1 Kings 21st Century King James Version

1 Kings 1 - 21st Century King James Version

   Now King David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat.
²Therefore his servants said unto him, "Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin; and let her stand before the king, and let her comfort him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat."
³So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the region of Israel, and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
⁴And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.
⁵Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king"; and he prepared him chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run before him.
⁶And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, "Why hast thou done so?" And he also was a very goodly man, and his mother bore him after Absalom.
⁷And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and they, following Adonijah, helped him.
⁸But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David were not with Adonijah.
⁹And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants;
¹⁰but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
¹¹Therefore Nathan spoke unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
¹²Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life and the life of thy son Solomon.
¹³Go and get thee in unto King David and say unto him, `Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, "Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne"? Why then doth Adonijah reign?'
¹⁴Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee and confirm thy words."
¹⁵And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber; and the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
¹⁶And Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, "What wouldest thou?"
¹⁷And she said unto him, "My lord, thou swore by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, `Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.'
¹⁸And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not.
¹⁹And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the captain of the host; but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
²⁰And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
²¹Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders."
²²And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
²³And they told the king, saying, "Behold Nathan the prophet." And when he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
²⁴And Nathan said, "My lord, O king, hast thou said, `Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne'?
²⁵For he has gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons and the captains of the host and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they eat and drink before him and say, `God save King Adonijah!'
²⁶But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon hath he not called.
²⁷Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shown unto thy servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
²⁸Then King David answered and said, "Call to me Bathsheba." And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.
²⁹And the king swore, and said, "As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
³⁰even as I swore unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, `Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead,' even so will I certainly do this day."

1 Kings 2 - 21st Century King James Version

   Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
²"I go the way of all the earth. Be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;
³and keep the charge of the LORD thy God to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thyself,
⁴that the LORD may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, `If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee,' said He, `a man on the throne of Israel.'
⁵"Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet.
⁶Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace.
⁷But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at thy table; for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
⁸And behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying, `I will not put thee to death with the sword.'
⁹Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoary head bring thou down to the grave with blood."
¹⁰So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David.
¹¹And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
¹²Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was established greatly.
¹³And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Comest thou peaceably?" And he said, "Peaceably."
¹⁴He said moreover, "I have something to say unto thee." And she said, "Say on."
¹⁵And he said, "Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned about and has become my brother's, for it was his from the LORD.
¹⁶And now I ask one petition of thee; deny me not." And she said unto him, "Say on."
¹⁷And he said, "Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say `nay' to thee), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife."
¹⁸And Bathsheba said, "Well; I will speak for thee unto the king."
¹⁹Bathsheba therefore went unto King Solomon to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
²⁰Then she said, "I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say not `nay' to me." And the king said unto her, "Ask on, my mother, for I will not say to thee `nay.'"
²¹And she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife."
²²And King Solomon answered and said unto his mother, "And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is mine elder brother -- even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah."
²³Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
²⁴Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, who hath established me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day."
²⁵And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died.
²⁶And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, "Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields, for thou art worthy of death; but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted."
²⁷So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD, that he might fulfill the word of the LORD which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
²⁸Then tidings came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
²⁹And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, fall upon him."
³⁰And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, "Thus saith the king, `Come forth!'" And he said, "Nay, but I will die here." And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me."

