"Then you shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within the ranks shall be put to death. He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 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. And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place. So he said, "Thus says the LORD, 'By the young men of the rulers of the provinces.'" Therefore, Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, "Give a perfect lot." In John 8:12 [emphasis mine], Jesus says, "I AM the Light (the manifest radiance of God's life) of the world, and the one following (or co-walking Then she came and told the man of God. Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." Go and do so.' "Your servant is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted. Then David came to Saul and attended him; and Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer. "When you arrive there, search out Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and bid him arise from among his brothers, and bring him to an inner room. He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart, who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand as it is this day. So he held Judah and Benjamin. "For on the day you go out and cross over the brook Kidron, you will know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head." "So now, take your stand, that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD which He did for you and your fathers. He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the, So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the. Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread." When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying. Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here." So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone. Here I am, I must die!" The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found." He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. It shall even be granted you. But Samuel said, "How can I go? Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. And he answered, "What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?" John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. Now the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, "Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place. And he said to her, "There is not one vessel more." And Hiram sent to the king 120 talents of gold. When Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground, and no one had escaped. When Jesus said to them, I am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. Shall I overtake them?" The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave. But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me." Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." "They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the sheep. But he said, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'" Then the royal officer answered the man of God and said, "Now behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?" It came about when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them. For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?" And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered. Then Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand; now therefore, please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time." For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations. And he drew chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents. And Jehu said, "What have you to do with peace? And he said, "Bring up Samuel for me." And when I extinguish you,I will cover the heavens and darken their stars;I will cover the sun with a cloudAnd the moon will not give its light. You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations. So the king died and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria. "But they will become his slaves so that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries." Then the king of Aram said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." David said to Achish, "Very well, you shall know what your servant can do." He threw it into the pot and said, "Pour it out for the people that they may eat." Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too limited for us. On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. 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? 'Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.' But you shall speak to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! They said, "It is a lie, tell us now." When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and then died. He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army; and Saul was lying in the circle of the camp, and the people were camped around him. And she answered, "It is well." He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. Why does it have strange spelling? Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. "We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire." So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh. "Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD before the new court, and he said, "O LORD, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? 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. And Abijam his son became king in his place. Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king. So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe. But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who is David? "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. Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground," and he struck it three times and stopped. The king said to the man of God, "Please entreat the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me " So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before. He said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." Then David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent. All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. But David said, "What have I done now? And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and deliver Keilah." But Jehoshaphat was not willing. Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. WebKing James Bible Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. "Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail, that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight, John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. So Jehu said, "If this is your mind, then let no one escape or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel." Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots bathed themselves there), according to the word of the LORD which He spoke. Be strong, and show yourself a man. The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days. But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." WebVerse Song of Solomon 7:11 Come, my beloved! And the Lord helped David wherever he went. 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. Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be slain by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.. Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth." "For as the LORD lives, who delivers Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." And the people were very weary. Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. So he turned and went away in a rage. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents. So he finished the house. Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD." J The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice;Let the many islands be glad. Then Abigail quickly arose, and rode on a donkey, with her five maidens who attended her; and she followed the messengers of David and became his wife. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil. Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men. Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" The battle became heavy against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was wounded by the archers.read more.Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. 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 brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. The LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him and he revived. He said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel sin. He made the hall of the throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor. When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. The man of God sent word to the king of Israel saying, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there." Only the trees which you know are not fruit trees you shall destroy and cut down, that you may construct siegeworks against the city that is making war with you until it falls. Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold. All the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent." All the people went up after him, and the people were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth shook at their noise. So King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the doorway of the king's house. Is it well with the child?'" After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph. It came about at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a cloud as small as a man's hand is coming up from the sea." 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." But he said, "As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will take nothing." Only the trees which you know are not fruit trees you shall destroy and cut down, that you may construct siegeworks against the city that is making war with you until it falls. So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it. Nathan then said to David, You are the man! "Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal. Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from the king which he did not explain to her. 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. Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. Then he died in a ripe old age, full of days, riches and honor; and his son Solomon reigned in his place. And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses." And he listened to their voice and did so. As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.. So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me." The people were then summoned to Saul at Gilgal. This was their muster according to their fathers' households: of Judah, commanders of thousands, Adnah was the commander, and with him 300,000 valiant warriors; and next to him was Johanan the commander, and with him 280,000; and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who volunteered for the LORD, and with him 200,000 valiant warriors; and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 armed with bow and shield; and next to him Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 equipped for war. WebAnd Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of Now Joram with all Israel was defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. The women sang as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands." 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 (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her. Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! H "Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains."