your eyes.

vw@1Samuel:14:43 @ Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. And Jonathan confessed to him, and said, I have tasted to eat a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Behold, I must die!

vw@1Samuel:14:45 @ But the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has accomplished this great deliverance in Israel? Let it not be! As Jehovah lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

vw@1Samuel:14:46 @ Then Saul withdrew from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

vw@1Samuel:14:47 @ So when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies all around: against Moab, against the sons of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he condemned them.

vw@1Samuel:14:50 @ The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

vw@1Samuel:14:52 @ And war with the Philistines was severe all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man or any valiant youth, he gathered them to himself.

vw@1Samuel:15:1 @ Samuel also said to Saul, Jehovah has sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:15:2 @ Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: I will punish Amalek for what he has done to Israel, how he had laid in wait for him on the way when he came up from Egypt.

vw@1Samuel:15:3 @ Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

vw@1Samuel:15:4 @ So Saul gathered the people together and mustered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah.

vw@1Samuel:15:5 @ And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.

vw@1Samuel:15:6 @ And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

vw@1Samuel:15:8 @ He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

vw@1Samuel:15:9 @ But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

vw@1Samuel:15:10 @ And the Word of Jehovah came to Samuel, saying,

vw@1Samuel:15:11 @ I regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not carried out My words. And it angered Samuel, and he cried out to Jehovah all night.

vw@1Samuel:15:12 @ And when Samuel arose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul has come to Carmel, and behold, he is setting up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal.

vw@1Samuel:15:14 @ And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

vw@1Samuel:15:17 @ And Samuel said, When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not Jehovah anoint you king over Israel?

vw@1Samuel:15:18 @ Now Jehovah sent you on a mission, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them to finish them off.

vw@1Samuel:15:19 @ Why then have you not obeyed the voice of Jehovah? Why did you swoop down upon the spoils, and do evil in the eyes of Jehovah?

vw@1Samuel:15:20 @ And Saul said to Samuel, But I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and gone on the mission to which Jehovah sent me, and brought back Agag the king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

vw@1Samuel:15:21 @ But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things, the devoted things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah your God in Gilgal.

vw@1Samuel:15:22 @ And Samuel said: Has Jehovah as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in to obey the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.

vw@1Samuel:15:23 @ For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the Word of Jehovah, He also has rejected you from being king.

vw@1Samuel:15:24 @ And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the mouth of Jehovah and your words, because I feared the people and heeded their voice.

vw@1Samuel:15:25 @ Now therefore, please forgive my sin, and return with me, that I may bow down before Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:15:26 @ And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you, for you have rejected the Word of Jehovah, and Jehovah has rejected you from being king over Israel.

vw@1Samuel:15:28 @ And Samuel said to him, Jehovah has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

vw@1Samuel:15:29 @ And also the Emminence of Israel will not deal falsely nor repent. For He is not a man, to repent.

vw@1Samuel:15:30 @ And he said, I have sinned; yet honor me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may bow down before Jehovah your God.

vw@1Samuel:15:32 @ Then Samuel said, Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me. So Agag came to him delighted; for Agag thought, Surely the bitterness of death has past.

vw@1Samuel:15:33 @ But Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before Jehovah at Gilgal.

vw@1Samuel:15:35 @ And Samuel went no more to see Saul until the day of his death. Nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, and Jehovah was sorry that He had made Saul king over Israel.

vw@1Samuel:16:1 @ And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.

vw@1Samuel:16:3 @ And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will make known to you what you shall do; you shall anoint for Me the one I say to you.

vw@1Samuel:16:4 @ And Samuel did what Jehovah spoke, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled to meet him, and said, Do you come in peace?

vw@1Samuel:16:5 @ And he said, In peace. I have come to sacrifice unto Jehovah. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

vw@1Samuel:16:6 @ And it came about, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and thought, Surely the anointed of Jehovah is before Him.

vw@1Samuel:16:8 @ So Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this one.

vw@1Samuel:16:11 @ And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all the young men here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is grazing the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here.

vw@1Samuel:16:12 @ And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes, and good appearance. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!

vw@1Samuel:16:13 @ And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of Jehovah rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

vw@1Samuel:16:15 @ And Saul’s servants said to him, Behold, an evil spirit from God is overwhelming you.

vw@1Samuel:16:17 @ So Saul said to his servants, Look now for a man who can play well, and bring him to me.

vw@1Samuel:16:18 @ Then one of the servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who knows how to play, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Jehovah is with him.

vw@1Samuel:16:20 @ And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by his son David to Saul.

vw@1Samuel:16:22 @ And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes.

vw@1Samuel:17:1 @ Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered together at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim.

vw@1Samuel:17:2 @ And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines.

vw@1Samuel:17:3 @ The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with the valley between them.

vw@1Samuel:17:4 @ And a man came out from the camp of the Philistines between the two armies, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

vw@1Samuel:17:5 @ He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was wearing a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.

vw@1Samuel:17:8 @ And he stood and called out to the ranks of Israel, and said to them, Why have you come out to be arrayed for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

vw@1Samuel:17:9 @ If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.

vw@1Samuel:17:10 @ And the Philistine said, I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

vw@1Samuel:17:11 @ When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

vw@1Samuel:17:12 @ Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. And the man was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.

vw@1Samuel:17:13 @ The three oldest sons of Jesse went out after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

vw@1Samuel:17:16 @ And the Philistine drew near and presented himself morning and evening, forty days.

vw@1Samuel:17:17 @ And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp.

vw@1Samuel:17:18 @ And carry these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.

vw@1Samuel:17:19 @ Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

vw@1Samuel:17:20 @ And David arose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the battle line and shouting for the battle.

vw@1Samuel:17:21 @ For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, rank against rank.

vw@1Samuel:17:22 @ And David left the things in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and inquired after the welfare of his brothers.

vw@1Samuel:17:23 @ And as he talked with them, behold the man came out from the ranks of the armies of the Philistines, between the two armies, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name; and he spoke according to the same words. And David heard.

vw@1Samuel:17:25 @ And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who comes up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And it shall be that the man who kills him, the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free from taxes in Israel.

vw@1Samuel:17:26 @ And David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the ranks of the living God!

vw@1Samuel:17:27 @ And the people answered him in this manner, saying, Thus shall it be done for the man who kills him.

vw@1Samuel:17:28 @ Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and your naughty heart, for you have come down to see the battle.

vw@1Samuel:17:30 @ And he turned from him toward another and spoke the same words; and these people answered him according to the first words.

vw@1Samuel:17:32 @ And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant shall go and fight with this Philistine.

vw@1Samuel:17:33 @ And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

vw@1Samuel:17:34 @ And David said to Saul, Your servant was grazing his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,

vw@1Samuel:17:35 @ I went out after it and struck it, and rescued the lamb out of its mouth; and when it arose against me, I took hold of it by its beard, and struck and killed it.

vw@1Samuel:17:36 @ Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has reproached the ranks of the living God.

vw@1Samuel:17:37 @ Moreover David said, Jehovah, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and Jehovah be with you!

vw@1Samuel:17:40 @ Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.

vw@1Samuel:17:41 @ And the Philistine proceeded to come near to David, with the man carrying the shield before him.

vw@1Samuel:17:42 @ And when the Philistine considered and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and of good appearance.

vw@1Samuel:17:43 @ And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you are coming to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

vw@1Samuel:17:44 @ And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field!

vw@1Samuel:17:45 @ Then David said to the Philistine, You are coming to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I am coming to you in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, the God of the ranks of Israel, whom you have reproached.

vw@1Samuel:17:46 @ This day Jehovah will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the heavens and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

vw@1Samuel:17:47 @ Then all this assembly shall know that Jehovah does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is Jehovah’s, and He has given you into our hands.

vw@1Samuel:17:48 @ So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hastened and ran toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.

vw@1Samuel:17:49 @ And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

vw@1Samuel:17:50 @ So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David.

vw@1Samuel:17:51 @ Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their strong man was dead, they fled.

vw@1Samuel:17:52 @ And the men of Israel and Judah rose up and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron.

vw@1Samuel:17:53 @ And the sons of Israel returned from hotly pursuing the Philistines, and plundered their camps.

vw@1Samuel:17:54 @ And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent.

vw@1Samuel:17:55 @ Now when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.

vw@1Samuel:17:56 @ So the king said, Inquire whose son this young man is.

vw@1Samuel:17:57 @ So when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

vw@1Samuel:18:1 @ Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

vw@1Samuel:18:5 @ And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of Saul’s servants.

vw@1Samuel:18:6 @ And it happened as they were coming, as David was returning from killing the Philistine, that the women came out from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of the triad.

vw@1Samuel:18:7 @ And the women responded as they played, and said: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

vw@1Samuel:18:8 @ And Saul was very furious, and the saying made his eyes quiver; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?

vw@1Samuel:18:10 @ And it happened on the next day that the evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; and there was a spear in Saul’s hand.

vw@1Samuel:18:13 @ Therefore Saul removed him from being with him, and made him his commander over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

vw@1Samuel:18:14 @ And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and Jehovah was with him.

vw@1Samuel:18:16 @ But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

vw@1Samuel:18:17 @ And Saul said to David, Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the battles of Jehovah. For Saul thought, Let my hand not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.

vw@1Samuel:18:18 @ And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

vw@1Samuel:18:20 @ Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing was agreeable in his eyes.

vw@1Samuel:18:21 @ And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David a second time, You shall be my son-in-law today.

vw@1Samuel:18:22 @ And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delighted in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.

vw@1Samuel:18:23 @ And Saul’s servants spoke those words in David’s ears. And David said, Is it a slight thing in your eyes to be a king’s son-in-law, seeing as how I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?

vw@1Samuel:18:24 @ And the servants of Saul reported to him, saying, In this manner David has spoken.

vw@1Samuel:18:25 @ And Saul said, Thus you shall say to David: The king does not desire any dowry but one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

vw@1Samuel:18:26 @ And when his servants told David these words, the thing was agreeable in David’s eyes, to become the king’s son-in-law. And the day had not ended;

vw@1Samuel:18:27 @ therefore David rose up and went out, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.

vw@1Samuel:18:29 @ and Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul was David’s enemy continually.

vw@1Samuel:18:30 @ And the commanders of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.

vw@1Samuel:19:2 @ But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted greatly in David; so Jonathan informed David, saying, My father Saul is seeking to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide.

vw@1Samuel:19:3 @ And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; and what I observe, I will inform you.

vw@1Samuel:19:4 @ Thus Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you.

vw@1Samuel:19:5 @ For he took his soul in his own hands and killed the Philistine, and Jehovah brought about a great deliverance for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then would you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?

vw@1Samuel:19:7 @ And Jonathan called out to David, and Jonathan told him all these things. So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was before him as in times past.

vw@1Samuel:19:8 @ And there was war again; and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and struck them with a great slaughter, and they fled before him.

vw@1Samuel:19:9 @ And the evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing music with his hand.

vw@1Samuel:19:10 @ And Saul sought to strike David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped away from Saul’s presence; and he struck the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.

vw@1Samuel:19:11 @ Saul also sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David’s wife, informed him, saying, If you do not deliver your soul tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.

vw@1Samuel:19:12 @ So Michal let David down through a window. And he went and fled and escaped.

vw@1Samuel:19:13 @ And Michal took an image and laid it in the bed, put a quilt of goats’ hair at the head, and covered it with clothes.

vw@1Samuel:19:15 @ And Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, to kill him.

vw@1Samuel:19:16 @ And when the messengers had come in, there was the image in the bed, with a quilt of goats’ hair at the head.

vw@1Samuel:19:18 @ So David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.

vw@1Samuel:19:19 @ Now it was reported to Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah!

vw@1Samuel:19:20 @ And Saul sent messengers to take David. And when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing, stationed over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

vw@1Samuel:19:21 @ And when it was reported to Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. Then Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.

vw@1Samuel:19:22 @ Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is at Sechu. And he asked, and said, Where are Samuel and David? And someone said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.

vw@1Samuel:19:23 @ So he went there to Naioth in Ramah. And the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on and prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

vw@1Samuel:19:24 @ And he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

vw@1Samuel:20:1 @ And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and went and said to Jonathan’s face, What have I done? What is my iniquity, and what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?

vw@1Samuel:20:2 @ And Jonathan said to him, Let it not be! You shall not die! Behold, my father will do nothing either great or small but that he will disclose it in my ear. And why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!

vw@1Samuel:20:3 @ And David swore and said, Your father has perceived to know that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But surely, as Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.

vw@1Samuel:20:5 @ And David said to Jonathan, Behold tomorrow is the New Moon, and I should remain to sit with the king to eat. But let me go, that I may hide in the field until the third evening.

vw@1Samuel:20:7 @ If he says thus: Good, your servant will be safe. But if he burns with fury, then know that evil is determined by him.

vw@1Samuel:20:8 @ Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Jehovah with you. However, if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?

vw@1Samuel:20:9 @ And Jonathan said, Let it not be! For if I perceived to know that evil was determined by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you?

vw@1Samuel:20:11 @ And Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go out into the field. So both of them went out into the field.

vw@1Samuel:20:12 @ And Jonathan said to David: Jehovah the God of Israel is witness! When I have searched out my father sometime tomorrow, or the third day, and there is good toward David, and I have not disclosed it in your ear,

vw@1Samuel:20:13 @ may Jehovah do so and much more to Jonathan. But if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will disclose it in your ear and send you away, that you may go in peace. And Jehovah be with you as He was with my father.

vw@1Samuel:20:14 @ And you shall not only show me the kindness of Jehovah while I still live, that I not die;

vw@1Samuel:20:15 @ but you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not even when Jehovah has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.

vw@1Samuel:20:16 @ So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let Jehovah require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

vw@1Samuel:20:17 @ And Jonathan again caused David to swear, because he loved him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

vw@1Samuel:20:19 @ And when you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid on the day of the deed; and remain by the stone Ezel.

vw@1Samuel:20:21 @ and there I will send a lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I answer to say to him, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you; get them and come; then, as Jehovah lives, there is peace for you and nothing else.

vw@1Samuel:20:24 @ So David hid in the field. And when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat food.

vw@1Samuel:20:25 @ Now the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on a seat by the wall. And Jonathan rose up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.

vw@1Samuel:20:26 @ Nevertheless Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, Something has happened to him; he is not clean, surely he is not clean.

vw@1Samuel:20:29 @ And he said, Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city, and thus my brother has commanded me. And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me get away and see my brothers. Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.

vw@1Samuel:20:30 @ Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of perverse rebellion! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

vw@1Samuel:20:31 @ For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Now therefore, send and bring him to me, for he is a son of death.

vw@1Samuel:20:33 @ And Saul threw a spear at him to kill him, by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David.

vw@1Samuel:20:34 @ So Jonathan rose up from the table in burning anger, and ate no food the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved for David, because his father had shamed him.

vw@1Samuel:20:35 @ And so it was, in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy was with him.

vw@1Samuel:20:36 @ And he said to the boy, Now run, find the arrows which I am shooting. As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

vw@1Samuel:20:39 @ But the boy did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew of the matter.

vw@1Samuel:20:42 @ And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, since we have both sworn in the name of Jehovah, saying, May Jehovah be between you and me, and between your seed and my seed, forever. So he rose up and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.

vw@1Samuel:21:2 @ And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has charged me with some business, and said to me, Let no one know anything of the matter about which I am sending you, or what I have commanded you. And I have directed my young men to such and such a place.

vw@1Samuel:21:3 @ Now therefore, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found.

vw@1Samuel:21:5 @ And David answered the priest, and said to him, Truly, women have been kept from us about three days since I came out. And the vessels of the young men are holy, and in a way the bread is common, even though it was consecrated in the vessel today.

vw@1Samuel:21:6 @ So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence which had been taken from before Jehovah, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day when it was taken away.

vw@1Samuel:21:7 @ Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of Saul’s shepherds.

vw@1Samuel:21:8 @ And David said to Ahimelech, Is there not here on hand a spear or a sword? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business came about urgently.

vw@1Samuel:21:9 @ And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it. For there is no other except that one here. And David said, There is none like it; give it to me.

vw@1Samuel:21:10 @ And David rose up and fled that day from the face of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

vw@1Samuel:21:11 @ And the servants of Achish said to him, Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him in dances, saying: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

vw@1Samuel:21:12 @ And David took these words to heart, and was very much afraid before Achish the king of Gath.

vw@1Samuel:21:13 @ And he changed his behavior in their eyes, acted like a mad man in their hands, scratched marks on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall into his beard.

vw@1Samuel:21:14 @ Then Achish said to his servants, Behold, see how the man is mad. Why did you bring him to me?

vw@1Samuel:21:15 @ Have I need of madmen, that you have brought this fellow to show madness in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?

vw@1Samuel:22:2 @ And everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was of a bitter soul gathered to him. So he became commander over them. And there were about four hundred men with him.

vw@1Samuel:22:3 @ And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, Please let my father and mother come here with you, till I know what God will do for me.

vw@1Samuel:22:4 @ And he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the days that David was in the stronghold.

vw@1Samuel:22:5 @ And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go to the land of Judah. So David departed and came into the forest of Hereth.

vw@1Samuel:22:6 @ And when Saul heard that David and the men with him had been discovered (now Saul was staying in Gibeah under a tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants standing about him);

vw@1Samuel:22:7 @ then Saul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

vw@1Samuel:22:8 @ All of you have conspired against me, and not one is disclosing in my ear that my son made a covenant with the son of Jesse; and not one of you is sorry for me nor is disclosing in my ear that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day.

vw@1Samuel:22:9 @ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

vw@1Samuel:22:10 @ And he inquired of Jehovah for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

vw@1Samuel:22:11 @ So the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were at Nob. And they all came to the king.

vw@1Samuel:22:13 @ And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise up against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day?

vw@1Samuel:22:14 @ And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in all your house?

vw@1Samuel:22:15 @ Have I this day begun to inquire of God for him? Let it not be! Let not the king impute anything to his servant, or to any in the house of my father; for your servant has known nothing of all this, little or much.

vw@1Samuel:22:16 @ And the king said, You shall be executed to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!

vw@1Samuel:22:17 @ And the king said to the guards who stood about him, Turn and kill the priests of Jehovah, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he was fleeing and did not disclose it in my ear. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:22:18 @ And the king said to Doeg, You turn and fall upon the priests! And Doeg the Edomite turned and fell upon the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five men bearing a linen ephod.

vw@1Samuel:22:19 @ Also Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep; with the edge of the sword.

vw@1Samuel:22:22 @ And David said to Abiathar, I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would report to inform Saul. I have brought about the death of all the souls of your father’s house.

vw@1Samuel:23:1 @ Then they reported to David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are plundering the threshing floors.

vw@1Samuel:23:2 @ Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.

vw@1Samuel:23:3 @ And David’s men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the ranks of the Philistines?

vw@1Samuel:23:4 @ So David inquired of Jehovah once again. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah. For I am delivering the Philistines into your hand.

vw@1Samuel:23:5 @ And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines, struck them with a great slaughter, and led away their livestock. Thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

vw@1Samuel:23:6 @ And it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he had come down with an ephod in his hand.

vw@1Samuel:23:7 @ And it was reported to Saul that David had gone to Keilah. So Saul said, God has alienated him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.

vw@1Samuel:23:9 @ But David knew that Saul plotted evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here.

vw@1Samuel:23:11 @ Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O Jehovah the God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.

vw@1Samuel:23:12 @ Then David said, Will the lords of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver you.

vw@1Samuel:23:14 @ And David stayed in strongholds in the wilderness, and remained in the mountains in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.

vw@1Samuel:23:15 @ And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his soul. And David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

vw@1Samuel:23:16 @ And Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and went to David in the forest and encouraged his hand in God.

vw@1Samuel:23:17 @ And he said to him, Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. And my father Saul knows that.

vw@1Samuel:23:18 @ And the two of them made a covenant before Jehovah. And David stayed in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.

vw@1Samuel:23:19 @ Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, Is David not hiding with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is south of the desert?

vw@1Samuel:23:20 @ Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul. Come down, and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.

vw@1Samuel:23:22 @ Please go and find out for sure, know and see the place where his feet are, and who has seen him there; for it has been said that he is crafty and shrewd.

vw@1Samuel:23:23 @ See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides; and come back to me with certainty, and I shall go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, that I shall search for him throughout all the thousands of Judah.

vw@1Samuel:23:24 @ And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain to the south of the desert.

vw@1Samuel:23:25 @ And when Saul and his men went to seek him, they reported it to David. Therefore he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

vw@1Samuel:23:26 @ And Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David made haste to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were encircling David and his men to catch them.

vw@1Samuel:23:27 @ But a messenger came to Saul, saying, Hasten and come, for the Philistines have raided the land!

vw@1Samuel:23:28 @ Therefore Saul returned from pursuing David, and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.

vw@1Samuel:23:29 @ And David went up from there and dwelt in the strongholds at En Gedi.

vw@1Samuel:24:1 @ Now it happened, when Saul had returned from going after the Philistines, that it was reported to him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.

vw@1Samuel:24:2 @ Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.

vw@1Samuel:24:3 @ And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave.

vw@1Samuel:24:4 @ And David’s men said to him, This is the day of which Jehovah has said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as is pleasing in your eyes. And David arose and secretly cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe.

vw@1Samuel:24:6 @ And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the anointed of Jehovah, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:24:7 @ So David restrained his men with these words, and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul rose up from the cave and went on his way.

vw@1Samuel:24:8 @ David also rose up afterward, went out of the cave, and called out after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and prostrated himself.

vw@1Samuel:24:9 @ And David said to Saul: Why do you listen to the words of men who say, Behold David is seeking to hurt you?

vw@1Samuel:24:10 @ Behold, this day your eyes have seen that Jehovah has delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and some had intended to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:24:11 @ Moreover, my father, look! Indeed, see the skirt of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and did not kill you, recognize and consider that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. And yet you are hunting my soul to take it.

vw@1Samuel:24:12 @ Jehovah judge between you and me, and Jehovah avenge me of you. But my hand shall not be against you.

vw@1Samuel:24:13 @ As the proverb of the ancients says, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked. But my hand shall not be against you.

vw@1Samuel:24:14 @ After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom are you pursuing? After a dead dog? After a flea?

vw@1Samuel:24:16 @ And so it was, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

vw@1Samuel:24:18 @ And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me; for when Jehovah had delivered me into your hand, you have not killed me.

vw@1Samuel:24:19 @ For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away with good will? Therefore may Jehovah reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.

vw@1Samuel:24:20 @ And now, behold, I know that you shall reign to be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.

vw@1Samuel:25:2 @ And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel, and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

vw@1Samuel:25:3 @ The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance; but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings. And he was of the house of Caleb.

vw@1Samuel:25:4 @ When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

vw@1Samuel:25:5 @ David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and when you have come to Nabal, and asked after his welfare in my name,

vw@1Samuel:25:7 @ Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds were with us, and we have not hurt them, nor has there been anything missing from them all the days they were in Carmel.

vw@1Samuel:25:8 @ Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a pleasant day. Please give whatever your hand finds to your servants and to your son David.

vw@1Samuel:25:9 @ And when David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and waited.

vw@1Samuel:25:10 @ And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days breaking away each one from his master.

vw@1Samuel:25:14 @ Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David had sent messengers from the wilderness to bless our master; and he yelled at them.

vw@1Samuel:25:15 @ But the men were very good to us, and we have not been shamed, nor have we missed anything all the days we have traversed with them, when we were in the fields.

vw@1Samuel:25:16 @ They have been a wall to us both by night and day, all the days we were with them keeping the sheep.

vw@1Samuel:25:17 @ Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is a son of worthlessness, that no one can speak to him.

vw@1Samuel:25:18 @ Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already done, five measures of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

vw@1Samuel:25:19 @ And she said to her servants, Go on before me; behold, I am coming after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

vw@1Samuel:25:20 @ And so it was, as she rode on the donkey, that she went down under cover of the hill; and behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; and she met them.

vw@1Samuel:25:21 @ Now David had thought to himself, Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing has been missing of all that belongs to him. And he has repaid me evil for good.

vw@1Samuel:25:22 @ God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I leave to him by morning light any of those who urinate against a wall.

vw@1Samuel:25:24 @ And she fell at his feet and said: On me, my lord, on me be this iniquity! And please let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid.

vw@1Samuel:25:26 @ Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, since Jehovah has held you back from coming to blood and from delivering yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek evil upon my lord be as Nabal.

vw@1Samuel:25:27 @ And now this blessing which your handmaid has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who travel on foot with my lord.

vw@1Samuel:25:28 @ Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid; for Jehovah will bring about to prepare an established house for my lord, because my lord is fighting the battles of Jehovah, and evil is not found in you all your days.

vw@1Samuel:25:29 @ If a man arises to pursue you and seek your soul, the soul of my lord shall be bound up in the bundle of life with Jehovah your God; and the souls of your enemies He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.

vw@1Samuel:25:30 @ And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah has done for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

vw@1Samuel:25:31 @ that this will not be a matter of conscience, nor stumbling of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has delivered himself. But when Jehovah has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.

vw@1Samuel:25:33 @ And blessed is your discernment and blessed are you, because you have kept me this day from coming to blood and from delivering myself with my own hand.

vw@1Samuel:25:34 @ For indeed, as Jehovah the God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hastened and come to meet me, surely by morning light there would not have been left to Nabal any who urinate against a wall!

vw@1Samuel:25:35 @ So David received from her hand what she had brought to him, and said to her, Go up to your house in peace. Behold, I have heeded your voice and respected your face.

vw@1Samuel:25:36 @ And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was exceedingly drunk; therefore she did not tell him a word, little or much, until morning light.

vw@1Samuel:25:37 @ And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, and his wife had informed him of these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.

vw@1Samuel:25:40 @ And when the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her saying, David has sent us to you to take you to him for a wife.

vw@1Samuel:25:42 @ And Abigail hurried and rose up and rode on a donkey, with five of her maidens going on foot; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

vw@1Samuel:25:43 @ David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; both of them were his wives.

vw@1Samuel:26:1 @ Now the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, Is David not hiding in the hill of Hachilah, before the desert?

vw@1Samuel:26:2 @ Then Saul rose up and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

vw@1Samuel:26:3 @ And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

vw@1Samuel:26:5 @ And David rose up and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. And Saul was lying within the entrenchment, with the people encamped all around him.

vw@1Samuel:26:6 @ Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.

vw@1Samuel:26:7 @ So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and behold Saul was lying down sleeping within the entrenchment, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people were lying all around him.

vw@1Samuel:26:8 @ Then Abishai said to David, God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him with the spear, into the earth one time; and I will not strike him again.

vw@1Samuel:26:9 @ And David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the anointed of Jehovah, and be guiltless?

vw@1Samuel:26:11 @ Jehovah forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the anointed of Jehovah. But please, take now the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.

vw@1Samuel:26:14 @ And David called out to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Do you not answer, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who are you, calling out to the king?

vw@1Samuel:26:15 @ And David said to Abner, Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your lord the king.

vw@1Samuel:26:16 @ This thing that you have done is not good. As Jehovah lives, you are sons of death, because you have not guarded your master, the anointed of Jehovah. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the jug of water that was by his head.

vw@1Samuel:26:17 @ And Saul recognized David’s voice, and said, Is that your voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

vw@1Samuel:26:18 @ And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?

vw@1Samuel:26:19 @ Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If Jehovah has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the sons of men, may they be cursed before Jehovah, for they have driven me out this day from joining in the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

vw@1Samuel:26:20 @ So now, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of Jehovah. For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.

vw@1Samuel:26:21 @ Then Saul said, I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will harm you no more, because my soul was precious in your eyes this day. Indeed I have acted foolishly and erred exceedingly.

vw@1Samuel:26:22 @ And David answered and said, Here is the king’s spear. Let one of the young men come over and get it.

vw@1Samuel:26:23 @ May Jehovah repay every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for Jehovah has delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the anointed of Jehovah.

vw@1Samuel:26:24 @ And behold, as your soul has been magnified this day in my eyes, so let my soul be magnified in the eyes of Jehovah, and let Him deliver me out of all distress.

vw@1Samuel:26:25 @ Then Saul said to David, May you be blessed, my son David! You shall bring about to do, and shall prevail to accomplish. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

vw@1Samuel:27:1 @ And David thought in his heart, Now I shall perish one day at the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should slip away to escape to the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore in any part of Israel. Thus I shall escape out of his hand.

vw@1Samuel:27:2 @ And David arose and crossed over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

vw@1Samuel:27:3 @ So David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s widowed wife.

vw@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said to Achish, If I have now found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the land, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?

vw@1Samuel:27:6 @ So Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

vw@1Samuel:27:7 @ Now the number of days that David dwelt in the land of the Philistines was a year and four months.

vw@1Samuel:27:8 @ And David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. For those nations were the inhabitants of the land from antiquity, as you come to Shur, as far as the land of Egypt.

vw@1Samuel:27:9 @ And whenever David struck the land, he left neither man nor woman alive, but took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing, and returned and came to Achish.

vw@1Samuel:27:10 @ And Achish would say, Did you not make a raid today? And David would say, Against the southern area of Judah, or against the southern area of the Jerahmeelites, or against the southern area of the Kenites.

vw@1Samuel:27:11 @ And David would save alive neither man nor woman, to come to Gath; thinking, Lest they should report on us, saying, Thus has David done. And this was his manner all the days he dwelt in the land of the Philistines.

vw@1Samuel:27:12 @ And Achish believed David, thinking, He has made himself odious to be abhorrent to his people Israel; therefore he will be my servant forever.

vw@1Samuel:28:1 @ Now it happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies together for war, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, You recognize to understand that you shall go out with me to battle, you and your men.

vw@1Samuel:28:3 @ Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the fortunetellers out of the land.

vw@1Samuel:28:4 @ And the Philistines gathered together, and came and encamped at Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped at Gilboa.

vw@1Samuel:28:5 @ And when Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

vw@1Samuel:28:6 @ And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets.

vw@1Samuel:28:7 @ Then Saul said to his servants, Find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor.

vw@1Samuel:28:8 @ And Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night. And he said, Please divine for me by necromancy, and bring up for me the one I shall say to you.

vw@1Samuel:28:10 @ And Saul swore to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah lives, no punishment shall befall you for this thing.

vw@1Samuel:28:11 @ Then the woman said, Whom shall I bring up for you? And he said, Bring up Samuel.

vw@1Samuel:28:12 @ And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice. And the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!

vw@1Samuel:28:13 @ And the king said to her, Do not be afraid. What have you seen? And the woman said to Saul, I have seen a god-like one ascending out of the earth.

vw@1Samuel:28:14 @ And he said to her, What is his appearance? And she said, An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed down with his face to the ground and prostrated himself.

vw@1Samuel:28:15 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, either by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, to make known to me what I should do.

vw@1Samuel:28:16 @ Then Samuel said: Why then do you ask me, seeing Jehovah has departed from you and is your enemy?

vw@1Samuel:28:17 @ And Jehovah has done for Himself as He has spoken by my hand. For Jehovah has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David.

vw@1Samuel:28:18 @ Because you have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah nor executed His fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore Jehovah has done this thing to you this day.

vw@1Samuel:28:19 @ Moreover Jehovah will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me. Jehovah will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

vw@1Samuel:28:20 @ Then Saul quickly fell full length on the ground, and was greatly afraid because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day or all night.

vw@1Samuel:28:21 @ And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was exceedingly terrified, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hands and heeded the words which you have spoken to me.

vw@1Samuel:28:24 @ Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she hastened to kill it. And she took flour and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread from it.

vw@1Samuel:29:1 @ Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies at Aphek, and Israel encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

vw@1Samuel:29:2 @ And the rulers of the Philistines were passing over by the hundreds and thousands. And David and his men were passing over at the rear with Achish.

vw@1Samuel:29:3 @ Then the commanders of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days and years? And to this day I have found no fault in him since he defected to me.

vw@1Samuel:29:4 @ But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him; so the commanders of the Philistines said to him, Make this fellow return, that he may go back to the place which you have appointed for him, and do not let him go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become our adversary. For with what could he make himself pleasing to his master, if not with the heads of these men?

vw@1Samuel:29:5 @ Is this not David, of whom they sang in dances, saying: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

vw@1Samuel:29:6 @ Then Achish summoned David and said to him, Surely, as Jehovah lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my eyes. For to this day I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me. Nevertheless you are not pleasing in the eyes of the rulers.

vw@1Samuel:29:7 @ Therefore now, return and go in peace, that you may not do evil in the eyes of the rulers of the Philistines.

vw@1Samuel:29:8 @ And David said to Achish, But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant as I have been before you to this day, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

vw@1Samuel:29:9 @ And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you are as good in my eyes as an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

vw@1Samuel:29:10 @ Now therefore, rise up early in the morning with your master’s servants who have come with you. And as soon as you are up early in the morning and have light, depart.

vw@1Samuel:29:11 @ So David and his men arose early in the morning to depart, to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

vw@1Samuel:30:3 @ So David and his men came into the city, and behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive.

vw@1Samuel:30:5 @ And David’s two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widowed wife of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive.

vw@1Samuel:30:6 @ And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people had become bitter, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

vw@1Samuel:30:7 @ And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, Please bring the ephod here to me. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

vw@1Samuel:30:8 @ And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them? And He answered him, Pursue, for you shall reach to overtake them, and rescue to recover all.

vw@1Samuel:30:9 @ So David went, he and the six hundred men with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind.

vw@1Samuel:30:10 @ But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who had become too exhausted to cross over the Brook Besor.

vw@1Samuel:30:11 @ And they found a man from Egypt in the field, and brought him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they let him drink water.

vw@1Samuel:30:12 @ And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. So when he had eaten, his spirit revived; for he had eaten no bread nor drunk water for three days and three nights.

vw@1Samuel:30:13 @ And David said to him, To whom do you belong, and where are you from? And he said, I am a young man from Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because three days ago I fell sick.

vw@1Samuel:30:14 @ We had raided the southern area of the Cherethites, in the territory of Judah, and the southern area of Caleb; and we had burned Ziklag with fire.

vw@1Samuel:30:15 @ And David said to him, Can you bring me down to this troop? So he said, Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.

vw@1Samuel:30:16 @ And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread out over the face of the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoils which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

vw@1Samuel:30:17 @ And David struck them from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

vw@1Samuel:30:19 @ And nothing of theirs was lacking, either small or great, sons or daughters, spoils or anything which they had taken from them; David brought back all.

vw@1Samuel:30:23 @ But David said, My brethren, you shall not do so with what Jehovah has given to us, who has preserved us and delivered into our hand the troop that came against us into our hand.

vw@1Samuel:30:24 @ For who will heed you in this matter? But as his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share together.

vw@1Samuel:30:25 @ So it was, from that day forward; he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

vw@1Samuel:30:26 @ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoils to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Here is a present for you from the spoils of the enemies of Jehovah;

vw@1Samuel:30:27 @ to those in Bethel, to those in Ramoth of the South, to those in Jattir,

vw@1Samuel:30:28 @ to those in Aroer, to those in Siphmoth, to those in Eshtemoa,

vw@1Samuel:30:29 @ to those in Rachal, to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those in the cities of the Kenites,

vw@1Samuel:30:30 @ to those in Hormah, to those in Chorashan, to those in Athach,

vw@1Samuel:30:31 @ to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men had traversed.

vw@1Samuel:31:1 @ Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

vw@1Samuel:31:2 @ And the Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons.

vw@1Samuel:31:3 @ The battle was heavy against Saul; and the shooting of the archers found him, and he was writhing with exceeding pain from the shooting of the archers.

vw@1Samuel:31:7 @ And when the men of Israel on the other side of the valley, and those on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

vw@1Samuel:31:8 @ So it happened the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

vw@1Samuel:31:9 @ And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines, to proclaim it in the house of their idols and among the people.

vw@1Samuel:31:10 @ And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth Shan.

vw@1Samuel:31:11 @ And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

vw@2Samuel:1:1 @ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David remained two days in Ziklag,

vw@2Samuel:1:6 @ And the young man who told him said, As I happened by chance to be on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and horsemen closely pursued him.

vw@2Samuel:1:7 @ And when he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I answered, Here am I.

vw@2Samuel:1:9 @ He said to me again, Please stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my soul still remains in me.

vw@2Samuel:1:12 @ And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son, for the people of Jehovah and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

vw@2Samuel:1:14 @ And David said to him, How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the anointed of Jehovah?

vw@2Samuel:1:16 @ And David said to him, Your blood is on your own head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have killed the anointed of Jehovah.

vw@2Samuel:1:18 @ and he commanded them to teach the sons of Judah the Song of the Bow; behold, it is written in the Book of Jasher:

vw@2Samuel:1:19 @ The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

vw@2Samuel:1:20 @ Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

vw@2Samuel:1:21 @ O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain upon you, nor fields of offerings; for the shield of the mighty has been rejected as loathsome there! The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

vw@2Samuel:1:22 @ From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan has not turned back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

vw@2Samuel:1:23 @ Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they have not been separated. They have been swifter than eagles, they have been stronger than lions.

vw@2Samuel:1:24 @ O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with luxury; who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

vw@2Samuel:1:25 @ How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan, slain on your high places.

vw@2Samuel:1:26 @ I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me; your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.

vw@2Samuel:2:1 @ It happened after this that David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up to any of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said to him, Go up. David said, Where shall I go up? And He said, To Hebron.

vw@2Samuel:2:2 @ So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widowed wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

vw@2Samuel:2:3 @ And David brought up the men who were with him, every man with his household. So they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

vw@2Samuel:2:4 @ And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they reported to David, saying, The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.

vw@2Samuel:2:5 @ So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, You are blessed of Jehovah, for you have shown this kindness to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him.

vw@2Samuel:2:6 @ And now may Jehovah show kindness and truth to you. I also will deal kindly with you, because you have done this thing.

vw@2Samuel:2:7 @ Now therefore, let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me as king over them.

vw@2Samuel:2:9 @ and he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

vw@2Samuel:2:11 @ And the number of days that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

vw@2Samuel:2:15 @ So they arose and went over by number, twelve from Benjamin for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

vw@2Samuel:2:16 @ And each one grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called the Field of Swords, which is in Gibeon.

vw@2Samuel:2:18 @ Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel was as fleet of foot as a gazelle in the field.

vw@2Samuel:2:19 @ And Asahel pursued after Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from after Abner.

vw@2Samuel:2:20 @ Then Abner looked behind him and said, Are you Asahel? He answered, I am.

vw@2Samuel:2:22 @ And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from after me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then shall I lift up my face to your brother Joab?

vw@2Samuel:2:23 @ However, he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the back end of the spear, so that the spear came out his back; and he fell down there and died on the spot. So it was that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still.

vw@2Samuel:2:24 @ Joab and Abishai also pursued after Abner. And the sun was going down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah by the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

vw@2Samuel:2:25 @ And the sons of Benjamin gathered together after Abner and became one band, and took their stand on top of a hill.

vw@2Samuel:2:26 @ Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will it be then until you tell the people to turn back from after their brethren?

vw@2Samuel:2:27 @ And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then by morning the people would have gone up, every one after his brother.

vw@2Samuel:2:29 @ And Abner and his men went on all that night through the plain, crossed over the Jordan, and went through Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

vw@2Samuel:2:30 @ And Joab returned from pursuing after Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

vw@2Samuel:2:31 @ But the servants of David had struck down, of Benjamin and Abner’s men, three hundred and sixty men who died.

vw@2Samuel:2:32 @ And they took up Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at daybreak.

vw@2Samuel:3:2 @ And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

vw@2Samuel:3:3 @ his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widowed wife of Nabal the Carmelite; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

vw@2Samuel:3:5 @ and the sixth, Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.

vw@2Samuel:3:6 @ Now it was so, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul.

vw@2Samuel:3:7 @ And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?

vw@2Samuel:3:8 @ Then Abner became very angry at the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman?

vw@2Samuel:3:10 @ to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beer-sheba.

vw@2Samuel:3:12 @ And Abner sent messengers on his behalf to David, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring around all Israel to you.

vw@2Samuel:3:13 @ And David said, Good, I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I am asking of you: you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.

vw@2Samuel:3:14 @ And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

vw@2Samuel:3:16 @ And her husband went along with her to Bahurim, weeping behind her. And Abner said to him, Go, return. And he returned.

vw@2Samuel:3:17 @ And the words of Abner had come to the elders of Israel, saying, In time past you were desiring David as king over you.

vw@2Samuel:3:18 @ Now then, do it! For Jehovah has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of My servant David, I will save My people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines and out of the hand of all their enemies.

vw@2Samuel:3:19 @ And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin. And Abner also went to speak in the ears of David at Hebron all that was good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of the house of Benjamin.

vw@2Samuel:3:21 @ And Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires. And David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

vw@2Samuel:3:22 @ And behold the servants of David and Joab came from a raid and brought much spoils with them. And Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

vw@2Samuel:3:23 @ And when Joab and all the troops that were with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner has come to the king, and he sent him away, and he has gone in peace.

vw@2Samuel:3:24 @ Then Joab came to the king and said, What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you sent him away, and he has left to go?

vw@2Samuel:3:25 @ You realize that Abner the son of Ner has come to deceive you, to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.

vw@2Samuel:3:27 @ And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.

vw@2Samuel:3:28 @ And afterward, when David heard it, he said, My kingdom and I are guiltless before Jehovah forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

vw@2Samuel:3:29 @ May it whirl about on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and let there never fail to be in the house of Joab one who has a discharge or is a leper, who leans on a staff or falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.

vw@2Samuel:3:30 @ So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

vw@2Samuel:3:31 @ And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner. And King David walked behind the coffin.

vw@2Samuel:3:32 @ And they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

vw@2Samuel:3:33 @ And the king lamented over Abner and said: Should Abner die the death of a fool?

vw@2Samuel:3:34 @ Your hands were not bound nor your feet put into fetters; as a man falls before wicked men, so you have fallen. Then all the people wept over him again.

vw@2Samuel:3:35 @ And when all the people came to give David food to eat while it was still day, David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down!

vw@2Samuel:3:36 @ And all the people took note of it, and it was good in their eyes, even as whatever the king had done was good in the eyes of all the people.

vw@2Samuel:3:37 @ For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been from the king, to kill Abner the son of Ner.

vw@2Samuel:3:38 @ And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

vw@2Samuel:3:39 @ And I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too severe for me. Jehovah shall repay the evildoer according to his evil.

vw@2Samuel:4:1 @ When Saul’s son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his hands fell limp, and all Israel was dismayed.

vw@2Samuel:4:2 @ Now Saul’s son had two men who were commanders of troops. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin. (For Beeroth also was part of Benjamin,

vw@2Samuel:4:3 @ because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and are sojourning there to this day.)

vw@2Samuel:4:4 @ And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel; and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened, as she made haste to flee, that he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

vw@2Samuel:4:5 @ And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out and came at the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on his bed at noon.

vw@2Samuel:4:6 @ And when they had come there, into the middle of the house, as though carrying wheat, they stabbed him in the stomach. And Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

vw@2Samuel:4:7 @ Now when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedroom; then they struck him and killed him, beheaded him and took his head, and were all night escaping through the plain.

vw@2Samuel:4:8 @ And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul your enemy, who had sought your life. Jehovah has requited vengeance for my lord the king this day upon Saul and his seed.

vw@2Samuel:4:10 @ when someone told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good news, I took him and killed him in Ziklag; the reward I gave him for his news.

vw@2Samuel:4:11 @ How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?

vw@2Samuel:4:12 @ And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, cut off their hands and feet, and hung them by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner at Hebron.

vw@2Samuel:5:1 @ Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

vw@2Samuel:5:2 @ Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were the one leading Israel out and bringing them in; and Jehovah said to you, You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.

vw@2Samuel:5:3 @ So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before Jehovah. And they anointed David king over Israel.

vw@2Samuel:5:5 @ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

vw@2Samuel:5:6 @ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem, to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you, thinking, David cannot come in here.

vw@2Samuel:5:8 @ And David said on that day, Whoever climbs up by way of the water conduit let him strike down the Jebusites, the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul. Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

vw@2Samuel:5:9 @ So David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the City of David. And David built all around from the fortifications and inward.

vw@2Samuel:5:11 @ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and craftsmen and masons. And they built David a house.

vw@2Samuel:5:12 @ Thus David recognized that Jehovah had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted His kingdom for His people Israel.

vw@2Samuel:5:13 @ And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron. Also more sons and daughters were born to David.

vw@2Samuel:5:14 @ And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

vw@2Samuel:5:17 @ Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

vw@2Samuel:5:18 @ The Philistines also went and spread themselves out in the Valley of Rephaim.

vw@2Samuel:5:19 @ And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said to David, Go up, for I will deliver up to give the Philistines into your hand.

vw@2Samuel:5:20 @ So David went to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, Jehovah has broken through my enemies before me, like water bursting forth. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.

vw@2Samuel:5:22 @ Then the Philistines went up again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

vw@2Samuel:5:23 @ And David inquired of Jehovah, and He said, You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the balsam trees.

vw@2Samuel:5:24 @ And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, that you shall be decisive. For then Jehovah shall have gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.

vw@2Samuel:5:25 @ And David did so, as Jehovah had commanded him; and he struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.

vw@2Samuel:6:1 @ Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand.

vw@2Samuel:6:2 @ And David rose up and went, and all the people who were with him from Baale Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of Jehovah of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim.

vw@2Samuel:6:3 @ And they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart.

vw@2Samuel:6:4 @ They brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the ark of God; and Ahio was going before the ark.

vw@2Samuel:6:5 @ And David and all the house of Israel were making sport before Jehovah with all manner of fir wood; with harps, with lutes, with tambourines, with rattles and buzzing.

vw@2Samuel:6:6 @ And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah stretched out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen had fallen.

vw@2Samuel:6:7 @ And the anger of Jehovah burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.

vw@2Samuel:6:8 @ And David was furious because Jehovah had used violence and burst forth against Uzzah; thus the name of the place is called Perez Uzzah to this day.

vw@2Samuel:6:10 @ So David was not willing to remove the ark of Jehovah to himself into the City of David; but David turned it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

vw@2Samuel:6:11 @ And the ark of Jehovah remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months. And Jehovah blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.

vw@2Samuel:6:12 @ And it was reported to King David, saying, Jehovah has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness.

vw@2Samuel:6:13 @ And so it was, when those bearing the ark of Jehovah had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

vw@2Samuel:6:14 @ And David was dancing before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

vw@2Samuel:6:15 @ So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of Jehovah with shouting and with the sound of the shofar.

vw@2Samuel:6:16 @ And as the ark of Jehovah was coming into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.

vw@2Samuel:6:17 @ And they brought the ark of Jehovah, and set it in its place in the midst of the tent that David had erected for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Jehovah.

vw@2Samuel:6:18 @ And when David finished offering the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of Hosts.

vw@2Samuel:6:19 @ And he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a cake of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. And all the people departed, everyone to his house.

vw@2Samuel:6:20 @ Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the worthless fellows uncovers to reveal himself!

vw@2Samuel:6:21 @ And David said to Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Jehovah, over Israel. Therefore I have danced before Jehovah.

vw@2Samuel:6:22 @ And I have been even more lightly esteemed than this, and humble in my own eyes. But as for the handmaids of whom you have spoken, by them I was honored.

vw@2Samuel:7:1 @ Now it came to pass when the king was dwelling in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies all around,

vw@2Samuel:7:2 @ that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is dwelling inside tent curtains.

vw@2Samuel:7:3 @ And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart, for Jehovah is with you.

vw@2Samuel:7:4 @ And it happened that night that the Word of Jehovah came to Nathan, saying,

vw@2Samuel:7:5 @ Go and say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah: Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?

vw@2Samuel:7:6 @ For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle.

vw@2Samuel:7:7 @ Wherever I have moved about with all the children of Israel, have I spoken a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?

vw@2Samuel:7:8 @ Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: I have taken you from the pastures, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

vw@2Samuel:7:10 @ Moreover I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, without being disturbed; nor shall the sons of unrighteousness afflict them anymore, as before,

vw@2Samuel:7:11 @ since the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. And Jehovah has declared to you that He will make you a house.

vw@2Samuel:7:12 @ When your days are fulfilled and you have rested with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

vw@2Samuel:7:13 @ He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

vw@2Samuel:7:14 @ I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the strokes of the sons of men.

vw@2Samuel:7:16 @ And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.

vw@2Samuel:7:17 @ According to all these words and according to all this vision, thus Nathan spoke to David.

vw@2Samuel:7:18 @ Then King David went in and sat before Jehovah; and he said: Who am I, O Lord Jehovah? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

vw@2Samuel:7:19 @ And yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord Jehovah; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord Jehovah?

vw@2Samuel:7:21 @ Because of Your Word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them.

vw@2Samuel:7:22 @ Therefore You have been magnified, O Lord Jehovah. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

vw@2Samuel:7:25 @ Now, O Jehovah God, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever and do as You have spoken.

vw@2Samuel:7:26 @ And let Your name be magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of Hosts is the God over Israel. And let the house of Your servant David be established before You.

vw@2Samuel:7:27 @ For You, O Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, have disclosed this in Your servant’s ear, saying, I will build you a house. Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.

vw@2Samuel:7:29 @ Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord Jehovah, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever.

vw@2Samuel:8:1 @ After this it came to pass that David struck the Philistines and subdued them. And David took control of the mother city from the hand of the Philistines.

vw@2Samuel:8:2 @ And he struck Moab, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. Thus the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought tribute.

vw@2Samuel:8:3 @ David also struck Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his hand at the River Euphrates.

vw@2Samuel:8:5 @ And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of Syria.

vw@2Samuel:8:6 @ And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David wherever he went.

vw@2Samuel:8:8 @ Also from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

vw@2Samuel:8:9 @ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck down all the army of Hadadezer,

vw@2Samuel:8:10 @ then Toi sent Joram his son to King David, to ask after his peace and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi); and Joram brought in his hand articles of silver, articles of gold, and articles of bronze.

vw@2Samuel:8:11 @ King David also consecrated these to Jehovah, along with the silver and gold that he had consecrated from all the nations which he had subdued;

vw@2Samuel:8:12 @ from Syria, from Moab, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoils of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

vw@2Samuel:8:13 @ And David made a name for himself when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Syrians in the Valley of Salt.

vw@2Samuel:8:14 @ He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And Jehovah gave victory to David wherever he went.

vw@2Samuel:8:15 @ Thus David reigned over all Israel; and David was executing justice and righteousness to all his people.

vw@2Samuel:8:18 @ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.

vw@2Samuel:9:1 @ Then David said, Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?

vw@2Samuel:9:2 @ And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So when they summoned him to David, the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, At your service!

vw@2Samuel:9:3 @ And the king said, Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, to whom I may show the kindness of God? And Ziba said to the king, There is still a son of Jonathan who is lame in his feet.

vw@2Samuel:9:4 @ And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.

vw@2Samuel:9:5 @ Then King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.

vw@2Samuel:9:7 @ And David said to him, Do not fear, for I will bring about to deal with you in kindness because of Jonathan your father, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.

vw@2Samuel:9:8 @ He bowed again, and said, What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I?

vw@2Samuel:9:9 @ And the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, I have given to your master’s son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

vw@2Samuel:9:10 @ You therefore, and your sons and your servants, shall work the land for him, and you shall bring in the harvest, that your master’s son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s son shall eat bread at my table continually. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

vw@2Samuel:9:11 @ And Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so shall your servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table like one of the king’s sons.

vw@2Samuel:9:12 @ And Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micha. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.

vw@2Samuel:9:13 @ So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king’s table. And he was lame in both his feet.

vw@2Samuel:10:1 @ It happened after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Samuel:10:2 @ And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me. So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

vw@2Samuel:10:3 @ And the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, In your eyes, does David honor your father in sending comforters to you? Has David not sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

vw@2Samuel:10:4 @ Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of their beards, cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away.

vw@2Samuel:10:5 @ And when they reported it to David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.

vw@2Samuel:10:6 @ And when the sons of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, the sons of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand foot soldiers; and from the king of Maacah one thousand men, and from Ish-Tob twelve thousand men.

vw@2Samuel:10:8 @ And the sons of Ammon came out and set themselves in battle array at the entrance of the gate. And the Syrians of Zoba, Beth Rehob, Ish-Tob, and Maachah were by themselves in the field.

vw@2Samuel:10:9 @ And when Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel’s choicest and set them in battle array to meet the Syrians.

vw@2Samuel:10:10 @ And the rest of the people he put into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might set them in battle array to meet the sons of Ammon.

vw@2Samuel:10:12 @ Be strong, and let us be courageous for our people and for the cities of our God. And may Jehovah do what is good in His eyes.

vw@2Samuel:10:13 @ So Joab and the people with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.

vw@2Samuel:10:14 @ And when the sons of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fleeing, they also fled before Abishai, and entered the city. So Joab returned from the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

vw@2Samuel:10:17 @ And when it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in battle array to meet David and fought with him.

vw@2Samuel:10:18 @ And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred in chariots and forty thousand horsemen of the Syrians, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there.

vw@2Samuel:10:19 @ And when all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they had been smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the sons of Ammon anymore.

vw@2Samuel:11:1 @ And it happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

vw@2Samuel:11:2 @ And it happened at night time, that David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very pleasant in appearance.

vw@2Samuel:11:3 @ And David sent and inquired after the woman. And someone said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

vw@2Samuel:11:6 @ And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

vw@2Samuel:11:8 @ And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and wash your feet. So Uriah departed from the king’s house, and a portion of food from the king followed him.

vw@2Samuel:11:9 @ But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

vw@2Samuel:11:10 @ So when they reported to David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Did you not come from a journey? Why have you not gone down to your house?

vw@2Samuel:11:11 @ And Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped on the face of the land. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.

vw@2Samuel:11:12 @ And David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will send you away. So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

vw@2Samuel:11:13 @ And when David summoned him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

vw@2Samuel:11:14 @ In the morning it happened that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

vw@2Samuel:11:15 @ And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the strongest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck down and die.

vw@2Samuel:11:18 @ And Joab sent and reported to David all the things concerning the war,

vw@2Samuel:11:19 @ and charged the messenger, saying, When you have finished speaking of the matters of the war to the king,

vw@2Samuel:11:20 @ if it happens that the king’s wrath arises, and he says to you: Why did you approach so near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?

vw@2Samuel:11:21 @ Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast a piece of millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite has died also.

vw@2Samuel:11:23 @ And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field; then we were upon them as far as the entrance of the gate.

vw@2Samuel:11:24 @ And the archers shot from the wall at your servants; and some of the king’s servants died, and your servant Uriah the Hittite has also died.

vw@2Samuel:11:25 @ And David said to the messenger, Thus you shall say to Joab: Do not let this thing cause your eye to quiver, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen the battle against the city, and overthrow it. And encourage him.

vw@2Samuel:11:27 @ And when her mourning was passed, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done caused the eyes of Jehovah to quiver.

vw@2Samuel:12:1 @ And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.

vw@2Samuel:12:2 @ The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds.

vw@2Samuel:12:3 @ But the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished; and it grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food and drank from his own cup and lay in his bosom; and it was like a daughter to him.

vw@2Samuel:12:4 @ And a traveler came to the rich man, who spared to take from his own flock and from his own herd to prepare one for the wayfaring man who had come to him; but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.

vw@2Samuel:12:5 @ And David’s anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah lives, the man who has done this is a son of death!

vw@2Samuel:12:6 @ And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he has done this thing and because he had no pity.

vw@2Samuel:12:7 @ And Nathan said to David, You are the man! Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

vw@2Samuel:12:8 @ I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you this and that!

vw@2Samuel:12:9 @ Why have you despised the Word of Jehovah, to do evil in His eyes? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.

vw@2Samuel:12:11 @ Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the eyes of the sun.

vw@2Samuel:12:12 @ For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.

vw@2Samuel:12:13 @ And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said to David, Jehovah also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

vw@2Samuel:12:14 @ However, because of this matter in which you have caused contempt, for Jehovah to be spurned by His enemies, the child also who is born to you shall die the death.

vw@2Samuel:12:16 @ David therefore besought God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

vw@2Samuel:12:19 @ But when David saw that his servants were whispering, David perceived that the child had died. Therefore David said to his servants, Has the child died? And they said, He has died.

vw@2Samuel:12:20 @ So David rose up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of Jehovah and prostrated himself. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate.

vw@2Samuel:12:23 @ But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

vw@2Samuel:12:24 @ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her. And she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Now Jehovah loved him,

vw@2Samuel:12:26 @ Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and captured the royal city.

vw@2Samuel:12:27 @ And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and I have captured the city of waters.

vw@2Samuel:12:28 @ Now therefore, gather the rest of the people together and lay siege against the city and take it, lest I capture the city and it be called after my name.

vw@2Samuel:12:29 @ So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, fought against it, and captured it.

vw@2Samuel:12:30 @ And he took their king’s crown from his head. Its weight was a talent of gold, with precious stones. And it was set on David’s head. Also he brought out the spoils of the city in great abundance.

vw@2Samuel:12:31 @ And he brought out the people who were in it, and put them under saws, iron picks and iron axes, and made them cross over into the brick kiln. Thus he did to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

vw@2Samuel:13:2 @ Amnon was so distressed over his sister Tamar that he became sick; for she was a virgin; and it was difficult in Amnon’s eyes to do anything to her.

vw@2Samuel:13:4 @ And he said to him, Why are you, the king’s son, so low morning after morning? Will you not tell me? Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.

vw@2Samuel:13:6 @ So Amnon lay down and made himself sick; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let Tamar my sister come and make a couple of cakes for me before my eyes, that I may eat from her hand.

vw@2Samuel:13:7 @ And David sent to the house for Tamar, saying, Now go to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.

vw@2Samuel:13:8 @ So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. Then she took flour and kneaded it, made cakes before his eyes, and baked the cakes.

vw@2Samuel:13:10 @ And Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food into the inner room, that I may eat from your hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to Amnon her brother in the inner room.

vw@2Samuel:13:12 @ And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me, for no such thing should be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

vw@2Samuel:13:13 @ And I, where could I take my shame? And as for you, you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.

vw@2Samuel:13:14 @ However, he would not heed her voice; and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.

vw@2Samuel:13:15 @ Then Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise and go!

vw@2Samuel:13:17 @ Then he summoned his servant who attended him, and said, Send this woman out away from me, and bolt the door behind her.

vw@2Samuel:13:18 @ And she had on a tunic of many colors, for the king’s virgin daughters wore such robes. And his servant brought her outside and bolted the door behind her.

vw@2Samuel:13:19 @ And Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her tunic of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head and went away, crying out as she went.

vw@2Samuel:13:20 @ And Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now keep silent, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this thing to heart. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

vw@2Samuel:13:21 @ But when King David heard of all these things, he was extremely furious.

vw@2Samuel:13:23 @ And it came to pass, after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

vw@2Samuel:13:24 @ And Absalom came to the king and said, Behold, your servant has sheepshearers; please, let the king and his servants go with your servant.

vw@2Samuel:13:25 @ But the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go now, lest we be a burden to you. And he pressed him, but he would not go, but blessed him.

vw@2Samuel:13:26 @ Then Absalom said, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with you?

vw@2Samuel:13:27 @ But Absalom pressed him; so he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.

vw@2Samuel:13:28 @ Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Watch now, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon! then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.

vw@2Samuel:13:29 @ And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. And all the king’s sons arose, and each one got on his mule and fled.

vw@2Samuel:13:30 @ And it came to pass, while they were on the way, that news came to David, saying, Absalom has killed all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left!

vw@2Samuel:13:31 @ So the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

vw@2Samuel:13:32 @ Then Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for only Amnon has died. For at the mouth of Absalom this has been determined since the day that he humbled his sister Tamar.

vw@2Samuel:13:33 @ Now therefore, let not my lord the king take this word to heart, to think that all the king’s sons have died; for only Amnon has died.

vw@2Samuel:13:34 @ Then Absalom fled. And the young man who was keeping watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the way along the hillside behind him.

vw@2Samuel:13:35 @ And Jonadab said to the king, Look! The king’s sons have come; according to your servant’s word, so it is.

vw@2Samuel:13:36 @ So it was, as soon as he had finished speaking, that behold the king’s sons came, and they lifted up their voice and wept. Also the king and all his servants wept with a very great weeping.

vw@2Samuel:13:37 @ But Absalom had fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

vw@2Samuel:13:39 @ And King David longed to go to Absalom. For he had been comforted concerning Amnon, because he had died.

vw@2Samuel:14:1 @ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

vw@2Samuel:14:2 @ And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

vw@2Samuel:14:3 @ Go to the king and speak to him in this manner. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

vw@2Samuel:14:4 @ And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, Help, O king!

vw@2Samuel:14:5 @ And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she answered, Truly I am a widow and my husband is dead.

vw@2Samuel:14:6 @ And your handmaid had two sons; and the two fought with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.

vw@2Samuel:14:7 @ And now the whole family has risen up against your handmaid, and said, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may execute him for the soul of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also. Thus they would extinguish my ember that is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant upon the face of the earth.

vw@2Samuel:14:8 @ And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give command concerning you.

vw@2Samuel:14:9 @ And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, let the iniquity be on me and on my father’s house, and the king and his throne be guiltless.

vw@2Samuel:14:10 @ And the king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.

vw@2Samuel:14:11 @ And she said, Please let the king remember Jehovah your God, and do not permit the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, that they not destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.

vw@2Samuel:14:12 @ Then the woman said, Please, let your handmaid speak another word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.

vw@2Samuel:14:13 @ And the woman said: Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For the king speaks this thing as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring his banished one home again.

vw@2Samuel:14:14 @ For we die the death and are like water poured on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away a soul; but has devised plans, so that His banished ones are not thrust away from Him.

vw@2Samuel:14:15 @ Now therefore, I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. And your handmaid thought, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will carry out the word of his handmaid.

vw@2Samuel:14:16 @ For the king will hear and deliver his handmaid from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

vw@2Samuel:14:17 @ And your handmaid thought, The word of my lord the king will now be comforting; for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And Jehovah your God be with you.

vw@2Samuel:14:18 @ Then the king answered and said to the woman, Please do not hide from me anything that I am asking you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king speak.

vw@2Samuel:14:19 @ So the king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, As you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab has commanded me, and he has put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.

vw@2Samuel:14:20 @ In order to change around the face of this matter your servant Joab has done this thing; but my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is in the earth.

vw@2Samuel:14:21 @ And the king said to Joab, Behold, I have done this thing. Go therefore, bring back the young man Absalom.

vw@2Samuel:14:22 @ And Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself, and blessed the king. And Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, O king, in that the king has done the word of his servant.

vw@2Samuel:14:24 @ And the king said, Let him return to his own house, but he shall not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, but did not see the king’s face.

vw@2Samuel:14:25 @ Now in all Israel there was no one as handsome as Absalom, and highly praised. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

vw@2Samuel:14:26 @ And when he shaved his head (at the end of a year of days he shaved it because it was heavy on him; therefore he shaved it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels according to the king’s weight stones.

vw@2Samuel:14:28 @ And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king’s face.

vw@2Samuel:14:29 @ Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. And when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

vw@2Samuel:14:30 @ So he said to his servants, Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

vw@2Samuel:14:32 @ And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king, to say, Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore, let me see the king’s face; but if there is iniquity in me, let him put me to death.

vw@2Samuel:14:33 @ So Joab went to the king and reported to him. And when he had summoned Absalom, he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.

vw@2Samuel:15:2 @ And Absalom would rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. And so it was, whenever anyone who had a dispute came to the king for judgment, that Absalom would call to him and say, What city are you from? And he would say, Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.

vw@2Samuel:15:3 @ Then Absalom would say to him, Behold, your case is good and right; but there is no one from the king to hear you.

vw@2Samuel:15:4 @ Moreover Absalom would say, Oh, that I were made judge in the land, and everyone who has a dispute or case could come to me, and I would give him justice.

vw@2Samuel:15:6 @ In this manner Absalom acted toward all Israel who came to the king for judgment. Thus Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

vw@2Samuel:15:7 @ And it came to pass after forty years that Absalom said to the king, Please, let me go to Hebron and pay the vow which I have vowed unto Jehovah.

vw@2Samuel:15:8 @ For your servant has vowed a vow while I dwelt at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah brings me back to Jerusalem, then I shall serve Jehovah.

vw@2Samuel:15:9 @ And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he arose and went to Hebron.

vw@2Samuel:15:10 @ But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the shofar, then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron!

vw@2Samuel:15:11 @ And with Absalom went two hundred men invited from Jerusalem, and they went along innocently and did not know anything.

vw@2Samuel:15:12 @ And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased.

vw@2Samuel:15:13 @ And a messenger came to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

vw@2Samuel:15:14 @ And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; or we shall not escape before Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring evil upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.

vw@2Samuel:15:15 @ And the king’s servants said to the king, We are your servants, ready to do whatever my lord the king decides.

vw@2Samuel:15:16 @ And the king went out with all his household at his feet. But the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house.

vw@2Samuel:15:17 @ And the king went out with all the people at his feet, and stopped at the last house of the settlement.

vw@2Samuel:15:18 @ And all his servants passed before him; and all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath, were passing on before the king.

vw@2Samuel:15:19 @ Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you also going with us? Return to your place and remain with the king. For you are a foreigner and also an exile.

vw@2Samuel:15:20 @ You came only recently. Should I make you go here and there with us this day, since I am going wherever I can? Return, and take your brethren back. Mercy and truth be with you.

vw@2Samuel:15:21 @ And Ittai answered the king and said, As Jehovah lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also your servant will be.

vw@2Samuel:15:23 @ And all the land was weeping with a loud voice, and all the people were crossing over. The king himself also crossed over the Brook Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the way of the wilderness.

vw@2Samuel:15:24 @ And behold Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over out of the city.

vw@2Samuel:15:25 @ And the king said to Zadok, Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place.

vw@2Samuel:15:26 @ But if He says thus: I have not delighted in you, then behold, here am I, let Him do to me as is good in His eyes.

vw@2Samuel:15:27 @ The king also said to Zadok the priest, Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

vw@2Samuel:15:28 @ See, I will wait in the plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to report to me.

vw@2Samuel:15:29 @ Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there.

vw@2Samuel:15:30 @ And David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up; and he had his head covered and was going barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up.

vw@2Samuel:15:31 @ And someone reported to David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!

vw@2Samuel:15:32 @ And it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he bowed down before God, that behold Hushai the Archite was coming to meet him with his tunic torn and earth on his head.

vw@2Samuel:15:34 @ But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father’s servant previously, so I will now also be your servant, then you may frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel for me.

vw@2Samuel:15:35 @ And do you not have Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? Therefore it will be that whatever you hear from the king’s house, you shall report to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

vw@2Samuel:15:36 @ Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son; and by their hands you shall send to me everything you hear.

vw@2Samuel:15:37 @ So Hushai, David’s friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.

vw@2Samuel:16:1 @ And when David was a little past the top of the mountain, behold Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

vw@2Samuel:16:2 @ And the king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? And Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who are faint in the wilderness to drink.

vw@2Samuel:16:3 @ And the king said, And where is your master’s son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.

vw@2Samuel:16:4 @ Then the king said to Ziba, Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours. And Ziba said, I prostrate before you, that I may find favor in your eyes, my lord, O king!

vw@2Samuel:16:5 @ And when King David came to Bahurim, there was a man from the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei the son of Gera, coming from there. He came out, cursing continuously as he came.

vw@2Samuel:16:6 @ And he pelted David and all the servants of King David with stones. And all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

vw@2Samuel:16:8 @ Jehovah has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Jehovah has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. So now you are caught in your own evil, because you are a man of blood!

vw@2Samuel:16:9 @ Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please, let me go over and take off his head!

vw@2Samuel:16:10 @ But the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? So let him curse, because Jehovah has said to him, Curse David. Who then shall say, Why have you done so?

vw@2Samuel:16:12 @ It may be that Jehovah will look on my affliction, and that Jehovah will repay me with good for his cursing this day.

vw@2Samuel:16:14 @ And the king and all the people with him became weary; so they refreshed themselves there.

vw@2Samuel:16:16 @ And so it was, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, Long live the king! Long live the king!

vw@2Samuel:16:18 @ And Hushai said to Absalom, No, but whom Jehovah and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I shall be, and with him I shall remain.

vw@2Samuel:16:21 @ And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you have become odious to your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.

vw@2Samuel:16:22 @ So they spread out a tent for Absalom on the housetop, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines before the eyes of all Israel.

vw@2Samuel:16:23 @ Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the Word of God. So was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

vw@2Samuel:17:2 @ I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and make him afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike only the king.

vw@2Samuel:17:3 @ Then I shall bring back all the people to you. When all return, except the man whom you seek, all the people shall be at peace.

vw@2Samuel:17:6 @ And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken according to these words. Shall we do as he says? If not, speak up.

vw@2Samuel:17:8 @ For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are bitter of soul, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

vw@2Samuel:17:9 @ Behold now, he is hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will be, when some of them fall at first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.

vw@2Samuel:17:10 @ And even he who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will faint and melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.

vw@2Samuel:17:11 @ Therefore I counsel that all Israel be assembled and gathered to you, from Dan to Beer-sheba, like the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.

vw@2Samuel:17:12 @ Thus we shall come upon him in some place where he may be found, and we shall fall upon him as the dew falls on the ground. And of him and all the men who are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

vw@2Samuel:17:13 @ Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city; and we shall pull it into the river, until there is not one pebble found there.

vw@2Samuel:17:14 @ So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had purposed to frustrate the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring calamity upon Absalom.

vw@2Samuel:17:16 @ Now therefore, send quickly and report to David, saying, Do not spend the night by the fords of the plains of the wilderness, but quickly cross over, that the king and all the people with him not be swallowed up.

vw@2Samuel:17:17 @ Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed at En Rogel, for they dared not be seen coming into the city; so a slave girl came and reported to them, and they went and reported to King David.

vw@2Samuel:17:18 @ Nevertheless a lad saw them, and reported to Absalom. But both of them went away quickly and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down into it.

vw@2Samuel:17:19 @ And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground grain on it; and the thing was not discovered.

vw@2Samuel:17:20 @ And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have crossed over the water brook. And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

vw@2Samuel:17:21 @ Now it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well and went and reported to King David, and said to David, Arise and cross over the water quickly; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.

vw@2Samuel:17:22 @ So David and all the people with him arose and crossed over the Jordan. By morning light not one of them was left who had not crossed over the Jordan.

vw@2Samuel:17:23 @ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not carried out, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to his house, to his city, put his house in order, and hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.

vw@2Samuel:17:25 @ And Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jithra, an Israelite, who had gone in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

vw@2Samuel:17:26 @ So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

vw@2Samuel:17:28 @ brought beds and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, roasted grain and beans, lentils and roasted seeds,

vw@2Samuel:17:29 @ honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said, The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.

vw@2Samuel:18:1 @ And David mustered the people who were with him, and appointed commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds over them.

vw@2Samuel:18:2 @ And David sent out one third of the people under the hand of Joab, one third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I shall proceed to go out with you myself also.

vw@2Samuel:18:3 @ But the people answered, You shall not go out! For if we flee away, they will not care about us; nor if half of us die, will they care about us; for you are like ten thousand of us now. You are now more help to us in the city.

vw@2Samuel:18:4 @ And the king said to them, I will do what is good in your eyes. So the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

vw@2Samuel:18:5 @ And the king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom. And all the people heard when the king charged the commanders concerning Absalom.

vw@2Samuel:18:6 @ So the people went out into the field to meet Israel. And the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

vw@2Samuel:18:9 @ And Absalom was encountered before the servants of David. Absalom was riding on a mule, the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth tree, and his head caught in the terebinth; so he was left hanging between the heavens and earth; and the mule which was under him went on.

vw@2Samuel:18:10 @ And a certain man saw it and reported to Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth tree!

vw@2Samuel:18:12 @ And the man said to Joab, Though I were to receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, I would not put forth my hand against the king’s son. For in our ears the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take heed that no one touches the young man Absalom!

vw@2Samuel:18:13 @ Otherwise I would have dealt falsely against my own soul. For there is nothing hidden from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.

vw@2Samuel:18:14 @ And Joab said, I cannot wait before you. And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart, while he was still alive in the midst of the terebinth tree.

vw@2Samuel:18:16 @ And Joab blew the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab had held back the people.

vw@2Samuel:18:17 @ And they took Absalom and cast him into a large pit in the forest, and laid a very large heap of stones over him. And all Israel fled, everyone to his tent.

vw@2Samuel:18:18 @ Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up a pillar for himself, which is in the King’s Valley; for he thought, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. He called the pillar after his own name. And to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

vw@2Samuel:18:19 @ Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me run now and bear good news to the king, how Jehovah has avenged him of his enemies.

vw@2Samuel:18:20 @ And Joab said to him, You are not the man for tidings this day, but you shall bear good news another day. But today you shall not bear good news, because the king’s son is dead.

vw@2Samuel:18:21 @ Then Joab said to Cushi, Go, tell the king what you have seen. So Cushi bowed himself to Joab and ran.

vw@2Samuel:18:22 @ And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, But whatever happens, please let me also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, since you have no news ready?

vw@2Samuel:18:23 @ But whatever the case, he said, Let me run. So he said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain, and outran Cushi.

vw@2Samuel:18:24 @ Now David was sitting between the two gates. And the watchman went up to the roof over the gate, to the wall, lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was running alone.

vw@2Samuel:18:25 @ And the watchman cried out and reported to the king. And the king said, If he is alone, there is news in his mouth. And he proceeded to come and drew near.

vw@2Samuel:18:26 @ Then the watchman saw another man running, and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, There is another man running alone! And the king said, He also brings news.

vw@2Samuel:18:27 @ And the watchman said, It looks like the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good news.

vw@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, Peace! And he bowed down with his face to the earth to the king, and said, Blessed is Jehovah your God, who has delivered up the men who had lifted up their hand against my lord the king!

vw@2Samuel:18:29 @ And king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king’s servant and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I did not know what it was about.

vw@2Samuel:18:30 @ And the king said, Turn aside and stand here. So he turned aside and remained standing.

vw@2Samuel:18:31 @ And then Cushi came, and Cushi said, Good news, my lord the king! For Jehovah has avenged you this day of all those who were rising up against you.

vw@2Samuel:18:32 @ And the king said to Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who have risen up against you to do harm, be like that young man!

vw@2Samuel:18:33 @ And the king was disquieted, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom; my son, my son Absalom; O that I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!

vw@2Samuel:19:1 @ And it was reported to Joab, Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.

vw@2Samuel:19:2 @ So the deliverance that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said that day, The king is grieved for his son.

vw@2Samuel:19:3 @ And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

vw@2Samuel:19:4 @ And the king had covered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!

vw@2Samuel:19:5 @ And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants who today have delivered your soul, the souls of your sons and daughters, the souls of your wives and the souls of your concubines,

vw@2Samuel:19:6 @ to love your enemies and hate your friends. For you have declared today that you regard neither princes nor servants; for today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died today, that it would have pleased you well.

vw@2Samuel:19:8 @ And the king arose and sat in the gate. And they announced to all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. So all the people came before the king. For everyone of Israel had fled to his tent.

vw@2Samuel:19:9 @ Now all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king has rescued us out of the hand of our enemies, he has delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.

vw@2Samuel:19:10 @ But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now therefore, why are you being silent to bring back the king?

vw@2Samuel:19:11 @ So King David sent to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the words of all Israel have come to the king, to his house?

vw@2Samuel:19:12 @ You are my brethren, you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?

vw@2Samuel:19:13 @ And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me all the days, in place of Joab.

vw@2Samuel:19:14 @ And he inclined the hearts of all the men of Judah, as one man, so that they sent this word to the king: Return, you and all your servants!

vw@2Samuel:19:15 @ And the king returned and came to the Jordan. And Judah had come to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king across the Jordan.

vw@2Samuel:19:16 @ And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was from Bahurim, hastened and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

vw@2Samuel:19:17 @ And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they had rushed over the Jordan before the king.

vw@2Samuel:19:18 @ And a ferryboat went across to carry over the king’s household, and to do good in his eyes. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jordan.

vw@2Samuel:19:19 @ And he said to the king, Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me, nor remember how your servant acted perversely on the day that my lord the king left Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.

vw@2Samuel:19:20 @ For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. Therefore, behold, I am the first to come today of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

vw@2Samuel:19:21 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the anointed of Jehovah?

vw@2Samuel:19:22 @ And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?

vw@2Samuel:19:23 @ Therefore the king said to Shimei, You shall not die. And the king swore to him.

vw@2Samuel:19:24 @ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul had come down to meet the king. And he had not attended to his feet, nor done his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.

vw@2Samuel:19:25 @ And it came to pass, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?

vw@2Samuel:19:26 @ And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go to the king, because your servant is lame.

vw@2Samuel:19:27 @ And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is like the angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.

vw@2Samuel:19:28 @ For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king. Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. Therefore what right have I still to cry out anymore to the king?

vw@2Samuel:19:29 @ And the king said to him, Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba divide the land.

vw@2Samuel:19:30 @ And Mephibosheth said to the king, Even let him take it all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come back in peace to his own house.

vw@2Samuel:19:31 @ And Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim and went across the Jordan with the king, to send him across the Jordan.

vw@2Samuel:19:32 @ Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years old. And he had sustained the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

vw@2Samuel:19:33 @ And the king said to Barzillai, Come across with me, and I will provide for you while you are with me in Jerusalem.

vw@2Samuel:19:34 @ But Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

vw@2Samuel:19:35 @ I am today eighty years old. Can I discern between the good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any longer the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my lord the king?

vw@2Samuel:19:36 @ Your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with such a reward?

vw@2Samuel:19:37 @ Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your eyes.

vw@2Samuel:19:38 @ And the king answered, Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your eyes. And whatever you choose of me, I will do for you.

vw@2Samuel:19:39 @ And all the people went over the Jordan. And when the king had crossed over, the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own place.

vw@2Samuel:19:40 @ And the king passed on over to Gilgal, and Chimham passed along with him. And all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.

vw@2Samuel:19:41 @ And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king, his household, and all David’s men with him across the Jordan?

vw@2Samuel:19:42 @ So all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is next of kin to us. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense? Or has he given us any gift?

vw@2Samuel:19:43 @ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king; therefore we also have more in David than you. Why then have you despised us; were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king? Yet the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

vw@2Samuel:20:1 @ And there met them there a man of worthlessness, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a shofar, and said: We have no part in David, nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!

vw@2Samuel:20:2 @ So every man of Israel withdrew from David, and followed after Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah, from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, stayed close to their king.

vw@2Samuel:20:3 @ And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, his concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in confinement and sustained them, but did not go in to them. Thus they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.

vw@2Samuel:20:4 @ And the king said to Amasa, Assemble the men of Judah for me within three days, and present yourself.

vw@2Samuel:20:5 @ So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah. But he delayed beyond the appointed time which David had designated.

vw@2Samuel:20:6 @ And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities, and be snatched away before our eyes.

vw@2Samuel:20:8 @ When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. Now Joab was dressed in battle armor; on it was a belt with a sword fastened in its sheath at his hips; and as he went forth, it fell out.

vw@2Samuel:20:9 @ Then Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

vw@2Samuel:20:10 @ But Amasa was not aware of the sword that was in Joab’s hand. And he struck him with it in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

vw@2Samuel:20:12 @ But Amasa was wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came upon him stopped.

vw@2Samuel:20:15 @ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maachah; and they cast up a siege mound against the city, and it stood by the rampart. And all the people who were with Joab were destroying the wall to throw it down.

vw@2Samuel:20:17 @ When he had come near to her, the woman said, Are you Joab? He answered, I am. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. And he answered, I am listening.

vw@2Samuel:20:18 @ So she spoke, saying, They used to talk in former times, saying, They shall inquire to ask at Abel, and thus they would end the matter.

vw@2Samuel:20:19 @ I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

vw@2Samuel:20:21 @ That is not so. But a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. So the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.

vw@2Samuel:20:22 @ And the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a shofar, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.

vw@2Samuel:20:26 @ and Ira the Jairite was a chief minister to David.

vw@2Samuel:21:1 @ Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David besought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah answered, It is because of Saul and his bloody house, because he had killed the Gibeonites.

vw@2Samuel:21:2 @ So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites. The children of Israel had sworn peace to them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)

vw@2Samuel:21:3 @ Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

vw@2Samuel:21:4 @ And the Gibeonites said to him, We will have no silver or gold from Saul or from his house, nor shall you kill any man in Israel for us. So he said, Whatever you say, I will do for you.

vw@2Samuel:21:5 @ And they answered the king, As for the man who destroyed us and plotted against us, that we should be annihilated from remaining in any of the territories of Israel,

vw@2Samuel:21:6 @ let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them before Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, whom Jehovah chose. And the king said, I will deliver them.

vw@2Samuel:21:7 @ But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

vw@2Samuel:21:8 @ So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

vw@2Samuel:21:9 @ and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before Jehovah. So they fell, all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.

vw@2Samuel:21:10 @ Now Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the waters poured on them from the heavens. And she did not allow the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.

vw@2Samuel:21:11 @ And David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

vw@2Samuel:21:12 @ And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of Jabesh Gilead who had stolen them from the town square of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them up, after the Philistines had struck down Saul in Gilboa.

vw@2Samuel:21:14 @ And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. Thus they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

vw@2Samuel:21:15 @ And the Philistines were at war again with Israel. And David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint.

vw@2Samuel:21:16 @ And Ishbi-Benob, who was of the sons of the giants, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze, who was bearing a new sword, intended to kill David.

vw@2Samuel:21:17 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go out no more with us to battle, that you not quench the lamp of Israel.

vw@2Samuel:21:18 @ And it happened after this that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giants.

vw@2Samuel:21:19 @ Again there was war at Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed one from Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

vw@2Samuel:21:20 @ Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giants.

vw@2Samuel:21:22 @ These four were born to the giants in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

vw@2Samuel:22:3 @ the God of my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; my Savior, You save me from violence.

vw@2Samuel:22:5 @ When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodliness terrified me;

vw@2Samuel:22:7 @ in my distress I called upon Jehovah, and cried out to my God; and He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry entered His ears.

vw@2Samuel:22:9 @ Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth; coals were kindled by it.

vw@2Samuel:22:11 @ He rode upon a cherub, and flew; and He was seen upon the wings of the wind.

vw@2Samuel:22:13 @ From the brightness before Him coals of fire were kindled.

vw@2Samuel:22:15 @ He sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning bolts, and He discomfited them.

vw@2Samuel:22:19 @ They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my support.

vw@2Samuel:22:20 @ He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

vw@2Samuel:22:21 @ Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.

vw@2Samuel:22:22 @ For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not acted wickedly against my God.

vw@2Samuel:22:24 @ I was also whole before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

vw@2Samuel:22:25 @ Therefore Jehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before His eyes.

vw@2Samuel:22:26 @ With the faithful You show Yourself kind; with a mighty man of integrity You show Yourself upright;

vw@2Samuel:22:28 @ You save the lowly people; but Your eyes are upon the haughty, whom You bring down.

vw@2Samuel:22:29 @ For You are my lamp, O Jehovah; Jehovah causes my darkness to shine.

vw@2Samuel:22:30 @ For by You I run against a troop; by my God I leap over a wall.

vw@2Samuel:22:31 @ As for the Mighty God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is proven; He is a shield to all who seek refuge in Him.

vw@2Samuel:22:40 @ For You girded me with strength for battle; those rising against me You caused to bow under me.

vw@2Samuel:22:43 @ And I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pulverized them like the mire of the streets, and I stamped them out.

vw@2Samuel:22:44 @ You also delivered me from the strivings of my people. You kept me as the head of the nations; a people I have not known serve me.

vw@2Samuel:22:46 @ Sons of foreigners fade away, and are afraid in their holes.

vw@2Samuel:22:48 @ It is the Mighty God who avenges me, and brings down the peoples under me;

vw@2Samuel:22:49 @ He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those rising against me; You deliver me from the violent man.

vw@2Samuel:22:50 @ Therefore I give thanks unto You, O Jehovah, among the nations, and sing unto Your name.

vw@2Samuel:22:51 @ He is the tower of salvation to His king, and shows mercy to His anointed, unto David and his seed forevermore.

vw@2Samuel:23:1 @ Now these are the last words of David. Thus says David the son of Jesse; thus says the man raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

vw@2Samuel:23:3 @ The God of Israel has said, the Rock of Israel has spoken to me: He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

vw@2Samuel:23:4 @ And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, like the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain.

vw@2Samuel:23:5 @ Although my house is not so with the Mighty God, yet He has made with me a perpetual covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For all my salvation and all my desire, will He not make it grow?

vw@2Samuel:23:7 @ But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, and they shall be burned with fire to be burned in their place.

vw@2Samuel:23:8 @ These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-Basshebeth the Tachmonite, chief among the commanders. He was called Adino the Eznite, because he killed eight hundred men at one time.

vw@2Samuel:23:9 @ And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel retreated.

vw@2Samuel:23:10 @ He rose up and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. Jehovah brought about a great deliverance that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.

vw@2Samuel:23:11 @ And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils, and the people had fled before the Philistines.

vw@2Samuel:23:12 @ But he took his stand in the middle of the plot, delivered it, and struck the Philistines. And Jehovah brought about a great deliverance.

vw@2Samuel:23:13 @ And three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam. And the company of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

vw@2Samuel:23:14 @ David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

vw@2Samuel:23:15 @ And David longed and said, Oh, that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

vw@2Samuel:23:16 @ So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

vw@2Samuel:23:17 @ And he said, Far be it from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this! Should I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their souls? Therefore he would not drink it. These things were done by the three mighty men.

vw@2Samuel:23:18 @ And Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of another three. He lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.

vw@2Samuel:23:19 @ Was he not the most honored of three? Therefore he became their commander. However, he did not attain to the first three.

vw@2Samuel:23:20 @ Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two from Moab that were like lions. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

vw@2Samuel:23:21 @ And he killed an Egyptian, a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.

vw@2Samuel:23:22 @ These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty ones.

vw@2Samuel:23:23 @ He was more honored than the thirty, but he had not attained to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.

vw@2Samuel:23:29 @ Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin,

vw@2Samuel:23:39 @ and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

vw@2Samuel:24:1 @ Again the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

vw@2Samuel:24:2 @ So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.

vw@2Samuel:24:3 @ And Joab said to the king, Now may Jehovah your God add to the people a hundred times more than there are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing?

vw@2Samuel:24:4 @ Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. Therefore Joab and the commanders of the army went out from before the king to number the people of Israel.

vw@2Samuel:24:5 @ And they crossed over the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the town which is in the midst of the valley of Gad, and toward Jazer.

vw@2Samuel:24:8 @ So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

vw@2Samuel:24:9 @ And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

vw@2Samuel:24:10 @ And David’s heart was smitten after he had numbered the people. So David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Jehovah, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

vw@2Samuel:24:11 @ And when David arose in the morning, the Word of Jehovah came to the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

vw@2Samuel:24:12 @ Go and say to David, Thus says Jehovah: I am setting before you three things; choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.

vw@2Samuel:24:13 @ So Gad came to David and reported to him; and he said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or shall you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now consider and see what word I shall take back to Him who sent me.

vw@2Samuel:24:14 @ And David said to Gad, I am in great distress. Let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.

vw@2Samuel:24:15 @ So Jehovah sent a plague upon Israel from the morning till the appointed time. From Dan to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men of the people died.

vw@2Samuel:24:16 @ And when the Angel stretched out His hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah was moved to compassion regarding the evil, and said to the Angel who was destroying the people, Enough! Now restrain your hand. And the Angel of Jehovah was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

vw@2Samuel:24:17 @ Then David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the Angel who was striking the people, and said, Surely I have sinned, and I have committed iniquity; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.

vw@2Samuel:24:18 @ And Gad came that day to David and said to him, Go up, build an altar unto Jehovah on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

vw@2Samuel:24:19 @ And David, according to the word of Gad, went up as Jehovah commanded.

vw@2Samuel:24:20 @ And Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him. So Araunah went out and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.

vw@2Samuel:24:21 @ And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be restrained from the people.

vw@2Samuel:24:22 @ And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up whatever is good in his eyes. Behold, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing implements and the yokes of the oxen for wood.

vw@2Samuel:24:23 @ All these, O king, Araunah has given to the king. And Araunah said to the king, May Jehovah your God accept you.

vw@2Samuel:24:24 @ And the king said to Araunah, No, but I will buy to acquire it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings unto Jehovah my God for free. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

vw@2Samuel:24:25 @ And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was restrained from Israel.

vw@1Kings:1:1 @ Now King David was old, advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, for he could not get warm.

vw@1Kings:1:2 @ Therefore his servants said to him, Let a young woman, a virgin, be sought for our lord the king, and let her stand before the king, and serve him; and let her lie in your bosom, that our lord the king may be warm.

vw@1Kings:1:3 @ So they sought for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

vw@1Kings:1:4 @ The girl was very beautiful; and she served the king, and ministered to him; but the king did not know her.

vw@1Kings:1:5 @ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

vw@1Kings:1:6 @ (Now his father had not hurt him at any time by saying, Why have you done so? He was also very good in appearance. And his mother had borne him after Absalom.)

vw@1Kings:1:7 @ And he spoke with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they went after Adonijah and helped him.

vw@1Kings:1:8 @ But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.

vw@1Kings:1:9 @ And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En Rogel; he also invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

vw@1Kings:1:10 @ But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or Solomon his brother.

vw@1Kings:1:11 @ So Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it?

vw@1Kings:1:12 @ Come now, please let me counsel you with advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

vw@1Kings:1:13 @ Depart and go to King David and say to him, Have you not sworn to your maidservant, my lord, O king, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then has Adonijah become king?

vw@1Kings:1:14 @ Then, while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words.

vw@1Kings:1:15 @ So Bathsheba came into the chamber to the king. (Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.)

vw@1Kings:1:16 @ And Bathsheba bowed and did homage to the king. And the king said, What can I do for you?

vw@1Kings:1:17 @ And she said to him, My lord, you have sworn by Jehovah your God to your maidservant, saying, Surely Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

vw@1Kings:1:18 @ So now, behold, Adonijah has become king; and now, my lord the king, you have not known about it.

vw@1Kings:1:19 @ He has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not invited.

vw@1Kings:1:20 @ And as for you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

vw@1Kings:1:21 @ Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king lies down with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted as offenders.

vw@1Kings:1:22 @ And behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

vw@1Kings:1:23 @ And they reported to the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he bowed down to the king with his face to the ground.

vw@1Kings:1:24 @ And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?

vw@1Kings:1:25 @ For he has gone down today, and has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, and the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they said, Long live King Adonijah!

vw@1Kings:1:26 @ But he has not invited me; me your servant, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.

vw@1Kings:1:27 @ Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king, and you have not declared to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

vw@1Kings:1:28 @ Then King David answered and said, Summon Bathsheba to me. So she came before the king and stood before the king.

vw@1Kings:1:29 @ And the king swore and said, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my life from every distress,

vw@1Kings:1:30 @ just as I have sworn to you by Jehovah the God of Israel, saying, Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place, thus I shall do this day.

vw@1Kings:1:31 @ And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did homage to the king, and said, Let my lord King David live forever!

vw@1Kings:1:32 @ And King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came in before the king.

vw@1Kings:1:33 @ And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

vw@1Kings:1:34 @ There let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel; and blow the shofar, and say, Long live King Solomon!

vw@1Kings:1:35 @ And when you have come up after him, he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place. For I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.

vw@1Kings:1:36 @ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, Amen! Thus says Jehovah the God of my lord the king.

vw@1Kings:1:37 @ As Jehovah has been with my lord the king, even so shall He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.

vw@1Kings:1:38 @ So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

vw@1Kings:1:39 @ And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. And they blew the shofar, and all the people said, Long live King Solomon!

vw@1Kings:1:40 @ And all the people went up after him; and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth was rent with their sound.

vw@1Kings:1:41 @ And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the shofar, he said, Why is the city in such a commotion?

vw@1Kings:1:42 @ And while he was still speaking, behold Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest came in. And Adonijah said to him, Come in, for you are a mighty man, and bring good news.

vw@1Kings:1:43 @ And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, No rather, our lord King David has made Solomon king.

vw@1Kings:1:44 @ The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king’s mule.

vw@1Kings:1:45 @ And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is all stirred up. This is the sound that you have heard.

vw@1Kings:1:46 @ Also Solomon has sat down on the throne of the kingdom.

vw@1Kings:1:47 @ And moreover the king’s servants have gone to bless our lord King David, saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself on the bed.

vw@1Kings:1:48 @ Also the king has said, Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, with my eyes seeing it!

vw@1Kings:1:49 @ So all the guests who were with Adonijah trembled, and rose up, and each one went his way.

vw@1Kings:1:50 @ And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon; so he arose, and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.

vw@1Kings:1:51 @ And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon; for behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear to me this day that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.

vw@1Kings:1:52 @ And Solomon said, If he is a son of worth, not one hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if evil is found in him, he shall die.

vw@1Kings:1:53 @ So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and prostrated himself to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

vw@1Kings:2:1 @ And the days drew near for David to die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying:

vw@1Kings:2:2 @ I am going the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and be a man.

vw@1Kings:2:3 @ And keep the charge of Jehovah your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn;

vw@1Kings:2:4 @ that Jehovah may establish His word which He has spoken concerning me, saying, If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, He said, there shall not fail to be a man on the throne of Israel.

vw@1Kings:2:5 @ Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on the belt around his waist, and on the sandals on his feet.

vw@1Kings:2:6 @ Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.

vw@1Kings:2:7 @ But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those eating at your table, for they came to me when I fled before Absalom your brother.

vw@1Kings:2:8 @ And behold, with you is Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me with grievous cursing in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.

vw@1Kings:2:9 @ Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bring his gray hair down to the grave with blood.

vw@1Kings:2:10 @ So David rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David.

vw@1Kings:2:11 @ The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

vw@1Kings:2:12 @ And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom was firmly established.

vw@1Kings:2:13 @ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Do you come in peace? And he said, In peace.

vw@1Kings:2:14 @ Moreover he said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Speak.

vw@1Kings:2:15 @ And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their faces toward me, to reign. However, the kingdom has been turned around, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from Jehovah.

vw@1Kings:2:16 @ Now I ask one petition of you; do not turn away my face. And she said to him, Speak.

vw@1Kings:2:17 @ And he said, Please speak to King Solomon, for he will not turn away your face; that he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.

vw@1Kings:2:18 @ And Bathsheba said, Very well, I will speak for you unto the king.

vw@1Kings:2:19 @ Bathsheba therefore came to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed down to her, and sat down on his throne and had a throne set for the king’s mother; and she sat at his right hand.

vw@1Kings:2:20 @ And she said, I am asking one small petition of you; do not turn away my face. And the king said to her, Ask it, my mother, for I will not turn away your face.

vw@1Kings:2:21 @ So she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.

vw@1Kings:2:22 @ And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, Now why are you asking for Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my older brother; for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

vw@1Kings:2:23 @ And King Solomon swore by Jehovah, saying, May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own soul!

vw@1Kings:2:24 @ Now therefore, as Jehovah lives, who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has established a house for me, as He has promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day!

vw@1Kings:2:25 @ So King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him and he died.

vw@1Kings:2:26 @ And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are a man deserving of death; but I will not put you to death this day, because you have carried the ark of the Lord Jehovah before my father David, and because you were afflicted in every thing in which my father was afflicted.

vw@1Kings:2:27 @ Thus Solomon removed Abiathar from being priest unto Jehovah, to fulfill the word of Jehovah which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli at Shiloh.

vw@1Kings:2:28 @ And the news came to Joab, for Joab had turned aside after Adonijah, though he had not turned aside after Absalom. So Joab fled to the tent of Jehovah, and took hold of the horns of the altar.

vw@1Kings:2:29 @ And it was reported to King Solomon, Joab has fled to the tent of Jehovah, and behold, he is by the altar. So Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.

vw@1Kings:2:30 @ So Benaiah went to the tent of Jehovah, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come out! And he said, No, but I will die here. And Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

vw@1Kings:2:31 @ And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall upon him and bury him, that you may turn aside from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood which Joab has shed.

vw@1Kings:2:32 @ Thus Jehovah shall return his blood upon his own head, who has fallen upon two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, without the knowledge of my father David: Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah.

vw@1Kings:2:33 @ Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his seed forever. But upon David and his seed, upon his house and his throne, there shall be peace forever from Jehovah.

vw@1Kings:2:34 @ So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

vw@1Kings:2:35 @ And the king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

vw@1Kings:2:36 @ And the king sent and summoned Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there anywhere.

vw@1Kings:2:37 @ For it shall be, on the day that you go out and have crossed over the Brook Kidron, consider to understand that you shall be executed to death; your blood shall be on your own head.

vw@1Kings:2:38 @ And Shimei said to the king, The word is good. As my lord the king has spoken, thus your servant will do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

vw@1Kings:2:39 @ And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two slaves of Shimei fled to Achish the son of Maachah, king of Gath. And they reported to Shimei, saying, Behold, your slaves are at Gath!

vw@1Kings:2:40 @ So Shimei rose up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to seek his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.

vw@1Kings:2:41 @ And it was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.

vw@1Kings:2:42 @ So the king sent and summoned Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you swear by Jehovah, and warn you, saying, Consider to understand that on the day you go out and have gone anywhere, you shall be executed to death? And you said to me, The word I have heard is good.

vw@1Kings:2:43 @ Why then have you not kept the oath of Jehovah and the commandment that I have charged you with?

vw@1Kings:2:44 @ The king said moreover to Shimei, You know, as your heart acknowledges, all the evil that you did to my father David; therefore Jehovah shall return your evil upon your own head.

vw@1Kings:2:45 @ But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah forever.

vw@1Kings:2:46 @ So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and fell upon him, and he died. Thus the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

vw@1Kings:3:1 @ And Solomon made himself son-in-law to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter; and he brought her into the City of David until he had finished building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall all around Jerusalem.

vw@1Kings:3:2 @ The people were sacrificing at the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.

vw@1Kings:3:3 @ And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of his father David, except that he was sacrificing and burning incense at the high places.

vw@1Kings:3:4 @ And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

vw@1Kings:3:5 @ At Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask; what shall I give you?

vw@1Kings:3:6 @ And Solomon said: You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son sitting on his throne, as it is this day.

vw@1Kings:3:7 @ Now, O Jehovah my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

vw@1Kings:3:8 @ And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a people too numerous to be numbered or counted for multitude.

vw@1Kings:3:9 @ Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?

vw@1Kings:3:10 @ And the word was good in the eyes of Jehovah, that Solomon had asked this thing.

vw@1Kings:3:11 @ And God said to him: Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,

vw@1Kings:3:12 @ behold, I have done according to your words; behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.

vw@1Kings:3:13 @ And I have also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the kings all your days.

vw@1Kings:3:14 @ So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David has walked, then I will prolong your days.

vw@1Kings:3:15 @ And Solomon awoke; and behold it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

vw@1Kings:3:16 @ Now two women who were harlots came to the king, and stood before him.

vw@1Kings:3:17 @ And one woman said, O my lord, this woman and I are dwelling in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house.

vw@1Kings:3:18 @ Then it happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth. And we were together; no one was with us in the house, except the two of us in the house.

vw@1Kings:3:19 @ And this woman’s son died in the night, because she had lain on him.

vw@1Kings:3:20 @ So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

vw@1Kings:3:21 @ And when I arose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead. But when I had examined him in the morning, behold, he was not my son whom I had borne.

vw@1Kings:3:22 @ And the other woman said, No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son. And the first woman said, No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.

vw@1Kings:3:23 @ And the king said, The one says, This is my son, who lives, and your son is the dead one; and the other says, No! But your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.

vw@1Kings:3:24 @ And the king said, Bring me a sword. So they brought a sword before the king.

vw@1Kings:3:25 @ And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.

vw@1Kings:3:26 @ Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for her womb yearned for her son; and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and do not put him to death! But the other said, Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.

vw@1Kings:3:27 @ So the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not put him to death; she is his mother.

vw@1Kings:3:28 @ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered, and they feared his presence; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to execute justice.

vw@1Kings:4:1 @ Thus King Solomon was king over all Israel.

vw@1Kings:4:2 @ And these were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

vw@1Kings:4:3 @ Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

vw@1Kings:4:4 @ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, over the army; Zadok and Abiathar, the priests;

vw@1Kings:4:5 @ Azariah the son of Nathan, over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest and the king’s friend;

vw@1Kings:4:6 @ Ahishar, over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda, over the labor force.

vw@1Kings:4:7 @ And Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year.

vw@1Kings:4:8 @ These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;

vw@1Kings:4:9 @ Ben-Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;

vw@1Kings:4:10 @ Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth; to him belonged Sochoh and all the land of Hepher;

vw@1Kings:4:11 @ Ben-Abinadab, in all the regions of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife;

vw@1Kings:4:12 @ Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth Shean, which is beside Zaretan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as the other side of Jokneam;

vw@1Kings:4:13 @ Ben-Geber, in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan; sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars;

vw@1Kings:4:14 @ Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;

vw@1Kings:4:15 @ Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;

vw@1Kings:4:16 @ Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;

vw@1Kings:4:17 @ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;

vw@1Kings:4:18 @ Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin;

vw@1Kings:4:19 @ Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only deputy who was in the land.

vw@1Kings:4:20 @ Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.

vw@1Kings:4:21 @ And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

vw@1Kings:4:22 @ And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal,

vw@1Kings:4:23 @ ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.

vw@1Kings:4:24 @ For he was ruling over all the region on this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on every side all around him.

vw@1Kings:4:25 @ And Judah and Israel dwelt securely, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

vw@1Kings:4:26 @ Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

vw@1Kings:4:27 @ And these deputies, each man in his month, provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table. They left nothing lacking.

vw@1Kings:4:28 @ They also brought barley and straw to the assigned places, for the horses and steeds, each man according to his charge.

vw@1Kings:4:29 @ And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and breadth of heart like the sand on the seashore.

vw@1Kings:4:30 @ Thus Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

vw@1Kings:4:31 @ For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.

vw@1Kings:4:32 @ He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.

vw@1Kings:4:33 @ He also spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.

vw@1Kings:4:34 @ And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.

vw@1Kings:5:1 @ And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, because he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had loved David all his days.

vw@1Kings:5:2 @ And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:

vw@1Kings:5:3 @ You know how my father David could not build a house unto the name of Jehovah his God because of the wars that were around him on every side, until Jehovah had put them under the soles of his feet.

vw@1Kings:5:4 @ But now Jehovah my God has given me rest all around; there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.

vw@1Kings:5:5 @ And behold, I am intending to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah has spoken to my father David, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house unto My name.

vw@1Kings:5:6 @ Now therefore, command that they cut down cedars for me from Lebanon; and my servants will be with your servants, and I will pay you wages for your servants according to whatever you say. For you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.

vw@1Kings:5:7 @ And so it was, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed is Jehovah this day, for He has given David a wise son over this great people!

vw@1Kings:5:8 @ And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have agreed to the things which you have sent me, and I will do all your desire concerning the cedar and cypress timber.

vw@1Kings:5:9 @ My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; I will float them in rafts by sea to the place you direct me, and will have them broken apart there; then you can take them away. And you shall fulfill my desire by giving food for my household.

vw@1Kings:5:10 @ And Hiram gave Solomon cedar and cypress timber according to all his desire.

vw@1Kings:5:11 @ And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.

vw@1Kings:5:12 @ Thus Jehovah gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made an alliance together.

vw@1Kings:5:13 @ And King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men.

vw@1Kings:5:14 @ And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the labor force.

vw@1Kings:5:15 @ And Solomon had seventy thousand carrying burdens, and eighty thousand hewing stone in the mountains,

vw@1Kings:5:16 @ besides three thousand three hundred from the chiefs of Solomon’s deputies, who ruled the people who did the work.

vw@1Kings:5:17 @ And the king commanded, and they quarried large stones, costly stones, and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

vw@1Kings:5:18 @ Thus Solomon’s builders, Hiram’s builders, and the Giblites cut and prepared timber and stones to build the house.

vw@1Kings:6:1 @ And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.

vw@1Kings:6:2 @ Now the house which King Solomon built for Jehovah, its length was sixty cubits, its width twenty, and its height thirty cubits.

vw@1Kings:6:3 @ The porch in front of the sanctuary of the house was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the width of the porch extended ten cubits from the front of the house.

vw@1Kings:6:4 @ And for the house he made window frames with shutters.

vw@1Kings:6:5 @ Against the wall of the house he built chambers all around, against the walls of the house, all around the temple and the inner sanctuary. Thus he made chambers all around.

vw@1Kings:6:6 @ The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for he made narrow ledges around the outside of the house, so that the support beams would not be fastened into the walls of the house.

vw@1Kings:6:7 @ And the house, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or ax or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built.

vw@1Kings:6:8 @ The doorway for the middle level was on the right side of the house. They went up by a winding staircase to the middle level, and from the middle to the third.

vw@1Kings:6:9 @ Thus he built the house and finished it, and he paneled the house with beams and planks of cedar.

vw@1Kings:6:10 @ And he built chambers against the entire house, each five cubits high; they were attached to the house with cedar beams.

vw@1Kings:6:11 @ And the Word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying:

vw@1Kings:6:12 @ Concerning this house which you are building, if you walk in My statutes, execute My judgments, keep all My commandments to walk in them, then I will establish My word with you, which I have spoken unto your father David.

vw@1Kings:6:13 @ And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.

vw@1Kings:6:14 @ Thus Solomon built the house and finished it.

vw@1Kings:6:15 @ And he built the walls of the house on the inside with cedar boards; from the walls of the house to the ceiling he paneled the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with planks of cypress.

vw@1Kings:6:16 @ And he built twenty-cubits at the rear of the house, from floor to the walls, with cedar boards; he built it inside for the inner sanctuary, the Holy of Holies.

vw@1Kings:6:17 @ And in front of the inner house the rest of the temple was forty cubits long.

vw@1Kings:6:18 @ And on the cedar inside the house were carvings of gourds and open flowers. All was of cedar; no stone was seen.

vw@1Kings:6:19 @ And he prepared the inner sanctuary inside the house, to set the ark of the covenant of Jehovah there.

vw@1Kings:6:20 @ The faces of the inner sanctuary were twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. And he overlaid it with pure gold, and overlaid the altar with cedar.

vw@1Kings:6:21 @ And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold. He stretched gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold.

vw@1Kings:6:22 @ The whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house; also he overlaid with gold the entire altar that was by the inner sanctuary.

vw@1Kings:6:23 @ Inside the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

vw@1Kings:6:24 @ One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub five cubits: ten cubits from the end of one wing to the end of the other.

vw@1Kings:6:25 @ And the other cherub was ten cubits; both cherubim were of the same size and the same shape.

vw@1Kings:6:26 @ The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub.

vw@1Kings:6:27 @ And he set the cherubim inside the inner house; and they stretched out the wings of the cherubim so that the wing of the one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall. And their wings touched each other in the middle of the house.

vw@1Kings:6:28 @ He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.

vw@1Kings:6:29 @ And he carved all the walls of the house all around, inside and out, with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

vw@1Kings:6:30 @ And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, both inside and out.

vw@1Kings:6:31 @ For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and doorposts were one-fifth.

vw@1Kings:6:32 @ The two doors were of olive wood; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he beat out the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

vw@1Kings:6:33 @ And for the door of the temple he also made doorposts of olive wood; one-fourth.

vw@1Kings:6:34 @ And the two doors were of cypress wood; two panels comprised one folding door, and two panels comprised the other folding door.

vw@1Kings:6:35 @ And he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers on them, and overlaid them with gold smoothly fitted to the carved work.

vw@1Kings:6:36 @ And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams.

vw@1Kings:6:37 @ In the fourth year the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid, in the month of Ziv.

vw@1Kings:6:38 @ And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. Thus he was seven years in building it.

vw@1Kings:7:1 @ And Solomon took thirteen years to build his own house; and he finished all his house.

vw@1Kings:7:2 @ He also built the house of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars.

vw@1Kings:7:3 @ And it was paneled with cedar above the beams that were on forty-five pillars, fifteen to a row.

vw@1Kings:7:4 @ There were windows with beveled frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers.

vw@1Kings:7:5 @ And all the doorways and doorposts were squared; and window was opposite window in three tiers.

vw@1Kings:7:6 @ He also made the porch of pillars: its length was fifty cubits, and its width thirty cubits; and in front of them was a porch with pillars, and a threshold in front of them.

vw@1Kings:7:4 @ And he made a porch for the throne, the Porch of Judgment, where he judged; and it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.

vw@1Kings:7:8 @ And the house where he dwelt had another court inside the porch, of similar workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this porch for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken as wife.

vw@1Kings:7:9 @ All these were of costly stones cut to size, sawn with saws, inside and out, from the foundation to the coping, and also on the outside to the great court.

vw@1Kings:7:10 @ The foundation was of costly stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

vw@1Kings:7:11 @ And above were costly stones, hewn to size, and cedar.

vw@1Kings:7:12 @ The great court was of three rows of hewn stones and a row of cedar beams. So were the inner court of the house of Jehovah and the porch of the house.

vw@1Kings:7:13 @ Now King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.

vw@1Kings:7:14 @ He was the son of a widow woman from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, engraving in bronze; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill to work in all workmanship in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.

vw@1Kings:7:15 @ And he cast two pillars of bronze, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of twelve cubits circled all the way around.

vw@1Kings:7:16 @ And he made two capitals of cast bronze, to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.

vw@1Kings:7:17 @ He made a lattice network, with braids of chainwork, for the capitals on top of the pillars: seven for one capital and seven for the other capital.

vw@1Kings:7:18 @ And he made the pillars, and two rows of pomegranates above the network all around to cover the capitals on top; and thus he did for the other capital.

vw@1Kings:7:19 @ The capitals which were on top of the pillars in the hall were made like lilies, four cubits.

vw@1Kings:7:20 @ The capitals on the two pillars also had pomegranates above, by the belly which was next to the network; and there were two hundred such pomegranates in rows on the other capital all around.

vw@1Kings:7:21 @ And he set up the pillars by the porch of the temple; he set up the pillar on the right and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the left and called its name Boaz.

vw@1Kings:7:22 @ The tops of the pillars were made like lilies. Thus the work of the pillars was finished.

vw@1Kings:7:23 @ And he made the cast sea of ten cubits from brim to brim; it was round all around. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits made a circuit all the way around.

vw@1Kings:7:24 @ Below its brim round about were gourds all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the sea. The gourds were cast in two rows when it was cast.

vw@1Kings:7:25 @ It stood on twelve oxen: three turned toward the north, three turned toward the west, three turned toward the south, and three turned toward the east; the sea was set on top of them, and all their back parts were inward.

vw@1Kings:7:26 @ Its thickness was a handbreadth; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; and it could hold two thousand baths.

vw@1Kings:7:27 @ And he made ten carts of bronze; four cubits the length of the one cart, and four cubits the breadth, and three cubits the height.

vw@1Kings:7:28 @ And this was the work of the cart: they had borders, and there were borders between the stays.

vw@1Kings:7:29 @ And on the borders that were between the stays were lions, oxen, and cherubim. And a pedestal was on the stays above. And below the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.

vw@1Kings:7:30 @ And each cart had four wheels of bronze, and axles of bronze. And its four feet were supports to them; under the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side.

vw@1Kings:7:31 @ And its opening within and above the capital was a cubit; and its opening was round like the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half. And also on its opening were carvings; and their borders were square, not round.

vw@1Kings:7:32 @ And the four wheels were under the borders. And the axles of the wheels were attached to the cart; and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.

vw@1Kings:7:33 @ The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.

vw@1Kings:7:34 @ And there were four supports at the four corners of each cart; its supports were part of the cart itself.

vw@1Kings:7:35 @ On the top of the cart was a round compass a half cubit in height. And on the top of the cart, its stays and its supports were of the same casting.

vw@1Kings:7:36 @ On the plates of its stays and on its borders he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was a clear space on each, with wreaths all around.

vw@1Kings:7:37 @ Thus he made the ten carts. All of them were of the same cast, one measure, and one shape.

vw@1Kings:7:38 @ And he made ten basins of bronze; each basin could hold forty baths, and each basin was four cubits. On each of the ten carts was a basin.

vw@1Kings:7:39 @ And he put five carts on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house. He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.

vw@1Kings:7:40 @ Hiram made the basins, the shovels and the bowls. Thus Hiram finished doing all the work that he did for King Solomon for the house of Jehovah:

vw@1Kings:7:41 @ the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars;

vw@1Kings:7:42 @ four hundred pomegranates for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars);

vw@1Kings:7:43 @ the ten carts, and ten basins on the carts;

vw@1Kings:7:44 @ the one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

vw@1Kings:7:45 @ the pots, the shovels, and the bowls. All these articles which Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of Jehovah were of burnished bronze.

vw@1Kings:7:46 @ In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in the clay ground between Succoth and Zaretan.

vw@1Kings:7:47 @ And Solomon did not weigh all the articles, because there were so very many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.

vw@1Kings:7:48 @ Thus Solomon had all the articles made for the house of Jehovah: the altar of gold, and the table of gold on which was the Bread of the Presence;

vw@1Kings:7:49 @ the lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary, with the flowers and the lamps and the tongs of gold;

vw@1Kings:7:50 @ the basins, the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house (the Holy of Holies) and for the doors of the house of the temple.

vw@1Kings:7:51 @ Thus all the work that King Solomon had done for the house of Jehovah was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had consecrated: the silver and the gold and the articles, and He put them in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.

vw@1Kings:8:1 @ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, unto King Solomon at Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the City of David, which is Zion.

vw@1Kings:8:2 @ Therefore all the men of Israel assembled unto King Solomon at the feast in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

vw@1Kings:8:3 @ So all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

vw@1Kings:8:4 @ And they brought up the ark of Jehovah, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent. The priests and the Levites brought them up.

vw@1Kings:8:5 @ And King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.

vw@1Kings:8:6 @ And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim.

vw@1Kings:8:7 @ For the cherubim spread their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered over the ark and its poles.

vw@1Kings:8:8 @ The poles extended so that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.

vw@1Kings:8:9 @ Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses had put there at Horeb, when Jehovah had made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

vw@1Kings:8:10 @ And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,

vw@1Kings:8:11 @ such that the priests were not able to stand to minister before the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of Jehovah.

vw@1Kings:8:12 @ Then Solomon spoke: Jehovah has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.

vw@1Kings:8:13 @ I have built to establish for You an exalted house, a fixed place for You to abide continually.

vw@1Kings:8:14 @ And the king turned his face around and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

vw@1Kings:8:15 @ And he said: Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel, who has spoke with His mouth to my father David, and with His hand has fulfilled it, saying,

vw@1Kings:8:16 @ Since the day that I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, for My name to be there; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.

vw@1Kings:8:17 @ Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@1Kings:8:18 @ But Jehovah said to my father David, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.

vw@1Kings:8:19 @ Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall come from your body, he shall build the house for My name.

vw@1Kings:8:20 @ Thus Jehovah has fulfilled His word which He has spoken; and I have risen up in place of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah has promised; and I have built a house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@1Kings:8:21 @ And there I have fixed a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Jehovah which He had made with our fathers, when He brought them out from the land of Egypt.

vw@1Kings:8:22 @ Then Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in front of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward the heavens;

vw@1Kings:8:23 @ and he said: Jehovah the God of Israel, there is no god in the heavens above or on the earth below like You, who keeps Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

vw@1Kings:8:24 @ You have kept what You have promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.

vw@1Kings:8:25 @ Therefore, Jehovah the God of Israel, now keep what You have promised Your servant David my father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man sitting before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me as you have walked before Me.

vw@1Kings:8:26 @ And now I pray, O God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed, which You have spoken to Your servant David my father.

vw@1Kings:8:27 @ But will God truly dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the Heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this house which I have built!

vw@1Kings:8:28 @ Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Jehovah my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today:

vw@1Kings:8:29 @ that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, My name shall be there, that You may hear the prayer which Your servant prays toward this place.

vw@1Kings:8:30 @ And may You hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear in Heaven Your dwelling place; and when You hear, forgive.

vw@1Kings:8:31 @ When anyone sins against his neighbor, and is required to take an oath, and has come to swear an oath before Your altar in this house,

vw@1Kings:8:32 @ then hear in Heaven, and act, and judge Your servants, to condemn the wicked, to bring his way upon his head, and to justify the righteous, giving him according to his righteousness.

vw@1Kings:8:33 @ When Your people Israel are struck down before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and when they turn back to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication to You in this house,

vw@1Kings:8:34 @ then hear in Heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to their fathers.

vw@1Kings:8:35 @ When the heavens are restrained and there is no rain because they have sinned against You; when they have prayed toward this place and confessed Your name, and turned from their sin because You afflicted them,

vw@1Kings:8:36 @ then hear in Heaven, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain upon Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

vw@1Kings:8:37 @ When there is famine in the land, pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers; when their enemy besieges them in the land in their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is;

vw@1Kings:8:38 @ whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when each one knows the plague of his own heart, and spreads out his hands toward this house:

vw@1Kings:8:39 @ then hear in Heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You alone have known the hearts of all the sons of men),

vw@1Kings:8:40 @ that they may fear You all the days that they are alive on the face of the land which You have given to our fathers.

vw@1Kings:8:41 @ Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a distant land on account of Your name

vw@1Kings:8:42 @ (for they will hear of Your great name and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm), when he has come and prayed toward this house,

vw@1Kings:8:43 @ hear in Heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls upon You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name.

vw@1Kings:8:44 @ When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You send them, and when they pray to Jehovah toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

vw@1Kings:8:45 @ then hear in Heaven their prayer and their supplication, and attend to their cause.

vw@1Kings:8:46 @ When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin), and You have become angry with them and delivered them to the enemy, and they have taken them captive to the land of the enemy, far or near;

vw@1Kings:8:47 @ yet when they have returned in their minds in the land where they have been carried captive, and have repented in their hearts, and made supplication to You in the land of those holding them captive, saying, We have sinned and done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

vw@1Kings:8:48 @ and when they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and have prayed to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name:

vw@1Kings:8:49 @ then hear in Heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and attend to their cause,

vw@1Kings:8:50 @ and forgive Your people who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You; and grant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have compassion on them

vw@1Kings:8:51 @ (for they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You have brought out of Egypt, out of the midst of the iron furnace),

vw@1Kings:8:52 @ that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call unto You.

vw@1Kings:8:53 @ For as You have spoken by the hand of Your servant Moses, You have separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your inheritance, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.

vw@1Kings:8:54 @ And so it was, when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication unto Jehovah, that he arose before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to the heavens.

vw@1Kings:8:55 @ And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

vw@1Kings:8:56 @ Blessed is Jehovah, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He has spoken. There has not failed one word of all His good word, which He has spoken by the hand of His servant Moses.

vw@1Kings:8:57 @ Jehovah our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He not leave us nor forsake us,

vw@1Kings:8:58 @ that He may incline our hearts unto Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He has commanded our fathers.

vw@1Kings:8:59 @ And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, be near Jehovah our God day and night, that He may attend to the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, each matter from day to day,

vw@1Kings:8:60 @ that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah is God; there is no other.

vw@1Kings:8:61 @ Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as at this day.

vw@1Kings:8:62 @ And the king and all Israel with him were offering sacrifices before Jehovah.

vw@1Kings:8:63 @ And Solomon offered sacrifices of peace offerings, which he offered unto Jehovah, twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. Thus the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah.

vw@1Kings:8:64 @ And for that day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of Jehovah; for there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before Jehovah was too small to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

vw@1Kings:8:65 @ And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven more days; fourteen days.

vw@1Kings:8:66 @ On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the good that Jehovah had done for His servant David, and for Israel His people.

vw@1Kings:9:1 @ And it came to pass, when Solomon was finished building the house of Jehovah and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he had taken delight to do,

vw@1Kings:9:2 @ that Jehovah appeared to Solomon the second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

vw@1Kings:9:3 @ And Jehovah said to him: I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built to put My name there always; and My eyes and My heart will be there all the days.

vw@1Kings:9:4 @ Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments,

vw@1Kings:9:5 @ then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I have spoken to David your father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.

vw@1Kings:9:6 @ But if you or your sons go back to turn away from after Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and bow down to them,

vw@1Kings:9:7 @ then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will send away from before My face; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

vw@1Kings:9:8 @ And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and shall hiss, and say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land and to this house?

vw@1Kings:9:9 @ Then they will answer, Because they have forsaken Jehovah their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken up with other gods, and bowed down to them and served them; therefore Jehovah has brought all this evil upon them.

vw@1Kings:9:10 @ And it happened at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king’s house

vw@1Kings:9:11 @ (Hiram the king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress and gold, as much as he desired), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

vw@1Kings:9:12 @ And Hiram went from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, but they were not pleasing to his eyes.

vw@1Kings:9:13 @ So he said, What kind of cities are these which you have given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul, to this day.

vw@1Kings:9:14 @ And Hiram sent the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

vw@1Kings:9:15 @ And this is the reason for the labor force which King Solomon raised: to build the house of Jehovah, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

vw@1Kings:9:16 @ (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burned it with fire, had killed the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.)

vw@1Kings:9:17 @ And Solomon built Gezer, lower Beth Horon,

vw@1Kings:9:18 @ Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,

vw@1Kings:9:19 @ all the storage cities that Solomon had, cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

vw@1Kings:9:20 @ All the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel;

vw@1Kings:9:21 @ that is, their sons who were left in the land after them, whom the children of Israel had not been able to destroy completely; from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it is to this day.

vw@1Kings:9:22 @ But of the children of Israel Solomon made no slaves, because they were men of war and his servants: his officers, his captains, commanders of his chariots, and his horsemen.

vw@1Kings:9:23 @ Others were chiefs of the officers who were over Solomon’s work: five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people who did the work.

vw@1Kings:9:24 @ When Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo.

vw@1Kings:9:25 @ Now three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built unto Jehovah, and he burned incense on the altar that was before Jehovah. Thus he finished the house.

vw@1Kings:9:26 @ King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

vw@1Kings:9:27 @ And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.

vw@1Kings:9:28 @ And they came to Ophir, and carried away four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

vw@1Kings:10:1 @ Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to test him with hard questions.

vw@1Kings:10:2 @ She came to Jerusalem with a very great company, with camels bearing spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was on her heart.

vw@1Kings:10:3 @ And Solomon made known all her matters; there was nothing so difficult for the king that he could not explain it to her.

vw@1Kings:10:4 @ And when the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,

vw@1Kings:10:5 @ the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Jehovah, it took her breath away.

vw@1Kings:10:6 @ Then she said to the king: It was a true word which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

vw@1Kings:10:7 @ However I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I have heard.

vw@1Kings:10:8 @ Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

vw@1Kings:10:9 @ Blessed is Jehovah your God, who has delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because of Jehovah’s eternal love for Israel, therefore He made you king, to execute justice and righteousness.

vw@1Kings:10:10 @ And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great quantity, and precious stones. There never again came such abundance of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

vw@1Kings:10:11 @ And the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, also brought great quantities of almug wood and precious stones from Ophir.

vw@1Kings:10:12 @ And the king made pillars of the almug wood for the house of Jehovah and for the king’s house, and harps and lutes for the singers. There never again came such almug wood, nor has the like been seen to this day.

vw@1Kings:10:13 @ And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon had given to her according to the hand of the king. So she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.

vw@1Kings:10:14 @ The weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,

vw@1Kings:10:15 @ besides that from the traveling merchants, from the income of traders, from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the land.

vw@1Kings:10:16 @ And King Solomon made two hundred shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

vw@1Kings:10:17 @ He also made three hundred shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the house of the Forest of Lebanon.

vw@1Kings:10:18 @ Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

vw@1Kings:10:19 @ The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round at the back; there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests.

vw@1Kings:10:20 @ Twelve lions were standing there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom.

vw@1Kings:10:21 @ All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

vw@1Kings:10:22 @ For the king had a fleet of ships at sea from Tarshish along with the fleet of Hiram; and once every three years the ships from Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

vw@1Kings:10:23 @ Thus King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

vw@1Kings:10:24 @ And all the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

vw@1Kings:10:25 @ Each man was bringing his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.

vw@1Kings:10:26 @ And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

vw@1Kings:10:27 @ The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.

vw@1Kings:10:28 @ Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Mikveh; the king’s merchants got them at Mikveh for a price.

vw@1Kings:10:29 @ Now a chariot that came up out from Egypt was six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse one hundred and fifty; and thus, by their hand, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

vw@1Kings:11:1 @ But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

vw@1Kings:11:2 @ from the nations of whom Jehovah had said to the children of Israel, You shall not go in to them, nor they to you. Truly they will thrust aside your hearts after their gods. These, Solomon clung to in love.

vw@1Kings:11:3 @ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives thrust away his heart.

vw@1Kings:11:4 @ For so it was, when Solomon was old, that his wives thrust his heart aside after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of his father David.

vw@1Kings:11:5 @ For Solomon departed after Ashtaroth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

vw@1Kings:11:6 @ Solomon did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and did not fully follow after Jehovah, like his father David.

vw@1Kings:11:7 @ And Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.

vw@1Kings:11:8 @ And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

vw@1Kings:11:9 @ And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned aside from Jehovah the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

vw@1Kings:11:10 @ and had charged him concerning this thing, that he should not depart after other gods; but he had not kept what Jehovah had charged.

vw@1Kings:11:11 @ Therefore Jehovah said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have charged you, I will rend to tear the kingdom away from you, and have given it to your servant.

vw@1Kings:11:12 @ Nevertheless I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David; I shall tear it out of the hand of your son.

vw@1Kings:11:13 @ However I will not tear away the whole kingdom; I shall give one tribe to your son for the sake of my servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.

vw@1Kings:11:14 @ And Jehovah raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the seed of the king in Edom.

vw@1Kings:11:15 @ For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom

vw@1Kings:11:16 @ (because for six months Joab remained there with all Israel, until he had cut down every male in Edom),

vw@1Kings:11:17 @ that Hadad fled to go to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him. Hadad was still a little child.

vw@1Kings:11:18 @ And they rose up out of Midian and came to Paran; and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, apportioned food for him, and gave him land.

vw@1Kings:11:19 @ And Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, that is, the sister of Queen Tahpenes.

vw@1Kings:11:20 @ And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house. And Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.

vw@1Kings:11:21 @ So when Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers, and that Joab the commander of the army had died, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own land.

vw@1Kings:11:22 @ And Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked with me, that behold you are seeking to go to your own land? And he answered, Nothing, however send me away to let me go.

vw@1Kings:11:23 @ And God raised up another adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord, Hadadezer king of Zobah.

vw@1Kings:11:24 @ So he gathered men to him and became leader over a band of raiders, when David killed those of Zobah. And they went to Damascus and dwelt there, and reigned in Damascus.

vw@1Kings:11:25 @ He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon (besides the evil that Hadad did); and he loathed Israel, and reigned over Syria.

vw@1Kings:11:26 @ And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Solomon’s servant, an Ephrathite from Zereda, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, also lifted up his hand against the king.

vw@1Kings:11:27 @ And this was the matter for which he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon had built the Millo and repaired the breaches to the City of David his father.

vw@1Kings:11:28 @ And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, and made him overseer over the burden bearers of the house of Joseph.

vw@1Kings:11:29 @ And it happened at that time, when Jeroboam had gone out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the way; and he was clothed with a new garment, and the two were alone in the field.

vw@1Kings:11:30 @ And Ahijah took hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.

vw@1Kings:11:31 @ And he said to Jeroboam, Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I am tearing the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and have given ten tribes to you

vw@1Kings:11:32 @ (but he shall have one tribe for the sake of My servant David, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

vw@1Kings:11:33 @ because they have forsaken Me, and bowed down to Ashtaroth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and to keep My statutes and My judgments, as did his father David.

vw@1Kings:11:34 @ However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of My servant David, whom I have chosen because he has kept My commandments and My statutes.

vw@1Kings:11:35 @ But I have taken the kingdom out of his son’s hand and given it to you; ten tribes.

vw@1Kings:11:36 @ And to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.

vw@1Kings:11:37 @ And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all your soul’s desires, and you shall be king over Israel.

vw@1Kings:11:38 @ And it shall be, if you heed all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My eyes, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David has done, then I will be with you and build for you an enduring house, as I have built for David, and will give Israel to you.

vw@1Kings:11:39 @ And I will afflict the seed of David because of this, but not for all time.

vw@1Kings:11:40 @ Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

vw@1Kings:11:41 @ Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the Acts of Solomon.

vw@1Kings:11:42 @ And the days that Solomon had reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

vw@1Kings:11:43 @ And Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:12:1 @ And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

vw@1Kings:12:2 @ So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from before King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt),

vw@1Kings:12:3 @ that they sent and called for him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

vw@1Kings:12:4 @ Your father had made our yoke severe; now therefore, lighten the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he had put on us, and we will serve you.

vw@1Kings:12:5 @ So he said to them, Go away for three days, then come back to me. And the people departed.

vw@1Kings:12:6 @ And King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, How do you counsel me to answer these people?

vw@1Kings:12:7 @ And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak agreeable words to them, then they will be your servants all your days.

vw@1Kings:12:8 @ But he rejected the counsel which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who were standing before him.

vw@1Kings:12:9 @ And he said to them, What counsel do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, Lighten the yoke which your father has put on us?

vw@1Kings:12:10 @ And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you shall speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us; thus you shall say to them: My little finger has become fatter than my father’s loins!

vw@1Kings:12:11 @ And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!

vw@1Kings:12:12 @ So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Come back to me the third day.

vw@1Kings:12:13 @ And the king answered the people harshly, and rejected the counsel which the elders had given him;

vw@1Kings:12:14 @ and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!

vw@1Kings:12:15 @ Thus the king did not give heed to the people; for the turn of events was from Jehovah, to establish His word, which Jehovah had spoken by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

vw@1Kings:12:16 @ And when all Israel saw that the king had not heeded them, the people answered the king, saying: What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David! And Israel departed to their tents.

vw@1Kings:12:17 @ Thus Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

vw@1Kings:12:18 @ And King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute, but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.

vw@1Kings:12:19 @ Thus Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

vw@1Kings:12:20 @ And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, that they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was no one who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

vw@1Kings:12:21 @ And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand choice men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

vw@1Kings:12:22 @ But the Word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

vw@1Kings:12:23 @ Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,

vw@1Kings:12:24 @ Thus says Jehovah: You shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Let every man return to his house, for this thing has come about from Me. Therefore they obeyed the Word of Jehovah, and returned to go back, according to the Word of Jehovah.

vw@1Kings:12:25 @ And Jeroboam built Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and dwelt there. Also he went out from there and built Penuel.

vw@1Kings:12:26 @ And Jeroboam thought in his heart, Now the kingdom may return to the house of David:

vw@1Kings:12:27 @ If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.

vw@1Kings:12:28 @ Therefore the king took counsel, made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!

vw@1Kings:12:29 @ And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Daniel.

vw@1Kings:12:30 @ Now this thing became a sin, for the people went before the one, even as far as Daniel.

vw@1Kings:12:31 @ He made houses on the high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

vw@1Kings:12:32 @ And Jeroboam instituted a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. Thus he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.

vw@1Kings:12:33 @ Thus he offered up on the altar which he had made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had contrived in his own heart. And he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the altar and burned incense.

vw@1Kings:13:1 @ And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the Word of Jehovah, and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

vw@1Kings:13:2 @ And he cried out against the altar by the Word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar! Thus says Jehovah: Behold, a son, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be burned on you.

vw@1Kings:13:3 @ And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign that Jehovah has spoken this: Behold, the altar shall split apart, and the ashes on it shall be poured out.

vw@1Kings:13:4 @ So it came to pass when King Jeroboam heard the utterance of the man of God, who cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Arrest him! And his hand, which he had stretched forth toward him, withered, so that he could not pull it back to himself.

vw@1Kings:13:5 @ The altar also was split apart, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the Word of Jehovah.

vw@1Kings:13:6 @ And the king answered and said to the man of God, Please entreat the face of Jehovah your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me. So the man of God entreated Jehovah, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and became as before.

vw@1Kings:13:7 @ And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.

vw@1Kings:13:8 @ But the man of God said to the king, If you were to give me half your house, I would not go in with you; nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place.

vw@1Kings:13:9 @ For so it was commanded me by the Word of Jehovah, saying, You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way you have come.

vw@1Kings:13:10 @ So he went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

vw@1Kings:13:11 @ Now an old prophet dwelt in Bethel, and his sons came and recounted to him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; they also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.

vw@1Kings:13:12 @ And their father said to them, Which way did he go? For his sons had seen which way the man of God had gone, who had come from Judah.

vw@1Kings:13:13 @ And he said to his sons, Saddle the donkey for me. So they saddled the donkey for him; and he rode on it,

vw@1Kings:13:14 @ and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. And he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.

vw@1Kings:13:15 @ And he said to him, Come home with me and eat bread.

vw@1Kings:13:16 @ And he said, I cannot return with you nor go in with you; neither can I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place.

vw@1Kings:13:17 @ For I have been told by the Word of Jehovah, You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.

vw@1Kings:13:18 @ And he said to him, I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel has spoken to me by the Word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him.

vw@1Kings:13:19 @ So he turned back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

vw@1Kings:13:20 @ And it happened, as they sat at the table, that the Word of Jehovah came to the prophet who had brought him back;

vw@1Kings:13:21 @ and he cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, saying, Thus says Jehovah: Because you have disobeyed the Word of Jehovah, and have not kept the commandment with which Jehovah your God has charged you,

vw@1Kings:13:22 @ but you turned back, ate bread, and drank water in the place of which He said to you, Eat no bread and drink no water, your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.

vw@1Kings:13:23 @ So it was, after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, the prophet whom he had brought back.

vw@1Kings:13:24 @ And when he left, a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey was standing by it. The lion also was standing by the corpse.

vw@1Kings:13:25 @ And behold, men were passing by and saw the corpse thrown on the road, and the lion standing by the corpse. And they came and spoke of it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

vw@1Kings:13:26 @ Now when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, It is the man of God who had been rebellious against the mouth of Jehovah. Therefore Jehovah has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the Word of Jehovah which He had spoken to him.

vw@1Kings:13:27 @ And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle the donkey for me. So they saddled it.

vw@1Kings:13:28 @ And he went and found his corpse thrown on the road, and the donkey and the lion standing by the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse nor torn the donkey.

vw@1Kings:13:29 @ And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. So the old prophet came to the city to mourn, and to bury him.

vw@1Kings:13:30 @ And he laid the corpse in his own tomb; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

vw@1Kings:13:31 @ So it was, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

vw@1Kings:13:32 @ For the word which he has cried out by the Word of Jehovah against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

vw@1Kings:13:33 @ After these events Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but he went back to making priests from among all the people for the high places; whoever wished, he confirmed his hand, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

vw@1Kings:13:34 @ And this matter was the sin of the house of Jeroboam, so as to annihilate and destroy it from the face of the earth.

vw@1Kings:14:1 @ At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam was sick.

vw@1Kings:14:2 @ And Jeroboam said to his wife, Please arise, and disguise yourself, that they may not recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who told me that I would be king over this people.

vw@1Kings:14:3 @ Also take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what shall become of the child.

vw@1Kings:14:4 @ And Jeroboam’s wife did so; she arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes had become fixed by reason of his age.

vw@1Kings:14:5 @ And Jehovah had said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you something about her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall say to her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.

vw@1Kings:14:6 @ And so it was, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in the door, that he said, Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why do you pretend to be another person? For I am sent to you with a difficult message.

vw@1Kings:14:7 @ Go, say to Jeroboam, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: Because I have exalted you from among the people, and appointed you ruler over My people Israel,

vw@1Kings:14:8 @ and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who walked after Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes;

vw@1Kings:14:9 @ but you have done more evil than all who were before you, for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back;

vw@1Kings:14:10 @ therefore behold, I am bringing calamity upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him who urinates against a wall, both bond and free in Israel; I will consume the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as one takes away the dung for burning until it is all gone.

vw@1Kings:14:11 @ The dogs shall eat whoever of Jeroboam dies in the city, and the birds of the heavens shall eat whoever dies in the field; for Jehovah has spoken!

vw@1Kings:14:12 @ Arise therefore, go to your own house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.

vw@1Kings:14:13 @ And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam who shall come to the grave; because out of the whole house of Jeroboam, only in him there is found something good toward Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@1Kings:14:14 @ Moreover Jehovah shall raise up for Himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day. What? Even straightaway!

vw@1Kings:14:15 @ For Jehovah shall strike Israel, as a reed flutters in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land which He has given to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their groves, provoking Jehovah to anger.

vw@1Kings:14:16 @ And He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who has sinned and has made Israel sin.

vw@1Kings:14:17 @ And Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. And as she was entering the threshold of the house, the boy died.

vw@1Kings:14:18 @ And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the Word of Jehovah which He had spoken by the hand of His servant Ahijah the prophet.

vw@1Kings:14:19 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@1Kings:14:20 @ The days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years. And he rested with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:14:21 @ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. He reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. His mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

vw@1Kings:14:22 @ And Judah did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they sinned, more than all that their fathers had done.

vw@1Kings:14:23 @ For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and groves on every high hill and under every green tree.

vw@1Kings:14:24 @ And there were also male temple prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah had cast out before the children of Israel.

vw@1Kings:14:25 @ And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

vw@1Kings:14:26 @ And he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah and the treasures of the king’s house; he took away everything. He also took away all the gold shields which Solomon had made.

vw@1Kings:14:27 @ And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the chief runners who guarded the door to the king’s house.

vw@1Kings:14:28 @ And whenever the king went to the house of Jehovah, the runners carried them, then brought them back into the guardroom.

vw@1Kings:14:29 @ Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@1Kings:14:30 @ And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

vw@1Kings:14:31 @ So Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. His mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:15:1 @ In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

vw@1Kings:15:2 @ He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.

vw@1Kings:15:3 @ And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not perfect toward Jehovah his God, as was the heart of his father David.

vw@1Kings:15:4 @ Nevertheless for David’s sake Jehovah his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him to establish Jerusalem;

vw@1Kings:15:5 @ because David had done what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and had not turned aside from anything that He had commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

vw@1Kings:15:6 @ And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

vw@1Kings:15:7 @ And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah. And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

vw@1Kings:15:8 @ And Abijam rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:15:9 @ In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.

vw@1Kings:15:10 @ And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.

vw@1Kings:15:11 @ Asa did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did his father David.

vw@1Kings:15:12 @ And he took away the male temple prostitutes from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

vw@1Kings:15:13 @ Also he removed Maachah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrible thing in a grove. And Asa cut down her horrible thing and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

vw@1Kings:15:14 @ But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect toward Jehovah all his days.

vw@1Kings:15:15 @ He also brought into the house of Jehovah the things which his father had set apart, and the things which he himself had set apart: silver and gold and utensils.

vw@1Kings:15:16 @ And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

vw@1Kings:15:17 @ And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might let no one go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

vw@1Kings:15:18 @ Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah and the treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,

vw@1Kings:15:19 @ Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.

vw@1Kings:15:20 @ So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and sent the commanders of his forces against the cities of Israel. And he struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinnereth, with all the land of Naphtali.

vw@1Kings:15:21 @ Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.

vw@1Kings:15:22 @ Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; no one was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

vw@1Kings:15:23 @ The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah. But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

vw@1Kings:15:24 @ So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:15:25 @ Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam had become king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

vw@1Kings:15:26 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of his father, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.

vw@1Kings:15:27 @ And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel was laying siege to Gibbethon.

vw@1Kings:15:28 @ Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:15:29 @ And it was so, when he became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the Word of Jehovah which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

vw@1Kings:15:30 @ because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he had sinned and by which he had made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he had provoked Jehovah the God of Israel to anger.

vw@1Kings:15:31 @ Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@1Kings:15:32 @ And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

vw@1Kings:15:33 @ In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years.

vw@1Kings:15:34 @ He did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin.

vw@1Kings:16:1 @ Then the Word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying:

vw@1Kings:16:2 @ Inasmuch as I raised you up out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the ways of Jeroboam, and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins,

vw@1Kings:16:3 @ behold, I will consume away after Baasha and after his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

vw@1Kings:16:4 @ The dogs shall eat whoever dies of Baasha in the city, and the birds of the heavens shall eat whoever dies in the fields.

vw@1Kings:16:5 @ Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@1Kings:16:6 @ So Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:16:7 @ And also the Word of Jehovah came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he had done in the eyes of Jehovah to provoke Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed them.

vw@1Kings:16:8 @ In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel, and reigned two years in Tirzah.

vw@1Kings:16:9 @ Now his servant Zimri, commander 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.

vw@1Kings:16:10 @ And Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:16:11 @ And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he was seated on his throne, that he killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave him one who urinates against a wall, neither of his kinsmen nor of his friends.

vw@1Kings:16:12 @ Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the Word of Jehovah, which He had spoken against Baasha by the hand of Jehu the prophet,

vw@1Kings:16:13 @ for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned and by which they had made Israel sin, in provoking Jehovah the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

vw@1Kings:16:14 @ Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@1Kings:16:15 @ In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri had reigned in Tirzah seven days. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

vw@1Kings:16:16 @ And the people who were encamped heard it said, Zimri has conspired and also has killed the king. So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.

vw@1Kings:16:17 @ And Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah.

vw@1Kings:16:18 @ And it happened, when Zimri saw that the city had been taken, that he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house down upon himself with fire, and died,

vw@1Kings:16:19 @ because of the sins which he had sinned in doing evil in the eyes of Jehovah, in walking in the ways of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he had done to make Israel sin.

vw@1Kings:16:20 @ Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the treason he committed, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@1Kings:16:21 @ Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed after Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half after Omri.

vw@1Kings:16:22 @ But the people following after Omri prevailed over the people following after Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri reigned.

vw@1Kings:16:23 @ In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and reigned twelve years. Six years he reigned in Tirzah.

vw@1Kings:16:24 @ And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill.

vw@1Kings:16:25 @ And Omri did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and did worse than all who were before him;

vw@1Kings:16:26 @ for he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin by which he had made Israel sin, to provoke Jehovah the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

vw@1Kings:16:27 @ Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@1Kings:16:28 @ So Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. And Ahab his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:16:29 @ In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

vw@1Kings:16:30 @ And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, more than all who were before him.

vw@1Kings:16:31 @ And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.

vw@1Kings:16:32 @ And he set up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

vw@1Kings:16:33 @ And Ahab made a grove. Ahab did more to provoke Jehovah the God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

vw@1Kings:16:34 @ In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the Word of Jehovah, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.

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

vw@1Kings:17:2 @ And the Word of Jehovah came to him, saying,

vw@1Kings:17:3 @ Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

vw@1Kings:17:4 @ And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

vw@1Kings:17:5 @ So he went and did according to the Word of Jehovah, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

vw@1Kings:17:6 @ And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

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

vw@1Kings:17:8 @ And the Word of Jehovah came to him, saying,

vw@1Kings:17:9 @ Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to provide for you.