1 Kings 3 - 21st Century King James Version

   And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the City of David until he had made an end of building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
²Only, the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD until those days.
³And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father; only, he sacrificed and burned incense in high places.
⁴And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. A thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
⁵In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask what I shall give thee."
⁶And Solomon said, "Thou hast shown unto Thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before Thee in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with Thee; and Thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that Thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
⁷And now, O LORD my God, Thou hast made Thy servant king instead of David my father. And I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.
⁸And Thy servant is in the midst of Thy people whom Thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
⁹Give therefore Thy servant an understanding heart to judge Thy people, that I may discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this Thy so great a people?"
¹⁰And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
¹¹And God said unto him, "Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment,
¹²behold, I have done according to thy words. Lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
¹³And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
¹⁴And if thou wilt walk in My ways to keep My statutes and My commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days."
¹⁵And Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings and offered peace offerings,and made a feast for all his servants. 1KGS 3:16 Then two women who were harlots came unto the king and stood before him.
¹⁷And the one woman said, "O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
¹⁸And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered that this woman was delivered also. And we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
¹⁹And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it.
²⁰And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom and laid her dead child in my bosom.
²¹And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead. But when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son whom I had borne."
²²And the other woman said, "Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son!" And this said, "No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son!" Thus they spoke before the king.
²³Then said the king, "The one saith, `This is my son who liveth, and thy son is the dead'; and the other saith, `Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.'"
²⁴And the king said, "Bring me a sword." And they brought a sword before the king.
²⁵And the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other."
²⁶Then spoke the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned for her son and she said, "O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it!" But the other said, "Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it."
²⁷Then the king answered and said, "Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. She is the mother thereof."
²⁸And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.

1 Kings 4 - 21st Century King James Version

   So King Solomon was king over all Israel.
²And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
³Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
⁴and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;
⁵and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer and the king's friend;
⁶and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
⁷And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household; each man his month in a year made provision.
⁸And these are their names: the son of Hur, in Mount Ephraim;
⁹the son of Deker, in Makaz and in Shaalbim and Bethshemesh and Elonbethhanan;
¹⁰the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Hepher;
¹¹the son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor, who had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as a wife;
¹²Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam;
¹³the son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars;
¹⁴Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim;
¹⁵Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon for a wife;
¹⁶Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth;
¹⁷Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
¹⁸Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin;
¹⁹Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan, and he was the only officer who was in the land.
²⁰Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
²¹And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt. They brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
²²And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
²³ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, and fallow deer, and fatted fowl.
²⁴For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the river, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the river; and he had peace on all sides round about him.
²⁵And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
²⁶And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.
²⁷And those officers provided victuals for King Solomon and for all who came unto King Solomon's table, every man in his month. They lacked nothing.
²⁸Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
²⁹And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
³⁰And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the East country and all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Kings 5 - 21st Century King James Version

   And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon, for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father; for Hiram ever loved David.
²And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
³"Thou knowest how David my father could not build a house unto the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
⁴But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.
⁵And behold, I purpose to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke unto David my father, saying, `Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy stead, he shall build a house unto My name.'
⁶Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon, and my servants shall be with thy servants; and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint, for thou knowest that there is not among us any that has skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians."
⁷And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly and said, "Blessed be the LORD this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this great people."
⁸And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have considered the things for which thou sentest to me, and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar and concerning timber of fir.
⁹My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them. And thou shalt accomplish my desire in giving food for my household."
¹⁰So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
¹¹And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil; thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
¹²And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they two made a league together.
¹³And King Solomon raised a tribute of men out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
¹⁴And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the levy.
¹⁵And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand who bore burdens and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains,
¹⁶besides the chief of Solomon's officers who were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who ruled over the people who wrought in the work.
¹⁷And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones and hewn stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
¹⁸And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the stone squarers hewed them. So they prepared timber and stones to build the house.

1 Kings 6 - 21st Century King James Version

   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 the LORD.
²And the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
³And the porch in front of the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, and ten cubits was the breadth thereof in front of the house.
⁴And for the house he made windows broad within and narrow without.
⁵And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made chambers round about.
⁶The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for outside in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
⁷And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building.
⁸The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
⁹So he built the house and finished it, and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
¹⁰And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high; and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
¹¹And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
¹²"Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in My statutes and execute My judgments and keep all My commandments to walk in them, then will I perform My word with thee, which I spoke unto David thy father.
¹³And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake My people Israel."
¹⁴So Solomon built the house and finished it.
¹⁵And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house and the walls of the ceiling; and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
¹⁶And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar; he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the Most Holy Place.
¹⁷And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
¹⁸And the cedar of the house within was carved with buds and open flowers. All was cedar; there was no stone seen.
¹⁹And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
²⁰And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in breadth and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold, and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
²¹So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold; and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle, and he overlaid it with gold.
²²And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house; also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
²³And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
²⁴And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the outermost part of the one wing unto the outermost part of the other was ten cubits.
²⁵And the other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
²⁶The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
²⁷And he set the cherubims within the inner house; and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
²⁸And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
²⁹And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
³⁰And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

