And what is your request? So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. And when Saul heard it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon. And the LORD anointed you king over Israel, and the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.' And the LORD said, "He will come down." To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Then he said to him, "Because you have not listened to the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you." When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably." Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?" What is my iniquity? The king, though sequestered behind the palace walls and bureaucracy, though glimpsed, if at 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 the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. '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.'" And the Lord helped David wherever he went. Nor the rulers staff from between his feet, And the king said to Esther on the second day also. "You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Now Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise and go with your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn; for the LORD has called for a famine, and it will even come on the land for seven years." Then she said, "I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me." And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king in his place. Bible Verses Then he said, "I have something to say to you." What then have they done in the rest of the kings provinces! Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on. She said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God passing by us continually. Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. read more. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did and his sin which he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. But he fled to Megiddo and died there. They arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Arameans; when they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there was no one there. "But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever." And the king arose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat on his throne; then he had a throne set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right. Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and, So David reigned over all Israel; and David. They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall all around it. Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?" Now it came about after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. He said to him, "I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water '" But he lied to him. Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, and ran to the battle line and entered in order to greet his brothers. After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. "Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me, that I may worship the LORD." David said to Achish, "But what have I done? read more. He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him. 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." Now Hazael king of Aram had oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. He called Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." And they saddled it. Asa did what was right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father. So the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, "Come up to us and we will tell you something " And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hands of Israel." King K Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. 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? In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king. For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'" So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God that the LORD might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. He said to her, "Give me your son." The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. Then he died in a ripe old age, full of days, riches and honor; and his son Solomon reigned in his place. The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt." The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers. For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel with their idols. He restores my soul. David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. And he sat on the throne of the kings. Then he said, "Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few. "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. Naaman said, "If not, please let your servant at least be given two mules' load of earth; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering nor will he sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD. "If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us." "Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found in you all your days. And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" It came about after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back. "Now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." Nathan then said to David, "You are the man! Then He said, 'You are to entice him and also prevail. Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths None remained except the poorest people of the land. Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are consumed.'" Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel. In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. He said, "Call her." And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with you. Which he will display at the proper timehe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.. When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith. Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash, therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.' 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. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. Then the other woman said, "No! David answered the priest and said to him, "Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy?" Bible But Solomon did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen. A dead dog, a single flea? "As you did not obey the LORD and did not execute His fierce wrath on Amalek, so the LORD has done this thing to you this day. They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the LORD with them; and they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people. Now it came about after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. Those deputies provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon's table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking. 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. Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and came to the battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion. She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door behind him and went out. 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. "Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you have made Israel sin. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did and his might, how he fought and how he recovered for Israel, Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves." The fury of a king is like messengers of death, and they said to him, Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. SHEPHERDS IN THE FIELDS Then they said, "This is blood; the kings have surely fought together, and they have slain one another. When the people entered the forest, behold, there was a flow of honey; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. Whom are you pursuing? Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." So Solomon built the house and finished it. Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day." "Of Jezebel also has the LORD spoken, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.' "For thus says the LORD, 'You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your beasts. And the woman said to Saul, "I see a divine being coming up out of the earth." And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them. So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the army which followed them. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. Thus Saul was David's enemy continually. So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. And he said, "Give them to the people that they may eat." And Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. The priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the LORD. Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! "Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? So he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments. Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place. but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.