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

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

vw@1Kings:17:12 @ And she said, As Jehovah your God lives, I do not have a cake, only a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a jug; and behold, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

vw@1Kings:17:13 @ And Elijah said to her, Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son.

vw@1Kings:17:14 @ For thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: The jar of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jug of oil become empty, until the day that Jehovah sends rain upon the face of the earth.

vw@1Kings:17:15 @ So she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate many days.

vw@1Kings:17:16 @ The jar of flour was not used up, nor did the jug of oil become empty, according to the Word of Jehovah which He had spoken by the hand of Elijah.

vw@1Kings:17:17 @ Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was very severe until there was no breath left in him.

vw@1Kings:17:18 @ So she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance, and to kill my son?

vw@1Kings:17:19 @ And he said to her, Give me your son. So he took him out of her bosom and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

vw@1Kings:17:20 @ And he cried out unto Jehovah and said, O Jehovah my God, have You also brought tragedy upon the widow woman who is showing me hospitality, by killing her son?

vw@1Kings:17:21 @ And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out unto Jehovah and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray, let this child’s soul return into him.

vw@1Kings:17:22 @ And Jehovah heeded the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back into him, and he revived.

vw@1Kings:17:23 @ And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, See, your son lives!

vw@1Kings:17:24 @ Then the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the Word of Jehovah in your mouth is truth.

vw@1Kings:18:1 @ And it came to pass after many days that the Word of Jehovah came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.

vw@1Kings:18:2 @ So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and the famine was severe in Samaria.

vw@1Kings:18:3 @ And Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of his house. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly.

vw@1Kings:18:4 @ For so it was, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.)

vw@1Kings:18:5 @ And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we will not have to destroy any of the livestock.

vw@1Kings:18:6 @ So they divided the land between them, to pass through it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

vw@1Kings:18:7 @ And as Obadiah was on his way, behold Elijah met him; and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, Is that you, my lord Elijah?

vw@1Kings:18:8 @ And he answered him, It is I. Go, tell your master, Behold, Elijah is here.

vw@1Kings:18:9 @ And he said, How have I sinned, that you are delivering your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

vw@1Kings:18:10 @ As Jehovah your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to hunt for you; and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they did not find you.

vw@1Kings:18:11 @ And now you are saying, Go, tell your master, Behold Elijah is here!

vw@1Kings:18:12 @ And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared Jehovah from my youth.

vw@1Kings:18:13 @ Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid one hundred men of the prophets of Jehovah, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

vw@1Kings:18:14 @ And now you say, Go, tell your master, Behold Elijah is here. He will kill me!

vw@1Kings:18:15 @ And Elijah said, As Jehovah of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today.

vw@1Kings:18:16 @ So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and reported to him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

vw@1Kings:18:17 @ And it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is that you, O troubler of Israel?

vw@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 Jehovah and have gone after the Baals.

vw@1Kings:18:19 @ Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of the groves, who eat at Jezebel’s table.

vw@1Kings:18:20 @ So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel.

vw@1Kings:18:21 @ And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long will you be limping between two divided opinions? If Jehovah is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow after him. But the people answered him not a word.

vw@1Kings:18:22 @ Then Elijah said to the people, I alone am left a prophet of Jehovah; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

vw@1Kings:18:23 @ Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it.

vw@1Kings:18:24 @ Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call upon the name of Jehovah; and the god who answers by fire, He is God. So all the people answered and said, The word is good.

vw@1Kings:18:25 @ And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.

vw@1Kings:18:26 @ So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, O Baal, hear us! But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made.

vw@1Kings:18:27 @ And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.

vw@1Kings:18:28 @ So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.

vw@1Kings:18:29 @ And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.

vw@1Kings:18:30 @ Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah that was broken down.

vw@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 Jehovah had come, saying, Israel shall be your name.

vw@1Kings:18:32 @ And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

vw@1Kings:18:33 @ And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, Fill four waterpots with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.

vw@1Kings:18:34 @ Then he said, Do it a second time, and they did it a second time; and he said, Do it a third time, and they did it a third time.

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

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

vw@1Kings:18:37 @ Testify, O Jehovah, testify, that this people may know that You are Jehovah God, and that You have turned their hearts around back to You.

vw@1Kings:18:38 @ Then the fire of Jehovah fell and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.

vw@1Kings:18:39 @ And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, Jehovah, He is God! Jehovah, He is God!

vw@1Kings:18:40 @ And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape! So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.

vw@1Kings:18:41 @ And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.

vw@1Kings:18:42 @ So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees,

vw@1Kings:18:43 @ and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. So he went up and looked, and said, There is nothing. And seven times he said, Go back.

vw@1Kings:18:44 @ And it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea! So he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.

vw@1Kings:18:45 @ And it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

vw@1Kings:18:46 @ And the hand of Jehovah came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

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

vw@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 as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

vw@1Kings:19:3 @ And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beer-sheba of Judah, and left his servant there.

vw@1Kings:19:4 @ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he requested for his soul that he might die, and said, It is enough! Now, Jehovah, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!

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

vw@1Kings:19:6 @ And he looked, and behold, by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and turned and lay down.

vw@1Kings:19:7 @ And the Angel of Jehovah came back the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.

vw@1Kings:19:8 @ And he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.

vw@1Kings:19:9 @ And there he came into a cave, and spent the night there; and behold, the Word of Jehovah came to him, and He said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?

vw@1Kings:19:10 @ And he said, I have been very zealous for Jehovah the God of Hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek my soul, to take it away.

vw@1Kings:19:11 @ And He said, Go out, and stand on the mountain before Jehovah. And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before Jehovah, but Jehovah was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but Jehovah was not in the earthquake;

vw@1Kings:19:12 @ and after the earthquake a fire, but Jehovah was not in the fire; and after the fire a whisper of a small voice.

vw@1Kings:19:13 @ And so it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave; and behold, a voice came to him, and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?

vw@1Kings:19:14 @ And he said, I have been very zealous for Jehovah the God of Hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek my soul, to take it away.

vw@1Kings:19:15 @ And Jehovah said to him: Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you have come there, anoint Hazael as king over Syria.

vw@1Kings:19:16 @ Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.

vw@1Kings:19:17 @ It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall kill.

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

vw@1Kings:19:19 @ So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. And Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.

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

vw@1Kings:19:21 @ So Elisha turned back from after him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s implements, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah, and served him.

vw@1Kings:20:1 @ Now Ben-Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and made war against it.

vw@1Kings:20:2 @ And he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, Thus says Ben-Hadad:

vw@1Kings:20:3 @ Your silver and your gold are mine; your lovely wives and children are mine.

vw@1Kings:20:4 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, just as you say, I and all that I have are yours.

vw@1Kings:20:5 @ And the messengers came back and said, Thus says Ben-Hadad, saying, Indeed I have sent to you, saying, You shall deliver to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children;

vw@1Kings:20:6 @ but 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, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hands and take it away.

vw@1Kings:20:7 @ So the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Notice, please, and see how this man seeks evil, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold; and I have not withheld from him.

vw@1Kings:20:8 @ And all the elders and all the people said to him, Do not listen or consent.

vw@1Kings:20:9 @ Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you sent for to your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do. And the messengers departed and brought back word to him.

vw@1Kings:20:10 @ And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust is left of Samaria for a handful for each of the people who follow me.

vw@1Kings:20:11 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.

vw@1Kings:20:12 @ And it happened when Ben-Hadad heard this message, as he and the kings were drinking at the booths, that he said to his servants, Get ready. And they stationed themselves against the city.

vw@1Kings:20:13 @ And behold, a certain prophet approached Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus says Jehovah: Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I am delivering it into your hand today, and you shall know that I am Jehovah.

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

vw@1Kings:20:15 @ Then he mustered the young rulers of the provinces, and there were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he mustered all the people, all the sons of Israel; seven thousand.

vw@1Kings:20:16 @ So they went out at noon. Meanwhile Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings helping him were getting drunk in the booths.

vw@1Kings:20:17 @ And the young rulers of the provinces went out first. And Ben-Hadad sent out, and they reported to him, saying, Men have come out of Samaria!

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

vw@1Kings:20:19 @ And the young rulers of the provinces went out of the city with the army which followed them.

vw@1Kings:20:20 @ And each one struck his man; so the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.

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

vw@1Kings:20:22 @ And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.

vw@1Kings:20:23 @ And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than us; but if we fight against them in the plain, will we not be stronger than them.

vw@1Kings:20:24 @ So do this thing: Remove the kings, each from his place, and put governors in their places;

vw@1Kings:20:25 @ and you shall muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we shall fight against them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than them. And he heeded their voice and did so.

vw@1Kings:20:26 @ So it was, at the turn of the year, that Ben-Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.

vw@1Kings:20:27 @ And the sons of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and they went against them. Now the sons of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, while the Syrians filled the land.

vw@1Kings:20:28 @ And a man of God came and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus 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.

vw@1Kings:20:29 @ And they encamped opposite each other for seven days. So it was that on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians in one day.

vw@1Kings:20:30 @ And the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; where a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left. And Ben-Hadad fled and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

vw@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 around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will preserve alive your soul.

vw@1Kings:20:32 @ So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes around their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-Hadad says, Please preserve my soul alive. And he said, Is he still alive? He is my brother.

vw@1Kings:20:33 @ Now the men observed carefully, and they quickly grasped at this word and said, Your brother Ben-Hadad. And he said, Go, bring him. Then Ben-Hadad came out to him; and he had him come up into the chariot.

vw@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 yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria. And Ahab said, I will send you away with this treaty. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

vw@1Kings:20:35 @ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor, By the Word of Jehovah, Strike me, please. And the man refused to strike him.

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

vw@1Kings:20:37 @ And he found another man, and said, Strike me, please. So the man struck him, to strike and wound him.

vw@1Kings:20:38 @ And the prophet departed and waited for the king by the road, and disguised himself with a cover over his eyes.

vw@1Kings:20:39 @ And as the king passed by, he cried out to the king and said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and there, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, Guard this man; if by any means he is missing, your soul shall be for his soul, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

vw@1Kings:20:40 @ And while 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.

vw@1Kings:20:41 @ And he hastened to take the covering away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

vw@1Kings:20:42 @ And he said to him, Thus says Jehovah: Because you have sent away out of your hand a man whom I devoted to utter destruction, therefore your soul shall go for his soul, and your people for his people.

vw@1Kings:20:43 @ So the king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.

vw@1Kings:21:1 @ And it came to pass after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

vw@1Kings:21:2 @ And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near, next to my house; and for it I will give you a vineyard better than it. Or, if it is good in your eyes, I will give you its price in money.

vw@1Kings:21:3 @ But Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!

vw@1Kings:21:4 @ So Ahab went into his house sullen and angry 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 down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food.

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

vw@1Kings:21:6 @ And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it. And he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.

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

vw@1Kings:21:8 @ And she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were dwelling in the city with Naboth.

vw@1Kings:21:9 @ She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

vw@1Kings:21:10 @ and seat two men, sons of worthlessness, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You have blasphemed God and the king. Then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.

vw@1Kings:21:11 @ So the men of his city, the elders and nobles who were inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

vw@1Kings:21:12 @ They proclaimed a fast, and seated Naboth at the head of the people.

vw@1Kings:21:13 @ And two men, sons of worthlessness, came in and sat before him; and the men of worthlessness testified against him, against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth has blasphemed God and the king! Then they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.

vw@1Kings:21:14 @ Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.

vw@1Kings:21:15 @ And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but has died.

vw@1Kings:21:16 @ So it was, when Ahab heard that Naboth had died, that Ahab got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

vw@1Kings:21:17 @ And the Word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

vw@1Kings:21:18 @ Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who lives in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.

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

vw@1Kings:21:20 @ So Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah:

vw@1Kings:21:21 @ Behold, I shall bring evil upon you. I shall take away your posterity, and shall cut off from Ahab in Israel everyone who urinates against a wall, both bond and free.

vw@1Kings:21:22 @ I have delivered up your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and made Israel sin.

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

vw@1Kings:21:24 @ The dogs shall eat whoever of Ahab dies in the city, and the birds of the heavens shall eat whoever dies in the field.

vw@1Kings:21:25 @ Surely there had not been one like Ahab who had sold himself to do wickedness in the eyes of Jehovah, which his wife Jezebel had instigated.

vw@1Kings:21:26 @ And he did exceedingly abominably to follow after the idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom Jehovah had cast out before the children of Israel.

vw@1Kings:21:27 @ So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and walked about softly.

vw@1Kings:21:28 @ And the Word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

vw@1Kings:21:29 @ Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring about the evil in his days; but in the days of his son I will bring about the evil upon his house.

vw@1Kings:22:1 @ Now three years passed without war between Syria and Israel.

vw@1Kings:22:2 @ And it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel.

vw@1Kings:22:3 @ And the king of Israel said to his servants, Have you known that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we are being inactive to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?

vw@1Kings:22:4 @ And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth Gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

vw@1Kings:22:5 @ Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire at the Word of Jehovah today.

vw@1Kings:22:6 @ So the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to fight, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.

vw@1Kings:22:7 @ And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not still a prophet of Jehovah here, that we may inquire of Him?

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

vw@1Kings:22:9 @ Then the king of Israel summoned a certain official and said, Bring Micaiah the son of Imlah quickly!

vw@1Kings:22:10 @ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, at a vacant spot at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

vw@1Kings:22:11 @ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself; and he said, Thus says Jehovah: With these you shall thrust at the Syrians to destroy them.

vw@1Kings:22:12 @ And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for Jehovah will deliver it into the king’s hand.

vw@1Kings:22:13 @ And the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets with one mouth are agreeable to the king. Please, let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak pleasant things.

vw@1Kings:22:14 @ And Micaiah said, As Jehovah lives, whatever Jehovah says to me, that I will speak.

vw@1Kings:22:15 @ So he came to the king; and the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall we refrain? And he answered him, Go and prosper, for Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king!

vw@1Kings:22:16 @ And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

vw@1Kings:22:17 @ Then he said, I have seen all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep having no shepherd. And Jehovah said, These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.

vw@1Kings:22:18 @ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

vw@1Kings:22:19 @ And Micaiah said, Therefore hear the Word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of Heaven standing by, on His right hand and on His left.

vw@1Kings:22:20 @ And Jehovah said, Who will persuade Ahab to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead? So one said this, and another was saying that.

vw@1Kings:22:21 @ Then a spirit came forward and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.

vw@1Kings:22:22 @ And Jehovah said to him, In what way? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets. And Jehovah said, You shall entice him, and also prevail. Go out and do so.

vw@1Kings:22:23 @ Therefore now behold, Jehovah has put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all these prophets of yours, and Jehovah has spoken calamity against you.

vw@1Kings:22:24 @ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the spirit from Jehovah go from me to speak to you?

vw@1Kings:22:25 @ And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide!

vw@1Kings:22:26 @ So the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the ruler of the city and to Joash the king’s son;

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

vw@1Kings:22:28 @ And Micaiah said, If you return to come back in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, All you people, pay attention!

vw@1Kings:22:29 @ So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.

vw@1Kings:22:30 @ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you put on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.

vw@1Kings:22:31 @ Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two commanders of his chariots, saying, Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel.

vw@1Kings:22:32 @ And so it was, when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel! Therefore they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.

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

vw@1Kings:22:34 @ Now a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand and take me out of the battle, for I am wounded.

vw@1Kings:22:35 @ And the battle increased that day; and the king was propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrians, and died at evening. And the blood ran out from the wound onto the floor of the chariot.

vw@1Kings:22:36 @ And as the sun was going down, a shout went throughout the camp, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own land!

vw@1Kings:22:37 @ So the king died, and was brought to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.

vw@1Kings:22:38 @ And someone washed the chariot at a pool in Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armor; according to the Word of Jehovah which He had spoken.

vw@1Kings:22:39 @ Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, the ivory house which he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@1Kings:22:40 @ So Ahab rested with his fathers. And Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:22:41 @ Jehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

vw@1Kings:22:42 @ Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

vw@1Kings:22:43 @ And he walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of Jehovah. Nevertheless the high places were not taken away, for the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.

vw@1Kings:22:44 @ Also Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

vw@1Kings:22:45 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the might that he showed, and how he made war, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@1Kings:22:46 @ And the rest of the male temple prostitutes, who had remained in the days of his father Asa, he removed out of the land.

vw@1Kings:22:47 @ There was then no king in Edom, only a deputy of the king.

vw@1Kings:22:48 @ Jehoshaphat had made merchant ships to go to Ophir for gold; but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.

vw@1Kings:22:49 @ Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.

vw@1Kings:22:50 @ And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. And Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Kings:22:51 @ Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

vw@1Kings:22:52 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of his father and in the ways of his mother and in the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin;

vw@1Kings:22:53 @ for he served Baal and bowed down to him, and provoked Jehovah the God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.

vw@2Kings:1:1 @ Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

vw@2Kings:1:2 @ Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was ill; so he sent messengers and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.

vw@2Kings:1:3 @ And the Angel of Jehovah spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?

vw@2Kings:1:4 @ Now therefore, thus says Jehovah: You shall not come down from the bed on which you have gone up, but you shall die the death. And Elijah departed.

vw@2Kings:1:5 @ And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, Why have you come back?

vw@2Kings:1:6 @ And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed upon which you have gone up, but you shall die the death.

vw@2Kings:1:7 @ And he said to them, What kind of man was it who came up to meet you and spoke to you these words?

vw@2Kings:1:8 @ So they answered him, A hairy man girded with a leather waistband around his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

vw@2Kings:1:9 @ Then the king sent to him a commander of fifty with his fifty. So he went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him: Man of God, the king has said, Come down!

vw@2Kings:1:10 @ And Elijah answered and said to the commander of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the heavens and consume you and your fifty. And fire came down from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty.

vw@2Kings:1:11 @ Then he sent to him another commander of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him: Man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly!

vw@2Kings:1:12 @ And Elijah answered and said to them, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty.

vw@2Kings:1:13 @ Again, he sent a third commander of fifty with his fifty. And the third commander of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and implored him, and said to him: Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your eyes.

vw@2Kings:1:14 @ Behold, fire has come down from the heavens and burned up the first two commanders of fifties with their fifties. But let my life now be precious in your eyes.

vw@2Kings:1:15 @ And the Angel of Jehovah said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went down with him to the king.

vw@2Kings:1:16 @ And he said to him, Thus says Jehovah: Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His Word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed upon which you have gone up, but you shall die the death.

vw@2Kings:1:17 @ So Ahaziah died according to the Word of Jehovah which Elijah had spoken. Because he had no son, Jehoram became king in his place, in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.

vw@2Kings:1:18 @ Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:2:1 @ And it came to pass, when Jehovah was about to take Elijah up into Heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah and Elisha went from Gilgal.

vw@2Kings:2:2 @ Then Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, please, for Jehovah has sent me on to Bethel. But Elisha said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you! So they went down to Bethel.

vw@2Kings:2:3 @ And the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, Do you know that Jehovah will take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I know; keep silent!

vw@2Kings:2:4 @ Then Elijah said to him, Elisha, stay here, please, for Jehovah has sent me on to Jericho. But he said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you! So they came to Jericho.

vw@2Kings:2:5 @ And the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, Do you know that Jehovah will take away your master from over you today? And he answered, Yes, I know; keep silent!

vw@2Kings:2:6 @ Then Elijah said to him, Stay here, please, for Jehovah has sent me on to the Jordan. But he said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you! So the two of them went on.

vw@2Kings:2:7 @ And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood in view of them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

vw@2Kings:2:8 @ And Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the water; and it was divided this way and that, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

vw@2Kings:2:9 @ And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask! What shall I do for you, before I am taken away from you? And Elisha said, Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.

vw@2Kings:2:10 @ And he said, You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.

vw@2Kings:2:11 @ And it happened as they continued on and talked, that behold, a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into Heaven.

vw@2Kings:2:12 @ And Elisha was watching and crying out, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen! So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.

vw@2Kings:2:13 @ He also took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

vw@2Kings:2:14 @ And he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, and said, Where is Jehovah the God of Elijah? And when he also had struck the water, it was divided this way and that; and Elisha crossed over.

vw@2Kings:2:15 @ And when the sons of the prophets from Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah rests upon Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him.

vw@2Kings:2:16 @ And they said to him, Behold now, there are fifty strong men with your servants. Please let them go and search for your master, lest perhaps the Spirit of Jehovah has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.

vw@2Kings:2:17 @ And when they pressed him till he was ashamed, he said, Send! So they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days but did not find him.

vw@2Kings:2:18 @ And when they came back to him (for he had stayed in Jericho), he said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not go?

vw@2Kings:2:19 @ And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren.

vw@2Kings:2:20 @ And he said, Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it. So they brought it to him.

vw@2Kings:2:21 @ And he went out to the spring of the water, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus says Jehovah: I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.

vw@2Kings:2:22 @ Thus the waters remain healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he had spoken.

vw@2Kings:2:23 @ And he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some little boys came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!

vw@2Kings:2:24 @ And he turned around and looked at them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And two bears came out of the forest and ripped apart forty-two of the children.

vw@2Kings:2:25 @ And he went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

vw@2Kings:3:1 @ Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.

vw@2Kings:3:2 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, but not like his father and mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.

vw@2Kings:3:3 @ Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin; he did not depart from them.

vw@2Kings:3:4 @ Now Mesha the king of Moab was a raiser of sheep, and he had brought to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.

vw@2Kings:3:5 @ But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

vw@2Kings:3:6 @ So King Jehoram went out of Samaria that day and mustered all of Israel.

vw@2Kings:3:7 @ And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab? And he said, I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

vw@2Kings:3:8 @ And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, By way of the wilderness of Edom.

vw@2Kings:3:9 @ So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they made a circuit of a seven days’ journey; and there was no water for the camp, nor for the cattle at their feet.

vw@2Kings:3:10 @ And the king of Israel said, Alas! For Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

vw@2Kings:3:11 @ But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not a prophet of Jehovah here, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him? So one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.

vw@2Kings:3:12 @ And Jehoshaphat said, The Word of Jehovah is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

vw@2Kings:3:13 @ And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother. But the king of Israel said to him, No, for Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

vw@2Kings:3:14 @ And Elisha said, As Jehovah of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay attention to you, nor look at you.

vw@2Kings:3:15 @ But now bring me a minstrel. And it happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him.

vw@2Kings:3:16 @ And he said, Thus says Jehovah: Make this valley full of ditches.

vw@2Kings:3:17 @ For thus says Jehovah: You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet the valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink.

vw@2Kings:3:18 @ And this is but a slight thing in the eyes of Jehovah; He has also delivered the Moabites into your hand.

vw@2Kings:3:19 @ Also you shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up every spring of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones.

vw@2Kings:3:20 @ And it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that behold, water came by way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.

vw@2Kings:3:21 @ And when all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to bear arms and older were gathered; and they took their stand at the border.

vw@2Kings:3:22 @ And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun was shining on the water; and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood.

vw@2Kings:3:23 @ And they said, This is blood; the kings have laid waste to make desolate, and have struck down one another; now therefore, Moab, to the spoils!

vw@2Kings:3:24 @ So when they came to the camp of Israel, Israel rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they entered, striking to kill the Moabites.

vw@2Kings:3:25 @ And they tore down the cities, and each man threw a stone on every good piece of land and filled it; and they stopped up all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. But they left the stones of Kir Haraseth. However the slingers surrounded and struck it.

vw@2Kings:3:26 @ And when the king of Moab saw that the battle had prevailed against him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

vw@2Kings:3:27 @ Then he took his firstborn son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel; so they departed from him and returned to their own land.

vw@2Kings:4:1 @ Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared Jehovah. And the creditor is coming to take my two children to be his slaves.

vw@2Kings:4:2 @ And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house? And she said, Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a flask of oil.

vw@2Kings:4:3 @ Then he said, Go, borrow vessels from everywhere, from all your neighbors; empty vessels; do not gather just a few.

vw@2Kings:4:4 @ And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; and pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones.

vw@2Kings:4:5 @ So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out.

vw@2Kings:4:6 @ And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said to her, There is not another vessel. And the oil stopped.

vw@2Kings:4:7 @ Then she came and reported to the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.

vw@2Kings:4:8 @ And it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a notable woman, and she prevailed upon him to eat food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn aside there to eat food.

vw@2Kings:4:9 @ And she said to her husband, Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.

vw@2Kings:4:10 @ Please, let us make a small walled upper room; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it shall be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn aside there.

vw@2Kings:4:11 @ And the day came that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there.

vw@2Kings:4:12 @ And he said to Gehazi his servant, Summon this Shunammite. And when he had summoned her, she stood before him.

vw@2Kings:4:13 @ And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been concerned for us with all this care. What shall I do for you? Shall I speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army? She answered, I am dwelling among my own people.

vw@2Kings:4:14 @ So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly, she has no son, and her husband is old.

vw@2Kings:4:15 @ And he said, Summon her. When he had summoned her, she stood in the doorway.

vw@2Kings:4:16 @ And he said, At the appointed time according to the time of life you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your maidservant!

vw@2Kings:4:17 @ And the woman conceived and bore a son at the appointed time, according to the time of life, as Elisha had spoken to her.

vw@2Kings:4:18 @ When the child was grown, it happened one day that he went out to his father, to the reapers.

vw@2Kings:4:19 @ And he said to his father, My head, my head! So he said to a servant, Carry him to his mother.

vw@2Kings:4:20 @ When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and died.

vw@2Kings:4:21 @ And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut the door upon him, and went out.

vw@2Kings:4:22 @ And she called to her husband, and said, Please send me one of the young men and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come back.

vw@2Kings:4:23 @ And he said, Why are you going to him today? It is neither the new moon nor the sabbath. And she said, It will be well.

vw@2Kings:4:24 @ And she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Lead on and go; do not slacken the pace for me unless I say so.

vw@2Kings:4:25 @ So she departed, and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. And so it was, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to his servant Gehazi, Behold, the Shunammite!

vw@2Kings:4:26 @ Please run now to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.

vw@2Kings:4:27 @ And when she came to the man of God at the hill, she took hold of his feet; and Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is bitter, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.

vw@2Kings:4:28 @ And she said, Did I ask a son of my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?

vw@2Kings:4:29 @ Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him; but lay my staff on the face of the boy.

vw@2Kings:4:30 @ And the mother of the boy said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So he arose and went after her.

vw@2Kings:4:31 @ And Gehazi went on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the boy; but there was neither voice nor hearing. Therefore he went back to meet him, and reported to him, saying, The boy has not awakened.

vw@2Kings:4:32 @ And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the boy was dead, lying on his bed.

vw@2Kings:4:33 @ So he went in, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed unto Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:4:34 @ And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands; and he stretched himself out on the child, and the flesh of the child became warm.

vw@2Kings:4:35 @ He returned and walked back and forth in the house, and again went up and stretched himself out on him; then the boy sneezed seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.

vw@2Kings:4:36 @ And he summoned Gehazi and said, Summon this Shunammite. So he summoned her. And when she came in to him, he said, Take up your son.

vw@2Kings:4:37 @ And she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground, and took up her son and went out.

vw@2Kings:4:38 @ And Elisha returned to Gilgal. Now there was a famine in the land, and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.

vw@2Kings:4:39 @ And one of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, though they did not know what they were.

vw@2Kings:4:40 @ And they poured out for the men to eat. And it happened, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out and said, Man of God, there is death in the pot! And they could not eat it.

vw@2Kings:4:41 @ So he said, Then bring some flour. And he put it into the pot, and said, Pour it out for the people, that they may eat. And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

vw@2Kings:4:42 @ And a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh heads of grain in his sack. And he said, Give it to the people, that they may eat.

vw@2Kings:4:43 @ But his servant said, What? Shall I set this before one hundred men? He said again, Give it to the people, that they may eat; for thus says Jehovah: They shall eat and have some left over.

vw@2Kings:4:44 @ So he set it before them; and they ate and had some left over, according to the Word of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:5:1 @ Now Naaman, a chief of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man before his master, because by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper.

vw@2Kings:5:2 @ And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she was before Naaman’s wife.

vw@2Kings:5:3 @ And she said to her mistress, If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would take away his leprosy.

vw@2Kings:5:4 @ And he went in and told his master, saying, Thus and thus has spoken the girl, who is from the land of Israel.

vw@2Kings:5:5 @ And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. So he departed and took in his hand ten talents of silver, six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

vw@2Kings:5:6 @ Then he came to the king of Israel with the letter which said, As this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may take away his leprosy.

vw@2Kings:5:7 @ And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to take away his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.

vw@2Kings:5:8 @ So it was, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? Please let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

vw@2Kings:5:9 @ So Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.

vw@2Kings:5:10 @ And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.

vw@2Kings:5:11 @ But Naaman was furious, and went away and said, Behold I thought He would go forth to come out to me, and would have stood and called upon the name of Jehovah his God, and waved his hand over the place, and taken away the leprosy.

vw@2Kings:5:12 @ Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

vw@2Kings:5:13 @ And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, Wash, and be clean?

vw@2Kings:5:14 @ So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little boy, and he was clean.

vw@2Kings:5:15 @ And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him; and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.

vw@2Kings:5:16 @ But he said, As Jehovah lives, before whom I stand, I shall take nothing. And he pressed him to take it, but he refused.

vw@2Kings:5:17 @ So Naaman said, Then, if not, please let your servant be given two mule-loads of earth; for your servant will no longer offer either burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods, but unto Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:5:18 @ Yet in this thing may Jehovah pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to bow down there, and he supports himself on my hand, and I bow down in the house of Rimmon; when I bow down in the house of Rimmon, may Jehovah please pardon your servant in this thing.

vw@2Kings:5:19 @ And he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a short distance.

vw@2Kings:5:20 @ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving from his hands what he brought; but as Jehovah lives, I will run after him and take something from him.

vw@2Kings:5:21 @ So Gehazi ran after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

vw@2Kings:5:22 @ And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the mountains of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of garments.

vw@2Kings:5:23 @ And Naaman said, Please, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and handed them to two of his servants; and they carried them before him.

vw@2Kings:5:24 @ And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and deposited them in the house; and he sent the men away, and they departed.

vw@2Kings:5:25 @ And he went in and stood before his master; and Elisha said to him, Where have you been, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant did not go anywhere.

vw@2Kings:5:26 @ Then he said to him, Did not my heart go with you when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male and female servants?

vw@2Kings:5:27 @ Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and your seed always. And he went out from his presence leprous as snow.

vw@2Kings:6:1 @ And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, See now, the place where we are dwelling with you is too small for us.

vw@2Kings:6:2 @ Please, let us go to the Jordan, and let every man take a beam from there, and let us make there a place where we may dwell. So he answered, Go.

vw@2Kings:6:3 @ Then one of them said, Please consent to go with your servants. And he answered, I will go.

vw@2Kings:6:4 @ So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

vw@2Kings:6:5 @ But as one was cutting down a log, the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, Alas, master! For it was borrowed.

vw@2Kings:6:6 @ And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw it in there, and the iron floated.

vw@2Kings:6:7 @ Therefore he said, Pick it up for yourself. So he extended his hand and took it.

vw@2Kings:6:8 @ Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, My camp will be in such and such a place.

vw@2Kings:6:9 @ And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there.

vw@2Kings:6:10 @ Then the king of Israel sent someone to the place of which the man of God had told him. Thus he warned him, and he was watchful there, not just once or twice.

vw@2Kings:6:11 @ Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was enraged over this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, Will you not report to me which of us is for the king of Israel?

vw@2Kings:6:12 @ And one of his servants said, No one, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.

vw@2Kings:6:13 @ So he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and seize him. And it was reported to him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

vw@2Kings:6:14 @ Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

vw@2Kings:6:15 @ And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, behold, the army was surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?

vw@2Kings:6:16 @ So he answered, Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

vw@2Kings:6:17 @ And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray, open his eyes that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

vw@2Kings:6:18 @ And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Jehovah, and said, Strike this people, I pray, with blindness. And He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

vw@2Kings:6:19 @ And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, nor is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. But he led them to Samaria.

vw@2Kings:6:20 @ And so it was, when they had come to Samaria, that Elisha said, Jehovah, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And Jehovah opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the middle of Samaria!

vw@2Kings:6:21 @ Now when the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, My father, shall I smite them? Shall I smite them?

vw@2Kings:6:22 @ But he answered, You shall not smite them. Would you kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.

vw@2Kings:6:23 @ So he prepared a great feast for them; and after they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the marauding bands from Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

vw@2Kings:6:24 @ And it happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

vw@2Kings:6:25 @ And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver.

vw@2Kings:6:26 @ And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king!

vw@2Kings:6:27 @ And he said, If Jehovah does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?

vw@2Kings:6:28 @ And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

vw@2Kings:6:29 @ So we boiled my son, and ate him. And I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him; but she hid her son.

vw@2Kings:6:30 @ And it happened when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and as he passed by on the wall, the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth inside on his flesh.

vw@2Kings:6:31 @ Then he said, God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.

vw@2Kings:6:32 @ And Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man before him, but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent someone to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?

vw@2Kings:6:33 @ And while he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger was coming down to him; and he said, Behold, this evil is from Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?

vw@2Kings:7:1 @ Then Elisha said, Hear the Word of Jehovah. Thus says Jehovah: Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.

vw@2Kings:7:2 @ So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, Behold, if Jehovah would make windows in the heavens, could this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.

vw@2Kings:7:3 @ Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, Why are we sitting here until we will have died?

vw@2Kings:7:4 @ If we say, We will enter the city, the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we are also dead. Now therefore, come, let us fall to the camp of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall have died.

vw@2Kings:7:5 @ And they rose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they had come to the edge of the Syrian camp, behold, no one was there.

vw@2Kings:7:6 @ For Jehovah had caused the camp of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots and the sound of horses, the sound of a great army; so they said to one another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to come upon us!

vw@2Kings:7:7 @ Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp; their tents, their horses, and their donkeys; and they fled for their lives.

vw@2Kings:7:8 @ And when the lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried from it silver and gold and clothing, and went and hid them; then they came back and entered another tent, and carried some from there also, and went and hid it.

vw@2Kings:7:9 @ Then they said to one another, We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we are remaining silent. If we wait until morning light, some punishment will come upon us. Now therefore, come, let us go and tell the king’s household.

vw@2Kings:7:10 @ So they went and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and reported to them, saying, We went to the Syrian camp, and behold, no one was there, no voice of man; only horses and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.

vw@2Kings:7:11 @ And the gatekeepers called out, and they reported it to the king’s household inside.

vw@2Kings:7:12 @ So the king arose in the night and said to his servants, Let me now tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

vw@2Kings:7:13 @ And one of his servants answered and said, Please, let several men take five of the remaining horses which are left in the city. Behold, they may either become like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; or behold, they may become like all the multitude of Israel left from those who are consumed; so let us send them and see.

vw@2Kings:7:14 @ Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent them after the Syrian camp, saying, Go and see.

vw@2Kings:7:15 @ And they went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. So the messengers returned and reported to the king.

vw@2Kings:7:16 @ Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. And a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the Word of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:7:17 @ Now the king had appointed the officer on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate. But the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, just as the man of God had spoken, who had spoken when the king came down to him.

vw@2Kings:7:18 @ So it happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two seahs of barley for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, shall be sold tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria.

vw@2Kings:7:19 @ And that officer had answered the man of God, and said, Now behold, if Jehovah would make windows in the heavens, could such a thing be? And he had said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.

vw@2Kings:7:20 @ Thus it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.

vw@2Kings:8:1 @ Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; for Jehovah has called for a famine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for seven years.

vw@2Kings:8:2 @ So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God, and she went with her household and dwelt in the land of the Philistines seven years.

vw@2Kings:8:3 @ And it came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to cry out to the king for her house and for her land.

vw@2Kings:8:4 @ Now the king was speaking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, please, all the great things that Elisha has done.

vw@2Kings:8:5 @ And it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, that behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life, was crying out to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.

vw@2Kings:8:6 @ And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed a certain officer to her, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the proceeds of the fields from the day that she left the land until now.

vw@2Kings:8:7 @ And Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Syria was sick; and it was reported to him, saying, The man of God has come here.

vw@2Kings:8:8 @ And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of Jehovah by him, saying, Shall I remain alive of this disease?

vw@2Kings:8:9 @ So Hazael went to meet him and took a present with him, of every good thing of Damascus, forty camel-loads; and he came and stood before him, and said, Your son Ben-Hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I remain alive of this disease?

vw@2Kings:8:10 @ And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You shall live to remain alive. However Jehovah has shown me that he shall die the death.

vw@2Kings:8:11 @ Then he stood still and set his face until he was ashamed; and the man of God wept.

vw@2Kings:8:12 @ And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? He answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.

vw@2Kings:8:13 @ And Hazael said, But what is your servant; a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, Jehovah has shown me that you will become king over Syria.

vw@2Kings:8:14 @ And he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And he answered, He told me that you will live to remain alive.

vw@2Kings:8:15 @ But it happened on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it over his face so that he died; and Hazael reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:8:16 @ Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat having been king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat began to reign as king of Judah.

vw@2Kings:8:17 @ He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

vw@2Kings:8:18 @ And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:8:19 @ Yet Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for the sake of his servant David, as He had promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons all their days.

vw@2Kings:8:20 @ In his days Edom revolted against the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

vw@2Kings:8:21 @ So Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. And he rose up by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the commanders of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

vw@2Kings:8:22 @ Thus Edom has been in revolt against the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

vw@2Kings:8:23 @ Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:8:24 @ So Joram rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:8:25 @ In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign.

vw@2Kings:8:26 @ Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri, king of Israel.

vw@2Kings:8:27 @ And he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law to the house of Ahab.

vw@2Kings:8:28 @ And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians struck Joram.

vw@2Kings:8:29 @ Then King Joram went back to Jezreel to be healed from the wounds with which the Syrians had struck him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

vw@2Kings:9:1 @ And Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

vw@2Kings:9:2 @ Now when you have come there, look for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his brothers. And when you have brought him to an inner room,

vw@2Kings:9:3 @ take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus says Jehovah: I have anointed you king over Israel. And when you have opened the door and fled, do not delay.

vw@2Kings:9:4 @ So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth Gilead.

vw@2Kings:9:5 @ And when he came in, behold, the commanders of the army were sitting. And he said, I have a message for you, commander. And Jehu said, For which one of us? And he said, For you, commander.

vw@2Kings:9:6 @ And he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: I have anointed you king over the people of Jehovah, over Israel.

vw@2Kings:9:7 @ And you shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, at the hand of Jezebel.

vw@2Kings:9:8 @ For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I shall cut off from Ahab all those who urinate against a wall in Israel, both bond and free.

vw@2Kings:9:9 @ Thus I shall make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.

vw@2Kings:9:10 @ The dogs shall eat Jezebel on the plot of ground at Jezreel, for there shall be no one to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.

vw@2Kings:9:11 @ Then Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one of them said to him, Is all well? Why did this madman come to you? And he said to them, You know the man and his talk.

vw@2Kings:9:12 @ And they said, A lie! Tell us now. So he said, Thus and thus he has spoken to me, saying, Thus says Jehovah: I have anointed you king over Israel.

vw@2Kings:9:13 @ Then each man hastened to take his garment and put it under him on the top of the steps; and they blew the shofar, saying, Jehu is king!

vw@2Kings:9:14 @ So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had been defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael king of Syria.

vw@2Kings:9:15 @ But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed from the wounds with which the Syrians had struck him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If you are so minded, let no one leave or escape from the city to go and report it in Jezreel.

vw@2Kings:9:16 @ So Jehu rode and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there; and Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

vw@2Kings:9:17 @ Now a watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a multitude. And Joram said, Get a horseman and send him to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

vw@2Kings:9:18 @ So the horseman went to meet him, and said, Thus says the king: Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? Turn around and follow me. So the watchman reported, saying, The messenger went to them, but has not returned.

vw@2Kings:9:19 @ Then he sent out a second horseman who came to them, and said, Thus says the king: Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What have you to do with peace? Turn around and follow me.

vw@2Kings:9:20 @ So the watchman reported, saying, He went up to them and has not returned; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives madly!

vw@2Kings:9:21 @ Then Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and met him on the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.

vw@2Kings:9:22 @ And it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? So he answered, What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft are so many?

vw@2Kings:9:23 @ Then Joram turned his hands and fled, and said to Ahaziah, Treachery, O Ahaziah!

vw@2Kings:9:24 @ And Jehu drew his bow with full strength and shot Jehoram between his arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.

vw@2Kings:9:25 @ Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, Pick him up, and throw him into the parcel of the land of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when you and I were riding together behind Ahab his father, that Jehovah had laid this burden upon him:

vw@2Kings:9:26 @ Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons, says Jehovah, and I will repay you in this plot, says Jehovah. Now therefore, take and throw him on the plot of ground, according to the Word of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:9:27 @ And when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him, and said, Strike him also in the chariot, at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

vw@2Kings:9:28 @ And his servants carried him in the chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the City of David.

vw@2Kings:9:29 @ In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.

vw@2Kings:9:30 @ Now when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she put black paint on her eyes and adorned her head, and looked down through a window.

vw@2Kings:9:31 @ And as Jehu had entered at the gate, she said, Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of your master?

vw@2Kings:9:32 @ And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? Who? And two or three officials looked down at him.

vw@2Kings:9:33 @ And he said, Throw her down! So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses; and he trampled her.

vw@2Kings:9:34 @ And when he came in, he ate and drank. Then he said, Go now, see to this accursed woman, and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.

vw@2Kings:9:35 @ And they went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.

vw@2Kings:9:36 @ Therefore they came back and reported to him. And he said, This is the Word of Jehovah, which He has spoken by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;

vw@2Kings:9:37 @ and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the land, in the plot at Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

vw@2Kings:10:1 @ Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote and sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to those rearing Ahab’s sons, saying:

vw@2Kings:10:2 @ Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and weapons,

vw@2Kings:10:3 @ choose the best and most upright of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

vw@2Kings:10:4 @ But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings have not stood before him; how then can we stand?

vw@2Kings:10:5 @ And he who was over the house, and he who was over the city, the elders also, and those rearing the sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, we will do all you tell us; but we will not make anyone king. Do what is good in your eyes.

vw@2Kings:10:6 @ Then he wrote a second letter to them, saying: If you are for me and will obey my voice, take the heads of the men, your master’s sons, and come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow. Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them.

vw@2Kings:10:7 @ So it was, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons and slaughtered seventy persons, put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.

vw@2Kings:10:8 @ And a messenger came and reported to him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.

vw@2Kings:10:9 @ And it came about in the morning, that he went out and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous. Behold, I have conspired against my master and killed him; but who killed all these?

vw@2Kings:10:10 @ Know now that nothing has fallen to the earth of the Word of Jehovah which Jehovah has spoken concerning the house of Ahab; for Jehovah has done what He has spoken by the hand of His servant Elijah.

vw@2Kings:10:11 @ Thus Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him no one remaining.

vw@2Kings:10:12 @ And he arose and departed and went to Samaria. On the way, at the house of the shepherds at Beth Eked,

vw@2Kings:10:13 @ Jehu met the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah; we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother.

vw@2Kings:10:14 @ And he said, Take them alive! So they took them alive, and killed them at the well of Beth Eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.

vw@2Kings:10:15 @ And when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab, coming to meet him; and he blessed him and said to him, Is your heart upright, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. So he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.

vw@2Kings:10:16 @ Then he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot.

vw@2Kings:10:17 @ And when he came to Samaria, he killed all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed them, according to the Word of Jehovah which He had spoken to Elijah.

vw@2Kings:10:18 @ Then Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little, Jehu shall serve him much.

vw@2Kings:10:19 @ Now therefore, call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. Let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to Baal. Whoever is missing shall not live. But Jehu acted with cunning, in order to destroy those serving Baal.

vw@2Kings:10:20 @ And Jehu said, Consecrate a solemn assembly to Baal. So they proclaimed it.

vw@2Kings:10:21 @ Then Jehu sent throughout all Israel; and all those serving Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. So they came into the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was full from one end to the other.

vw@2Kings:10:22 @ And he said to the one over the wardrobe, Bring out the vestments for all those serving Baal. So he brought out vestments for them.

vw@2Kings:10:23 @ And Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab went into the house of Baal, and said to those serving Baal, Search and see that no servants of Jehovah are here with you, but only those serving Baal.

vw@2Kings:10:24 @ So they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed for himself eighty men outside, and had said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escapes, whoever lets him escape, it shall be his soul for the soul of the other.

vw@2Kings:10:25 @ Now it happened, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the runners and the officers, Go in and strike them; let no one come out! And they killed them with the edge of the sword; then the runners and the officers threw them out, and went into the city of the house of Baal.

vw@2Kings:10:26 @ And they brought the sacred pillars out of the house of Baal and burned them.

vw@2Kings:10:27 @ Then they broke down the sacred pillar of Baal, and tore down the house of Baal and made it an outhouse to this day.

vw@2Kings:10:28 @ Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

vw@2Kings:10:29 @ However Jehu did not turn away from after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, that is, from the golden calves that were at Bethel and Daniel.

vw@2Kings:10:30 @ And Jehovah said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.

vw@2Kings:10:31 @ But Jehu took no heed to walk in the Law of Jehovah the God of Israel with all his heart; for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin.

vw@2Kings:10:32 @ In those days Jehovah began to cut off Israel; and Hazael struck them in all the territory of Israel

vw@2Kings:10:33 @ from the Jordan eastward: all the land of Gilead; Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh; from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, including Gilead and Bashan.

vw@2Kings:10:34 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:10:35 @ So Jehu rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:10:36 @ And the days that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria were twenty-eight years.

vw@2Kings:11:1 @ When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son had died, she arose and destroyed all the royal seed.

vw@2Kings:11:2 @ But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered; and they hid him and his nurse in the bedroom, from Athaliah, so that he was not killed.

vw@2Kings:11:3 @ So he was hidden with her in the house of Jehovah for six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.

vw@2Kings:11:4 @ In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the commanders of hundreds, the mercenaries and runners, and brought them into the house of Jehovah to him. And he made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king’s son.

vw@2Kings:11:5 @ And he commanded them, saying, This is what you shall do: One-third of you who come on the Sabbath shall be keeping watch over the king’s house,

vw@2Kings:11:6 @ one-third shall be at the gate of Sur, and one-third at the gate behind the runners. You shall keep the watch of the house by turns.

vw@2Kings:11:7 @ The two parts of you who go out on the Sabbath shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah for the king.

vw@2Kings:11:8 @ And you shall surround the king on all sides, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within range, let him be put to death. You shall be with the king as he goes out and as he comes in.

vw@2Kings:11:9 @ Thus the commanders of the hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. Each of them took his men who were going in on the Sabbath, with those who were going out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

vw@2Kings:11:10 @ And the priest gave the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields which had belonged to King David, that were in the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:11:11 @ And the runners stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, all around the king, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and the house.

vw@2Kings:11:12 @ And he brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, and gave him the Testimony; they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, Long live the king!

vw@2Kings:11:13 @ Now when Athaliah heard the sound of the runners and the people, she came to the people in the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:11:14 @ And when she looked, behold, the king was standing by the pillar according to the custom; and the rulers and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. So Athaliah tore her clothes and cried out, Treason! Treason!

vw@2Kings:11:15 @ And Jehoiada the priest commanded the commanders of the hundreds, those mustering the army, and said to them, Take her outside from the ranks of the house, and whoever follows after her, slay with the sword. For the priest had said, Do not let her be killed in the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:11:16 @ So they laid hands on her; and she went by way of the horses’ entrance into the king’s house, and there she was put to death.

vw@2Kings:11:17 @ And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah, the king, and the people, to be the people of Jehovah; and also between the king and the people.

vw@2Kings:11:18 @ And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and tore it down. They thoroughly broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:11:19 @ And he took the commanders of hundreds, the mercenaries, the runners, and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of Jehovah, and went by way of the gate of the runners to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

vw@2Kings:11:20 @ And all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was at peace, for they had slain Athaliah with the sword in the king’s house.

vw@2Kings:11:21 @ Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.

vw@2Kings:12:1 @ In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

vw@2Kings:12:2 @ Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days in which Jehoiada the priest had instructed him.

vw@2Kings:12:3 @ But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

vw@2Kings:12:4 @ And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the consecrated things that are brought into the house of Jehovah, each man’s poll tax money, each man’s valuation money, and all the money that a man purposes in his heart to bring into the house of Jehovah;

vw@2Kings:12:5 @ let the priests take it themselves, each from his acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach is found.

vw@2Kings:12:6 @ But it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, that the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

vw@2Kings:12:7 @ So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests, and said to them, Why have you not repaired the breaches of the house? Now therefore, do not take more money from your acquaintances, but give it for repairing the breaches of the house.

vw@2Kings:12:8 @ And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the breaches of the house.

vw@2Kings:12:9 @ And Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Jehovah; and the priests who kept the door put there all the money brought into the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:12:10 @ So it was, whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up and put it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:12:11 @ Then they gave the money, which had been weighed out, into the hands of those doing the work, who had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and they brought it out to the craftsmen and builders who worked on the house of Jehovah,

vw@2Kings:12:12 @ and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that was brought out to make the house strong.

vw@2Kings:12:13 @ However there were not made for the house of Jehovah basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any articles of gold or articles of silver, from the money brought into the house of Jehovah;

vw@2Kings:12:14 @ for they gave it towards the business of doing the work, to restore the house of Jehovah with it.