1 Kings 7 - 21st Century King James Version

   But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
²He built also the House of the Forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
³And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams that lay on fortyfive pillars, fifteen in a row.
⁴And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
⁵And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows; and light was against light in three ranks.
⁶And he made a Porch of Pillars: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and the porch was in front of them, and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of them.
⁷Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the Porch of Judgment; and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
⁸And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken for a wife, like unto this porch.
⁹All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewn stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
¹⁰And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
¹¹And above were costly stones, according to the measures of hewn stones and cedars.
¹²And the great court round about was with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD and for the porch of the house.
¹³And King Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
¹⁴He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill to work all works in brass. And he came to King Solomon and wrought all his work.
¹⁵For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits compassed each of them about.
¹⁶And he made two capitals of molten brass to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits;
¹⁷and nets of checker work and wreaths of chain work for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars, seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.
¹⁸And he made the pillars, and two rows with pomegranates round about upon the one network to cover the capitals that were upon the top; and so did he for the other capital.
¹⁹And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
²⁰And the capitals upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network; and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other capital.
²¹And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar and called the name thereof Jachin [that is, He shall establish], and he set up the left pillar and called the name thereof Boaz [that is, In it is strength].
²²And upon the top of the pillars was lily work; so was the work of the pillars finished.
²³And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other; it was round all about, and his height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
²⁴And under the brim of it round about there were buds compassing it, ten to a cubit, compassing the sea round about; the buds were cast in two rows when it was cast.
²⁵It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hind parts were inward.
²⁶And it was a handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies. It contained two thousand baths.
²⁷And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
²⁸And the work of the bases was in this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges;
²⁹and on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims. And upon the ledges there was a base above; and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
³⁰And every base had four brazen wheels and plates of brass, and the four corners thereof had supports. Under the laver were molten supports at the side of every addition.

1 Kings 8 - 21st Century King James Version

   Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto King Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the City of David, which is Zion.
²And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto King Solomon at the feast in the month of Ethanim, which is the eventh month.
³And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
⁴And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle; even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
⁵And King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
⁶And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the Most Holy Place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
⁷For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
⁸And they stretched out the staves so that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen from outside; and there they are unto this day.
⁹There was nothing in the ark save the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.
¹⁰And it came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
¹¹so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
¹²Then spoke Solomon: "The LORD said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
¹³I have surely built Thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for Thee to abide in for ever."
¹⁴And the king turned his face about and blessed all the congregation of Israel, and all the congregation of Israel were standing.
¹⁵And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth unto David my father, and hath with His hand fulfilled it, saying,
¹⁶`Since the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that My name might be therein; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.'
¹⁷And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
¹⁸And the LORD said unto David my father, `Whereas it was in thine heart to build a house unto My name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
¹⁹Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto My name.'
²⁰And the LORD hath performed His word that He spoke; and I have risen up in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
²¹And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt."
²²And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
²³and he said, "LORD God of Israel, there is no God like Thee in heaven above or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with Thy servants who walk before Thee with all their heart,
²⁴who hast kept with Thy servant David my father what Thou promised him. Thou speakest also with Thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with Thine hand, as it is this day.
²⁵Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with Thy servant David my father what Thou promised him, saying, `There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel, only if thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as thou hast walked before Me.'
²⁶And now, O God of Israel, let Thy word, I pray Thee, be verified, which Thou speakest unto Thy servant David my father.
²⁷"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have built?
²⁸Yet have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee today,
²⁹that Thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which Thou hast said, `My name shall be there,' that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall make toward this place.
³⁰And hearken Thou to the supplication of Thy servant and of Thy people Israel when they shall pray toward this place, and hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place; and when Thou hearest, forgive.

