"It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?" Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. "Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security. Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?" And the LORD said, "They will surrender you." He departed and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes. When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the LORD. And who is the son of Jesse? read more. Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who were warriors, to fight against Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. "If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.' "Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life, for you are safe with me." It happened in the morning about the time of offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. "Please, let us make a little walled upper chamber and let us set a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there." They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone from the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.'" But the lad was not aware of anything; only Jonathan and David knew about the matter. And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?" All the prophets were prophesying thus, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king." "Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. He broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones. "He will give up Israel on account of the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed and with which he made Israel to sin." Now when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, all the valiant men rose and walked all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me." He did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together. The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand. "He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine." The Lord also declares to you that the Lord will make a house for you. And when the man touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first to last, behold, they are written in the annals of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD. 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 a fourth of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver. Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son; and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this man in prison and feed him sparingly with bread and water until I return safely."'" So Samuel went back following Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD. "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,' although the LORD your God was your king. When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend to be another woman? Then she called to her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return." Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king. Ahab also made the Asherah Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him. So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." So Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are. The king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is." 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.'" And the king of Israel said to him, "So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it." While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him and he said, "Behold, this evil is from the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?" "While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." All these, being men of war who could draw up in battle formation, came to Hebron with a perfect heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one mind to make David king. Amen. Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of Jehoahaz his father Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel. And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and encouraged him in God. "Now therefore return and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines." He also consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? When there was war again, David went out and fought with the Philistines and defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled before him. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and 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? And he said, "Peacefully." So Hilkiah and those whom the king had told went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her regarding this. 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? May the LORD therefore reward you with good in return for what you have done to me this day. The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other." And King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel. When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, 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 dead." The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets. He said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death? For the Levites left their pasture lands and their property and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the LORD. "Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes. Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. Then Joram said, "Get ready." Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle." Then Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." The king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" 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. And he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest." Michal took the household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with clothes. He did right in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left. And the king said to her, "What is the matter with you?" 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 would not put him to death. The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled. Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he thought, "It is an accident, he is not clean, surely he is not clean." Then Shimei arose and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to look for his servants. "The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat." WebThis is the text and a scan of the actual, original, first printing of the 1611 King James Version, the 'HE' Bible, for 1 Samuel Chapter 16. He built towers in the wilderness and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plain. Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread and a jug of wine and a young goat, and sent them to Saul by David his son. Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven. Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and killed him, and reigned in his place. Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor. In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers." Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she persuaded him to eat food. "Did I just begin to inquire of God for him today? He gathered men to himself and became leader of a marauding band, after David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and stayed there, and reigned in Damascus. In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him. "Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them), see how they are rewarding us by coming to drive us out from Your possession which You have given us as an inheritance. So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him. Samuel said, Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? WebThe Lord will be king over the whole earth. When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, with those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the Philistines came and lived in them. Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now reign over Israel? So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water. The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became warm. Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. "Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you. 'I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord! "If you will not listen to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the command of the LORD, then the hand of the LORD will be against you, as it was against your fathers. "If it please my father to do you harm, may the LORD do so to Jonathan and more also, if I do not make it known to you and send you away, that you may go in safety And may the LORD be with you as He has been with my father. From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?" Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants and to your son David.'" But there were not made for the house of the LORD silver cups, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the LORD; for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. All the prophets were prophesying thus, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king." These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan; Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh was his and all the land of Hepher); Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife); Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam; Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his); Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon); Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land. When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God. But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. Our lord King David has made Solomon king. It shall also be done.. So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city. Then David came to Saul and attended him; and Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer. Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal, ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son became king in his place. The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!' Then 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." And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. "Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David. When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him. Surely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Now Saul was afraid of David, for the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul. Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty two years over Israel. And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.'" Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? And the LORD said, "He will come down." Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel. This is the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." The watchman reported, "He came even to them, and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously." Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies '" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 'Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'"