vw@2Kings:12:15 @ Moreover they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they gave the money to give to the workmen, for they were dealing faithfully.

vw@2Kings:12:16 @ The money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of Jehovah. It belonged to the priests.

vw@2Kings:12:17 @ Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; and then Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

vw@2Kings:12:18 @ And Jehoash king of Judah took all the consecrated things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had set apart, and his own consecrated things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.

vw@2Kings:12:19 @ Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:12:20 @ And his servants rose up and conspired treason, and killed Joash in the house of the Millo, which goes down to Silla.

vw@2Kings:12:21 @ For Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him. So he died, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:13:1 @ In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

vw@2Kings:13:2 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and followed after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. He did not depart from them.

vw@2Kings:13:3 @ And the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael, all their days.

vw@2Kings:13:4 @ So Jehoahaz entreated Jehovah, and Jehovah gave heed to his face; for He saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

vw@2Kings:13:5 @ And Jehovah gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.

vw@2Kings:13:6 @ Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin, but walked in them; and the groves also remained in Samaria.

vw@2Kings:13:7 @ For he did not leave to Jehoahaz any of the people except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers; for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

vw@2Kings:13:8 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:13:9 @ And Jehoahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Joash his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:13:10 @ In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.

vw@2Kings:13:11 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, but walked in them.

vw@2Kings:13:12 @ Now the rest of the acts of Joash, all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:13:13 @ So Joash rested with his fathers. And Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:13:14 @ Now Elisha had become sick with the illness from which he would die. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!

vw@2Kings:13:15 @ And Elisha said to him, Take a bow and some arrows. So he took himself a bow and some arrows.

vw@2Kings:13:16 @ And he said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow. So he put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.

vw@2Kings:13:17 @ And he said, Open the east window; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. And he said, The arrow of Jehovah’s deliverance and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians at Aphek till you have destroyed them.

vw@2Kings:13:18 @ Then he said, Take the arrows; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Strike the ground; so he struck three times, and stopped.

vw@2Kings:13:19 @ And the man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria to finish them off! But now you will strike Syria only three times.

vw@2Kings:13:20 @ And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the raiding bands from Moab invaded the land in the beginning of the year.

vw@2Kings:13:21 @ And so it was, as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a band of raiders; and they threw the man into the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let go and hit the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood up on his feet.

vw@2Kings:13:22 @ And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

vw@2Kings:13:23 @ But Jehovah was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and regarded them, because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast them from His presence.

vw@2Kings:13:24 @ Then Hazael king of Syria died, and Ben-Hadad his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:13:25 @ And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took back from the hand of Ben-Hadad, the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father in battle. Three times Joash struck him and restored the cities of Israel.

vw@2Kings:14:1 @ In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.

vw@2Kings:14:2 @ He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

vw@2Kings:14:3 @ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like his father David; he did everything as his father Joash had done.

vw@2Kings:14:4 @ However the high places were not taken away, and the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

vw@2Kings:14:5 @ And it happened, as soon as the kingdom had been secured in his hand, that he struck his servants who had killed his father the king.

vw@2Kings:14:6 @ But the children of the murderers he did not execute, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which Jehovah had commanded, saying, Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; but a person shall be put to death for his own sin.

vw@2Kings:14:7 @ He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.

vw@2Kings:14:8 @ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

vw@2Kings:14:9 @ And Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

vw@2Kings:14:10 @ You have attacked to strike Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at your house; why stir yourself up over evil so that you fall, you and Judah with you?

vw@2Kings:14:11 @ But Amaziah would not listen. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went out; so he and Amaziah king of Judah looked each other in the face at Beth Shemesh of Judah.

vw@2Kings:14:12 @ And Judah was struck down before Israel, and every man fled to his tent.

vw@2Kings:14:13 @ And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh; and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate; four hundred cubits.

vw@2Kings:14:14 @ And he took all the gold and silver, all the articles that were found in the house of Jehovah and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

vw@2Kings:14:15 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did; his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah; are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:14:16 @ So Jehoash rested with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:14:17 @ And Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

vw@2Kings:14:18 @ Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:14:19 @ And they conspired treason against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.

vw@2Kings:14:20 @ And they brought him on horses, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.

vw@2Kings:14:21 @ And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

vw@2Kings:14:22 @ He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.

vw@2Kings:14:23 @ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years.

vw@2Kings:14:24 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.

vw@2Kings:14:25 @ He restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the plain, according to the Word of Jehovah the God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from Gath Hepher.

vw@2Kings:14:26 @ For Jehovah saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free, there was no helper for Israel.

vw@2Kings:14:27 @ And Jehovah had not spoken to blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens; but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

vw@2Kings:14:28 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did; his might, how he made war, and how he recovered for Israel from Damascus and Hamath what had belonged to Judah; are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:14:29 @ So Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:15:1 @ In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king.

vw@2Kings:15:2 @ He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

vw@2Kings:15:3 @ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done,

vw@2Kings:15:4 @ except that the high places were not removed; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

vw@2Kings:15:5 @ And Jehovah struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his death; so he dwelt in a separate house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

vw@2Kings:15:6 @ Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:15:7 @ So Azariah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:15:8 @ In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.

vw@2Kings:15:9 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, as his fathers had done; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.

vw@2Kings:15:10 @ And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:15:11 @ Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:15:12 @ This was the Word of Jehovah which He had spoken to Jehu, saying, Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. And so it was.

vw@2Kings:15:13 @ Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a month of days in Samaria.

vw@2Kings:15:14 @ For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria and killed him; and reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:15:15 @ Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the treason he had conspired, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:15:16 @ Menahem struck Tiphsah, all who were there, and its territory from Tirzah; because they did not open to him, therefore he struck it. All the pregnant women he ripped open.

vw@2Kings:15:17 @ In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi became king over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.

vw@2Kings:15:18 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah; he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.

vw@2Kings:15:19 @ And Pul king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his hand.

vw@2Kings:15:20 @ And Menahem brought out the money from Israel, from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land.

vw@2Kings:15:21 @ Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:15:22 @ So Menahem rested with his fathers. And Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:15:23 @ In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.

vw@2Kings:15:24 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.

vw@2Kings:15:25 @ Then Pekah the son of Remaliah, an officer of his, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, along with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of Gilead. He killed him and reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:15:26 @ Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:15:27 @ In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.

vw@2Kings:15:28 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.

vw@2Kings:15:29 @ In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.

vw@2Kings:15:30 @ Then Hoshea the son of Elah conspired treason against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck and killed him; and he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

vw@2Kings:15:31 @ Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Kings:15:32 @ In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.

vw@2Kings:15:33 @ He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

vw@2Kings:15:34 @ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

vw@2Kings:15:35 @ However the high places were not removed; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:15:36 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:15:37 @ In those days Jehovah began to send Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah.

vw@2Kings:15:38 @ So Jotham rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. And Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:16:1 @ In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.

vw@2Kings:16:2 @ Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, as his father David had done.

vw@2Kings:16:3 @ But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. He also made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah had cast out before the children of Israel.

vw@2Kings:16:4 @ And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

vw@2Kings:16:5 @ Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.

vw@2Kings:16:6 @ At that time Rezin king of Syria restored Elath to Syria, and cleared out the men of Judah from Elath. Then the Syrians went to Elath, and dwell there to this day.

vw@2Kings:16:7 @ So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.

vw@2Kings:16:8 @ And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.

vw@2Kings:16:9 @ So the king of Assyria heeded him; for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.

vw@2Kings:16:10 @ Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the design of the altar and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.

vw@2Kings:16:11 @ And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. And Urijah the priest had it made before King Ahaz returned from Damascus.

vw@2Kings:16:12 @ And when the king came back from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and went up to it.

vw@2Kings:16:13 @ So he sacrificed his burnt offering with smoke and his grain offering; and he poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.

vw@2Kings:16:14 @ He also brought the bronze altar from before Jehovah, from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah; and put it on the north side of his altar.

vw@2Kings:16:15 @ And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great new altar burn the morning burnt offering with smoke, the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.

vw@2Kings:16:16 @ Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that King Ahaz had commanded.

vw@2Kings:16:17 @ And King Ahaz cut off the rims of the carts, and removed the lavers from them; and he took down the sea from the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stones.

vw@2Kings:16:18 @ And the covered Sabbath structure which they had built in the house, he removed from the house of Jehovah, along with the king’s outer entrance, before the king of Assyria.

vw@2Kings:16:19 @ Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:16:20 @ So Ahaz rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:17:1 @ In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.

vw@2Kings:17:2 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him.

vw@2Kings:17:3 @ Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and paid him tribute.

vw@2Kings:17:4 @ And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

vw@2Kings:17:5 @ Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.

vw@2Kings:17:6 @ In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

vw@2Kings:17:7 @ For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they feared other gods,

vw@2Kings:17:8 @ and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom Jehovah had cast out before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

vw@2Kings:17:9 @ And the children of Israel secretly did things against Jehovah their God that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city.

vw@2Kings:17:10 @ They set up for themselves sacred pillars and groves on every high hill and under every green tree.

vw@2Kings:17:11 @ There they burned incense on all the high places, like the nations whom Jehovah had carried away before them, and did evil things to provoke Jehovah to anger;

vw@2Kings:17:12 @ for they served idols, of which Jehovah had said to them, You shall not do this thing.

vw@2Kings:17:13 @ Yet Jehovah testified against Israel and against Judah, by the hand of all of His prophets and every seer, saying, Turn away from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the Law which I have commanded your fathers, and which I have sent to you by the hand of My servants the prophets.

vw@2Kings:17:14 @ Nevertheless they would not hear, but stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who had not believed in Jehovah their God.

vw@2Kings:17:15 @ And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they went after their vanities, became vain, and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

vw@2Kings:17:16 @ And they left all the commandments of Jehovah their God, made for themselves molten images, two calves, made a grove and bowed down to all the host of the heavens, and served Baal.

vw@2Kings:17:17 @ And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced divination of witchcraft and fortunetelling, and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger.

vw@2Kings:17:18 @ Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them away from before His face; there was no one left but only the tribe of Judah.

vw@2Kings:17:19 @ Also Judah did not keep the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they had made.

vw@2Kings:17:20 @ And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them away from before His face.

vw@2Kings:17:21 @ For He tore Israel from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following after Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.

vw@2Kings:17:22 @ For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they have not departed from them,

vw@2Kings:17:23 @ until Jehovah had removed Israel from before His face, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. Thus Israel was carried away from their own land into Assyria, as it is this day.

vw@2Kings:17:24 @ Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.

vw@2Kings:17:25 @ And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear Jehovah; therefore Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

vw@2Kings:17:26 @ So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations whom you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the ordinances of the God of the land; therefore He has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them because they do not know the ordinances of the God of the land.

vw@2Kings:17:27 @ So the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you have brought from there; let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the ordinances of the God of the land.

vw@2Kings:17:28 @ Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:17:29 @ However nation by nation they continued making gods of their own, and put them in the houses on the high places which those from Samaria had made, nation by nation in the cities where they were living.

vw@2Kings:17:30 @ The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

vw@2Kings:17:31 @ and the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

vw@2Kings:17:32 @ So they feared Jehovah; and from among all of them they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who attended to the houses of the high places for them.

vw@2Kings:17:33 @ They feared Jehovah, and also served their own gods; according to the manner of the nations from where they were carried away.

vw@2Kings:17:34 @ To this day they continue doing according to the former manner; they do not fear Jehovah, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the Law and commandments which Jehovah has commanded the sons of Jacob, whom He had ordained with the name, Israel;

vw@2Kings:17:35 @ with whom Jehovah had made a covenant and charged them, saying: You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them;

vw@2Kings:17:36 @ but Jehovah, who has brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, to Him you shall bow down, and to Him you shall offer sacrifice.

vw@2Kings:17:37 @ And the statutes, the ordinances, the Law, and the commandments which He has written for you, you shall take heed to do forever; you shall not fear other gods.

vw@2Kings:17:38 @ And the covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.

vw@2Kings:17:39 @ But Jehovah your God you shall fear; and He shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

vw@2Kings:17:40 @ However they have not obeyed, but are doing according to their former manner.

vw@2Kings:17:41 @ Thus these nations feared Jehovah, while also serving their graven images. And their children and their children’s children have continued doing as their fathers have done, even to this day.

vw@2Kings:18:1 @ Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.

vw@2Kings:18:2 @ He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.

vw@2Kings:18:3 @ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father David had done.

vw@2Kings:18:4 @ He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, chopped down the groves and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan.

vw@2Kings:18:5 @ He trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel, so that after him was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him.

vw@2Kings:18:6 @ For he clung to Jehovah; he did not turn aside from following after Him, but kept His commandments, which Jehovah had commanded Moses.

vw@2Kings:18:7 @ Jehovah was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

vw@2Kings:18:8 @ He struck the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

vw@2Kings:18:9 @ And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.

vw@2Kings:18:10 @ And at the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured.

vw@2Kings:18:11 @ And the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and led them to Halah and the Habor, the River of Gozan, and to the cities of the Medes,

vw@2Kings:18:12 @ because they had not obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded; they had neither heeded nor done them.

vw@2Kings:18:13 @ And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.

vw@2Kings:18:14 @ And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, I have done wrong; turn away from me; whatever you impose upon me I will endure. And the king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

vw@2Kings:18:15 @ And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah and in the treasuries of the king’s house.

vw@2Kings:18:16 @ At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

vw@2Kings:18:17 @ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish, with great forces against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they had come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

vw@2Kings:18:18 @ And when they had called out to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them.

vw@2Kings:18:19 @ And Rabshakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which you have trusted?

vw@2Kings:18:20 @ You have spoken of having counsel and power for war; but they are mere words of the lips. And in whom have you trusted, that you have rebelled against me?

vw@2Kings:18:21 @ Now behold, you have trusted in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all those trusting in him.

vw@2Kings:18:22 @ But if you say to me, We have trusted in Jehovah our God, is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall bow down before this altar in Jerusalem?

vw@2Kings:18:23 @ Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses; if you are able on your part to put riders on them!

vw@2Kings:18:24 @ How then will you turn away the face of one governor of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

vw@2Kings:18:25 @ Have I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah has said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

vw@2Kings:18:26 @ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in the Jewish language in the hearing of the people on the wall.

vw@2Kings:18:27 @ But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words, and not also to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?

vw@2Kings:18:28 @ Then Rabshakeh stood and called out with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

vw@2Kings:18:29 @ Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand;

vw@2Kings:18:30 @ nor let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will rescue to deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

vw@2Kings:18:31 @ Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: Make a peace treaty and come out to me; and every one of you shall eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you shall drink the waters of his own cistern;

vw@2Kings:18:32 @ until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive groves and honey, that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, lest he persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.

vw@2Kings:18:33 @ Have any of the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

vw@2Kings:18:34 @ Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

vw@2Kings:18:35 @ Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

vw@2Kings:18:36 @ But the people kept quiet and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, Do not answer him.

vw@2Kings:18:37 @ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.

vw@2Kings:19:1 @ And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:19:2 @ And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

vw@2Kings:19:3 @ And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke, and contempt; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring forth.

vw@2Kings:19:4 @ It may be that Jehovah your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is found left.

vw@2Kings:19:5 @ So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

vw@2Kings:19:6 @ And Isaiah said to them, Thus you shall say to your master, Thus says Jehovah: Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

vw@2Kings:19:7 @ Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

vw@2Kings:19:8 @ And Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.

vw@2Kings:19:9 @ And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he has come out to wage war with you. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

vw@2Kings:19:10 @ Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

vw@2Kings:19:11 @ Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?

vw@2Kings:19:12 @ Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?

vw@2Kings:19:13 @ Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

vw@2Kings:19:14 @ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:19:15 @ And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said: O Jehovah the God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the heavens and earth.

vw@2Kings:19:16 @ Extend Your ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open Your eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

vw@2Kings:19:17 @ Truly, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

vw@2Kings:19:18 @ and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands; wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.

vw@2Kings:19:19 @ Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, I pray, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are Jehovah God, You alone.

vw@2Kings:19:20 @ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: I have heard that which you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria.

vw@2Kings:19:21 @ This is the word which Jehovah has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem Has shaken her head behind you!

vw@2Kings:19:22 @ Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!

vw@2Kings:19:23 @ By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, and said: By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, next to Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; I will enter the ends of its lodging places, into its forest at Carmel.

vw@2Kings:19:24 @ I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the soles of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of Egypt.

vw@2Kings:19:25 @ Have you not heard? From long ago I have made it, and from ancient times I have formed it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into heaps of ruins.

vw@2Kings:19:26 @ Therefore their inhabitants were short handed; they were shattered and put to shame; they were as the grass of the field and the green herb, as the grass on the housetops and grain blighted before it is grown.

vw@2Kings:19:27 @ But I know your abode, your going out and your coming in, and your rage against Me.

vw@2Kings:19:28 @ Because your rage against Me and your arrogance have come up into My ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way which you have come.

vw@2Kings:19:29 @ This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from the same; also in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.

vw@2Kings:19:30 @ And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

vw@2Kings:19:31 @ For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts shall do this.

vw@2Kings:19:32 @ Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor build a siege mound against it.

vw@2Kings:19:33 @ By the way that he came, by the same shall he return; and he shall not come into this city, says Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:19:34 @ For I have defended this city, to save it for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.

vw@2Kings:19:35 @ And it came to pass that night that the Angel of Jehovah went out, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when they arose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead corpses.

vw@2Kings:19:36 @ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

vw@2Kings:19:37 @ Now it came to pass, as he was bowing down in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:20:1 @ In those days Hezekiah had become sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, Thus says Jehovah: Set your house in order, for you are dying, and shall not live.

vw@2Kings:20:2 @ And he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to Jehovah, saying,

vw@2Kings:20:3 @ Remember now, O Jehovah, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what was good in Your eyes. And Hezekiah wailed with great weeping.

vw@2Kings:20:4 @ And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the Word of Jehovah came to him, saying,

vw@2Kings:20:5 @ Return and say to Hezekiah the ruler of My people, Thus says Jehovah the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:20:6 @ And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David.

vw@2Kings:20:7 @ And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. So they took and laid it on the boil, and he lived.

vw@2Kings:20:8 @ And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What is the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah the third day?

vw@2Kings:20:9 @ And Isaiah said, This is the sign to you from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go backward ten steps?

vw@2Kings:20:10 @ And Hezekiah answered, It is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten steps; no, but let the shadow go backward ten steps.

vw@2Kings:20:11 @ So Isaiah the prophet cried out to Jehovah, and He brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

vw@2Kings:20:12 @ At that time Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

vw@2Kings:20:13 @ And Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his treasures; the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all the house of his weapons; all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

vw@2Kings:20:14 @ Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say, and from where did they come to you? So Hezekiah said, They came from a distant land, from Babylon.

vw@2Kings:20:15 @ And he said, What have they seen in your house? So Hezekiah answered, They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.

vw@2Kings:20:16 @ Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the Word of Jehovah:

vw@2Kings:20:17 @ Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have laid in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, says Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:20:18 @ And they shall take away some of your sons who shall come forth from you, whom you shall beget; and they shall be officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.

vw@2Kings:20:19 @ And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The Word of Jehovah which you have spoken is good! For he thought, Will there not be peace and truth in my days?

vw@2Kings:20:20 @ Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah; all his might, and how he made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city; are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:20:21 @ So Hezekiah rested with his fathers. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:21:1 @ Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

vw@2Kings:21:2 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah had cast out before the children of Israel.

vw@2Kings:21:3 @ For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he bowed down to all the host of the heavens and served them.

vw@2Kings:21:4 @ He also built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem I will put My name.

vw@2Kings:21:5 @ And he built altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:21:6 @ He also made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and fortunetelling, and consulted necromancers and mediums. He did much evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger.

vw@2Kings:21:7 @ And he set a graven image in the grove that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;

vw@2Kings:21:8 @ and I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I have given to their fathers; only if they take heed to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the Law that My servant Moses has commanded them.

vw@2Kings:21:9 @ But they have paid no attention, and Manasseh caused them to err, to do more evil than the nations whom Jehovah had destroyed before the children of Israel.

vw@2Kings:21:10 @ And Jehovah spoke by His servants the prophets, saying,

vw@2Kings:21:11 @ Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations (he has acted more wickedly than all the Amorites who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols),

vw@2Kings:21:12 @ therefore thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.

vw@2Kings:21:13 @ And I shall stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; I shall wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it face down.

vw@2Kings:21:14 @ Thus I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become spoils and plunder to all their enemies,

vw@2Kings:21:15 @ because they have done evil in My eyes, and have provoked Me to anger since the day their fathers had come out of Egypt, even to this day.

vw@2Kings:21:16 @ Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to the other, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:21:17 @ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh; all that he did, and the sin that he sinned; are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:21:18 @ So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:21:19 @ Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

vw@2Kings:21:20 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, as his father Manasseh had done.

vw@2Kings:21:21 @ Thus he walked in all the ways that his father had walked; and he served the idols that his father had served, and bowed down to them.

vw@2Kings:21:22 @ He forsook Jehovah the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:21:23 @ Then the servants of Amon conspired against him, and killed the king in his own house.

vw@2Kings:21:24 @ But the people of the land struck all those conspiring against King Amon. And the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.

vw@2Kings:21:25 @ Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:21:26 @ And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. And Josiah his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:22:1 @ Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

vw@2Kings:22:2 @ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

vw@2Kings:22:3 @ And it came to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the scribe, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of Jehovah, saying:

vw@2Kings:22:4 @ Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been brought into the house of Jehovah, which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.

vw@2Kings:22:5 @ And let them deliver it into the hand of those doing the work, who are the overseers in the house of Jehovah; let them give it to those who are in the house of Jehovah doing the work, to repair the breaches of the house;

vw@2Kings:22:6 @ to the craftsmen and builders and masons; and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

vw@2Kings:22:7 @ However there was no accounting made with them of the money delivered into their hand, because they were dealing faithfully.

vw@2Kings:22:8 @ Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the Book of the Law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

vw@2Kings:22:9 @ And Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king, saying, Your servants have gathered the money found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of those who are doing the work, who oversee the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:22:10 @ And Shaphan the scribe reported to the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

vw@2Kings:22:11 @ And it happened, when the king heard the Words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes.

vw@2Kings:22:12 @ And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Michaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,

vw@2Kings:22:13 @ Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, for the people and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that has been kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.

vw@2Kings:22:14 @ So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke with her.

vw@2Kings:22:15 @ And she said to them, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, Tell the man who has sent you to Me,

vw@2Kings:22:16 @ Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I am bringing evil upon this place and upon its inhabitants; all the Words of the Book which the king of Judah has read;

vw@2Kings:22:17 @ because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath has been kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

vw@2Kings:22:18 @ But as for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus you shall say to him, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel: Concerning the words which you have heard;

vw@2Kings:22:19 @ because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Jehovah when you heard what I have spoken against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, says Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:22:20 @ Behold therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil that I am bringing upon this place. So they brought back word to the king.

vw@2Kings:23:1 @ And the king sent them and they gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him.

vw@2Kings:23:2 @ And the king went up to the house of Jehovah with all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. And he read in their ears all the Words of the Book of the Covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:23:3 @ Then the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before Jehovah, to follow Jehovah and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the Words of this covenant that were written in this Book. And all the people stood for the covenant.

vw@2Kings:23:4 @ And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of Jehovah all the articles that were made for Baal, for the grove, and for all the host of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

vw@2Kings:23:5 @ And he put an end to the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had dedicated to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those burning incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the zodiac, and to all the host of the heavens.

vw@2Kings:23:6 @ And he brought out the grove from the house of Jehovah, to the Brook Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it at the Brook Kidron and pulverized the ashes, and threw its ashes on the graves of the sons of the people.

vw@2Kings:23:7 @ And he tore down the houses of the male temple prostitutes that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women were weaving shelters for the grove.

vw@2Kings:23:8 @ And he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba; also he broke down the high places at the gates which were at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were to one’s left of the city gate.

vw@2Kings:23:9 @ Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brethren.

vw@2Kings:23:10 @ And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of the sons of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.

vw@2Kings:23:11 @ And he did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech, the official who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

vw@2Kings:23:12 @ The altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, the king beat them down and ran and hurled their dust into the Brook Kidron.

vw@2Kings:23:13 @ And the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, which were on the south of the mount of corruption, which Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtaroth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.

vw@2Kings:23:14 @ And he broke in pieces the sacred pillars and chopped down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

vw@2Kings:23:15 @ Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat had made, by which he had made Israel to sin, both that altar and the high place he tore down; and he burned the high place and pulverized it to dust, and burned the grove.

vw@2Kings:23:16 @ And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it according to the Word of Jehovah which the man of God had proclaimed, who had proclaimed these things.

vw@2Kings:23:17 @ Then he said, What monument is this that I see? And the men of the city said to him, It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel.

vw@2Kings:23:18 @ And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that had come from Samaria.

vw@2Kings:23:19 @ And Josiah also took away all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke to anger; and he did to them according to all the deeds he had done at Bethel.

vw@2Kings:23:20 @ And he slaughtered all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

vw@2Kings:23:21 @ And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.

vw@2Kings:23:22 @ Surely such a Passover had never been held since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel nor the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:23:23 @ It was in the eighteenth year of King Josiah that this Passover was observed unto Jehovah in Jerusalem.

vw@2Kings:23:24 @ Moreover Josiah put away the mediums and fortunetellers, the household images and idols, all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the Words of the Law which were written in the Book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Kings:23:25 @ And before him there was no king like him, who turned to Jehovah with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him has any arisen like him.

vw@2Kings:23:26 @ Nevertheless Jehovah had not turned from His great burning wrath, with which His anger had been kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.

vw@2Kings:23:27 @ And Jehovah said, I will also remove Judah from before My face, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I had said, My name shall be there.

vw@2Kings:23:28 @ Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:23:29 @ In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went out to meet him. And Pharaoh Necho killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.

vw@2Kings:23:30 @ And his servants made him ride dead from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

vw@2Kings:23:31 @ Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

vw@2Kings:23:32 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.

vw@2Kings:23:33 @ And Pharaoh Necho put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

vw@2Kings:23:34 @ And Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz and he came to Egypt, and he died there.

vw@2Kings:23:35 @ And Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give money at the mouth of Pharaoh; he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necho.

vw@2Kings:23:36 @ Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

vw@2Kings:23:37 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.

vw@2Kings:24:1 @ In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.

vw@2Kings:24:2 @ And Jehovah sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the sons of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the Word of Jehovah which He had spoken by the hand of His servants the prophets.

vw@2Kings:24:3 @ Surely at the mouth of Jehovah this came upon Judah, to remove them from before His face because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,

vw@2Kings:24:4 @ and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which Jehovah was not willing to forgive.

vw@2Kings:24:5 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah.

vw@2Kings:24:6 @ So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Kings:24:7 @ And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates.

vw@2Kings:24:8 @ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

vw@2Kings:24:9 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.

vw@2Kings:24:10 @ At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

vw@2Kings:24:11 @ And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it.

vw@2Kings:24:12 @ And Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officials went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

vw@2Kings:24:13 @ And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of Jehovah and the treasures of the king’s house, and he cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had spoken.

vw@2Kings:24:14 @ He also carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the commanders and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.

vw@2Kings:24:15 @ And he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the mighty ones of prominence of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

vw@2Kings:24:16 @ All the men of valor, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

vw@2Kings:24:17 @ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

vw@2Kings:24:18 @ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

vw@2Kings:24:19 @ He also did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

vw@2Kings:24:20 @ For through the anger of Jehovah it happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He had cast them out from before His face, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

vw@2Kings:25:1 @ Thus it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his forces came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.

vw@2Kings:25:2 @ And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

vw@2Kings:25:3 @ By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

vw@2Kings:25:4 @ And the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were encamped all around against the city. And the king went the way toward the plain.

vw@2Kings:25:5 @ And the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

vw@2Kings:25:6 @ So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment upon him.

vw@2Kings:25:7 @ And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and brought him to Babylon.

vw@2Kings:25:8 @ And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

vw@2Kings:25:9 @ He burned the house of Jehovah and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of distinction, he burned with fire.

vw@2Kings:25:10 @ And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.

vw@2Kings:25:11 @ And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had fallen out to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude.

vw@2Kings:25:12 @ But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

vw@2Kings:25:13 @ The bronze pillars that were in the house of Jehovah, and the carts and the bronze sea that were in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried the bronze to Babylon.

vw@2Kings:25:14 @ They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils which were used in service.

vw@2Kings:25:15 @ The firepans and the basins, the things of gold in gold and of silver in silver, the captain of the guard carried away.

vw@2Kings:25:16 @ The two pillars, one Sea, and the carts, which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah, the bronze of all these articles was without weight.

vw@2Kings:25:17 @ The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits, and the network and pomegranates all around the capital were all of bronze. The second pillar was the same, with a network.

vw@2Kings:25:18 @ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

vw@2Kings:25:19 @ He also took out of the city an official who had charge of the men of war, five men who were found in the city who looked after the king’s presence, the chief marshal of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.

vw@2Kings:25:20 @ So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

vw@2Kings:25:21 @ And the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its land.

vw@2Kings:25:22 @ And he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left.

vw@2Kings:25:23 @ And when all the commanders of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

vw@2Kings:25:24 @ And Gedaliah swore before them and their men, and said to them, Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

vw@2Kings:25:25 @ But it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, came with ten men and struck Gedaliah, the Jews, as well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah, so that they died.

vw@2Kings:25:26 @ And all the people, small and great, and the commanders of the forces, arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid before the Chaldeans.

vw@2Kings:25:27 @ And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.

vw@2Kings:25:28 @ He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

vw@2Kings:25:29 @ And Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life.

vw@2Kings:25:30 @ And a continual allowance was rationed to him by the king, the matter day by day, all the days of his life.

vw@1Chronicles:1:2 @ Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared,

vw@1Chronicles:1:12 @ Pathrusim, Casluhim from whom came the Philistines and the Caphtorim.

vw@1Chronicles:1:15 @ the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite,

vw@1Chronicles:1:19 @ To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

vw@1Chronicles:1:32 @ The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: She bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

vw@1Chronicles:1:43 @ Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city: Dinhabah.

vw@1Chronicles:1:44 @ And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.

vw@1Chronicles:1:45 @ When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

vw@1Chronicles:1:46 @ And when Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.

vw@1Chronicles:1:47 @ When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.

vw@1Chronicles:1:48 @ And when Samlah died, Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place.

vw@1Chronicles:1:49 @ When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.

vw@1Chronicles:1:50 @ And when Baal-Hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city: Pai. His wife’s name: Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

vw@1Chronicles:1:52 @ Chief Aholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon,

vw@1Chronicles:2:2 @ Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

vw@1Chronicles:2:3 @ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, so He killed him.

vw@1Chronicles:2:4 @ And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah: five.

vw@1Chronicles:2:7 @ The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who had transgressed in the devoted thing.

vw@1Chronicles:2:10 @ Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, chief of the sons of Judah;

vw@1Chronicles:2:13 @ Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

vw@1Chronicles:2:21 @ And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he had taken when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.

vw@1Chronicles:2:22 @ Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

vw@1Chronicles:2:24 @ After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abiah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

vw@1Chronicles:2:27 @ The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

vw@1Chronicles:2:46 @ Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.

vw@1Chronicles:2:48 @ Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

vw@1Chronicles:3:1 @ Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;

vw@1Chronicles:3:2 @ the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

vw@1Chronicles:3:4 @ These six were born to him in Hebron. There he reigned seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.

vw@1Chronicles:3:5 @ And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon; four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel.

vw@1Chronicles:3:8 @ Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet; nine.

vw@1Chronicles:3:9 @ These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

vw@1Chronicles:4:9 @ Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I have borne him with sorrow.

vw@1Chronicles:4:10 @ And Jabez called upon the God of Israel saying, Oh, that You might bless me, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would deal to bless me, keeping me from evil, to not be hurt. And God brought to pass what he had asked.

vw@1Chronicles:4:12 @ And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-Nahash. These, the men of Rechah.

vw@1Chronicles:4:20 @ The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

vw@1Chronicles:4:21 @ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea;

vw@1Chronicles:4:22 @ also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now these records are ancient.

vw@1Chronicles:4:23 @ These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they dwelt there with the king for his work.

vw@1Chronicles:4:24 @ The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul,

vw@1Chronicles:4:32 @ And their villages: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan; five cities;

vw@1Chronicles:4:33 @ and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baal; these, their dwelling places. Their genealogy:

vw@1Chronicles:4:38 @ these mentioned by name were chiefs in their families, and their father’s house increased abundantly.

vw@1Chronicles:4:41 @ These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they struck their tents and the Meunim who were found there, and utterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there.

vw@1Chronicles:5:1 @ Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, for the genealogy to not be reckoned according to the birthright;

vw@1Chronicles:5:6 @ and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria carried into captivity. He was chief of the Reubenites.

vw@1Chronicles:5:8 @ and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.

vw@1Chronicles:5:9 @ Eastward they settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead.

vw@1Chronicles:5:10 @ Now in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents before the east of Gilead.

vw@1Chronicles:5:11 @ And the children of Gad dwelt next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah:

vw@1Chronicles:5:12 @ Joel was the chief, Shapham the next, then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan,

vw@1Chronicles:5:16 @ And they dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and in its daughter-villages, and in all the common lands of Sharon within their borders.

vw@1Chronicles:5:17 @ All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:5:18 @ The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, shooting with the bow, and trained in war, going out to war.

vw@1Chronicles:5:20 @ And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were delivered into their hand, for they cried out unto God in the battle; and He was entreated for them, because they had trusted in Him.

vw@1Chronicles:5:22 @ for many fell down slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity.

vw@1Chronicles:5:23 @ Thus the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. They multiplied from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir and Mount Hermon.

vw@1Chronicles:5:25 @ And they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and went whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

vw@1Chronicles:5:26 @ So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria; and he carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the River Gozan to this day.

vw@1Chronicles:6:4 @ Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua,

vw@1Chronicles:6:10 @ Johanan begot Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),

vw@1Chronicles:6:15 @ Jehozadak went into captivity when Jehovah carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

vw@1Chronicles:6:19 @ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

vw@1Chronicles:6:22 @ The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

vw@1Chronicles:6:31 @ Now these are the ones whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of Jehovah, after the ark was in its resting place.

vw@1Chronicles:6:32 @ They were serving with song before the dwelling place of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, and they attended to their service according to the ordinance.

vw@1Chronicles:6:33 @ And these are the ones who attended with their sons; of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

vw@1Chronicles:6:48 @ And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

vw@1Chronicles:6:49 @ But Aaron and his sons were offering sacrifices with smoke upon the altar of burnt offering and upon the altar of incense, all the service of the Holy of Holies, to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

vw@1Chronicles:6:50 @ These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

vw@1Chronicles:6:54 @ These were their dwelling places throughout their encampments in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites:

vw@1Chronicles:6:55 @ They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common lands.

vw@1Chronicles:6:60 @ And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common lands, Alemeth with its common lands, and Anathoth with its common lands. All their cities among their families; thirteen.

vw@1Chronicles:6:62 @ And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

vw@1Chronicles:6:65 @ And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names.

vw@1Chronicles:6:67 @ And they gave them cities of refuge: Shechem with its common lands in the mountains of Ephraim, Gezer with its common lands,

vw@1Chronicles:6:71 @ To the sons of Gershon from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its common lands and Ashtaroth with its common lands.

vw@1Chronicles:6:76 @ And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common lands, Hammon with its common lands, and Kirjathaim with its common lands.

vw@1Chronicles:6:78 @ And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common lands, Jahzah with its common lands,

vw@1Chronicles:6:80 @ And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its common lands, Mahanaim with its common lands,

vw@1Chronicles:7:2 @ The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.

vw@1Chronicles:7:4 @ And with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons.

vw@1Chronicles:7:6 @ The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael; three.

vw@1Chronicles:7:9 @ They were reckoned by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor.

vw@1Chronicles:7:10 @ The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

vw@1Chronicles:7:14 @ The sons of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine had borne him Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.

vw@1Chronicles:7:21 @ Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land killed them because they came down to take away their cattle.

vw@1Chronicles:7:23 @ And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, because of the evil upon his house.

vw@1Chronicles:7:28 @ Their possessions and dwelling places: Bethel and its daughter-villages, to the east Naaran, to the west Gezer and its daughter-villages, and Shechem and its daughter-villages, as far as Azzah and its daughter-villages;

vw@1Chronicles:7:29 @ and by the borders of the children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its daughter-villages, Taanach and its daughter-villages, Megiddo and its daughter-villages, Dor and its daughter-villages. In these dwelt the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:8:1 @ Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

vw@1Chronicles:8:6 @ These are the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and took them in exile to Manahath:

vw@1Chronicles:8:7 @ Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera who had taken them into exile. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.

vw@1Chronicles:8:8 @ And Shaharaim begot children in the land of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.

vw@1Chronicles:8:13 @ and Beriah and Shema, heads of fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.

vw@1Chronicles:8:28 @ These were heads of fathers by their generations; chiefs. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

vw@1Chronicles:8:32 @ Mikloth begot Shimeah. These also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, across from them.

vw@1Chronicles:8:33 @ Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

vw@1Chronicles:8:37 @ Moza begot Binea, Raphah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

vw@1Chronicles:8:40 @ The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor; archers. They had many sons, and sons of sons; one hundred and fifty. These were all sons of Benjamin.

vw@1Chronicles:9:1 @ Thus all Israel was reckoned by genealogies, and behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

vw@1Chronicles:9:2 @ Now the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the temple slaves.

vw@1Chronicles:9:3 @ Some of the sons of Judah, the sons of Benjamin, and the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh dwelt in Jerusalem:

vw@1Chronicles:9:6 @ Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren; six hundred and ninety.

vw@1Chronicles:9:7 @ Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Senuah;

vw@1Chronicles:9:9 @ and their brethren, according to their generations; nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers in their fathers’ houses.

vw@1Chronicles:9:10 @ The priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;

vw@1Chronicles:9:16 @ Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

vw@1Chronicles:9:18 @ Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the sons of Levi at the King’s Gate to the east.

vw@1Chronicles:9:19 @ Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tent. Their fathers had been keepers at the entrance to the camp of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:9:20 @ Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the ruler over them previously; and Jehovah was with him.

vw@1Chronicles:9:21 @ Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the door of the tent of meeting.

vw@1Chronicles:9:22 @ All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. They were reckoned by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them in their faithfulness.

vw@1Chronicles:9:25 @ And their brethren in their villages had to come to them from time to time for seven days.

vw@1Chronicles:9:26 @ In this trust were four chief gatekeepers; Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

vw@1Chronicles:9:27 @ They lodged all around the house of God because theirs was the charge for opening up morning by morning.

vw@1Chronicles:9:28 @ Some of them were over the vessels of service, for they brought them in by count and took them out by count.

vw@1Chronicles:9:29 @ Some of them were appointed over the furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.

vw@1Chronicles:9:30 @ Some of the sons of the priests mixed the ointment of the spices.

vw@1Chronicles:9:31 @ Mattithiah of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the trust over the things that were made in the pans.

vw@1Chronicles:9:32 @ Some of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites were to prepare the Bread in Rows Sabbath by Sabbath.

vw@1Chronicles:9:33 @ These were the singers, heads of fathers of the Levites, who stayed in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for this was their occupation day and night.

vw@1Chronicles:9:34 @ These heads of fathers of the Levites were heads throughout their generations; and dwelt in Jerusalem.

vw@1Chronicles:9:39 @ Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

vw@1Chronicles:9:43 @ Moza begot Binea, Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

vw@1Chronicles:10:1 @ Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

vw@1Chronicles:10:2 @ And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons.

vw@1Chronicles:10:3 @ And the battle was heavy against Saul; and the archers found him, and he was wounded by the archers.

vw@1Chronicles:10:7 @ And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

vw@1Chronicles:10:8 @ So it happened the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

vw@1Chronicles:10:9 @ And they stripped him and took his head and his weapons, and sent throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news to their idols and among the people.

vw@1Chronicles:10:10 @ And they put his weapons in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

vw@1Chronicles:10:11 @ And when all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

vw@1Chronicles:10:13 @ Thus Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had transgressed against Jehovah, because he had not kept the Word of Jehovah, and because he asked counsel to seek after a medium.

vw@1Chronicles:10:14 @ He had not inquired after Jehovah; therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

vw@1Chronicles:11:1 @ And all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, Behold we are your bone and your flesh.

vw@1Chronicles:11:2 @ Also, in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and Jehovah your God said to you, You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over My people Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:11:3 @ Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before Jehovah. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the Word of Jehovah by the hand of Samuel.

vw@1Chronicles:11:4 @ And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

vw@1Chronicles:11:5 @ And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come in here. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the City of David.

vw@1Chronicles:11:7 @ And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the City of David.

vw@1Chronicles:11:9 @ And David went on, proceeding to greatness, for Jehovah of Hosts was with him.

vw@1Chronicles:11:10 @ These were the heads of the mighty men with David, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the Word of Jehovah concerning Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:11:11 @ This is the number of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam the son of a Hachmonite, chief of the thirty; he had lifted up his spear against three hundred, killed at one time.

vw@1Chronicles:11:13 @ He was with David at Pasdammim. Now the Philistines had gathered there for battle, and there was a parcel of land full of barley; and the people had fled before the Philistines.

vw@1Chronicles:11:14 @ But they took their stand in the middle of that field, recovered it, and killed the Philistines. And Jehovah saved by a great deliverance.

vw@1Chronicles:11:15 @ And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

vw@1Chronicles:11:16 @ David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

vw@1Chronicles:11:17 @ And David said longingly, Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate.

vw@1Chronicles:11:18 @ So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. But David would not drink it, but poured it out to Jehovah,

vw@1Chronicles:11:19 @ and said, Far be it from me, O my God, to do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men with their souls? For at the risk of their lives they have brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things were done by the three mighty men.

vw@1Chronicles:11:20 @ Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of another three. He had lifted up his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and had a name among the three.

vw@1Chronicles:11:21 @ Of the three he was more honored than the other two; therefore he became their commander. However he did not attain to the first three.

vw@1Chronicles:11:22 @ Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two lion-like ones of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

vw@1Chronicles:11:23 @ And he killed an Egyptian, a man five cubits in stature. In the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.

vw@1Chronicles:11:24 @ These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among the three mighty men.

vw@1Chronicles:11:25 @ Behold, he was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.

vw@1Chronicles:11:31 @ Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

vw@1Chronicles:11:42 @ Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite (a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him),

vw@1Chronicles:12:1 @ Now these were the ones who came to David at Ziklag while he was still restrained from before Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helping in the war,

vw@1Chronicles:12:2 @ armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows with the bow; Saul’s brethren from Benjamin.

vw@1Chronicles:12:8 @ Some Gadites had separated over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men of war fit for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

vw@1Chronicles:12:12 @ Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

vw@1Chronicles:12:15 @ These are the ones who crossed over the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks; and they put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

vw@1Chronicles:12:16 @ And some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.

vw@1Chronicles:12:17 @ And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see it and judge.

vw@1Chronicles:12:19 @ Some from Manasseh had fallen out to David when he was going with the Philistines to battle against Saul; but they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away after taking counsel, saying, He may fall out to his master Saul with our heads.

vw@1Chronicles:12:21 @ And they helped David against the bands of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor, and they were commanders in the army;

vw@1Chronicles:12:23 @ These were the numbers of the divisions that were equipped for war, who had come to David at Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the mouth of Jehovah:

vw@1Chronicles:12:24 @ of the sons of Judah bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred armed for war;

vw@1Chronicles:12:28 @ Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and from his father’s house twenty-two commanders;

vw@1Chronicles:12:29 @ of the sons of Benjamin, kindred of Saul, three thousand (for until then the greater number of them were keeping the charge of guarding the house of Saul);

vw@1Chronicles:12:31 @ of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who had been designated by name to come and make David king;

vw@1Chronicles:12:32 @ of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;

vw@1Chronicles:12:33 @ of Zebulun there were fifty thousand who could go out to war and set the battle in array with all implements of war, to help with undivided heart;

vw@1Chronicles:12:35 @ of the Danites who could draw up in battle formation, twenty-eight thousand six hundred;

vw@1Chronicles:12:36 @ of Asher, those who could go out to war and draw up in battle formation, forty thousand;

vw@1Chronicles:12:37 @ of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, from the other side of the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand armed for battle with every kind of implement of war.

vw@1Chronicles:12:38 @ All these men of war, who could keep ranks, came to Hebron with a perfect heart, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

vw@1Chronicles:12:39 @ And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had prepared for them.

vw@1Chronicles:12:40 @ Moreover those who were near to them, from as far away as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys and camels, on mules and oxen; provisions of flour and cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, wine and oil and oxen and sheep abundantly, for there was joy in Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:13:2 @ And David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seems good to you, and it is of Jehovah our God, let us send out and broadcast to our brethren everywhere who are left in all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities and their common lands, that they may gather together to us;

vw@1Chronicles:13:3 @ and let us bring around the ark of our God to us, for we have not inquired at it since the days of Saul.

vw@1Chronicles:13:4 @ And all the assembly responded to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

vw@1Chronicles:13:5 @ So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim.

vw@1Chronicles:13:6 @ And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kirjath Jearim of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of Jehovah God, who dwells between the cherubim, where His name has been proclaimed.

vw@1Chronicles:13:7 @ And they made the ark of God ride on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio were leading the cart.

vw@1Chronicles:13:8 @ And David and all Israel were making sport before God with all their might, with singing, with harps, with lutes, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with trumpets.

vw@1Chronicles:13:9 @ And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen had fallen.

vw@1Chronicles:13:10 @ And the anger of Jehovah burned against Uzza, and He struck him because he had put his hand on the ark; and he died there before God.

vw@1Chronicles:13:12 @ And David feared God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God to me?

vw@1Chronicles:13:13 @ So David did not take away the ark with him into the City of David, but turned it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

vw@1Chronicles:13:14 @ And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-Edom in his house three months. And Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that he had.

vw@1Chronicles:14:1 @ Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timber, with masons and craftsmen, to build him a house.

vw@1Chronicles:14:2 @ Thus David perceived that Jehovah had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom had been exalted on high for the sake of His people Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:14:3 @ And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters.

vw@1Chronicles:14:4 @ And these are the names of his sons whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

vw@1Chronicles:14:8 @ Now when the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went out to face them.

vw@1Chronicles:14:9 @ And the Philistines went and made a raid on the Valley of Rephaim.

vw@1Chronicles:14:10 @ And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Have You delivered them into my hand? And Jehovah said to him, Go up, for I have delivered them into your hand.

vw@1Chronicles:14:13 @ The Philistines again made a raid on the valley.

vw@1Chronicles:14:14 @ And David again inquired of God, and God said to him, You shall not go up after them; circle around them, and come upon them in front of the balsam trees.

vw@1Chronicles:14:15 @ And it shall be, when you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.

vw@1Chronicles:14:16 @ So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

vw@1Chronicles:14:17 @ And David’s fame went out into all the lands, for Jehovah had put the dread of him upon all the nations.

vw@1Chronicles:15:1 @ David built houses for himself in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

vw@1Chronicles:15:2 @ Then David said, No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for Jehovah has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to serve before Him continually.

vw@1Chronicles:15:3 @ And David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah to its place, which he had prepared for it.

vw@1Chronicles:15:10 @ of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and one hundred and twelve of his brethren.

vw@1Chronicles:15:11 @ And David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab;

vw@1Chronicles:15:12 @ and he said to them, You are the heads of the fathers of the Levites; consecrate yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

vw@1Chronicles:15:13 @ For because you did not do it the first time, Jehovah our God has burst out against us, because we had not inquired of Him concerning the ordinance.

vw@1Chronicles:15:14 @ So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:15:15 @ And the sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders, by its poles, as Moses had commanded according to the Word of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:15:16 @ And David commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren as singers with instruments of song, lutes, harps, and resounding cymbals, to raise the voice with joy.

vw@1Chronicles:15:17 @ So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of their brethren the sons of Merari, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

vw@1Chronicles:15:19 @ The singers: Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound the cymbals of bronze.

vw@1Chronicles:15:21 @ Directing with harps on the Sheminith: Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah.

vw@1Chronicles:15:22 @ The songs: Chenaniah, chief of the Levites; he taught the songs because he had understanding.

vw@1Chronicles:15:24 @ Sounding the trumpets before the ark of God: Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests. Doorkeepers for the ark: Obed-Edom and Jehiah.