1 Kings 9 - 21st Century King James Version

   And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
²that the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as He had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
³And the LORD said unto him, "I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before Me. I have hallowed this house which thou hast built, to put My name there forever; and Mine eyes and Mine heart shall be there perpetually.
⁴And if thou wilt walk before Me as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep My statutes and My judgments,
⁵then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, `There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.'
⁶But if ye shall at all turn from following Me, ye or your children, and will not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,
⁷then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them, and this house which I have hallowed for My name will I cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people.
⁸And at this house, which is high, every one who passeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss; and they shall say, `Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land and to this house?'
⁹And they shall answer, `Because they forsook the LORD their God who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshiped them and served them; therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.'"
¹⁰And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house
¹¹(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees and with gold, according to all his desire), that then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
¹²And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they pleased him not.
¹³And he said, "What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother?" And he called them the land of Cabul [that is, Displeasing] unto this day.
¹⁴And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
¹⁵And this is the reason for the levy which King Solomon raised: to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
¹⁶(For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer, and burned it with fire and slain the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.)
¹⁷And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the Nether,
¹⁸and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
¹⁹and all the cities of storage that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his dominion.
²⁰And all the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel--
²¹their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy -- upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service unto this day.
²²But of the children of Israel Solomon made no bondmen; but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
²³These were the chief of the officers who were over Solomon's work: five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people who wrought in the work.
²⁴But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the City of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her; then did he build Millo.
²⁵And three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burned incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
²⁶And King Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
²⁷And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
²⁸And they came to Ophir and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon.

1 Kings 10 - 21st Century King James Version

   And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
²And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices and very much gold and precious stones; and when she had come to Solomon, she communed with him about all that was in her heart.
³And Solomon told her all her questions; there was not any thing hidden from the king which he told her not.
⁴And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
⁵and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.
⁶And she said to the king, "It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
⁷However I believed not the words until I came and mine eyes had seen it; and behold, the half was not told me. Thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
⁸Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee and who hear thy wisdom.
⁹Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made He thee king to do judgment and justice."
¹⁰And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great store, and precious stones; there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
¹¹And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.
¹²And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers. There came no more such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
¹³And King Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
¹⁴Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
¹⁵besides what he had from the merchants, and from the traffic of the spice merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the country.
¹⁶And King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.
¹⁷And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
¹⁸Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
¹⁹The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
²⁰And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
²¹And all King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
²²For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram. Once in three years came the navy of Tarshish bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
²³So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
²⁴And all the earth sought Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
²⁵And they brought every man his present: vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.
²⁶And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he placed in the cities for chariots and with the king at Jerusalem.
²⁷And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
²⁸And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn; the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
²⁹And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria they brought them out by their means.

1 Kings 11 - 21st Century King James Version

   But King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites--
²from the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, "Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon cleaved unto these in love.
³And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
⁴For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
⁵For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
⁶And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
⁷Then 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.
⁸And likewise did he for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
⁹And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice
¹⁰and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
¹¹Therefore the LORD said unto Solomon, "Forasmuch as this is done by thee, and thou hast not kept My covenant and My statutes which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee and will give it to thy servant.
¹²Notwithstanding, I will not do it in thy days for David thy father's sake; but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
¹³However I will not rend away all the kingdom, but will give one tribe to thy son for David My servant's sake and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen."
¹⁴And the LORD stirred up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the king's seed in Edom.
¹⁵For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab thecaptain of the host had gone up to bury the slain after he had smitten every male in Edom
¹⁶(for six months Joab remained there with all Israel until he had cut off every male in Edom),
¹⁷that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.
¹⁸And they arose out of Midian and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house and appointed him victuals and gave him land.
¹⁹And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him for a wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
²⁰And 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.
²¹And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country."
²²Then Pharaoh said unto him, "But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country?" And he answered, "Nothing, however let me go in any wise."
²³And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
²⁴And he gathered men unto him and became captain over a band, when David slew those of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
²⁵And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
²⁶And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
²⁷And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the City of David his father.
²⁸And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon, seeing that the young man was industrious, made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
²⁹And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment, and the two were alone in the field.
³⁰And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.