vw@1Chronicles:15:25 @ Thus David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the house of Obed-Edom with joy.

vw@1Chronicles:15:26 @ And so it was, as God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

vw@1Chronicles:15:27 @ David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the leader in uplifting singing. David also wore a linen ephod.

vw@1Chronicles:15:28 @ Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting and with the sound of the shofar, with trumpets and with cymbals, sounding aloud with lutes and harps.

vw@1Chronicles:15:29 @ And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the City of David, that Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David whirling and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

vw@1Chronicles:16:1 @ So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it. And they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

vw@1Chronicles:16:2 @ And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:16:3 @ And he distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins.

vw@1Chronicles:16:4 @ And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, to commemorate, to thank, and to praise Jehovah the God of Israel:

vw@1Chronicles:16:5 @ Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, Jeiel with lutes and harps, Asaph with resounding cymbals,

vw@1Chronicles:16:6 @ and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests continually with the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.

vw@1Chronicles:16:9 @ Sing unto Him, make music unto Him; talk of all His wondrous works.

vw@1Chronicles:16:10 @ Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those seeking Jehovah rejoice.

vw@1Chronicles:16:11 @ Seek Jehovah and His strength; seek His face continually.

vw@1Chronicles:16:14 @ He is Jehovah our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

vw@1Chronicles:16:18 @ saying, To you I give the land of Canaan as the allotment of your inheritance,

vw@1Chronicles:16:19 @ when you were few in number, even very few, and were sojourning in it.

vw@1Chronicles:16:20 @ When they went from nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people,

vw@1Chronicles:16:21 @ He permitted no man to do them wrong; yea, He reproved kings for their sakes,

vw@1Chronicles:16:22 @ saying, Do not touch My anointed ones, and do My prophets no evil.

vw@1Chronicles:16:23 @ Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; proclaim His salvation from day to day.

vw@1Chronicles:16:26 @ For all the gods of the peoples are nothing, but Jehovah has made the heavens.

vw@1Chronicles:16:27 @ Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and gladness are in His place.

vw@1Chronicles:16:29 @ Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, bow down before Jehovah in the beauty of holiness.

vw@1Chronicles:16:32 @ Let the sea roar, and all its fullness; let the fields rejoice, and all that is in them.

vw@1Chronicles:16:35 @ And say, Save us, O God of our salvation; gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to Your holy name, to boast in Your praise.

vw@1Chronicles:16:36 @ Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen; and praised Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:16:37 @ Thus he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to minister before the ark continually, according to the matter day by day;

vw@1Chronicles:16:40 @ to offer burnt offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the Law of Jehovah which He had commanded Israel;

vw@1Chronicles:16:42 @ and with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets and cymbals and the instruments of song of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers.

vw@1Chronicles:17:1 @ Now it came to pass, when David had been dwelling in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is under curtains.

vw@1Chronicles:17:2 @ And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.

vw@1Chronicles:17:3 @ But it happened that night that the Word of God came to Nathan, saying,

vw@1Chronicles:17:4 @ Go and tell My servant David, Thus says Jehovah: You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.

vw@1Chronicles:17:5 @ For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, even to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

vw@1Chronicles:17:6 @ Wherever I have walked about with all Israel, have I spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I had commanded to shepherd My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?

vw@1Chronicles:17:7 @ Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: I have taken you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:17:9 @ Moreover I have established a place for My people Israel, and have planted them, that they may dwell in their place and move no more, for the sons of wickedness to wear them out anymore, as previously,

vw@1Chronicles:17:10 @ since the day that I have commanded judges to be over My people Israel. I have also subdued all your enemies. Furthermore I declare to you that Jehovah shall build you a house.

vw@1Chronicles:17:11 @ And it shall be, when your days have been fulfilled to go to your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you from your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

vw@1Chronicles:17:14 @ And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.

vw@1Chronicles:17:15 @ According to all these words and according to all this vision, thus Nathan spoke to David.

vw@1Chronicles:17:16 @ Then King David went in and sat before Jehovah, and he said: Who am I, O Jehovah God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

vw@1Chronicles:17:17 @ And yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the manner of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.

vw@1Chronicles:17:19 @ O Jehovah, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness, to make known all this greatness.

vw@1Chronicles:17:20 @ O Jehovah, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

vw@1Chronicles:17:21 @ And what single nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God has gone to redeem for Himself as a people; to make for Yourself a great name to be feared, to drive out nations before Your people whom You redeemed out of Egypt?

vw@1Chronicles:17:23 @ And now, O Jehovah, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as You have spoken.

vw@1Chronicles:17:24 @ Let it even be established, that Your name may be magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, God to Israel. And let the house of Your servant David be established before You.

vw@1Chronicles:18:1 @ After this it came to pass that David struck the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its daughter-villages from the hand of the Philistines.

vw@1Chronicles:18:2 @ Then he struck Moab, and the Moabites became David’s servants, bringing tribute.

vw@1Chronicles:18:3 @ And David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his hand by the River Euphrates.

vw@1Chronicles:18:5 @ When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.

vw@1Chronicles:18:6 @ Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. Thus Jehovah prospered David wherever he went.

vw@1Chronicles:18:9 @ And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

vw@1Chronicles:18:10 @ he sent Hadoram his son to King David, to ask after his welfare and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him (for Hadadezer had been a man of war against Tou); along with all kinds of articles of gold, silver, and bronze.

vw@1Chronicles:18:11 @ King David also consecrated these unto Jehovah, along with the silver and gold that he had brought from all these nations: Edom, Moab, the children of Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek.

vw@1Chronicles:18:12 @ Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

vw@1Chronicles:18:13 @ He also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And Jehovah prospered David wherever he went.

vw@1Chronicles:18:14 @ Thus David reigned over all Israel, executing judgment and justice to all his people.

vw@1Chronicles:18:17 @ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chiefs at the king’s side.

vw@1Chronicles:19:1 @ It happened after this that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Chronicles:19:2 @ And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came to Hanun in the land of the children of Ammon to comfort him.

vw@1Chronicles:19:3 @ And the leaders of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, In your eyes is David honoring your father in that he has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to you to search, to overthrow and to spy out the land?

vw@1Chronicles:19:4 @ Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away.

vw@1Chronicles:19:5 @ Then some went and reported to David about the men; and he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.

vw@1Chronicles:19:7 @ So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, with the king of Maachah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. Also the sons of Ammon gathered together from their cities, and came to battle.

vw@1Chronicles:19:9 @ And the sons of Ammon came out and put themselves in battle array before the entrance to the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

vw@1Chronicles:19:10 @ And when Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel’s choice ones and put them in battle array to meet the Syrians.

vw@1Chronicles:19:11 @ And the rest of the people he put into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in battle array against the sons of Ammon.

vw@1Chronicles:19:13 @ Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God; and may Jehovah do what is good in His eyes.

vw@1Chronicles:19:14 @ So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.

vw@1Chronicles:19:17 @ And when it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan and came upon them, and set up in battle array against them. So when David had set up in battle array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

vw@1Chronicles:19:19 @ And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been struck down before Israel, they made peace with David and served him. So the Syrians were not willing to help the sons of Ammon anymore.

vw@1Chronicles:20:1 @ It happened at the time of the return of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the land of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.

vw@1Chronicles:20:2 @ And David took their king’s crown from his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. And it was set on David’s head. Also he brought out the spoils of the city; a very great amount.

vw@1Chronicles:20:3 @ And he brought out the people who were in it, and cut them with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

vw@1Chronicles:20:4 @ And it happened afterward that war rose up at Gezer with the Philistines, at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Sippai, who was born to the giant. And they were subdued.

vw@1Chronicles:20:5 @ Again there was war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

vw@1Chronicles:20:6 @ Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, with twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also had been born to the giant.

vw@1Chronicles:20:8 @ These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

vw@1Chronicles:21:1 @ Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:21:2 @ And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring the number of them to me that I may know it.

vw@1Chronicles:21:3 @ And Joab answered, May Jehovah make His people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why then does my lord desire this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?

vw@1Chronicles:21:4 @ Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

vw@1Chronicles:21:6 @ But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abhorrent to Joab.

vw@1Chronicles:21:7 @ And this thing caused the eye of God to quiver; therefore He struck Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:21:8 @ So David said to God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing; but now, I pray, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

vw@1Chronicles:21:9 @ And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,

vw@1Chronicles:21:10 @ Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says Jehovah: I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may do it to you.

vw@1Chronicles:21:12 @ either three years of famine, or three months of being defeated before your foes with the sword of your enemies overtaking you, or else for three days the sword of Jehovah; the plague in the land, with the Angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the territory of Israel. Now consider what word I shall return to the One sending me.

vw@1Chronicles:21:13 @ And David said to Gad, I am in great distress. Please let me fall into the hand of Jehovah, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.

vw@1Chronicles:21:15 @ And God sent the Angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was destroying, Jehovah looked and was moved to compassion regarding the evil, and said to the Angel who was destroying, It is enough; now restrain Your hand. And the Angel of Jehovah stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

vw@1Chronicles:21:16 @ And David lifted his eyes and saw the Angel of Jehovah standing between earth and the heavens, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

vw@1Chronicles:21:17 @ And David said to God, Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? I am the one who has sinned and done evil indeed; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, O Jehovah my God, be against me and my father’s house, but not against Your people to be plagued.

vw@1Chronicles:21:18 @ And the Angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David that David should go and set up an altar unto Jehovah on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

vw@1Chronicles:21:19 @ So David went up at the word of Gad, which he had spoken in the name of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:21:20 @ And Ornan turned and saw the Angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan had been threshing wheat.

vw@1Chronicles:21:21 @ And David came to Ornan, and Ornan looked and saw David. And he went out from the threshing floor, and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

vw@1Chronicles:21:22 @ And David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar on it unto Jehovah. You shall give it to me for the full price, that the plague may be restrained from the people.

vw@1Chronicles:21:23 @ And Ornan said to David, Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. See, I have also given you the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing implements for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; I have given it all.

vw@1Chronicles:21:24 @ And King David said to Ornan, No, but I will buy to acquire it for the full price, for I will not take away what is yours for Jehovah, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

vw@1Chronicles:21:26 @ And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and He answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

vw@1Chronicles:21:28 @ At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

vw@1Chronicles:21:29 @ For the tabernacle of Jehovah and the altar of the burnt offering, which Moses had made in the wilderness, were at that time at the high place in Gibeon.

vw@1Chronicles:21:30 @ But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he had been terrified of the sword of the Angel of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:22:1 @ Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:22:2 @ And David commanded to gather the sojourners in the land of Israel; and he appointed masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God.

vw@1Chronicles:22:3 @ And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails of the doors of the gates and for the joints, and bronze in abundance beyond weight,

vw@1Chronicles:22:4 @ and cedar timber without number; for the Sidonians and those from Tyre brought cedar timber to David in abundance.

vw@1Chronicles:22:5 @ And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house to be built for Jehovah must be exceedingly magnificent, for fame and glory throughout all lands. I will now make preparation for it. So David made abundant preparations before his death.

vw@1Chronicles:22:7 @ And David said to Solomon: My son, as for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God;

vw@1Chronicles:22:8 @ but the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth before Me.

vw@1Chronicles:22:9 @ Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be Solomon, for I will give peace and tranquillity to Israel in his days.

vw@1Chronicles:22:10 @ He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

vw@1Chronicles:22:11 @ Now, my son, may Jehovah be with you; and may you prosper, and build the house of Jehovah your God, as He has spoken concerning you.

vw@1Chronicles:22:12 @ Only may Jehovah give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel, to keep the Law of Jehovah your God.

vw@1Chronicles:22:13 @ Then you will prosper, if you take care to fulfill the statutes and judgments which Jehovah has commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage; do not fear nor be dismayed.

vw@1Chronicles:22:14 @ Now behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for it is in abundance. I have prepared timber and stone also, and you may add to them.

vw@1Chronicles:22:15 @ Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance: hewers and craftsmen in stone and timber, and wise men for every kind of work.

vw@1Chronicles:22:16 @ There is no counting the gold and silver and bronze and iron. Arise and get to work; for Jehovah is with you.

vw@1Chronicles:22:17 @ David also commanded all the rulers of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

vw@1Chronicles:22:18 @ Is not Jehovah your God with you? And has He not given you rest all around? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before Jehovah and before His people.

vw@1Chronicles:22:19 @ Now give your hearts and your souls to seek Jehovah your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:23:1 @ So when David was old and satisfied with days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:23:5 @ four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand for praising Jehovah with instruments, which I have made, said David, to give praise.

vw@1Chronicles:23:6 @ David also divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

vw@1Chronicles:23:10 @ And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah; these, the four sons of Shimei.

vw@1Chronicles:23:13 @ The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart, he and his sons perpetually, that he should consecrate the set apart, holy things, to burn incense before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name perpetually.

vw@1Chronicles:23:25 @ For David had said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem always;

vw@1Chronicles:23:28 @ because their function was to give a hand to the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,

vw@1Chronicles:23:29 @ both with the Bread in Rows and the fine flour for the grain offering, with the unleavened cakes and what is in the pans, with what is mixed and with all kinds of measures and sizes;

vw@1Chronicles:23:30 @ to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at evening;

vw@1Chronicles:23:31 @ and to offer the burnt offerings unto Jehovah on the Sabbaths and on the new moons and on the set feasts, by number according to their ordinance, continually before Jehovah;

vw@1Chronicles:23:32 @ and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the service of the house of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:24:3 @ And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to the office of their service.

vw@1Chronicles:24:6 @ And the scribe, Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, the rulers, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and Levites, one father’s house taken for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

vw@1Chronicles:24:9 @ the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

vw@1Chronicles:24:11 @ the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

vw@1Chronicles:24:16 @ the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

vw@1Chronicles:24:17 @ the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

vw@1Chronicles:24:19 @ This was the assignment of their service to come into the house of Jehovah according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded him.

vw@1Chronicles:24:30 @ The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.

vw@1Chronicles:24:31 @ These also cast lots, as their brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King David: Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites, and the chief fathers, as well as their younger brethren.

vw@1Chronicles:25:1 @ Moreover David and the commanders of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, for prophesying with harps, lutes, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service,

vw@1Chronicles:25:2 @ of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied under the hand of the king.

vw@1Chronicles:25:5 @ All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the Words of God, to exalt his horn; for God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

vw@1Chronicles:25:6 @ All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the hand of the king: Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

vw@1Chronicles:25:7 @ So the number of them, with their brethren who were trained in the songs of Jehovah, all with understanding: two hundred and eighty-eight.

vw@1Chronicles:25:16 @ The ninth for Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.

vw@1Chronicles:25:26 @ The nineteenth for Mallothi, his sons and his brethren; twelve.

vw@1Chronicles:26:12 @ Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, among the chief men, having duties just like their brethren, to serve in the house of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:26:13 @ And they cast lots for each gate, the small and the great, according to their father’s house.

vw@1Chronicles:26:16 @ To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the west, for the Shallecheth Gate ascending to the highway; guard next to guard.

vw@1Chronicles:26:20 @ Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the dedicated things.

vw@1Chronicles:26:26 @ This Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the dedicated things which King David and the heads of fathers, the commanders over thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had consecrated.

vw@1Chronicles:26:27 @ Some of the spoils won in battles they consecrated to maintain the house of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:26:28 @ And all that Samuel the seer, Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had consecrated, every dedicated thing, was under the hand of Shelomith and his brethren.

vw@1Chronicles:26:29 @ Of the Izharites: Chenaniah and his sons were over the external business over Israel of the officials and judges.

vw@1Chronicles:26:30 @ Of the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred able men, had the oversight of Israel on the west side of the Jordan for all the business of Jehovah, and in the service of the king.

vw@1Chronicles:26:31 @ Of the Hebronites: Jerijah was head of the Hebronites according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.

vw@1Chronicles:26:32 @ And his brethren were two thousand seven hundred men of valor, heads of fathers, whom King David made overseers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God and the matters of the king.

vw@1Chronicles:27:1 @ And the sons of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers, the commanders of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter in their divisions. These divisions came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year; each division having twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:2 @ Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel, and in his division were twenty-four thousand;

vw@1Chronicles:27:4 @ Over the division of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his division Mikloth also was the ruler; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:5 @ The third commander of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:6 @ This was the Benaiah who was mighty among the thirty, and was over the thirty; in his division was Ammizabad his son.

vw@1Chronicles:27:7 @ The fourth for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:8 @ The fifth commander for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:9 @ The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:10 @ The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:11 @ The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbechai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:12 @ The ninth for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:13 @ The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:14 @ The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:15 @ The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

vw@1Chronicles:27:21 @ of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner;

vw@1Chronicles:27:24 @ Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but he did not finish, for wrath came upon Israel because of this; nor was the number recorded in the account of the chronicles of King David.

vw@1Chronicles:27:25 @ Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king’s treasuries; and Jehonathan the son of Uzziah was over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, in the villages, and in the towers.

vw@1Chronicles:27:26 @ Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for working the land.

vw@1Chronicles:27:27 @ And Shimei the Ramathite was over the vineyards, and Zabdi the Shiphmite was over the produce of the vineyards for the supply of wine.

vw@1Chronicles:27:28 @ Baal-Hanan the Gederite was over the olive trees and the sycamore trees in the lowlands, and Joash was over the supply of oil.

vw@1Chronicles:27:29 @ And Shitrai the Sharonite was over the herds that fed in Sharon, and Shaphat the son of Adlai was over the herds in the valleys.

vw@1Chronicles:27:31 @ and Jaziz the Hagrite was over the flocks. All these were the officials over King David’s property.

vw@1Chronicles:27:32 @ Also Jehonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons.

vw@1Chronicles:27:33 @ Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

vw@1Chronicles:27:34 @ After Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, then Abiathar. And the commander of the king’s army was Joab.

vw@1Chronicles:28:1 @ Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel: the chiefs of the tribes and the leaders of the divisions who served the king, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, and the officials over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the overseers, the mighty men, and all the men of valor.

vw@1Chronicles:28:2 @ And King David rose to his feet and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.

vw@1Chronicles:28:4 @ However Jehovah the God of Israel chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen Judah as the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, He has been pleased to make me king over all Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:28:5 @ And of all my sons (for Jehovah has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah, over Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:28:7 @ Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he prevails to do My commandments and My judgments, as it is this day.

vw@1Chronicles:28:8 @ Now therefore, in the eyes of all Israel the assembly of Jehovah, and in the ears of our God, take heed to seek out all the commandments of Jehovah your God, that you may possess this good land, and leave it as an inheritance for your children after you always.

vw@1Chronicles:28:9 @ As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.

vw@1Chronicles:28:11 @ Then David gave his son Solomon the pattern for the porch, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat;

vw@1Chronicles:28:12 @ and the pattern for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of Jehovah, of all the chambers all around, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the consecrated things;

vw@1Chronicles:28:13 @ also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:28:14 @ Gold by weight for the things of gold, for all the vessels used in every kind of service; also silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all the vessels used in every kind of service;

vw@1Chronicles:28:15 @ the weight for the lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for each lampstand and its lamps; for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand.

vw@1Chronicles:28:16 @ And by weight, the gold for the tables of the Bread in Rows, for each table, and silver for the tables of silver;

vw@1Chronicles:28:17 @ also pure gold for the forks, the bowls, the pitchers of pure gold, and the golden basins; gold by weight for every basin; and for the silver basins, silver by weight for every basin;

vw@1Chronicles:28:18 @ and refined gold by weight for the altar of incense, and for the construction of the chariot, that is, the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:28:19 @ All this, said David, Jehovah has given me insight in writing, by His hand upon me, all these patterns of the workmanship.

vw@1Chronicles:28:20 @ And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for Jehovah God, my God, will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah.

vw@1Chronicles:28:21 @ Behold, the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and every willing man of wisdom will be with you for all manner of workmanship, for every kind of service; also the rulers and all the people are here for whatever you say.

vw@1Chronicles:29:1 @ Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and tender; and the work is great, because the temple is not for man but for Jehovah God.

vw@1Chronicles:29:2 @ Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might: gold for things to be made of gold, silver for things of silver, bronze for things of bronze, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood, onyx stones, stones to be set, antimony and of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster stones in abundance.

vw@1Chronicles:29:3 @ Moreover, because of my determination regarding the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary, from my own possessions of gold and silver:

vw@1Chronicles:29:4 @ three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;

vw@1Chronicles:29:5 @ the gold for things of gold and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be done by the hands of craftsmen. Who then is willing to consecrate his hand this day unto Jehovah?

vw@1Chronicles:29:6 @ Then the heads of the fathers, chiefs of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with the officers over the king’s business, offered free-will offerings.

vw@1Chronicles:29:8 @ And those with whom precious stones were found, gave them to the treasury of the house of Jehovah, into the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

vw@1Chronicles:29:9 @ And the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they had offered willingly unto Jehovah; and King David also rejoiced with great joy.

vw@1Chronicles:29:11 @ Yours, O Jehovah, is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and You are exalted as head over all.

vw@1Chronicles:29:12 @ Both riches and honor come from before You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; it is in Your hand to make great and to give strength to all.

vw@1Chronicles:29:13 @ Now therefore, our God, we are giving thanks to You and praising Your glorious name.

vw@1Chronicles:29:14 @ But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things are from You, and out of Your own hand we have given to You.

vw@1Chronicles:29:17 @ I know also, my God, that You examine the heart and take pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people who are found here, to offer willingly to You.

vw@1Chronicles:29:18 @ O Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intent of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and fix their heart toward You.

vw@1Chronicles:29:19 @ And give my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments and Your testimonies and Your statutes, to do all these things, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.

vw@1Chronicles:29:20 @ And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. So all the assembly blessed Jehovah the God of their fathers, and bowed down and prostrated themselves before Jehovah and the king.

vw@1Chronicles:29:21 @ And they slaughtered sacrifices unto Jehovah and offered burnt offerings unto Jehovah on the next day: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:29:22 @ And they ate and drank before Jehovah with great gladness that day. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before Jehovah as the prince, and Zadok as priest.

vw@1Chronicles:29:23 @ And Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

vw@1Chronicles:29:24 @ All the rulers and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, set themselves under the hand of King Solomon.

vw@1Chronicles:29:25 @ Thus Jehovah highly magnified Solomon in the eyes of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

vw@1Chronicles:29:27 @ And the days that he reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.

vw@1Chronicles:29:28 @ And he died in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

vw@1Chronicles:29:29 @ Now the acts of King David, first and last, behold they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer;

vw@1Chronicles:29:30 @ of all his reign and his might, and the events that happened to him, to Israel, and to all the kingdoms of the lands.

vw@2Chronicles:1:1 @ And Solomon the son of David strengthened himself in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him and highly magnified him.

vw@2Chronicles:1:2 @ And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers;

vw@2Chronicles:1:3 @ and Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness, was there.

vw@2Chronicles:1:6 @ And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Jehovah, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

vw@2Chronicles:1:8 @ And Solomon said to God: You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me king in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:1:9 @ Now, O Jehovah God, let Your promise to David my father be established, for You have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth for multitude.

vw@2Chronicles:1:10 @ Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?

vw@2Chronicles:1:11 @ And God said to Solomon: Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king;

vw@2Chronicles:1:12 @ wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings who were before you have had, nor shall any after you have the like.

vw@2Chronicles:1:13 @ So Solomon came to Jerusalem from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, and reigned over Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:1:14 @ And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:1:15 @ Also the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.

vw@2Chronicles:1:16 @ And Solomon had horses exported out of Egypt and Mikveh; the king’s merchants got them at Mikveh for a price.

vw@2Chronicles:1:17 @ Now a chariot that came up and was brought out from Egypt was six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse one hundred and fifty; and thus, by their hand, they brought them out to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

vw@2Chronicles:2:1 @ And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a royal house for himself.

vw@2Chronicles:2:2 @ Solomon numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand to quarry stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.

vw@2Chronicles:2:3 @ And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre, saying: As you have dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build himself a house to dwell in,

vw@2Chronicles:2:4 @ behold, I am building a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to consecrate it to Him, to burn before Him spiced incense, for the continual Bread in Rows, for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God, continually in Israel;

vw@2Chronicles:2:5 @ and the house which I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods;

vw@2Chronicles:2:6 @ but who is able to build Him a house, since the heavens and the Heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I then, that I should build Him a house, except to burn sacrifices with smoke before Him?

vw@2Chronicles:2:7 @ Therefore now, send me a skilled man to work in gold and silver, in bronze and iron, in purple and crimson and violet, who has skill to engrave carvings with the wise men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father has provided.

vw@2Chronicles:2:8 @ Also send me cedar, cypress and algum from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon; and behold my servants will be with your servants,

vw@2Chronicles:2:9 @ to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house which I am building shall be great and wonderful.

vw@2Chronicles:2:10 @ And behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who are cutting timber, twenty thousand kors of ground wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

vw@2Chronicles:2:11 @ And Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon: Because of Jehovah’s love for His people, He has appointed you king over them.

vw@2Chronicles:2:12 @ Huram also said: Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel, who has made the heavens and earth, for He has given King David a wise son, endowed with prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Jehovah and a royal house for himself.

vw@2Chronicles:2:13 @ And now I have sent a skillful man, having knowledge and understanding, Huram-abi,

vw@2Chronicles:2:14 @ (the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father, a man of Tyre), knowing how to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, purple and violet, fine linen and crimson, and to make any engraving and to accomplish any plan which may be given to him, with your craftsmen and with the craftsmen of my lord David your father.

vw@2Chronicles:2:15 @ Now therefore, the wheat, the barley, the oil, and the wine of which my lord has spoken, let him send to his servants.

vw@2Chronicles:2:16 @ And we will cut timber from Lebanon, as much as you need; we will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa, and you will carry it up to Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:2:17 @ And Solomon numbered all the foreign men who were in the land of Israel, after the census in which David his father had numbered them; and there were found to be one hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.

vw@2Chronicles:2:18 @ And he made seventy thousand of them bearers of burdens, eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain, and three thousand six hundred overseers to make the people work.

vw@2Chronicles:3:1 @ Thus Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where He had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

vw@2Chronicles:3:2 @ And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

vw@2Chronicles:3:3 @ This is the foundation which Solomon laid for building the house of God: The length was sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former measure) and the width twenty cubits.

vw@2Chronicles:3:4 @ And the porch that was in front of the sanctuary was twenty cubits long across the width of the house, and the height was one hundred and twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.

vw@2Chronicles:3:5 @ The great house he paneled with cypress which he covered with fine gold, and he put palm trees and chains on it.

vw@2Chronicles:3:8 @ And he made the house of the Holy of Holies. Its length was the same as the front of the house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits. He covered it with six hundred talents of fine gold.

vw@2Chronicles:3:10 @ In the house of the Holy of Holies he made two cherubim of sculpted work, and overlaid them with gold.

vw@2Chronicles:3:11 @ The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits in length: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub;

vw@2Chronicles:3:12 @ one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, touching the wall of the room, and the other wing also was five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.

vw@2Chronicles:3:13 @ The wings of these cherubim stretching out twenty cubits; standing on their feet, facing the house.

vw@2Chronicles:3:14 @ And he made the veil of violet, purple, crimson, and fine linen, with raised cherubim.

vw@2Chronicles:3:15 @ He also made in front of the house two pillars thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

vw@2Chronicles:3:16 @ He made chains, as in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

vw@2Chronicles:3:17 @ And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left; he called the name of the one on the right hand Jachin, and the name of the one on the left Boaz.

vw@2Chronicles:4:2 @ And he made the cast sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, a round circle. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits circled around it.

vw@2Chronicles:4:3 @ And underneath it were shapes like oxen encircling it all around, ten per cubit, all the way around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

vw@2Chronicles:4:4 @ It stood on twelve oxen: three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; the sea was set upon them, with all their back parts inward.

vw@2Chronicles:4:6 @ He also made ten basins, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

vw@2Chronicles:4:7 @ And he made ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance, and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

vw@2Chronicles:4:8 @ He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred bowls of gold.

vw@2Chronicles:4:11 @ And Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. And Huram finished doing the work that he was to do for King Solomon for the house of God:

vw@2Chronicles:4:12 @ the two pillars and the bowls and capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two networks covering the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars;

vw@2Chronicles:4:14 @ he also made the carts and the basins on the carts;

vw@2Chronicles:4:16 @ also the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the utensils Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:4:17 @ In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

vw@2Chronicles:4:18 @ And Solomon had all these vessels made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.

vw@2Chronicles:4:19 @ Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of God: the altar of gold and the tables on which was the Bread of the Presence,

vw@2Chronicles:4:20 @ the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn according to the ordinance in front of the inner sanctuary,

vw@2Chronicles:4:22 @ the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons, and the censers of pure gold. And the entrance of the house, its inner doors to the Holy of Holies, and the doors of the house of the temple, were gold.

vw@2Chronicles:5:1 @ Thus all the work that Solomon had done for the house of Jehovah was finished; and Solomon brought in the things which his father David had consecrated: the silver and the gold and all the articles. And he put them in the treasuries of the house of God.

vw@2Chronicles:5:2 @ And Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah up from the City of David, which is Zion.

vw@2Chronicles:5:3 @ And all the men of Israel assembled to the king for the feast, which was in the seventh month.

vw@2Chronicles:5:5 @ And they brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests, the Levites, brought them up.

vw@2Chronicles:5:6 @ Also King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.

vw@2Chronicles:5:7 @ And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim.

vw@2Chronicles:5:8 @ For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered over the ark and its poles from above.

vw@2Chronicles:5:9 @ And the poles were long enough that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.

vw@2Chronicles:5:10 @ Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets which Moses had put there at Horeb, when Jehovah had made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

vw@2Chronicles:5:11 @ And it came to pass when the priests came out of the sanctuary (for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves, without observing their divisions),

vw@2Chronicles:5:12 @ and the Levites who were singing, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, were standing to the east of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, lutes and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding the trumpets;

vw@2Chronicles:5:13 @ and those sounding the trumpets and those singing were as one, with one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah, to raise their voices with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of song, to praise Jehovah, saying: For He is good, for His mercy is eternal; that the house, the house of Jehovah, was filled with a cloud,

vw@2Chronicles:5:14 @ so that the priests could not remain standing to serve before the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God.

vw@2Chronicles:6:1 @ Then Solomon spoke: Jehovah has said He would dwell in the dark cloud.

vw@2Chronicles:6:3 @ And the king turned his face and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

vw@2Chronicles:6:4 @ And he said: Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He has spoken with His mouth to my father David, saying,

vw@2Chronicles:6:5 @ Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that My name might be there, nor have I chosen any man to be a ruler over My people Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:6:7 @ Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:6:8 @ But Jehovah said to my father David, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well in that it was in your heart.

vw@2Chronicles:6:9 @ Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come from your loins, he shall build the house for My name.

vw@2Chronicles:6:10 @ Thus Jehovah has fulfilled His word which He has spoken, and I have risen up in place of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah has spoken; and I have built the house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:6:11 @ And there I have put the ark, in which is the covenant of Jehovah which He has made with the children of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:6:12 @ And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands

vw@2Chronicles:6:13 @ (for Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward Heaven),

vw@2Chronicles:6:14 @ and he said: O Jehovah, God of Israel, there is no God in the heavens or on earth like You, keeping Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

vw@2Chronicles:6:16 @ Therefore, O Jehovah, God of Israel, now keep what You have spoken to Your servant David my father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man sitting before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, to walk in My Law as you have walked before Me.

vw@2Chronicles:6:18 @ But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the Heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this house which I have built.

vw@2Chronicles:6:19 @ Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Jehovah my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You:

vw@2Chronicles:6:21 @ And may You hear the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear from Heaven Your dwelling place, and when You have heard, forgive.

vw@2Chronicles:6:22 @ If anyone sins against his neighbor, and has been required to swear an oath, and has come with an oath before Your altar in this house,

vw@2Chronicles:6:23 @ then hear from Heaven, and act, and judge Your servants, to bring retribution on the wicked to bring his way upon his own head, and to justify the righteous to give him according to his righteousness.

vw@2Chronicles:6:24 @ Or if Your people Israel are struck down before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and have returned and confessed Your name, and prayed and made supplication before You in this house,

vw@2Chronicles:6:25 @ then hear from Heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and their fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:6:26 @ When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they have prayed toward this place and confessed Your name, and turned from their sin because You afflicted them,

vw@2Chronicles:6:27 @ then hear in Heaven, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

vw@2Chronicles:6:28 @ When there is famine in the land, pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers; when their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever the plague or whatever the sickness;

vw@2Chronicles:6:30 @ then hear from Heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You alone have known the hearts of the sons of men),

vw@2Chronicles:6:31 @ that they may fear You, to walk in Your ways all the days they live on the face of the land which You have given to our fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:6:32 @ Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but who has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and Your outstretched arm, when they have come and prayed in this house;

vw@2Chronicles:6:33 @ then hear from Heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name.

vw@2Chronicles:6:34 @ When Your people go out to battle against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they have prayed to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

vw@2Chronicles:6:35 @ then hear from Heaven their prayer and their supplication, and do what is fitting.

vw@2Chronicles:6:36 @ When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin), and You have become angry with them and delivered them to the enemy, and they have taken them captive to a land far or near;

vw@2Chronicles:6:37 @ yet when they have returned in their hearts in the land where they have been carried captive, and have turned back, and sought Your favor in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have acted wickedly;

vw@2Chronicles:6:38 @ and when they have returned to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been carried captive, and prayed toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name:

vw@2Chronicles:6:39 @ then hear from Heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplications, and bring about justice, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

vw@2Chronicles:6:41 @ Now therefore, Arise, O Jehovah God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. Let Your priests, O Jehovah God, be clothed with salvation, and let Your saints rejoice in goodness.

vw@2Chronicles:6:42 @ O Jehovah God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember the faithfulness of Your servant David.

vw@2Chronicles:7:1 @ And when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from the heavens and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.

vw@2Chronicles:7:3 @ When all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah upon the house, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and prostrated themselves and gave thanks unto Jehovah, saying: For He is good, for His mercy is eternal.

vw@2Chronicles:7:4 @ And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:7:5 @ King Solomon offered sacrifices of twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. Thus the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

vw@2Chronicles:7:6 @ The priests were stationed at their posts; the Levites also with instruments of song unto Jehovah, (which King David had made to give praise unto Jehovah, saying, For His mercy is eternal, whenever David offered praise by their hand), and the priests sounded trumpets opposite them, while all Israel were standing.

vw@2Chronicles:7:7 @ Furthermore Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in front of the house of Jehovah; for there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat.

vw@2Chronicles:7:11 @ Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah and the king’s house; and Solomon brought to successful conclusion all that came into his heart to make in the house of Jehovah and in his own house.

vw@2Chronicles:7:13 @ When I shut up the heavens and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,

vw@2Chronicles:7:14 @ if My people who have been called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from the heavens, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

vw@2Chronicles:7:17 @ As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David has walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My judgments,

vw@2Chronicles:7:18 @ then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I have covenanted with David your father, saying, You shall not fail to have a man ruling in Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:8:1 @ It came to pass at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of Jehovah and his own house,

vw@2Chronicles:8:4 @ He also built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the storage cities which he built in Hamath.

vw@2Chronicles:8:6 @ also Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

vw@2Chronicles:8:8 @ that is, their sons who were left in the land after them, whom the sons of Israel had not finished off; from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it is to this day.

vw@2Chronicles:8:10 @ And others were chiefs of the deputies of King Solomon: two hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people.

vw@2Chronicles:8:11 @ And Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the house he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David, king of Israel, because the places to which the ark of Jehovah has come are holy.

vw@2Chronicles:8:12 @ And Solomon offered burnt offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah which he had built before the porch,

vw@2Chronicles:8:13 @ according to the matter of each day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, for the Sabbaths, the new moons, and the three appointed yearly feasts; the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths.

vw@2Chronicles:8:14 @ And, according to the ordinance of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Levites for their charges, to praise and serve before the priests, as the charge of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for thus was the commandment of David the man of God.

vw@2Chronicles:8:15 @ They did not depart from the command of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasuries.

vw@2Chronicles:8:16 @ And all the work of Solomon was steadfast from the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah until it was finished. Thus the house of Jehovah was completed.

vw@2Chronicles:8:17 @ Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the seacoast, in the land of Edom.

vw@2Chronicles:8:18 @ And Huram sent him ships by the hand of his servants, and servants who knew the sea. They went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and carried away four hundred and fifty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

vw@2Chronicles:9:1 @ Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with difficult questions, having a very great retinue, camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.

vw@2Chronicles:9:2 @ And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from Solomon, that he could not explain it to her.

vw@2Chronicles:9:4 @ the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers and their apparel, and his chamber by which he went up to the house of Jehovah, it took her breath away.

vw@2Chronicles:9:5 @ And she said to the king: The word was true which I have heard in my own land, about your words and your wisdom.

vw@2Chronicles:9:7 @ Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom.

vw@2Chronicles:9:8 @ Blessed is Jehovah your God, who has delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for Jehovah your God. In your God’s love for Israel, to establish them forever, He has made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.

vw@2Chronicles:9:9 @ And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones; there had never been any spices such as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

vw@2Chronicles:9:11 @ And the king made terraces of the algum wood for the house of Jehovah and for the king’s house, also harps and lutes for the singers; and there had never before been seen such as these in the land of Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:9:12 @ And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.

vw@2Chronicles:9:14 @ besides what the traveling merchants and traders brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.

vw@2Chronicles:9:15 @ And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.

vw@2Chronicles:9:16 @ He also made three hundred shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the house of the Forest of Lebanon.

vw@2Chronicles:9:17 @ Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

vw@2Chronicles:9:18 @ The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne; there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, with two lions standing beside the armrests.

vw@2Chronicles:9:19 @ Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom.

vw@2Chronicles:9:20 @ All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

vw@2Chronicles:9:21 @ For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram. Once every three years the ships came from Tarshish, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

vw@2Chronicles:9:22 @ Thus King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

vw@2Chronicles:9:23 @ And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

vw@2Chronicles:9:25 @ Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:9:26 @ And he reigned over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

vw@2Chronicles:9:27 @ The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.

vw@2Chronicles:9:29 @ Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

vw@2Chronicles:9:30 @ Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

vw@2Chronicles:9:31 @ And Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:10:1 @ And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

vw@2Chronicles:10:2 @ And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it, where he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

vw@2Chronicles:10:3 @ And they sent for him and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

vw@2Chronicles:10:6 @ And King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, saying, How do you advise me to answer these people?

vw@2Chronicles:10:7 @ And they spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to the people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.

vw@2Chronicles:10:9 @ And he said to them, What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, Lighten the yoke which your father had put on us?

vw@2Chronicles:10:10 @ And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you should speak to the people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us; thus you shall say to them: My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins!

vw@2Chronicles:10:12 @ So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Come back to me the third day.

vw@2Chronicles:10:13 @ And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders,

vw@2Chronicles:10:14 @ and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!

vw@2Chronicles:10:15 @ So the king did not consent to the people; for the turn of events was from God, that Jehovah might fulfill His word, which He had spoken by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

vw@2Chronicles:10:16 @ And when all Israel saw that the king did not consent to them, the people answered the king, saying: What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, O David! And all Israel departed to their tents.

vw@2Chronicles:10:17 @ But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel dwelling in the cities of Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:10:18 @ And King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the labor force; but the sons of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. So King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:10:19 @ Thus Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

vw@2Chronicles:11:1 @ Now when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he summoned up from the house of Judah and Benjamin one hundred and eighty thousand choice men who were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

vw@2Chronicles:11:2 @ But the Word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

vw@2Chronicles:11:3 @ Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

vw@2Chronicles:11:4 @ Thus says Jehovah: You shall not go up or fight against your brethren. Let every man return to his house, for this thing has come about from Me. And they obeyed the words of Jehovah, and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

vw@2Chronicles:11:5 @ So Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:11:10 @ Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and Benjamin, fortified cities.

vw@2Chronicles:11:11 @ And he fortified the strongholds, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.

vw@2Chronicles:11:12 @ Also in every city he put shields and spears, and made them very strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.

vw@2Chronicles:11:13 @ And from all their territories the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him.

vw@2Chronicles:11:14 @ For the Levites left their common lands and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests unto Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:11:15 @ And he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the satyrs, and the calves which he had made.

vw@2Chronicles:11:17 @ So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and spent three years making Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, because they walked in the ways of David and Solomon for three years.

vw@2Chronicles:11:21 @ And Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

vw@2Chronicles:11:22 @ And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maachah as head, as prince among his brothers; to make him king.

vw@2Chronicles:11:23 @ He dealt with discernment, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the territories of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city; and he gave them provisions in abundance. He also sought many wives for them.

vw@2Chronicles:12:1 @ Now it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, that he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:12:2 @ And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against Jehovah,

vw@2Chronicles:12:5 @ Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the rulers of Judah, who were gathered together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says Jehovah: You have forsaken Me, and therefore I also have forsaken you to the hand of Shishak.

vw@2Chronicles:12:6 @ So the rulers of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.

vw@2Chronicles:12:7 @ And when Jehovah saw that they had humbled themselves, the Word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them a little deliverance. My wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

vw@2Chronicles:12:8 @ Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may distinguish between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the earth.

vw@2Chronicles:12:9 @ So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah and the treasures of the king’s house; he took everything. He also carried away the gold shields which Solomon had made.

vw@2Chronicles:12:10 @ Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and committed them to the hands of the commanders of the runners, who guarded the doorway of the king’s house.

vw@2Chronicles:12:11 @ And whenever the king entered the house of Jehovah, the runners went and brought them out; then they returned them to the guardroom.

vw@2Chronicles:12:12 @ When he humbled himself, the wrath of Jehovah turned back from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also, conditions were good in Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:12:13 @ Thus Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Now Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king; and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. His mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

vw@2Chronicles:12:15 @ Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies. And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

vw@2Chronicles:12:16 @ So Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:13:1 @ In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:13:2 @ He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

vw@2Chronicles:13:3 @ Abijah began the battle with an army of mighty men of war, four hundred thousand choice men. Jeroboam also drew up in battle formation against him with eight hundred thousand choice men, mighty men of valor.

vw@2Chronicles:13:4 @ And Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the mountains of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:

vw@2Chronicles:13:5 @ Should you not know that Jehovah the God of Israel gave the dominion over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons, by a covenant of salt?

vw@2Chronicles:13:6 @ Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.

vw@2Chronicles:13:7 @ And worthless men gathered to him, and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted and could not withstand them.

vw@2Chronicles:13:8 @ And now you think to prevail before the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are the gold calves which Jeroboam made for you as gods.

vw@2Chronicles:13:9 @ Have you not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests, like the peoples of other lands, so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of things that are not gods?

vw@2Chronicles:13:10 @ But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken Him; and the priests who serve Jehovah are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their service.

vw@2Chronicles:13:11 @ And they burn with smoke unto Jehovah every morning and every evening, the burnt sacrifices and spiced incense; they also set the Bread in Rows in order on the pure gold table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps to burn every evening; for we are keeping the command of Jehovah our God, but you have forsaken Him.

vw@2Chronicles:13:12 @ Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with sounding trumpets to sound the alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against Jehovah the God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper.

vw@2Chronicles:13:13 @ But Jeroboam caused an ambush to go around behind them; so they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

vw@2Chronicles:13:14 @ And when Judah looked around, behold the battle was before and behind them; and they cried out unto Jehovah, and the priests were sounding the trumpets.

vw@2Chronicles:13:16 @ And the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.

vw@2Chronicles:13:17 @ And Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter; and five hundred thousand choice men of Israel fell slain.

vw@2Chronicles:13:20 @ And Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and Jehovah struck him, and he died.

vw@2Chronicles:13:22 @ Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in the midrash of the prophet Iddo.

vw@2Chronicles:14:1 @ So Abijah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.

vw@2Chronicles:14:2 @ Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God,

vw@2Chronicles:14:5 @ He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet before him.

vw@2Chronicles:14:6 @ And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest.

vw@2Chronicles:14:8 @ And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who carried shields and spears, and from Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand men who carried shields and drew bows; all these were mighty men of valor.

vw@2Chronicles:14:9 @ Then Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

vw@2Chronicles:14:10 @ And Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

vw@2Chronicles:14:11 @ And Asa cried out unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no strength; help us, O Jehovah our God, for we have trusted on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O Jehovah, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You.

vw@2Chronicles:14:14 @ And they struck all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of Jehovah had come upon them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was exceedingly much spoils in them.

vw@2Chronicles:14:15 @ They also struck the tents of the livestock, and carried off sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:15:2 @ And he went out before Asa, and said to him: Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

vw@2Chronicles:15:3 @ For many days Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without Law;

vw@2Chronicles:15:4 @ but when in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

vw@2Chronicles:15:5 @ And in those times there was no peace to the one going out, nor to the one coming in, but great turmoil was on all the inhabitants of the lands.

vw@2Chronicles:15:8 @ And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the mountains of Ephraim; and he restored the altar of Jehovah that was before the porch of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:15:9 @ And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those sojourning with them from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they had fallen out to him in great numbers from Israel when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

vw@2Chronicles:15:10 @ And they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

vw@2Chronicles:15:12 @ And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

vw@2Chronicles:15:14 @ And they swore unto Jehovah with a loud voice, with shouting and trumpets and shofars.

vw@2Chronicles:15:16 @ He also removed Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made a horrible thing for the grove; and Asa cut down her horrible thing, and crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

vw@2Chronicles:15:18 @ He also brought into the house of God the things that his father had consecrated and that he himself had consecrated: silver and gold and vessels.

vw@2Chronicles:16:1 @ In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:16:2 @ And Asa brought silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of Jehovah and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben-Hadad king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,

vw@2Chronicles:16:3 @ Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold; come, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.

vw@2Chronicles:16:4 @ So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and sent the commanders of his forces against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

vw@2Chronicles:16:5 @ And it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah and ceased his work.

vw@2Chronicles:16:6 @ And King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them he built Geba and Mizpah.

vw@2Chronicles:16:7 @ At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him: Because you have leaned on the king of Syria, and have not trusted on Jehovah your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

vw@2Chronicles:16:8 @ Were the Ethiopians and the Lubim not a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you trusted on Jehovah, He delivered them into your hand.

vw@2Chronicles:16:9 @ For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are perfect toward Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on there will be wars for you.

vw@2Chronicles:16:10 @ Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison house, for he was enraged at him for this; and Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

vw@2Chronicles:16:11 @ And so, the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:16:12 @ And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his sickness was severe; yet in his sickness he did not seek Jehovah, but the physicians.

vw@2Chronicles:16:13 @ So Asa rested with his fathers; he died in the forty-first year of his reign.

vw@2Chronicles:16:14 @ And they buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments; and they made a very great burning for him.

vw@2Chronicles:17:1 @ Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:17:2 @ And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken.

vw@2Chronicles:17:3 @ And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals,

vw@2Chronicles:17:4 @ but sought the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not according to the deeds of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:17:5 @ Therefore Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.

vw@2Chronicles:17:6 @ And his heart was exalted in the ways of Jehovah; moreover he removed the high places and groves out of Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:17:7 @ Also in the third year of his reign he sent his rulers, Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:17:9 @ So they taught in Judah, and had the Book of the Law of Jehovah with them; they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people.

vw@2Chronicles:17:10 @ And the fear of Jehovah was on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

vw@2Chronicles:17:11 @ Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and tribute of silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.

vw@2Chronicles:17:12 @ So Jehoshaphat went on to become highly magnified, and he built fortresses and storage cities in Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:17:13 @ He had much property in the cities of Judah; and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:17:14 @ These are their numbers, according to their fathers’ houses. Of Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor;

vw@2Chronicles:17:16 @ and next to him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Jehovah, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.

vw@2Chronicles:17:17 @ Of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand men armed with bow and shield;

vw@2Chronicles:17:19 @ These served the king, besides those the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:18:1 @ Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and allied himself with Ahab and became his son-in-law.

vw@2Chronicles:18:2 @ At the end of some years he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria; and Ahab killed sheep and oxen in abundance for him and the people with him, and enticed him to go up with him to Ramoth Gilead.

vw@2Chronicles:18:3 @ So Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me against Ramoth Gilead? And he answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; also with you in the war.

vw@2Chronicles:18:4 @ And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire for the Word of Jehovah today.

vw@2Chronicles:18:5 @ So the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up, for God will deliver it into the king’s hand.

vw@2Chronicles:18:6 @ But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not still a prophet of Jehovah here, that we may inquire of Him?

vw@2Chronicles:18:7 @ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom to inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. He is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

vw@2Chronicles:18:8 @ So the king of Israel summoned one of his officers and said, Bring Micaiah the son of Imla quickly.

vw@2Chronicles:18:9 @ The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, clothed in their robes, were sitting each on his throne; and they were sitting at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

vw@2Chronicles:18:10 @ Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made horns of iron for himself; and he said, Thus says Jehovah: With these you shall thrust at the Syrians to finish them off.

vw@2Chronicles:18:11 @ And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for Jehovah has delivered it into the king’s hand.

vw@2Chronicles:18:12 @ And the messenger who had gone to summon Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Therefore please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak of good things.

vw@2Chronicles:18:14 @ And he came to the king; and the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain? And he said, Go and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand!

vw@2Chronicles:18:15 @ And the king said to him, How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

vw@2Chronicles:18:16 @ Then he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And Jehovah said, These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.

vw@2Chronicles:18:17 @ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

vw@2Chronicles:18:18 @ Then Micaiah said, Therefore hear the Word of Jehovah: I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing on His right hand and His left.

vw@2Chronicles:18:19 @ And Jehovah said, Who will persuade Ahab king of Israel to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead? So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner.

vw@2Chronicles:18:20 @ Then a spirit came forward and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will persuade him. Jehovah said to him, In what way?

vw@2Chronicles:18:21 @ So he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, You shall seduce him and also succeed; go out and do so.

vw@2Chronicles:18:22 @ Therefore behold, Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these prophets of yours, and Jehovah has spoken evil against you.

vw@2Chronicles:18:24 @ And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide.

vw@2Chronicles:18:25 @ And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the ruler of the city and to Joash the king’s son;

vw@2Chronicles:18:26 @ and say, Thus says the king: Put this one in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace.

vw@2Chronicles:18:27 @ And Micaiah said, If indeed you do return in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Pay attention, all you people!

vw@2Chronicles:18:28 @ So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.

vw@2Chronicles:18:29 @ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you put on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

vw@2Chronicles:18:30 @ Now the king of Syria had commanded the commanders of the chariots who were with him, saying, Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:18:31 @ So it was, when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel! Therefore they surrounded him to engage in battle; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Jehovah helped him, and God drew them away from him.

vw@2Chronicles:18:32 @ For so it was, when the commanders of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

vw@2Chronicles:18:33 @ Now a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand and bring me out of the battle, for I am wounded.

vw@2Chronicles:18:34 @ The battle increased that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot in view of the Syrians until evening; and about the time of sunset he died.

vw@2Chronicles:19:1 @ And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in peace to his house in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:19:2 @ And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out before him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, Should you help the wicked and love those hating Jehovah? Therefore wrath is upon you from before Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:19:3 @ Nevertheless good things have been found in you, in that you have burned the groves from the land, and have fixed your heart to seek God.

vw@2Chronicles:19:4 @ So Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the mountains of Ephraim, and brought them back to Jehovah the God of their fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:19:5 @ And he appointed judges throughout the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

vw@2Chronicles:19:6 @ and said to the judges, Take heed to what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for Jehovah, who is with you in the words of judgment.

vw@2Chronicles:19:7 @ Now therefore, let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no injustice with Jehovah our God, no partiality, nor taking of bribes.

vw@2Chronicles:19:8 @ Moreover in Jerusalem, for the judgment of Jehovah and for disputes, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the chief fathers of Israel of the Levites and priests, who were brought back to Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:19:9 @ And he commanded them, saying, You shall do this in the fear of Jehovah, in faithfulness and with a perfect heart:

vw@2Chronicles:19:10 @ Whatever case comes to you from your brethren who dwell in their cities, whether of bloodshed or offenses against Law or commandment, against statutes or ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not trespass against Jehovah and wrath come upon you and your brethren. Do this, and you shall not be guilty.

vw@2Chronicles:19:11 @ And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Jehovah; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters; also the Levites will be officials before you. Deal firmly, and Jehovah will be with the good.

vw@2Chronicles:20:1 @ And it happened after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, along with others besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat.

vw@2Chronicles:20:2 @ And some came and reported to Jehoshaphat, saying, A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar (which is En Gedi).

vw@2Chronicles:20:5 @ And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court,

vw@2Chronicles:20:6 @ and said: O Jehovah the God of our fathers, are You not God in Heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You?

vw@2Chronicles:20:7 @ Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the seed of Abraham Your friend forever?

vw@2Chronicles:20:8 @ And they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,

vw@2Chronicles:20:9 @ If evil comes upon us; sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine; we will stand before this house and before Your face (for Your name is in this house), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.

vw@2Chronicles:20:10 @ And now, behold, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them and have not destroyed them.

vw@2Chronicles:20:11 @ Behold, they are rewarding us by coming to drive us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit.

vw@2Chronicles:20:12 @ O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.

vw@2Chronicles:20:13 @ Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, were standing before Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:20:14 @ Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.

vw@2Chronicles:20:15 @ And he said, Give attention, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, O King Jehoshaphat. Thus says Jehovah to you: Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

vw@2Chronicles:20:16 @ Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and you shall find them at the end of the valley before the wilderness of Jeruel.

vw@2Chronicles:20:17 @ You shall not fight in this battle. Station yourselves, stand your ground and see the salvation of Jehovah for you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out before them, for Jehovah is with you.

vw@2Chronicles:20:18 @ And Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah to prostrate themselves before Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:20:20 @ So they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Listen to me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Trust in Jehovah your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.

vw@2Chronicles:20:21 @ And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing unto Jehovah, and who should praise the glory of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: Give thanks unto Jehovah, for His mercy is eternal.

vw@2Chronicles:20:22 @ And when they began to cry out in songs of praise, Jehovah set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were smitten.

vw@2Chronicles:20:23 @ For the sons of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

vw@2Chronicles:20:24 @ So when Judah had come to the lookout point at the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and behold, the corpses, fallen to the earth. No one had escaped.

vw@2Chronicles:20:25 @ And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to plunder the spoils, they found among them an abundance of property on the corpses, with precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days plundering the spoils because there was so much.

vw@2Chronicles:20:26 @ And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed Jehovah; therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah to this day.

vw@2Chronicles:20:29 @ And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Jehovah had fought against the enemies of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:20:30 @ So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.

vw@2Chronicles:20:31 @ So Jehoshaphat was king over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

vw@2Chronicles:20:32 @ And he walked in the way of his father Asa, and did not turn aside from it, to do what was right in the eyes of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:20:34 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is brought up in the book of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:20:35 @ After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah had made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly.

vw@2Chronicles:20:36 @ And he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.

vw@2Chronicles:20:37 @ But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, Jehovah has broken your works. And the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

vw@2Chronicles:21:1 @ And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:21:2 @ He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:21:3 @ Their father gave them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, with fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

vw@2Chronicles:21:4 @ Now when Jehoram rose to power over the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself and killed all his brothers with the sword, and also others of the rulers of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:21:5 @ Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:21:6 @ And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had the daughter of Ahab as a wife; and he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:21:7 @ Yet Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.

vw@2Chronicles:21:8 @ In his days the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

vw@2Chronicles:21:10 @ Thus Edom has been in revolt from under the hand of Judah to this day. At that time Libnah revolted from under his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah the God of his fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:21:11 @ Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit harlotry, and thrust Judah aside.

vw@2Chronicles:21:12 @ And a writing came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says Jehovah the God of your father David: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, or in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

vw@2Chronicles:21:13 @ but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot like the harlotry of the house of Ahab, and also have killed your brothers, those of your father’s household, who were better than yourself,

vw@2Chronicles:21:14 @ behold, Jehovah is striking your people with a great blow; your children, your wives, and all your possessions;

vw@2Chronicles:21:15 @ and you shall have great sickness with a disease of your intestines, until your intestines come out by reason of the sickness, day by day.

vw@2Chronicles:21:16 @ Moreover Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabians who were near the Ethiopians.

vw@2Chronicles:21:17 @ And they came up into Judah and broke through, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king’s house, and also his sons and his wives, so that there was not a son left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

vw@2Chronicles:21:18 @ And after all this Jehovah struck him in his intestines with an incurable disease.

vw@2Chronicles:21:19 @ And it happened in the course of time, after the end of two years, that his intestines came out because of his sickness; so he died from the miserable disease. And his people made no burning for him, like the burnings for his fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:21:20 @ He was thirty-two years old when he became king. He reigned in Jerusalem eight years and, and departed unloved. And they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

vw@2Chronicles:22:1 @ Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, for the raiders who came with the Arabians into the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, reigned.

vw@2Chronicles:22:2 @ Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

vw@2Chronicles:22:3 @ He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was counseling him to do wickedly.

vw@2Chronicles:22:4 @ Therefore he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, like the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.

vw@2Chronicles:22:5 @ He also followed their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians struck Joram.

vw@2Chronicles:22:6 @ And he returned to Jezreel to heal from the wounds with which he was struck at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

vw@2Chronicles:22:7 @ Now Ahaziah’s destruction, when he went to Joram, was from God; for when he came, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

vw@2Chronicles:22:8 @ And it happened, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who served Ahaziah, that he killed them.

vw@2Chronicles:22:9 @ He also sought for Ahaziah; and they caught him (he was hiding in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu. When they had killed him, they buried him, because, they said, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no one to retain power over the kingdom.

vw@2Chronicles:22:11 @ But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being killed, and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she did not kill him.

vw@2Chronicles:22:12 @ And he was hiding with them in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.

vw@2Chronicles:23:1 @ In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.

vw@2Chronicles:23:3 @ And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as Jehovah has spoken of the sons of David.

vw@2Chronicles:23:4 @ This is what you shall do: One-third of you entering on the Sabbath, of the priests and the Levites, shall be gatekeepers of the doors;

vw@2Chronicles:23:5 @ one-third shall be at the king’s house; and one-third at the gate of the foundation. All the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:23:6 @ But let no one come into the house of Jehovah except the priests and those of the Levites who serve. They may go in, for they are holy; but all the people shall keep the watch of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:23:7 @ And the Levites shall surround the king on all sides, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house, let him be put to death. You are to be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.

vw@2Chronicles:23:8 @ So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each man took his men who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were going out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed the divisions.

vw@2Chronicles:23:9 @ And Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields which had belonged to King David, that were in the house of God.

vw@2Chronicles:23:10 @ And he stationed all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and by the house, all around the king.

vw@2Chronicles:23:11 @ And they brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, gave him the Testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, Long live the king!

vw@2Chronicles:23:12 @ Now when Athaliah heard the sound of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:23:13 @ When she looked, behold, the king was standing by his pillar at the entrance; and the rulers and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were joyful, blowing trumpets, and singing with instruments of song, and leading in praise. So Athaliah tore her clothes and said, Treason! Treason!

vw@2Chronicles:23:14 @ And Jehoiada the priest brought out the commanders of hundreds who mustered the forces, and said to them, Bring her out of the area of the house, and slay with the sword whoever follows her. For the priest had said, Do not kill her in the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:23:15 @ So they laid hands on her, and she came by way of the entrance of the Horse Gate by the king’s house, and they killed her there.

vw@2Chronicles:23:16 @ And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, the people, and the king, to be the people of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:23:17 @ And all the people went to the house of Baal, and tore it down. They broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

vw@2Chronicles:23:18 @ Jehoiada also appointed the oversight of the house of Jehovah into the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had assigned to the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with gladness and song, by the hands of David.

vw@2Chronicles:23:19 @ And he stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of Jehovah, so that no one who was in any way unclean could enter.

vw@2Chronicles:23:20 @ And he took the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of Jehovah; and they came through the Upper Gate to the king’s house, and made the king sit on the throne of the kingdom.

vw@2Chronicles:23:21 @ So all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet, for they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

vw@2Chronicles:24:1 @ Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

vw@2Chronicles:24:2 @ Joash did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

vw@2Chronicles:24:6 @ So the king called Jehoiada the chief priest, and said to him, Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the offering of Moses the servant of Jehovah and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of witness?

vw@2Chronicles:24:7 @ For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also offered all the consecrated things of the house of Jehovah to the Baals.

vw@2Chronicles:24:8 @ So at the king’s command they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:24:9 @ And they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring to Jehovah the offering that Moses the servant of God had laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

vw@2Chronicles:24:10 @ And all the rulers and all the people rejoiced, brought and threw into the chest until they were all finished.

vw@2Chronicles:24:11 @ So it was, at that time, when the chest was brought to the king’s official by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, that the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it and returned it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

vw@2Chronicles:24:12 @ And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and they hired masons and craftsmen to repair the house of Jehovah, and also craftsmen in iron and bronze to restore the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:24:13 @ So the workmen labored, and the work of restoration excelled in their hands; they built up the house of God to its proper measure and strengthened it.

vw@2Chronicles:24:14 @ When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; they made from it vessels for the house of Jehovah, utensils for serving and offering, spoons and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.

vw@2Chronicles:24:16 @ And they buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and His house.

vw@2Chronicles:24:17 @ And after the death of Jehoiada the rulers of Judah came and bowed down to the king. And the king gave heed to them.

vw@2Chronicles:24:19 @ And He sent prophets to them, to bring them back to Jehovah; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.

vw@2Chronicles:24:21 @ So they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:24:22 @ Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son; and as he died, he said, May Jehovah take notice, and require it!

vw@2Chronicles:24:23 @ So it happened at the turning of the year that the army of Syria came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the rulers of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoils to the king of Damascus.

vw@2Chronicles:24:24 @ For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; but Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment against Joash.

vw@2Chronicles:24:25 @ And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

vw@2Chronicles:24:26 @ These are the ones who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

vw@2Chronicles:24:27 @ Now concerning his sons, and the great many tributes to him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the midrash of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:25:1 @ Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:25:2 @ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.

vw@2Chronicles:25:3 @ Now it happened, when the kingdom had been secured to him, that he executed his servants who had killed his father the king.

vw@2Chronicles:25:4 @ However he did not execute their children, but did as it is written in the Law in the Book of Moses, where Jehovah had commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall the sons be put to death for their fathers; but each shall die for his own sin.

vw@2Chronicles:25:5 @ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, according to their fathers’ houses, throughout all Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them to be three hundred thousand choice men, able to go to war, handling spear and shield.

vw@2Chronicles:25:7 @ But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for Jehovah is not with Israel; with any of the sons of Ephraim.

vw@2Chronicles:25:8 @ But if you do go, do it. Be strong in battle. But even so, God shall make you stumble before the enemy; for God has power to help and to overthrow.

vw@2Chronicles:25:10 @ So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim, to go back to their place. Therefore their anger burned greatly against Judah, and they returned to their place in burning anger.

vw@2Chronicles:25:13 @ But as for the troops which Amaziah had dismissed, so that they should not go with him to battle, they raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon, killed three thousand in them, and plundered much spoils.

vw@2Chronicles:25:14 @ And it came about, after Amaziah came from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, set them up to be his gods, and bowed down before them and burned incense to them.

vw@2Chronicles:25:15 @ Therefore the anger of Jehovah burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, Why have you sought the gods of the people, which could not rescue their own people from your hand?

vw@2Chronicles:25:16 @ So it was, as he spoke with him, that the king said to him, Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop! Why should you be killed? So the prophet stopped, and said, I know that God has given counsel to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my counsel.

vw@2Chronicles:25:17 @ Now Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look each other in the face.

vw@2Chronicles:25:18 @ And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife; and a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

vw@2Chronicles:25:20 @ But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from God, to deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had resorted to the gods of Edom.

vw@2Chronicles:25:21 @ So Joash king of Israel went out; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:25:23 @ And Joash the king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh; and he brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate; four hundred cubits.

vw@2Chronicles:25:24 @ And he took all the gold and silver, all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

vw@2Chronicles:25:25 @ And Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:25:26 @ Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from first to last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:25:27 @ After the time that Amaziah turned away from following Jehovah, they conspired treason against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.

vw@2Chronicles:25:28 @ And they brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:26:1 @ And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.

vw@2Chronicles:26:2 @ He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:26:3 @ Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:26:4 @ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.

vw@2Chronicles:26:5 @ He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and in the days that he sought Jehovah, God made him prosper.

vw@2Chronicles:26:6 @ And he went out and made war against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities around Ashdod and among the Philistines.

vw@2Chronicles:26:7 @ God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabians who lived in Gur-Baal, and against the Meunim.

vw@2Chronicles:26:8 @ The Ammonites also brought tribute to Uzziah. His fame spread as far as the entrance of Egypt, for he became exceedingly strong.

vw@2Chronicles:26:9 @ And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the corner of the wall, and fortified them.

vw@2Chronicles:26:10 @ He also built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains; he also had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved the soil.

vw@2Chronicles:26:11 @ Moreover Uzziah had forces making war who went out to war by divisions, according to the number of their muster by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.

vw@2Chronicles:26:13 @ And under their hand was a military force of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

vw@2Chronicles:26:14 @ And Uzziah provided for them, for the entire army, shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows, and stones for the slings.

vw@2Chronicles:26:15 @ And he made devices in Jerusalem, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and large stones. And his fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped till he became strong.

vw@2Chronicles:26:16 @ But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against Jehovah his God to enter the temple of Jehovah to burn incense on the altar of incense.

vw@2Chronicles:26:17 @ And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of Jehovah; valiant men.

vw@2Chronicles:26:18 @ And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense unto Jehovah, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from Jehovah God.

vw@2Chronicles:26:19 @ And Uzziah became enraged; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the incense altar.

vw@2Chronicles:26:20 @ And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked towards him, and behold, on his forehead he was leprous; so they hurried him out of that place. Indeed he also hurried to get out, because Jehovah had struck him.

vw@2Chronicles:26:21 @ And King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He dwelt in a separate house, because he was a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah. And Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

vw@2Chronicles:26:23 @ So Uzziah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, He is a leper. And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:27:1 @ Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

vw@2Chronicles:27:2 @ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done (although he did not enter the temple of Jehovah). But the people continued to do corruptly.

vw@2Chronicles:27:4 @ Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.

vw@2Chronicles:27:5 @ He also fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them. And the children of Ammon gave him in that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The children of Ammon paid this to him in the second and third years also.

vw@2Chronicles:27:7 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, behold they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:27:8 @ He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:27:9 @ So Jotham rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:28:1 @ Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, like his father David.

vw@2Chronicles:28:2 @ For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made molten images for the Baals.

vw@2Chronicles:28:3 @ He burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah had cast out before the children of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:28:4 @ And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

vw@2Chronicles:28:5 @ Therefore Jehovah his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They struck him, and carried away a great multitude of them as captives, and brought them to Damascus. Then he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him down with a great slaughter.

vw@2Chronicles:28:6 @ For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed one hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:28:7 @ Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the officer over the house, and Elkanah who was second to the king.

vw@2Chronicles:28:9 @ But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: Behold, because Jehovah the God of your fathers was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand; but you have killed them in a rage that reaches up to the heavens.

vw@2Chronicles:28:12 @ Then some of the heads of the sons of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,

vw@2Chronicles:28:13 @ and said to them, You shall not bring the captives here, for we are already guilty before Jehovah. You intend to add to our sins and to our guilt; for our guilt is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:28:15 @ Then the men who were designated by name rose up and took the captives, and from the spoils they clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them and gave them sandals, gave them food and drink, and anointed them; and they let all the feeble ones ride on donkeys. So they brought them to their brethren at Jericho, the city of palm trees; and returned to Samaria.

vw@2Chronicles:28:16 @ At that time King Ahaz had sent to the king of Assyria to help him,

vw@2Chronicles:28:17 @ for again the Edomites had come, struck Judah, and carried away captives.

vw@2Chronicles:28:18 @ The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Sochoh with its daughter-villages, Timnah with its daughter-villages, and Gimzo with its daughter-villages; and dwelt there.

vw@2Chronicles:28:19 @ For Jehovah had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had led Judah into lack of restraints, and to trespass in unfaithfulness unto Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:28:20 @ And Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not help him.

vw@2Chronicles:28:21 @ For Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of Jehovah, from the house of the king, and from the rulers, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him.

vw@2Chronicles:28:22 @ And in the time of his distress he became increasingly unfaithful to Jehovah; this King Ahaz.

vw@2Chronicles:28:23 @ For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had struck him, saying, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:28:24 @ So Ahaz gathered the vessels of the house of God, cut in pieces the utensils of the house of God, shut up the doors of the house of Jehovah, and made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:28:25 @ And in every single city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah the God of his fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:28:26 @ Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:28:27 @ So Ahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:29:1 @ Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.

vw@2Chronicles:29:2 @ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father David had done.

vw@2Chronicles:29:3 @ In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of Jehovah and repaired them.

vw@2Chronicles:29:4 @ And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together in the east plaza,

vw@2Chronicles:29:6 @ For our fathers have been unfaithful and done evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God; they have forsaken Him, have turned their faces away from the dwelling place of Jehovah, and turned their backs on Him.

vw@2Chronicles:29:7 @ They have also shut up the doors of the porch, put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:29:8 @ Therefore the wrath of Jehovah is upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has given them up to trembling and terror, to horror, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

vw@2Chronicles:29:9 @ For behold, because of this our fathers have fallen by the sword; and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity.

vw@2Chronicles:29:10 @ Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah the God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.

vw@2Chronicles:29:11 @ Now my sons, do not be negligent, for Jehovah has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should serve Him and burn incense.

vw@2Chronicles:29:15 @ And they gathered their brethren, consecrated themselves, and went according to the commandment of the king, by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:29:16 @ And the priests went into the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah, to the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it out and carried it to the Brook Kidron.

vw@2Chronicles:29:17 @ And they began to consecrate on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of Jehovah. Then they consecrated the house of Jehovah in eight days, and by the sixteenth day of the first month they had finished.

vw@2Chronicles:29:18 @ And they went in to King Hezekiah and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, the altar of burnt offerings with all its utensils, and the table of the Bread in Rows with all its utensils.

vw@2Chronicles:29:19 @ Moreover all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign had cast aside in his unfaithfulness we have prepared and consecrated; and behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:29:20 @ Then King Hezekiah arose early, gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:29:21 @ And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:29:22 @ So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. Likewise they killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

vw@2Chronicles:29:23 @ Then they brought out the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.

vw@2Chronicles:29:24 @ And the priests killed them; and they offered their blood on the altar as a sin offering to make atonement for all Israel; for the king had commanded the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:29:25 @ And he stationed the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with lutes, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for thus was the commandment of Jehovah by the hand of his prophets.

vw@2Chronicles:29:26 @ The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

vw@2Chronicles:29:27 @ And Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of Jehovah also began, with the trumpets and by the hand of the instruments of David, king of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:29:28 @ So all the assembly bowed down, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this until the burnt offering was finished.

vw@2Chronicles:29:29 @ And when they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed down and prostrated themselves.

vw@2Chronicles:29:30 @ Moreover King Hezekiah and the rulers commanded the Levites to praise Jehovah with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they praised with gladness, and they bowed down and prostrated themselves.

vw@2Chronicles:29:31 @ Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now that you have confirmed your hands unto Jehovah, come near, and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of Jehovah. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.

vw@2Chronicles:29:32 @ And the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these for a burnt offering unto Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:29:33 @ The consecrated things were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.

vw@2Chronicles:29:34 @ But the priests were too few, so that they were not able to flay all the burnt offerings; therefore their brethren the Levites supported them until the work was ended and until the other priests had consecrated themselves, for the Levites were more upright in heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.

vw@2Chronicles:29:35 @ Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings and with the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of Jehovah was set in order.

vw@2Chronicles:29:36 @ And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced that God had prepared the people, since the thing came about suddenly.

vw@2Chronicles:30:2 @ For the king and his rulers and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month.

vw@2Chronicles:30:4 @ And the matter was right in the eyes of the king and all the assembly.

vw@2Chronicles:30:6 @ And the runners went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the king and his rulers, and spoke according to the command of the king: O Children of Israel, return unto Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; then He will return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

vw@2Chronicles:30:9 @ For if you return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before those holding them captive, to come back to this land; for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.

vw@2Chronicles:30:10 @ So the runners passed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but they laughed at them, mocking them.

vw@2Chronicles:30:12 @ Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the rulers, at the Word of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:30:13 @ And many people, a very great assembly, gathered at Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month.

vw@2Chronicles:30:14 @ They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away all the incense altars and cast them into the Brook Kidron.

vw@2Chronicles:30:15 @ Then they slaughtered the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed, and consecrated themselves, and brought the burnt offerings to the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:30:16 @ They stood in their place according to the ordinance, according to the Law of Moses the man of God; the priests were sprinkling the blood from the hand of the Levites.

vw@2Chronicles:30:17 @ For many in the assembly had not sanctified themselves; therefore the Levites had charge of the slaughter of the Passover for everyone who was not clean, to consecrate them to Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:30:18 @ For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, O good Jehovah, provide atonement for everyone

vw@2Chronicles:30:19 @ who has prepared his heart to seek God, Jehovah the God of his fathers, though not according to the purification of the sanctuary.

vw@2Chronicles:30:21 @ So the children of Israel found at Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great joy; and the Levites and the priests were praising Jehovah day by day, with loud instruments unto Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:30:22 @ And Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites who were teaching the good understanding of Jehovah; and they ate throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings and making confession unto Jehovah the God of their fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:30:24 @ For Hezekiah king of Judah had given to the assembly a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep, and the rulers had given to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

vw@2Chronicles:30:25 @ The whole assembly of Judah rejoiced, along with the priests and Levites, all the assembly that came from Israel, the sojourners who came from the land of Israel, and those dwelling in Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:30:26 @ So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:30:27 @ Then the priests, the Levites, rose up and blessed the people, and their voice was heard; and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, to the heavens.

vw@2Chronicles:31:1 @ Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke the sacred pillars in pieces, chopped down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars; from all Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh; until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned to their own cities, each to his possession.

vw@2Chronicles:31:2 @ And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:31:3 @ The king also appointed a portion of his possessions for the burnt offerings: for the morning and evening burnt offerings, the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths and the new moons and the set feasts, as it is written in the Law of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:31:4 @ Moreover he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion for the priests and the Levites, that they might grow strong in the Law of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:31:5 @ As soon as the word spread, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of grain and wine, oil and honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.

vw@2Chronicles:31:6 @ And the children of Israel and Judah, who dwelt in the cities of Judah, brought the tithe of oxen and sheep; also the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to Jehovah their God they laid in heaps upon heaps.

vw@2Chronicles:31:7 @ In the third month they began laying them in heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.

vw@2Chronicles:31:9 @ And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

vw@2Chronicles:31:10 @ And Azariah the chief priest, from the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of Jehovah, we have had enough to eat and have plenty left, for Jehovah has blessed His people; and what is left is this great abundance.

vw@2Chronicles:31:11 @ And Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of Jehovah, and they prepared them.

vw@2Chronicles:31:12 @ And they faithfully brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the consecrated things; Cononiah the Levite had charge of them, and Shimei his brother was next.

vw@2Chronicles:31:13 @ Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the appointment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

vw@2Chronicles:31:14 @ Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to distribute the offerings of Jehovah and the set apart, holy things.

vw@2Chronicles:31:15 @ And under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, trusted in the cities of the priests, to distribute to the divisions by the hand of their brethren, to the great as well as the small.

vw@2Chronicles:31:16 @ Besides those males from three years old and up who were reckoned by genealogy, they distributed to everyone who entered the house of Jehovah his portion day by day for the service of his charge, according to his division,

vw@2Chronicles:31:17 @ and to the priests who were reckoned by genealogy according to their father’s house, and to the Levites from twenty years old and up according to their charge, by their divisions,

vw@2Chronicles:31:18 @ and to all who were reckoned by genealogy; their little ones and their wives, their sons and daughters, the whole company of them; for in their faithfulness they sanctified themselves in holiness.

vw@2Chronicles:31:19 @ Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the common lands of their cities, in each city, there were men who were designated by name to distribute portions to all the males among the priests and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.

vw@2Chronicles:31:21 @ And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the Law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

vw@2Chronicles:32:1 @ After these deeds of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah; he encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to break through for himself.

vw@2Chronicles:32:2 @ And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem,

vw@2Chronicles:32:3 @ he took counsel with his rulers and mighty men to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.

vw@2Chronicles:32:4 @ So, many people gathered together who stopped all the springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?

vw@2Chronicles:32:5 @ And he strengthened himself, built up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; he also restored the Millo in the City of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

vw@2Chronicles:32:6 @ And he assigned commanders of war over the people, gathered them together to him in the open place of the city gate, and spoke to their heart, saying,

vw@2Chronicles:32:7 @ Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him.

vw@2Chronicles:32:8 @ With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God, to help us and to fight our battles. And the people were bolstered by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:32:9 @ After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,

vw@2Chronicles:32:10 @ Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: In what are you trusting, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?

vw@2Chronicles:32:11 @ Is not Hezekiah enticing you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?

vw@2Chronicles:32:12 @ Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall bow down before one altar and burn incense on it?

vw@2Chronicles:32:13 @ Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand?

vw@2Chronicles:32:15 @ Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you nor entice you like this, and do not believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand.

vw@2Chronicles:32:16 @ Furthermore, his servants spoke against Jehovah God and against His servant Hezekiah.

vw@2Chronicles:32:17 @ He had also written letters to reproach Jehovah the God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.

vw@2Chronicles:32:18 @ Then they called out with a loud voice in the Jewish language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and terrify them, that they might capture the city.

vw@2Chronicles:32:19 @ And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the peoples of the lands; the work of men’s hands.

vw@2Chronicles:32:20 @ Now because of this King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to the heavens.

vw@2Chronicles:32:21 @ And Jehovah sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, rulers, and commanders in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he went into the house of his god, he fell by the sword of some of the offspring of his own body.

vw@2Chronicles:32:22 @ Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.

vw@2Chronicles:32:23 @ And many brought gifts unto Jehovah at Jerusalem, and choice things to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations thereafter.

vw@2Chronicles:32:24 @ In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death, and he prayed to Jehovah; and He spoke to him and gave him a sign.

vw@2Chronicles:32:25 @ But Hezekiah did not return according to the favor shown him, for his heart had become haughty; therefore wrath was over him and over Judah and Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:32:26 @ Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the haughtiness of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

vw@2Chronicles:32:27 @ Hezekiah had very great riches and honor. And he made himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of desirable objects;

vw@2Chronicles:32:28 @ storehouses for the harvest of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of livestock, and folds for flocks.

vw@2Chronicles:32:29 @ Moreover he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much property.

vw@2Chronicles:32:30 @ This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of upper Gihon, and brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his pursuits.

vw@2Chronicles:32:31 @ However, regarding the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon, who were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone, to test him, to know all his heart.

vw@2Chronicles:32:32 @ Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:32:33 @ So Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:33:1 @ Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:33:2 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah had cast out before the children of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:33:4 @ He also built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah had said, In Jerusalem shall My name be always.

vw@2Chronicles:33:5 @ And he built altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:33:6 @ He also caused his sons to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; he practiced fortunetelling, witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and necromancers. He did much evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger.

vw@2Chronicles:33:7 @ And he set a graven image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name always;

vw@2Chronicles:33:8 @ and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers; only if they take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole Law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

vw@2Chronicles:33:9 @ So Manasseh caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go astray, to do more evil than the nations whom Jehovah had destroyed before the children of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:33:11 @ Therefore Jehovah brought upon them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.

vw@2Chronicles:33:12 @ And when he was in distress, he entreated Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

vw@2Chronicles:33:13 @ and prayed to Him; and He was entreated of him, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh recognized that Jehovah was God.

vw@2Chronicles:33:14 @ After this he built a wall outside the City of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate; and it encircled Ophel, and he raised it to a very great height. And he stationed commanders of the forces in all the fortified cities of Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:33:15 @ He took away the foreign gods and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah and in Jerusalem; and he cast them out of the city.

vw@2Chronicles:33:16 @ He also repaired the altar of Jehovah, sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:33:18 @ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Jehovah the God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:33:19 @ Also his prayer and his entreaty, and all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the places where he built high places and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled, behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

vw@2Chronicles:33:20 @ So Manasseh rested with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:33:21 @ Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:33:22 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, as his father Manasseh had done; for Amon sacrificed to all the graven images which his father Manasseh had made, and served them.

vw@2Chronicles:33:24 @ Then his servants conspired against him, and killed him in his own house.

vw@2Chronicles:33:25 @ But the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. And the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:34:1 @ Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:34:2 @ And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

vw@2Chronicles:34:3 @ For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the groves, the graven images, and the molten images.

vw@2Chronicles:34:4 @ They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars which were above them he cut down; and the groves, the graven images, and the molten images he broke in pieces, and pulverized them and scattered them on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

vw@2Chronicles:34:6 @ and also in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali and all around; with chopping tools.

vw@2Chronicles:34:7 @ When he had broken down the altars and the groves, had beaten the carved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:34:8 @ In the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Jehovah his God.

vw@2Chronicles:34:9 @ And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites who kept the doors had gathered from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:34:10 @ And they gave it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and they gave it to the workmen who worked in the house of Jehovah, to repair and restore the house.

vw@2Chronicles:34:11 @ They gave it to the craftsmen and builders to buy hewn stone and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

vw@2Chronicles:34:12 @ And the men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to supervise. Others of the Levites were teaching the instruments of song,

vw@2Chronicles:34:13 @ were over the burden bearers, and were overseers of all who did work in any kind of service. And some of the Levites were scribes, officers, and gatekeepers.

vw@2Chronicles:34:14 @ Now when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of Jehovah given by the hand of Moses.

vw@2Chronicles:34:15 @ And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the Book of the Law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah gave the Book to Shaphan.

vw@2Chronicles:34:16 @ So Shaphan carried the Book to the king, bringing the king word, saying, All that was committed to your servants they are doing.

vw@2Chronicles:34:17 @ And they have gathered the money that was found in the house of Jehovah, and have given it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen.

vw@2Chronicles:34:18 @ Then Shaphan the scribe reported to the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a Book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

vw@2Chronicles:34:19 @ And it came about, when the king heard the Words of the Law, that he tore his clothes.

vw@2Chronicles:34:20 @ And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,

vw@2Chronicles:34:21 @ Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for those who are left in Israel and Judah, concerning the Words of the Book that has been found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that has been poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the Word of Jehovah, to do according to all that is written in this Book.

vw@2Chronicles:34:22 @ So Hilkiah and those from the king went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe. (She was living in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke to her regarding this.

vw@2Chronicles:34:24 @ Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I am bringing evil upon this place and upon its inhabitants, all the curses that are written in the Book which they have read before the king of Judah,

vw@2Chronicles:34:25 @ because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, to provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

vw@2Chronicles:34:26 @ But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus you shall speak to him, Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, whose Words you have heard:

vw@2Chronicles:34:27 @ Because your heart has been tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His Words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, says Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:34:28 @ Behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I am bringing upon this place and its inhabitants. So they brought back word to the king.

vw@2Chronicles:34:29 @ Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:34:30 @ And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the priests and the Levites, and all the people, great and small. And he read in their ears all the Words of the Book of the Covenant which had been found in the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:34:31 @ And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to do the Words of the covenant that were written in this Book.

vw@2Chronicles:34:32 @ And he caused all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:34:33 @ And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the land of the children of Israel, and caused all who were found in Israel to serve, being subject unto Jehovah their God. All his days they did not depart from following Jehovah the God of their fathers.

vw@2Chronicles:35:1 @ And Josiah kept a Passover unto Jehovah in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

vw@2Chronicles:35:2 @ And he stationed the priests at their charges and encouraged them in the service of the house of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:35:3 @ And he said to the Levites who were teaching all Israel, who were set apart unto Jehovah: Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, has built. It shall not be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve Jehovah your God and His people Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:35:4 @ Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses, according to your divisions, according to the writings of David king of Israel and the writings of Solomon his son.

vw@2Chronicles:35:5 @ And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brethren, the sons of the people, and according to the division of the father’s house of the Levites.

vw@2Chronicles:35:6 @ Now slaughter the Passover, consecrate yourselves, and prepare them for your brethren, that they may do according to the Word of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.

vw@2Chronicles:35:7 @ And Josiah gave the sons of the people lambs and young goats from the flock, all for Passover for all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, as well as three thousand oxen; these were from the king’s possessions.

vw@2Chronicles:35:8 @ And his rulers contributed willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests two thousand six hundred Passover lambs, and three hundred oxen.

vw@2Chronicles:35:10 @ Thus the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their places, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king’s command.

vw@2Chronicles:35:11 @ And they slaughtered the Passover lambs; and the priests sprinkled the blood with their hands, while the Levites were flaying.

vw@2Chronicles:35:12 @ And they removed the burnt offerings to distribute them by the divisions of the fathers’ houses to the sons of the people, to offer unto Jehovah, as it is written in the Book of Moses; and also with the oxen.

vw@2Chronicles:35:13 @ They also roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance; and the other holy things they boiled in pots, in kettles, and in pans, and brought them quickly to all the sons of the people.

vw@2Chronicles:35:14 @ Then afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were busy in offering burnt offerings and fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.

vw@2Chronicles:35:15 @ And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their places, according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. Also the gatekeepers were at each gate; they did not leave their service, because their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

vw@2Chronicles:35:16 @ Thus all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of King Josiah.

vw@2Chronicles:35:18 @ And there had not been kept in Israel any Passover like that since the days of Samuel the prophet; and none of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as Josiah kept, with the priests and the Levites, all Judah and Israel found there, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:35:19 @ In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept.

vw@2Chronicles:35:20 @ After all this, when Josiah had prepared the house, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out to meet him.

vw@2Chronicles:35:21 @ But he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; for God has commanded me to make haste. Refrain from meddling with God, who is with me, that you not be destroyed.

vw@2Chronicles:35:22 @ Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself so that he might fight with him, and did not heed the words of Necho from the mouth of God. So he came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo.

vw@2Chronicles:35:23 @ And the archers shot King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am severely wounded.

vw@2Chronicles:35:24 @ His servants therefore took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had, and they brought him to Jerusalem. So he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

vw@2Chronicles:35:25 @ Jeremiah also lamented for Josiah. And to this day all the singing men and the singing women speak of Josiah in their lamentations. They made it an ordinance in Israel; and behold, they are written in the Lamentations.

vw@2Chronicles:35:26 @ Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his goodness, according to what was written in the Law of Jehovah,

vw@2Chronicles:35:27 @ and his deeds from first to last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

vw@2Chronicles:36:1 @ And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:36:2 @ Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:36:3 @ And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem; and he fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

vw@2Chronicles:36:4 @ Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt.

vw@2Chronicles:36:5 @ Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah his God.

vw@2Chronicles:36:6 @ Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him to Babylon.

vw@2Chronicles:36:7 @ Nebuchadnezzar also brought away some of the vessels from the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

vw@2Chronicles:36:8 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he had done, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

vw@2Chronicles:36:9 @ Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:36:10 @ At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels from the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:36:11 @ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:36:12 @ And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of Jehovah.

vw@2Chronicles:36:13 @ And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had adjured him by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@2Chronicles:36:14 @ Moreover all the rulers of the priests and the people trespassed with great unfaithfulness, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of Jehovah which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

vw@2Chronicles:36:15 @ And Jehovah the God of their fathers sent to them by the hand of His messengers, rising early to send them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.

vw@2Chronicles:36:16 @ But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, to make the wrath of Jehovah swell up against His people, till there was no healing.

vw@2Chronicles:36:17 @ Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand.

vw@2Chronicles:36:18 @ And all the vessels from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his rulers, all these he carried away to Babylon.

vw@2Chronicles:36:19 @ And they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed every desirable thing.

vw@2Chronicles:36:20 @ And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia;

vw@2Chronicles:36:22 @ And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the Word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

vw@2Chronicles:36:23 @ Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: Jehovah the God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth; and He has laid a charge upon me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Whoever among you of all His people: Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up.

vw@Ezra:1:1 @ Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the Word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

vw@Ezra:1:2 @ Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: Jehovah the God of Heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.

vw@Ezra:1:3 @ Who is there among you of all His people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah the God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem.

vw@Ezra:1:4 @ And whoever remains in any place where he dwells, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, besides the freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

vw@Ezra:1:5 @ Then the heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all those whose spirit God had aroused to go up and build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem,

vw@Ezra:1:6 @ and all those who were around them, encouraged their hands with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

vw@Ezra:1:7 @ King Cyrus also brought out the articles of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem and had put them in the house of his gods;

vw@Ezra:1:8 @ and Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

vw@Ezra:1:9 @ This is the number of them: thirty gold platters, one thousand silver platters, twenty-nine knives,

vw@Ezra:1:10 @ thirty gold basins, four hundred and ten silver basins of a second kind, and one thousand other articles.

vw@Ezra:2:1 @ Now these are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city.

vw@Ezra:2:8 @ the sons of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five;

vw@Ezra:2:15 @ the sons of Adin, four hundred and fifty-four;

vw@Ezra:2:16 @ the sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;

vw@Ezra:2:20 @ the sons of Gibbar, ninety-five;

vw@Ezra:2:36 @ The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;

vw@Ezra:2:41 @ The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.

vw@Ezra:2:42 @ The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-nine in all.

vw@Ezra:2:48 @ the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam,

vw@Ezra:2:58 @ All the temple slaves and the sons of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

vw@Ezra:2:62 @ These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were considered desecrated, and excluded from the priesthood.

vw@Ezra:2:63 @ And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the set apart, holy, things till a priest should stand with Urim and Thummim.

vw@Ezra:2:65 @ besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and there were two hundred singing men and singing women.

vw@Ezra:2:68 @ Some of the heads of the fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God, to erect it in its place:

vw@Ezra:2:69 @ According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold drachmas, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly garments.

vw@Ezra:2:70 @ So the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple slaves, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

vw@Ezra:3:1 @ And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

vw@Ezra:3:2 @ Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.

vw@Ezra:3:3 @ Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those lands, they set the altar on its bases; and they offered burnt offerings on it to Jehovah, both the morning and evening burnt offerings.

vw@Ezra:3:4 @ They also kept the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered day by day the burnt offerings by number, as commanded by ordinance, day by day.

vw@Ezra:3:5 @ Afterward they offered the continual burnt offering, and those for the new moons and for all the appointed meetings of Jehovah that were consecrated, and those of everyone who willingly offered a freewill offering to Jehovah.

vw@Ezra:3:6 @ From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to Jehovah, although the foundation of the temple of Jehovah had not been laid.

vw@Ezra:3:7 @ They also gave money to the masons and the craftsmen, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

vw@Ezra:3:8 @ Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began, and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah.

vw@Ezra:3:9 @ Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of Judah, arose as one to oversee those working on the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

vw@Ezra:3:10 @ When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel.

vw@Ezra:3:11 @ And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to Jehovah: For He is good, for His mercy is eternal toward Israel. Then all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.

vw@Ezra:3:13 @ so that the people could not discern the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard afar off.

vw@Ezra:4:1 @ Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the sons of the captivity were building the temple of Jehovah the God of Israel,

vw@Ezra:4:2 @ they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers, and said to them, Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.

vw@Ezra:4:3 @ But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel said to them, It is not for you to build a house for our God with us; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah the God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.

vw@Ezra:4:4 @ Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah. They troubled them in building,

vw@Ezra:4:5 @ and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

vw@Ezra:4:6 @ In the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

vw@Ezra:4:7 @ And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabel, and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the letter was written in Aramaic, and translated from the Aramaic.

vw@Ezra:4:8 @ Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

vw@Ezra:4:9 @ From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates; representatives of Dinah, Apharsath, Tarpelah, the people of Persia and Erech and Babylon and Shushan, Dehah, the Elam,

vw@Ezra:4:10 @ and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar took captive and settled in the cities of Samaria and the remainder beyond the River; and now:

vw@Ezra:4:11 @ (This is a copy of the letter that they sent him) To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men of the region beyond the River, and now:

vw@Ezra:4:12 @ Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem, and are building the rebellious and evil city, and are finishing its walls and repairing the foundations.

vw@Ezra:4:13 @ Let it now be known to the king, that if this city is rebuilt and the walls completed, they will not pay tax, tribute, or toll, and the king’s treasury will be damaged.

vw@Ezra:4:14 @ Now because we derive our subsistence from the palace, it was not proper for us to see the king’s dishonor; therefore we have sent and informed the king,

vw@Ezra:4:15 @ that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers; and you will find in the book of the records and know that this city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, and that they have carried out revolts within the city in ancient times, for which cause this city was destroyed.

vw@Ezra:4:16 @ We inform the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, then because of it you will have no possession beyond the River.

vw@Ezra:4:17 @ The king sent an answer: To Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, to the rest of their associates who dwell in Samaria, and to the rest beyond the River: Peace! And now:

vw@Ezra:4:19 @ And I gave command, and a search has been made, and it was found that this city in ancient times has risen up against kings, and rebellion and revolt have been carried out in it.

vw@Ezra:4:20 @ There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the region beyond the River; and tax, tribute, and toll were paid to them.

vw@Ezra:4:22 @ Take heed now that you do not fail to do this. Why should damage increase to the hurt of the kings?

vw@Ezra:4:23 @ Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went up in haste to Jerusalem against the Jews, and by force of arms made them cease.

vw@Ezra:4:24 @ Thus the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem ceased, and it came to be ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

vw@Ezra:5:1 @ Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.

vw@Ezra:5:2 @ So Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

vw@Ezra:5:3 @ At the same time Tatnai the governor of the region beyond the River and Shethar-Boznai and their associates came to them and spoke thus to them: Who has commanded you to build this house and finish this wall?

vw@Ezra:5:4 @ And then spoke to them in this manner: What are the names of the men building this building?

vw@Ezra:5:5 @ But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so that they could not make them cease till the matter should be brought before Darius. Then they replied by letter concerning this.

vw@Ezra:5:6 @ This is a copy of the letter that Tatnai, the governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and his associates, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, sent to Darius the king.

vw@Ezra:5:7 @ They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus: To Darius the king: All peace.

vw@Ezra:5:8 @ Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is being built with rolling stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

vw@Ezra:5:9 @ Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: Who commanded you to build this house and to finish these walls?

vw@Ezra:5:10 @ We also asked them their names to inform you, that we might write the names of the men who are chief among them.

vw@Ezra:5:11 @ And thus they returned an answer to us, saying: We are the servants of the God of Heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

vw@Ezra:5:12 @ But because our fathers provoked the God of Heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who has destroyed this house and carried the people away to Babylon.

vw@Ezra:5:13 @ However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this house of God.

vw@Ezra:5:14 @ Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem and carried into the temple of Babylon; those King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.

vw@Ezra:5:15 @ And he said to him, Take these articles; go, carry them to the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its place.

vw@Ezra:5:16 @ Then that same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem; but from that time even until now it has been building, and it is not yet finished.

vw@Ezra:5:17 @ Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there in Babylon, to find out whether it is so that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us his will concerning this matter.

vw@Ezra:6:1 @ Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was made in the house of the scrolls, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

vw@Ezra:6:2 @ And at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found, and in it a record was written thus:

vw@Ezra:6:3 @ In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits,

vw@Ezra:6:4 @ with three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the expenses be paid out of the king’s house.

vw@Ezra:6:5 @ Also let the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple in Jerusalem, each to its place; and deposit them in the house of God.

vw@Ezra:6:8 @ Moreover I issue a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews, for the building of this house of God: Let the king’s riches from the tribute of the region beyond the River be diligently given to these men for their expenses, so that they are not hindered.

vw@Ezra:6:9 @ And whatever they need; young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of Heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the command of the priests who are in Jerusalem; let it be given them day by day without fail,

vw@Ezra:6:10 @ that they may offer sacrifices of soothing aroma unto the God of Heaven, and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

vw@Ezra:6:12 @ And may the God who causes His name to dwell there destroy any king or people who put their hand to alter it, or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I, Darius, issue a decree; let it be done diligently.

vw@Ezra:6:13 @ Then Tatnai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their associates diligently did according to what King Darius had sent.

vw@Ezra:6:14 @ So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

vw@Ezra:6:15 @ And the house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

vw@Ezra:6:17 @ And they offered at the dedication of this house of God, one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

vw@Ezra:6:18 @ They assigned the priests to their divisions and the Levites to their divisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

vw@Ezra:6:21 @ Then the children of Israel who had returned from the captivity ate together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land in order to seek Jehovah the God of Israel.