1 Kings 12 - 21st Century King James Version

   And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
²And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it (for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt),
³that they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spoke unto Rehoboam, saying,
⁴"Thy father made our yoke grievous. Now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us lighter, and we will serve thee."
⁵And he said unto them, "Depart yet for three days, then come again to me." And the people departed.
⁶And King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, "How do ye advise that I may answer this people?"
⁷And they spoke unto him, saying, "If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them and answer them and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever."
⁸But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they hadgiven him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, and who stood before him.
⁹And he said unto them, "What counsel give ye that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, `Make the yoke which thy father put upon us lighter'?"
¹⁰And the young men who had grown up with him spoke unto him, saying, "Thus shalt thou speak unto this people who spoke unto thee, saying, `Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us' -- thus shalt thou say unto them: `My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins!
¹¹And now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!'"
¹²So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, "Come to me again the third day."
¹³And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him,
¹⁴and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke. My father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!"
¹⁵Therefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that He might perform His saying which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
¹⁶So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now see to thine own house, David!" So Israel departed unto their tents.
¹⁷But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
¹⁸Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones so that he died. Therefore King Rehoboam made haste to get up to his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.
¹⁹So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
²⁰And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
²¹And when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
²²But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
²³"Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
²⁴`Thus saith the LORD: Ye shall not go up nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel. Return every man to his house, for this thing is from Me.'" They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
²⁵Then Jeroboam built Shechem in Mount Ephraim and dwelt therein, and went out from thence and built Penuel.
²⁶And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David.
²⁷If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah."
²⁸Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!"
²⁹And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
³⁰And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

1 Kings 13 - 21st Century King James Version

   And behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel; and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
²And this man cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD: `Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places who burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burned upon thee.'"
³And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out."
⁴And it came to pass, when King Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God who had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, "Lay hold on him!" And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in back to him.
⁵The altar also was rent and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
⁶And the king answered and said unto the man of God, "Entreat now the face of the LORD thy God and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again." And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before.
⁷And the king said unto the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward."
⁸And the man of God said unto the king, "If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place.
⁹For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, `Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.'"
¹⁰So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
¹¹Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
¹²And their father said unto them, "What way went he?" For his sons had seen which way the man of God went who came from Judah.
¹³And he said unto his sons, "Saddle me the ass." So they saddled him the ass; and he rode thereon,
¹⁴and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. And he said unto him, "Art thou the man of God who camest from Judah?" And he said, "I am."
¹⁵Then he said unto him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
¹⁶And he said, "I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place.
¹⁷For it was said to me by the word of the LORD: `Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn back to go by the way that thou camest.'"
¹⁸He said unto him, "I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, `Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water.'" But he lied unto him.
¹⁹So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
²⁰And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet who brought him back;
²¹and he cried unto the man of God who came from Judah, saying, "Thus saith the LORD: `Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
²²but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which the LORD said to thee, "Eat no bread, and drink no water," thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulcher of thy fathers.'"
²³And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
²⁴And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way and slew him; and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the carcass.
²⁵And behold, men passed by and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
²⁶And when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, "It is the man of God who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD. Therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him and slain him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke unto him."
²⁷And he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle me the ass." And they saddled him.
²⁸And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass. The lion had not eaten the carcass nor torn the ass.
²⁹And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass and brought it back; and the old prophet came to the city to mourn and to bury him.
³⁰And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother."