vw@Ezra:6:22 @ And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy; for Jehovah had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

vw@Ezra:7:1 @ Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

vw@Ezra:7:5 @ the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest;

vw@Ezra:7:6 @ this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.

vw@Ezra:7:7 @ Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple slaves came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

vw@Ezra:7:8 @ And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

vw@Ezra:7:9 @ On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

vw@Ezra:7:10 @ For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach the statutes and ordinances in Israel.

vw@Ezra:7:11 @ This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest, the scribe, expert in the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of His statutes to Israel:

vw@Ezra:7:12 @ Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of Heaven: Perfect peace, and now:

vw@Ezra:7:13 @ I issue a decree that all those of the people of Israel and the priests and Levites in my realm, who volunteer to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you.

vw@Ezra:7:14 @ And whereas you are being sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, with regard to the Law of your God which is in your hand;

vw@Ezra:7:15 @ and whereas you are to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem;

vw@Ezra:7:16 @ and whereas all the silver and gold that you may find in all the province of Babylon, along with the freewill offering of the people and the priests, are to be freely offered for the house of their God in Jerusalem;

vw@Ezra:7:17 @ now therefore, be diligent to buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them on the altar of the house of your God in Jerusalem.

vw@Ezra:7:18 @ And whatever seems good to you and your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do it according to the will of your God.

vw@Ezra:7:19 @ Also the articles that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.

vw@Ezra:7:20 @ And whatever more may be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to provide, pay for it from the king’s treasure house.

vw@Ezra:7:21 @ And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, issue a decree to all the treasurers beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of Heaven, may require of you, let it be done diligently,

vw@Ezra:7:22 @ up to one hundred talents of silver, one hundred kors of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, one hundred baths of oil, and salt without stipulation.

vw@Ezra:7:23 @ Whatever is commanded by the God of Heaven, let it diligently be done for the house of the God of Heaven. For why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

vw@Ezra:7:24 @ Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tax, tribute, or toll upon any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple slaves, or servants of this house of God.

vw@Ezra:7:25 @ And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the Laws of your God; and teach those who do not know them.

vw@Ezra:7:26 @ Whoever will not observe the Law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed diligently upon him, whether it be death, or banishment, or confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.

vw@Ezra:7:27 @ Blessed be Jehovah the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this into the king’s heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem,

vw@Ezra:7:28 @ and has extended mercy to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty rulers. So I was encouraged, as the hand of Jehovah my God was upon me; and I gathered chief men of Israel to go up with me.

vw@Ezra:8:1 @ These are the heads of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of King Artaxerxes:

vw@Ezra:8:2 @ of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;

vw@Ezra:8:6 @ of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males;

vw@Ezra:8:16 @ Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib and Elnathan, men of understanding.

vw@Ezra:8:17 @ And I gave them a command for Iddo, chief of the place Casiphia, and I put words in their mouth to speak to Iddo and his brethren the temple slaves at the place Casiphia; that they should bring to us servants for the house of our God.

vw@Ezra:8:18 @ Then, by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and brothers, eighteen;

vw@Ezra:8:20 @ also of the temple slaves, whom David and the rulers had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty temple slaves. All of them were designated by name.

vw@Ezra:8:22 @ For I was ashamed to request of the king troops and horsemen to help us against the enemy along the road, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.

vw@Ezra:8:25 @ and weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his rulers, and all Israel who were present, had contributed.

vw@Ezra:8:26 @ I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold,

vw@Ezra:8:27 @ twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold.

vw@Ezra:8:28 @ And I said to them, You are holy unto Jehovah; the articles are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto Jehovah the God of your fathers.

vw@Ezra:8:29 @ Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites and heads of the fathers of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.

vw@Ezra:8:30 @ So the priests and the Levites accepted the silver and the gold by weight and the articles, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

vw@Ezra:8:32 @ So we came to Jerusalem, and remained there three days.

vw@Ezra:8:33 @ Now on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the articles were weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui;

vw@Ezra:8:34 @ with the number and weight of everything. All the weight was written down at that time.

vw@Ezra:8:35 @ The children of those who had been carried away captive, who had come from the captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering unto Jehovah.

vw@Ezra:8:36 @ And they delivered the king’s orders to the king’s satraps and the governors in the region beyond the River. So they gave support to the people and the house of God.

vw@Ezra:9:1 @ When these things were done, the rulers came to me, saying, The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, with respect to the abominations of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

vw@Ezra:9:2 @ For they have taken some of their daughters for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed is mixed with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the rulers and officials has been foremost in this treachery.

vw@Ezra:9:3 @ So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down astonished.

vw@Ezra:9:4 @ Then everyone who trembled at the Words of the God of Israel assembled to me, because of the treachery of those who had been carried away captive, and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.

vw@Ezra:9:5 @ At the evening sacrifice I arose from my fasting; and having torn my garment and my robe, I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to Jehovah my God.

vw@Ezra:9:6 @ And I said: O my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our heads, and our guilt has grown up to the Heavens.

vw@Ezra:9:7 @ Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to shame of faces, to this day.

vw@Ezra:9:8 @ And now for a little while grace has been shown from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

vw@Ezra:9:9 @ For we were slaves; yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to set up the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

vw@Ezra:9:11 @ which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land, with the impurity of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness.

vw@Ezra:9:12 @ Now therefore, do not give your daughters for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; nor seek after their peace or prosperity forever, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.

vw@Ezra:9:13 @ And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God have held back from the bending down in punishment of our iniquities, and have given us such deliverance as this,

vw@Ezra:9:14 @ should we again break Your commandments, and join in marriage with the people of these abominations? Would You not be angry with us until You had finished us off, so that there would be no remnant or escapee?

vw@Ezra:9:15 @ O Jehovah the God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left as refugees, as it is this day. Here we are before You, in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this!

vw@Ezra:10:1 @ Now while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and falling prostrate before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him out of Israel; for the people wept with a great weeping.

vw@Ezra:10:2 @ And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and are dwelling with foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope in Israel in spite of this.

vw@Ezra:10:3 @ Now therefore, let us make a covenant with our God to bring out all these women and those who have been born to them, according to the counsel of the Lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the Law.

vw@Ezra:10:5 @ Then Ezra arose, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear an oath that they would do according to this word. So they swore.

vw@Ezra:10:6 @ Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came there, he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned because of the guilt of those from the captivity.

vw@Ezra:10:8 @ and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the rulers and elders, all his property would be destroyed, and he himself would be excluded from the assembly of those from the captivity.

vw@Ezra:10:9 @ So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open square of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

vw@Ezra:10:10 @ Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have transgressed and have dwelt with foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.

vw@Ezra:10:13 @ But there are many people; it is the season for heavy rain, and we are not able to stand outside. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for there are many of us who have transgressed in this matter.

vw@Ezra:10:14 @ Please, let our rulers be appointed out of the whole assembly; and let all those in our cities who have dwelt with foreign women come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of their cities, until the fierce wrath of our God in this matter is turned away from us.

vw@Ezra:10:15 @ Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah stood against this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.

vw@Ezra:10:16 @ And the sons of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest set apart some of the men, heads of fathers, according to the houses of their fathers, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

vw@Ezra:10:17 @ By the first day of the first month they finished investigating all the men who had dwelt with foreign women.

vw@Ezra:10:18 @ And among the sons of the priests who had dwelt with foreign women, the following were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

vw@Ezra:10:19 @ And they gave their hands that they would put away their women; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their sin.

vw@Ezra:10:24 @ Also of the singers: Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

vw@Ezra:10:25 @ And others of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Jeziah, Malchiah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah;

vw@Ezra:10:30 @ of the sons of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh;

vw@Ezra:10:32 @ Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah;

vw@Ezra:10:38 @ Bani, Binnui, Shimei,

vw@Ezra:10:43 @ of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, Joel, and Benaiah.

vw@Ezra:10:44 @ All these had taken foreign women, some being women with whom they brought forth children.

vw@Nehemiah:1:1 @ The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

vw@Nehemiah:1:2 @ that Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

vw@Nehemiah:1:3 @ And they said to me, The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.

vw@Nehemiah:1:4 @ So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for days; and was fasting and praying before the God of Heaven.

vw@Nehemiah:1:6 @ Let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned.

vw@Nehemiah:1:7 @ We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.

vw@Nehemiah:1:8 @ Remember, I beseech You, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations;

vw@Nehemiah:1:9 @ but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though you were cast out to the ends of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place where I have chosen to establish My name.

vw@Nehemiah:1:11 @ O Lord, I beseech You, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who delight to fear Your name; and give Your servant success this day, and grant him mercy before this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

vw@Nehemiah:2:1 @ And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before.

vw@Nehemiah:2:2 @ Therefore the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid,

vw@Nehemiah:2:3 @ and said to the king, May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?

vw@Nehemiah:2:4 @ Then the king said to me, What do you request? So I prayed to the God of Heaven.

vw@Nehemiah:2:5 @ And I said to the king, If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.

vw@Nehemiah:2:6 @ Then the king said to me (the queen also sitting beside him), How long shall your journey be? And when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

vw@Nehemiah:2:7 @ Furthermore I said to the king, If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me to the governors of the region beyond the River, that they may allow me to pass through till I come to Judah;

vw@Nehemiah:2:8 @ and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the temple which pertains to the house, for the city wall, and for the house that I will occupy. And the king granted them to me according to the good hand of my God upon me.

vw@Nehemiah:2:9 @ Then I went to the governors in the region beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

vw@Nehemiah:2:12 @ And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem; nor was there any animal with me, except the one on which I rode.

vw@Nehemiah:2:13 @ And I went out by night through the Valley Gate, to the Serpent Spring and the Refuse Gate, and examined the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and its gates which had been consumed with fire.

vw@Nehemiah:2:14 @ Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass.

vw@Nehemiah:2:15 @ So I went up in the night by the river, and examined the wall; then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.

vw@Nehemiah:2:16 @ And the rulers did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the rulers, or the others who did the work.

vw@Nehemiah:2:17 @ Then I said to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.

vw@Nehemiah:2:18 @ And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. Then they said, Let us rise up and build. So they encouraged their hands for this good work.

vw@Nehemiah:2:19 @ But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they mocked and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?

vw@Nehemiah:2:20 @ So I answered them, and said to them, The God of Heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or memorial in Jerusalem.

vw@Nehemiah:3:10 @ Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs in front of his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabniah made repairs.

vw@Nehemiah:3:13 @ Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it, set up its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Refuse Gate.

vw@Nehemiah:3:15 @ Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, set up its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David.

vw@Nehemiah:3:16 @ After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the Tombs of David, to the pool that was made, and as far as the House of the Mighty.

vw@Nehemiah:3:17 @ After him the Levites, under Rehum the son of Bani, made repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs in his district.

vw@Nehemiah:3:19 @ And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the ascent to the armory at the buttress.

vw@Nehemiah:3:22 @ And after him the priests, the men of the plain, made repairs.

vw@Nehemiah:3:23 @ After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs across from their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs by his house.

vw@Nehemiah:3:24 @ After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress, even as far as the corner.

vw@Nehemiah:3:25 @ Palal the son of Uzai made repairs across from the buttress, and on the tower which projects out from the king’s upper house that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.

vw@Nehemiah:3:26 @ Moreover the temple slaves who dwelt in Ophel made repairs from in front of the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower.

vw@Nehemiah:3:27 @ After them the Tekoites repaired another section, next to the great projecting tower, even as far as the wall of Ophel.

vw@Nehemiah:3:28 @ Beyond the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house.

vw@Nehemiah:3:29 @ After them Zadok the son of Immer made repairs in front of his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.

vw@Nehemiah:3:30 @ After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs in front of his room.

vw@Nehemiah:3:31 @ After him Malchijah, a son of one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple slaves and of the merchants, in front of the Miphkad Gate, and as far as the upper room at the corner.

vw@Nehemiah:4:1 @ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

vw@Nehemiah:4:2 @ And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish; stones that are burned?

vw@Nehemiah:4:5 @ Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders.

vw@Nehemiah:4:6 @ So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a heart to work.

vw@Nehemiah:4:7 @ And it came to pass, when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem had been restored up and the gaps had begun to be closed, that they were greatly infuriated,

vw@Nehemiah:4:8 @ and all of them conspired together to come and make war against Jerusalem and to create confusion.

vw@Nehemiah:4:9 @ Nevertheless we prayed unto our God, and because of them we set a watch against them day and night.

vw@Nehemiah:4:10 @ Then Judah said, The strength of the laborers is stumbling, and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall.

vw@Nehemiah:4:11 @ And our adversaries said, They will neither know nor see anything, till we have come into their midst and killed them and put an end to the work.

vw@Nehemiah:4:13 @ Therefore I stationed men behind the lower parts of the wall, at the bare places; and I stationed the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

vw@Nehemiah:4:16 @ So it was, from that time on, that half of my servants did the work, while the other half held the spears, the shields, the bows, and wore armor; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

vw@Nehemiah:4:18 @ Every one who was building had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the shofar was beside me.

vw@Nehemiah:4:21 @ So we did the work, and half of the men held the spears from the rising of the dawn until the stars came out.

vw@Nehemiah:4:22 @ At the same time I also said to the people, Let each man and his servant lodge inside Jerusalem, that they may be a guard to us by night and workers by day.

vw@Nehemiah:4:23 @ So neither I, my brethren, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes, except that everyone sent them away for washing.

vw@Nehemiah:5:1 @ And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers the Jews.

vw@Nehemiah:5:2 @ For there were those who said, We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

vw@Nehemiah:5:3 @ There were also some who said, We have mortgaged our fields and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine.

vw@Nehemiah:5:4 @ There were also those who said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

vw@Nehemiah:5:5 @ Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our fields and vineyards.

vw@Nehemiah:5:6 @ And I was extremely infuriated when I heard their outcry and these words.

vw@Nehemiah:5:7 @ After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, Each of you is exacting usury from his brother. So I appointed a great assembly against them.

vw@Nehemiah:5:8 @ And I said to them, According to our ability we have redeemed our brothers, the Jews who were sold to the nations. Now indeed, will you even sell your brothers? Or should they be sold to us? Then they were silenced and found nothing to answer.

vw@Nehemiah:5:9 @ Then I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

vw@Nehemiah:5:10 @ I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Now let us leave off this usury!

vw@Nehemiah:5:11 @ Restore now to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil, that you have charged them.

vw@Nehemiah:5:12 @ So they said, We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say. Then I called the priests, and caused them to swear that they would do according to this word.

vw@Nehemiah:5:13 @ I also shook out empty the bosom of my garment and said, So may God shake out each man from his house, and from his property, who does not carry out this word. Even thus may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen! and praised Jehovah. Then the people did according to this word.

vw@Nehemiah:5:14 @ Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers have eaten the food of the governor.

vw@Nehemiah:5:15 @ But the former governors who had been before me were heavy on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

vw@Nehemiah:5:16 @ Indeed, I also prevailed in the work of this wall, and we did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work.

vw@Nehemiah:5:18 @ Now that which was prepared daily was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine. Yet in all of this I did not demand the food of the governor, because the labor was heavy on this people.

vw@Nehemiah:5:19 @ Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

vw@Nehemiah:6:1 @ Now it came to pass when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

vw@Nehemiah:6:2 @ that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do evil to me.

vw@Nehemiah:6:3 @ So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and come down to you?

vw@Nehemiah:6:4 @ But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner.

vw@Nehemiah:6:5 @ Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.

vw@Nehemiah:6:6 @ In it was written: It is reported among the nations, and Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; for which reason, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, that you may be their king.

vw@Nehemiah:6:7 @ And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah! Now these matters will be reported to the king. So come, therefore, and let us consult together.

vw@Nehemiah:6:8 @ Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, but you contrive them out of your own heart.

vw@Nehemiah:6:9 @ For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

vw@Nehemiah:6:10 @ Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was under restraints; and he said, Let us gather in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.

vw@Nehemiah:6:11 @ And I said, Should such a man as I flee? And who is there such as I who would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!

vw@Nehemiah:6:12 @ Then I perceived that God had not sent him, but that he had spoken this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

vw@Nehemiah:6:13 @ For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and do accordingly and sin, to make for a bad reputation, that they might reproach me.

vw@Nehemiah:6:14 @ My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these works of theirs, and the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who were terrifying me.

vw@Nehemiah:6:15 @ So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.

vw@Nehemiah:6:16 @ And it came to pass when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work had been done by our God.

vw@Nehemiah:6:17 @ Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and those from Tobiah came to them.

vw@Nehemiah:6:18 @ For many in Judah were pledged to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had taken in marriage the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

vw@Nehemiah:6:19 @ They also reported his good deeds before me, and were delivering my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.

vw@Nehemiah:7:1 @ Now it came to pass when the wall was built and I had set up the doors, when the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed;

vw@Nehemiah:7:3 @ And I said to them, Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut and bar the doors; and appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each one at his post, each across from his house.

vw@Nehemiah:7:4 @ Now the city was broad and large, but the people in it were few, and the houses were not rebuilt.

vw@Nehemiah:7:5 @ Then my God put it into my heart to gather the nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up in the first return, and found written in it:

vw@Nehemiah:7:6 @ These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city.

vw@Nehemiah:7:15 @ the sons of Binnui, six hundred and forty-eight;

vw@Nehemiah:7:20 @ the sons of Adin, six hundred and fifty-five;

vw@Nehemiah:7:21 @ the sons of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety-eight;

vw@Nehemiah:7:25 @ the sons of Gibeon, ninety-five;

vw@Nehemiah:7:38 @ the sons of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

vw@Nehemiah:7:39 @ The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred and seventy-three;

vw@Nehemiah:7:44 @ The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.

vw@Nehemiah:7:50 @ the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,

vw@Nehemiah:7:60 @ All the temple slaves, and the sons of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.

vw@Nehemiah:7:64 @ These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore they were considered desecrated, and excluded from the priesthood.

vw@Nehemiah:7:65 @ And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the set apart, holy, things till a priest should stand with Urim and Thummim.

vw@Nehemiah:7:67 @ besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five singing men and singing women.

vw@Nehemiah:7:70 @ And some of the heads of the fathers gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments.

vw@Nehemiah:7:71 @ Some of the heads of the fathers gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand gold drachmas, and two thousand two hundred silver minas.

vw@Nehemiah:7:72 @ And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly garments.

vw@Nehemiah:7:73 @ So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple slaves, and all Israel dwelt in their cities. When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

vw@Nehemiah:8:1 @ Now all the people gathered together as one man in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate; and they commanded Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which Jehovah had charged Israel.

vw@Nehemiah:8:2 @ So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

vw@Nehemiah:8:3 @ And he read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

vw@Nehemiah:8:5 @ And Ezra opened the book in the eyes of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

vw@Nehemiah:8:6 @ And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God. Then all the people answered, Amen, Amen! while lifting up their hands. And they bowed down and prostrated themselves before Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

vw@Nehemiah:8:7 @ Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place.

vw@Nehemiah:8:8 @ So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.

vw@Nehemiah:8:10 @ Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of Jehovah is your refuge.

vw@Nehemiah:8:11 @ So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.

vw@Nehemiah:8:12 @ And all the people went their way to eat and drink, to send portions and rejoice greatly, because they understood the Words that had been declared to them.

vw@Nehemiah:8:13 @ Now on the second day the heads of the fathers of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to have insight into the Words of the Law.

vw@Nehemiah:8:14 @ And they found written in the Law, which Jehovah had commanded by the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,

vw@Nehemiah:8:15 @ and that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the mountain, and bring olive foliage, foliage of oil trees, myrtle foliage, palm foliage, and foliage of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.

vw@Nehemiah:8:16 @ Then the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on their roofs, or in their courtyards or the courts of the house of God, and in the open square of the Water Gate and in the open square of the Gate of Ephraim.

vw@Nehemiah:8:17 @ So the whole assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great gladness.

vw@Nehemiah:8:18 @ Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the prescribed manner.

vw@Nehemiah:9:1 @ Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and earth upon them.

vw@Nehemiah:9:2 @ Then the seed of Israel separated themselves from the children of the foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

vw@Nehemiah:9:3 @ And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of Jehovah their God for a fourth part of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and prostrated themselves before Jehovah their God.

vw@Nehemiah:9:5 @ And the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said: Stand up and bless Jehovah your God forever and ever! Blessed is Your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

vw@Nehemiah:9:6 @ You alone are Jehovah; You have made the heavens, the Heaven of the heavens, with all their host, the earth and everything on it, the seas and all that is in them, and You preserve them all alive. The host of the Heavens bow down before You.

vw@Nehemiah:9:9 @ You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea.

vw@Nehemiah:9:10 @ You gave signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, upon all his servants, and upon all the people of his land. For You knew that they had acted proudly against them. So You made a name for Yourself, as it is this day.

vw@Nehemiah:9:11 @ And You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and those pursuing them You threw into the deep, as a stone into the mighty waters.

vw@Nehemiah:9:13 @ You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from the heavens, and gave them just ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

vw@Nehemiah:9:15 @ You gave them bread from the heavens for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and intended for them to go in to possess the land which You had raised Your hand and sworn to give them.

vw@Nehemiah:9:17 @ and refused to obey, and they were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness; and did not forsake them.

vw@Nehemiah:9:19 @ yet in Your manifold mercies You did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day, to lead them on the road; nor the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way they should go.

vw@Nehemiah:9:21 @ Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

vw@Nehemiah:9:22 @ Moreover You gave them kingdoms and nations, and divided them into districts. So they took possession of the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

vw@Nehemiah:9:23 @ You also multiplied their children as the stars of the heavens, and brought them into the land which You had commanded their fathers to go in and possess it.

vw@Nehemiah:9:24 @ So the people went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.

vw@Nehemiah:9:25 @ And they captured strong cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and grew fat, and lived luxuriously in Your great goodness.

vw@Nehemiah:9:26 @ Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against You, cast Your Law behind their backs and killed Your prophets, who testified against them to turn them to Yourself; and they worked great blasphemies.

vw@Nehemiah:9:27 @ Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who distressed them; and in the time of their trouble, when they cried out to You, You heard from Heaven; and according to Your abundant mercies You gave them deliverers who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

vw@Nehemiah:9:28 @ But after they had rest, they returned to doing evil before You. Therefore You left them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them; yet when they returned and cried out to You, You heard from Heaven; and many times You delivered them according to Your mercies,

vw@Nehemiah:9:29 @ and testified against them, that You might bring them back to Your Law. Yet they acted presumptuously, and did not heed Your commandments, but sinned against Your judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them. And they shrugged their shoulders, stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

vw@Nehemiah:9:30 @ Yet for many years You had patience with them, and testified against them by Your Spirit by the hand of Your prophets. Yet they would not listen; therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

vw@Nehemiah:9:31 @ Nevertheless in Your great mercy You did not annihilate them nor forsake them; for You are the Mighty God, gracious and merciful.

vw@Nehemiah:9:32 @ Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and awesome Mighty God, who keeps covenant and mercy: Do not let all the trouble seem small before You that has found us, our kings and our rulers, our priests and our prophets, our fathers and all Your people, since the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

vw@Nehemiah:9:33 @ However You are just in all that has come upon us; for You have dealt faithfully, but we have done wickedly.

vw@Nehemiah:9:34 @ Neither our kings nor our princes, our priests nor our fathers, have kept Your Law, nor paid attention to Your commandments and Your testimonies, with which You testified against them.

vw@Nehemiah:9:35 @ For they have not served You in their kingdom, nor in the great goodness that You gave them, nor in the large and rich land which You set before them; nor did they turn from their evil works.

vw@Nehemiah:9:36 @ Here we are, servants this day! And the land that You gave to our fathers, to eat its fruit and its bounty; behold, we are servants in it.

vw@Nehemiah:9:37 @ And it yields much increase to the kings You have set over us, because of our sins; also they have dominion over our bodies and our cattle at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

vw@Nehemiah:9:38 @ And because of all this, we are making a covenant in good faith, and writing it; sealed by our rulers, our Levites, and our priests.

vw@Nehemiah:10:6 @ Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

vw@Nehemiah:10:7 @ Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

vw@Nehemiah:10:9 @ The Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, and Kadmiel.

vw@Nehemiah:10:13 @ Hodijah, Bani, and Beninu.

vw@Nehemiah:10:16 @ Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,

vw@Nehemiah:10:28 @ Now the rest of the people; the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple slaves, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding;

vw@Nehemiah:10:29 @ these joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes:

vw@Nehemiah:10:31 @ If the peoples of the land brought wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, nor on a holy day; and we would forego the seventh year’s produce and the tribute from every hand.

vw@Nehemiah:10:33 @ for the Bread in Rows, for the continual grain offering, for the continual burnt offering of the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the set feasts; for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God.

vw@Nehemiah:10:34 @ We cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for bringing the wood offering into the house of our God, according to our fathers’ houses, at the appointed times year by year, to burn on the altar of Jehovah our God as it is written in the Law.

vw@Nehemiah:10:35 @ And to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of Jehovah;

vw@Nehemiah:10:36 @ to bring the firstborn of our sons and our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks, to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God;

vw@Nehemiah:10:37 @ to bring the firstfruits of our dough, our offerings, the fruit from all kinds of trees, the new wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tithes of our land to the Levites, that the Levites should receive the tithes in all the cities of our labor.

vw@Nehemiah:10:38 @ And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes; and the Levites shall bring up a tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the rooms of the storehouse.

vw@Nehemiah:10:39 @ For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine and the oil, to the rooms where the articles of the sanctuary are, where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the singers are; and we will not neglect the house of our God.

vw@Nehemiah:11:1 @ Now the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem. And the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine-tenths were to dwell in other cities.

vw@Nehemiah:11:2 @ And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.

vw@Nehemiah:11:3 @ These are the heads of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem. (But in the cities of Judah everyone dwelt in his own possession in their cities; Israelites, priests, Levites, temple slaves, and sons of Solomon’s servants.)

vw@Nehemiah:11:4 @ Also in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin. The sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;

vw@Nehemiah:11:7 @ And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;

vw@Nehemiah:11:8 @ and after him Gabbai and Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.

vw@Nehemiah:11:10 @ Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, and Jachin;

vw@Nehemiah:11:16 @ Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, had the oversight of the business outside of the house of God;

vw@Nehemiah:11:17 @ Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer; Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

vw@Nehemiah:11:18 @ All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

vw@Nehemiah:11:20 @ And the rest of Israel, of the priests and Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.

vw@Nehemiah:11:21 @ But the temple slaves dwelt in Ophel. And Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple slaves.

vw@Nehemiah:11:22 @ Also the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha, of the sons of Asaph, the singers who were over the service of the house of God.

vw@Nehemiah:11:23 @ For it was the king’s command concerning them that there should be financial support for the singers, a quota for each day.

vw@Nehemiah:11:24 @ Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

vw@Nehemiah:11:25 @ And as for the villages with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba and its villages, Dibon and its villages, Jekabzeel and its villages;

vw@Nehemiah:11:26 @ in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet,

vw@Nehemiah:11:28 @ in Ziklag and Mekonah and its villages;

vw@Nehemiah:11:29 @ in En Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,

vw@Nehemiah:11:30 @ Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; in Azekah and its villages. They dwelt from Beer-sheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

vw@Nehemiah:11:31 @ Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages;

vw@Nehemiah:11:32 @ in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah;

vw@Nehemiah:11:33 @ in Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim;

vw@Nehemiah:11:34 @ in Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat;

vw@Nehemiah:11:35 @ in Lod, Ono, and the Valley of Craftsmen.

vw@Nehemiah:11:36 @ Some of the divisions of the Levites of Judah were in Benjamin.

vw@Nehemiah:12:4 @ Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,

vw@Nehemiah:12:5 @ Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,

vw@Nehemiah:12:7 @ Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

vw@Nehemiah:12:8 @ Moreover the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who led the songs of praise, he and his brethren.

vw@Nehemiah:12:9 @ Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, stood next to them in their service.

vw@Nehemiah:12:12 @ Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of the fathers were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

vw@Nehemiah:12:16 @ of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

vw@Nehemiah:12:17 @ of Abijah, Zichri; the son of Minjamin of Moadiah, Piltai;

vw@Nehemiah:12:22 @ During the reign of Darius the Persian, a record was also kept of the Levites and priests who had been heads of their fathers in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua.

vw@Nehemiah:12:23 @ The sons of Levi, the heads of the fathers until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib, were written in the book of the chronicles.

vw@Nehemiah:12:24 @ And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers next to them, to praise and give thanks, group next to group, according to the command of David the man of God.

vw@Nehemiah:12:25 @ Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the thresholds of the gates.

vw@Nehemiah:12:26 @ These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

vw@Nehemiah:12:27 @ Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to attend to the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgiving and singing, with cymbals and lutes and harps.

vw@Nehemiah:12:28 @ And the sons of the singers gathered together from the countryside around Jerusalem, from the villages of Netophah,

vw@Nehemiah:12:29 @ from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages all around Jerusalem.

vw@Nehemiah:12:31 @ So I brought the rulers of Judah up on the wall, and stationed two large thanksgiving choirs. One went to the right hand on the wall toward the Refuse Gate.

vw@Nehemiah:12:32 @ Following behind them went Hoshaiah and half of the rulers of Judah,

vw@Nehemiah:12:34 @ Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

vw@Nehemiah:12:36 @ and his brethren, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the instruments of song of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them.

vw@Nehemiah:12:37 @ And at the Fountain Gate across from them, they went up the stairs of the City of David, at the ascent of the wall above the house of David, as far as the Water Gate eastward.

vw@Nehemiah:12:38 @ And the other thanksgiving choir went the opposite way, and I followed behind them with half of the people on the wall, going past the Tower of the Ovens as far as the Broad Wall,

vw@Nehemiah:12:40 @ So the two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God, likewise I and half the rulers with me;

vw@Nehemiah:12:41 @ and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Minjamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

vw@Nehemiah:12:42 @ also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang aloud with Jezrahiah as their overseer.

vw@Nehemiah:12:44 @ And at the same time some were appointed over the rooms of the storehouse for the offerings, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who ministered.

vw@Nehemiah:12:45 @ Both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God and the charge of the purification, according to the command of David and Solomon his son.

vw@Nehemiah:12:46 @ For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were heads of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

vw@Nehemiah:12:47 @ In the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, a portion for each day. They also consecrated holy things for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them for the sons of Aaron.

vw@Nehemiah:13:1 @ On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the ears of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should come into the assembly of God forever,

vw@Nehemiah:13:2 @ because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

vw@Nehemiah:13:4 @ Now before this, Eliashib the priest, being entrusted with the rooms of the house of our God, being related to Tobiah,

vw@Nehemiah:13:5 @ had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils, the tithes of grain, the new wine and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites and singers and gatekeepers, and the offerings for the priests.

vw@Nehemiah:13:6 @ But during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I had come to the king. Then after certain days I obtained leave from the king,

vw@Nehemiah:13:7 @ and I came to Jerusalem and perceived the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing a room for him in the courts of the house of God.

vw@Nehemiah:13:8 @ And it grieved me exceedingly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room.

vw@Nehemiah:13:9 @ Then I commanded them to purify the rooms; and I brought back into them the utensils of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.

vw@Nehemiah:13:10 @ I also perceived that the portions for the Levites had not been given them; for each of the Levites and the singers who did the work had fled to his field.

vw@Nehemiah:13:11 @ So I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together and set them in their place.

vw@Nehemiah:13:12 @ Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil into the storehouse.

vw@Nehemiah:13:13 @ And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouse Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren.

vw@Nehemiah:13:14 @ Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its services.

vw@Nehemiah:13:15 @ In those days I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I admonished them about the day on which they were selling food.

vw@Nehemiah:13:16 @ Men of Tyre dwelt there also, who brought in fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, even in Jerusalem.

vw@Nehemiah:13:17 @ Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you do, profaning the Sabbath day?

vw@Nehemiah:13:18 @ Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city? Yet you bring added wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath!

vw@Nehemiah:13:19 @ So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem, as it began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and charged that they not be opened till after the Sabbath. Then I posted some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens should be brought in on the Sabbath day.

vw@Nehemiah:13:20 @ So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of merchandise lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.

vw@Nehemiah:13:21 @ Then I warned them, and said to them, Why do you spend the night around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you! From that time on they came no more on the Sabbath.

vw@Nehemiah:13:22 @ And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should go and guard the gates, to consecrate the Sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy.

vw@Nehemiah:13:23 @ In those days I also saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

vw@Nehemiah:13:24 @ And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the Jewish language, but according to the tongue of nation to nation.

vw@Nehemiah:13:25 @ So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

vw@Nehemiah:13:26 @ Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God; and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.

vw@Nehemiah:13:27 @ Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, acting treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?

vw@Nehemiah:13:28 @ And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me.

vw@Nehemiah:13:30 @ Thus I cleansed them of everything foreign. I also appointed duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service,

vw@Nehemiah:13:31 @ and for the wood offering and the firstfruits at the appointed times. Remember me, O my God, for good!

vw@Esther:1:1 @ Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India to Ethiopia),

vw@Esther:1:2 @ in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

vw@Esther:1:3 @ that in the third year of his reign he made a feast for all his officials and servants; the powers of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the rulers of the provinces being before him;

vw@Esther:1:4 @ when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the splendor of his excellent greatness for many days, even one hundred and eighty days.

vw@Esther:1:5 @ And when these days were completed, the king made a feast lasting seven days for all the people who were found in Shushan the palace, from great to small, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

vw@Esther:1:6 @ There were white and violet linen curtains fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on silver rods and marble pillars; and the couches were of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of red, turquoise, and pearl and black marble.

vw@Esther:1:7 @ And they served drinks in golden vessels, each vessel being different from the other, with royal wine in abundance, according to the hand of the king.

vw@Esther:1:8 @ In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had ordered all the officers of his household, that they should do according to each man’s pleasure.

vw@Esther:1:9 @ Queen Vashti also made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

vw@Esther:1:10 @ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, seven officials who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,

vw@Esther:1:11 @ to bring Queen Vashti before the king, wearing her royal crown, in order to show her beauty to the people and the officials; for she was beautiful in appearance.

vw@Esther:1:12 @ But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command brought by his officials; therefore the king was furious, and his rage burned within him.

vw@Esther:1:13 @ Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times (for this was the king’s manner toward all who knew law and judgment,

vw@Esther:1:14 @ those closest to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who had access to the king’s presence, and who sat first in the kingdom):

vw@Esther:1:15 @ What shall we do to Queen Vashti, according to law, because she has not observed the command of King Ahasuerus brought to her by the officials?

vw@Esther:1:16 @ And Memucan answered before the king and the rulers: Queen Vashti has not only wronged the king, but also all the rulers, and all the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

vw@Esther:1:17 @ For the queen’s behavior will become known to all women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when they report, King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought in before him, but she did not come.

vw@Esther:1:18 @ And this day the noble ladies of Persia and Media will say the same to all the king’s officials, when they have heard of the behavior of the queen. Thus there will be more than enough contempt and wrath.

vw@Esther:1:19 @ If it please the king, let a royal decree go out from him, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media, so that it shall not become obsolete, that Vashti shall come no more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal power to another woman who is better than she.

vw@Esther:1:20 @ And when the king’s decree which he will make is proclaimed throughout all his empire (for it is great), all wives will honor their husbands, both great and small.

vw@Esther:1:21 @ And the words pleased the king and the rulers, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

vw@Esther:1:22 @ Then he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, to each province in its own writing, and to every people in their own language: That each man should rule in his own house; and that it should be spoken in the language of each nation.

vw@Esther:2:1 @ After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

vw@Esther:2:2 @ Then the king’s servants who ministered to him said: Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king;

vw@Esther:2:3 @ and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, into the women’s house, under the hand of Hegai the king’s official, custodian of the women. And let cosmetics be given to them.

vw@Esther:2:4 @ Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.

vw@Esther:2:5 @ Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite.

vw@Esther:2:6 @ Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been captured with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

vw@Esther:2:8 @ So it was, when the king’s command and decree were heard, and when many young women were gathered at Shushan the palace, under the hand of Hegai, that Esther also was taken to the king’s house, into the hand of Hegai the custodian of the women.

vw@Esther:2:9 @ Now the young woman was good in his eyes, and she obtained his favor; so he rushed to supply her cosmetics, along with her other provisions. And seven choice maidservants were provided for her from the king’s house, and he moved her and her maidservants to the best place in the house of the women.

vw@Esther:2:11 @ And every day Mordecai walked around in front of the court of the women’s house, to learn of Esther’s welfare and what was happening with her.

vw@Esther:2:12 @ Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after she had completed twelve months according to the regulations for the women, for thus were the days of their beautification accomplished: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and preparations for beautifying women.

vw@Esther:2:13 @ Thus prepared, each young woman went to the king, and she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the women’s house to the king’s house.

vw@Esther:2:14 @ In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, to the hand of Shaashgaz, the king’s official who kept the concubines. She would not go in to the king again unless the king delighted in her and summoned her by name.

vw@Esther:2:15 @ Now when the turn came for Esther (the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his daughter), to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king’s official, the custodian of the women, commanded. And Esther rose to favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

vw@Esther:2:16 @ So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal house, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

vw@Esther:2:17 @ And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his presence more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

vw@Esther:2:18 @ And the king made a great feast, the Feast of Esther, for all his rulers and servants; and he instituted a holiday in the provinces and gave gifts according to the hand of the king.

vw@Esther:2:19 @ And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.

vw@Esther:2:20 @ Now Esther had not revealed her kindred nor her people, just as Mordecai had charged her, for Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai as when she was brought up by him.

vw@Esther:2:21 @ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s officials, Bigthan and Teresh, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

vw@Esther:2:22 @ And the matter became known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.

vw@Esther:2:23 @ And when an inquiry was made into the matter, it was confirmed, and both were hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.

vw@Esther:3:1 @ After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the rulers who were with him.

vw@Esther:3:2 @ And all the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow nor pay homage.

vw@Esther:3:3 @ Then the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate said to Mordecai, Why do you transgress the king’s command?

vw@Esther:3:6 @ But it was contemptible in his eyes to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus; the people of Mordecai.

vw@Esther:3:7 @ In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot), before Haman from day to day and month to month, until it fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

vw@Esther:3:8 @ Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from all other people’s, and they do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them remain.

vw@Esther:3:9 @ If it pleases the king, let a decree be written that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who do the work, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

vw@Esther:3:10 @ So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the one harassing the Jews.

vw@Esther:3:11 @ And the king said to Haman, The money and the people are given to you, to do with them as seems good to you.

vw@Esther:3:12 @ Then the king’s scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and a decree was written according to all that Haman commanded; to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province, to the rulers of all the people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written, and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

vw@Esther:3:13 @ And the letters were sent by runners into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to exterminate all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions;

vw@Esther:3:14 @ a copy of the document to be issued as law in every province, being published for all people, that they should be ready for that day.

vw@Esther:3:15 @ The runners went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in Shushan the palace. So the king and Haman sat down to drink. But the city of Shushan was perplexed.

vw@Esther:4:1 @ When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried out with a loud and bitter cry.

vw@Esther:4:2 @ He went as far as the front of the king’s gate: for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

vw@Esther:4:3 @ And in every province where the king’s command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

vw@Esther:4:4 @ So Esther’s maids and officials came and reported it to her, and the queen was exceedingly distressed. Then she sent garments to clothe Mordecai and take his sackcloth away from him, but he would not accept them.

vw@Esther:4:5 @ Then Esther called Hathach, one of the king’s officials whom he had appointed to attend her, and she gave him a command concerning Mordecai, to learn what and why this was.

vw@Esther:4:6 @ So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square that was in front of the king’s gate.

vw@Esther:4:7 @ And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king’s treasuries to destroy the Jews.

vw@Esther:4:8 @ He also gave him a copy of the written decree for their destruction, which was given at Shushan, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her, and that he might command her to go in to the king to make supplication to him and plead before him for her people.

vw@Esther:4:10 @ Again Esther spoke to Hathach, and charged him to say to Mordecai:

vw@Esther:4:11 @ All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, who has not been summoned, has but one law: to put all to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, that he may live. Furthermore, I have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days.

vw@Esther:4:13 @ And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: Do not think in your soul that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the other Jews.

vw@Esther:4:14 @ For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house shall perish. Yet who knows whether you have attained unto the kingdom for such a time as this?

vw@Esther:4:16 @ Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I have perished, I have perished!

vw@Esther:4:17 @ So Mordecai went his way and did according to all that Esther commanded him.

vw@Esther:5:1 @ Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, in front of the gate of the house.

vw@Esther:5:2 @ So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, that she found favor in his eyes, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter.

vw@Esther:5:3 @ And the king said to her, What do you wish, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given to you, even to half the kingdom.

vw@Esther:5:4 @ And Esther answered, If it pleases the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.

vw@Esther:5:5 @ Then the king said, Summon Haman quickly, that he may do according to Esther’s word. So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

vw@Esther:5:6 @ At the banquet of wine the king said to Esther, What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? And it shall be done, even to half the kingdom.

vw@Esther:5:8 @ If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do according to the word of the king.

vw@Esther:5:9 @ So Haman went out that day joyful and with a glad heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and that he did not stand or tremble before him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai.

vw@Esther:5:10 @ Nevertheless Haman restrained himself and went to his house, and he sent and summoned his friends and his wife Zeresh.

vw@Esther:5:11 @ And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the rulers and servants of the king.

vw@Esther:5:12 @ Moreover Haman said, In addition to that, Queen Esther invited no one to come in with the king to the banquet that she prepared, except me; and tomorrow I am again invited by her, along with the king.

vw@Esther:5:13 @ Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.

vw@Esther:5:14 @ Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet. And these words were good to Haman; so he had the gallows made.

vw@Esther:6:1 @ That night sleep fled from the king. So it was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were recited before the king.

vw@Esther:6:2 @ And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officials, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

vw@Esther:6:3 @ Then the king said, What honor or dignity has been bestowed upon Mordecai for this? And the king’s servants who attended him said, Nothing has been done for him.

vw@Esther:6:4 @ So the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s house to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

vw@Esther:6:5 @ The king’s servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

vw@Esther:6:6 @ So Haman came in, and the king said unto him, What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, Whom would the king delight to honor more than myself?

vw@Esther:6:7 @ And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor:

vw@Esther:6:8 @ Let the royal apparel be brought which the king has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, and the royal crown which has been placed upon his head.

vw@Esther:6:9 @ Then let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble rulers, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him: Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!

vw@Esther:6:10 @ Then the king said to Haman, Hurry! Take the apparel and the horse, just as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits in the king’s gate! Do not fail to do any of all that you have spoken.

vw@Esther:6:11 @ So Haman took the apparel and the horse, arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!

vw@Esther:6:12 @ Afterward Mordecai went back to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.

vw@Esther:6:13 @ When Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him, his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not prevail against him but shall be thrown down and fall before him.

vw@Esther:6:14 @ While they were still talking with him, the king’s officials came, and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

vw@Esther:7:1 @ So the king and Haman went to feast with Queen Esther.

vw@Esther:7:2 @ And on the second day, at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? It shall be done, even to half the kingdom.

vw@Esther:7:3 @ Then Queen Esther answered and said, If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

vw@Esther:7:4 @ For we have been sold, my people and I, to be annihilated, killed and destroyed. Had we been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept silent, although the enemy could never compensate for the king’s loss.

vw@Esther:7:5 @ So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?

vw@Esther:7:6 @ And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this evil Haman! Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

vw@Esther:7:7 @ Then the king arose from the the banquet of wine in his wrath and went into the palace garden; but Haman stood before Queen Esther, to request for his soul, for he perceived that evil was determined against him by the king.

vw@Esther:7:8 @ When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, Will he also violate the queen while I am in the house? As the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

vw@Esther:7:9 @ Now Harbonah, one of the officials, said to the king, Behold, the gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good on the king’s behalf, is standing at the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him on it!

vw@Esther:7:10 @ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

vw@Esther:8:1 @ On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the one harassing the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.

vw@Esther:8:2 @ And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai; and Esther appointed Mordecai over the house of Haman.

vw@Esther:8:3 @ And Esther spoke again to the king, falling down at his feet, and implored him with tears to take away the evil of Haman the Agagite, and the plans which he had devised against the Jews.

vw@Esther:8:4 @ And the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king,

vw@Esther:8:5 @ and said, If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor before him and the thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to exterminate the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

vw@Esther:8:6 @ For how can I endure to see the evil that will meet my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

vw@Esther:8:7 @ Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he has stretched out his hand against the Jews.

vw@Esther:8:8 @ You yourselves write a decree concerning the Jews, as is good in your eyes, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s signet ring; for whatever is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring no one can revoke.

vw@Esther:8:9 @ So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the rulers of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province in its own writing, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own writing and language.

vw@Esther:8:10 @ And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on royal horses bred from swift steeds.

vw@Esther:8:11 @ By these letters the king permitted the Jews who were in every city to gather together and take their stand for their souls; to exterminate, kill, and destroy all the forces of any people or province that would be hostile to them, even little children and women, and to plunder their possessions,

vw@Esther:8:12 @ on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

vw@Esther:8:13 @ A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province and published for all people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

vw@Esther:8:14 @ The couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s command. And the decree was issued in Shushan the palace.

vw@Esther:8:15 @ So Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of violet and white, with a great crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

vw@Esther:8:17 @ And in every province and city, wherever the king’s command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews, because fear of the Jews fell upon them.

vw@Esther:9:1 @ Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, the time came for the king’s command and his decree to be executed. On the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, the opposite occurred, in that the Jews themselves overpowered those who hated them.

vw@Esther:9:2 @ The Jews gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm. And no one could withstand them, because fear of them fell upon all the people.

vw@Esther:9:3 @ And all the rulers of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and all those doing the king’s work, helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

vw@Esther:9:4 @ For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for this man Mordecai proceeded on into greatness.

vw@Esther:9:6 @ And in Shushan the palace the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

vw@Esther:9:11 @ On that day the number of those who were killed in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

vw@Esther:9:12 @ And the king said to Queen Esther, The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. Or what is your further request? It shall be done.

vw@Esther:9:13 @ Then Esther said, If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do again tomorrow according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.

vw@Esther:9:14 @ So the king commanded this to be done; the decree was issued in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

vw@Esther:9:15 @ And the Jews who were in Shushan gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men at Shushan; but they did not lay a hand on the spoils.

vw@Esther:9:16 @ The remainder of the Jews in the king’s provinces gathered together and took a stand for their souls, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies; but they did not lay a hand on the spoils.

vw@Esther:9:17 @ This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And on the fourteenth day of the month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

vw@Esther:9:18 @ But the Jews who were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth of the month they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

vw@Esther:9:19 @ Therefore the Jews of the villages who dwelt in the unwalled towns made the fourteenth day of the month of Adar a day of gladness and feasting, as a good day, and for sending portions to one another.

vw@Esther:9:20 @ And Mordecai wrote these things and sent letters to all the Jews, near and far, who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus,

vw@Esther:9:22 @ as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning to a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, of sending portions to one another and gifts to the needy.

vw@Esther:9:24 @ because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to exterminate them, and had cast Pur (that is, the lot), to destroy them and to exterminate them;

vw@Esther:9:25 @ but when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that this evil plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

vw@Esther:9:26 @ Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name Pur. Therefore, because of all the words of this letter, what they had seen concerning this matter, and what had happened to them,

vw@Esther:9:27 @ the Jews established and took it upon themselves and their seed and all who would join them, that without fail they should celebrate these two days year after year, according to the writing and according to the appointed time;

vw@Esther:9:28 @ that these days should be remembered and kept from generation to generation, by every family, in every province and every city, that these days of Purim should not pass away among the Jews, and that the memory of them should not cease among their seed.

vw@Esther:9:30 @ And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

vw@Esther:9:31 @ to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and as they had decreed for themselves and their seed, concerning the matters of their fasting and of their cry.

vw@Esther:9:32 @ So the decree of Esther confirmed these matters about Purim, and it was written in the book.

vw@Esther:10:1 @ And King Ahasuerus imposed a tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.

vw@Esther:10:2 @ Now all the acts of his authority and his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia.

vw@Esther:10:3 @ For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews and accepted by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the welfare of his people and speaking peace to all his seed.

vw@Job:1:1 @ There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and the man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God and turned away from evil.


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