1 Kings 14 - 21st Century King James Version

   At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
²And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam, and get thee to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who told me that I should be king over this people.
³And take with thee ten loaves and cakes and a cruse of honey, and go to him. He shall tell thee what shall become of the child."
⁴And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim by reason of his age.
⁵And the LORD said unto Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus shalt thou say unto her; for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman."
⁶And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, that he said, "Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam. Why feignest thou thyself to be another? For I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
⁷Go, tell Jeroboam, `Thus saith the LORD God of Israel: "Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people and made thee prince over My people Israel,
⁸and rent the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to thee, and yet thou hast not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart to do that only which was right in Mine eyes,
⁹but hast done evil above all who were before thee, for thou hast gone and made thee other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and hast cast Me behind thy back--
¹⁰therefore behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that urinates against the wall and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung till it be all gone.
¹¹Him of Jeroboam that dieth in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat; for the LORD hath spoken it."'
¹²Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house; and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
¹³And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
¹⁴Moreover the LORD shall raise up for Himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day. But what? Even now!
¹⁵For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He shall root up Israel out of this good land which He gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
¹⁶And He shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned and who made Israel to sin."
¹⁷And Jeroboam's wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died.
¹⁸And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the prophet.
¹⁹And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
²⁰And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
²¹And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.
²²And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
²³For they also built for themselves high places, and images and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
²⁴And there were also sodomites in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
²⁵And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
²⁶And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all. And he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
²⁷And King Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
²⁸And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bore them and brought them back into the guard chamber.
²⁹Now 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?
³⁰And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

1 Kings 15 - 21st Century King James Version

   Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, reigned Abijam over Judah.
²Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
³And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
⁴Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem,
⁵because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that He commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
⁶And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
⁷Now 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.
⁸And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
⁹And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
¹⁰And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
¹¹And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
¹²And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
¹³And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol and burned it by the Brook Kidron.
¹⁴But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
¹⁵And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated and the things which he himself had dedicated into the house of the LORD, silver and gold and vessels.
¹⁶And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
¹⁷And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
¹⁸Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,
¹⁹"There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father. Behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold. Come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me."
²⁰So Benhadad hearkened unto King Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
²¹And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah and dwelt in Tirzah.
²²Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones of Ramah and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had built; and King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
²³The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and 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? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
²⁴And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
²⁵And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
²⁶And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
²⁷And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
²⁸Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha slew him and reigned in his stead.
²⁹And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
³⁰because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

1 Kings 16 - 21st Century King James Version

   Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
²"Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust and made thee prince over My people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam and hast made My people Israel to sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins,
³behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha and the posterity of his house, and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
⁴Him of Baasha that dieth in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat."
⁵Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
⁶So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
⁷And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed him.
⁸In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
⁹And his servant Zimri, captain 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.
¹⁰And Zimri went in and smote him and killed him in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
¹¹And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha; he left him not one that urinates against a wall, neither of his kinsfolk nor of his friends.
¹²Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
¹³for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son by which they sinned and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
¹⁴Now 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?
¹⁵In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
¹⁶And the people who were encamped heard it said: "Zimri hath conspired and hath also slain the king." Therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
¹⁷And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
¹⁸And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house and burned the king's house over himself with fire and died,
¹⁹because of his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to make Israel to sin.
²⁰Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
²¹Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath to make him king, and half followed Omri.
²²But the people who followed Omri prevailed against the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
²³In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years; six years reigned he in Tirzah.
²⁴And he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
²⁵But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all who were before him.
²⁶For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
²⁷Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
²⁸So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
²⁹And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
³⁰And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all who were before him.

1 Kings 17 - 21st Century King James Version

   And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except according to my word."
²And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
³"Get thee hence and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the Brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
⁴And it shall be that thou shalt drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there."
⁵So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the Brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
⁶And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
⁷And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
⁸And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
⁹"Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee."
¹⁰So 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, "Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."
¹¹And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her and said, "Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand."
¹²And she said, "As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse. And behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die."
¹³And Elijah said unto her, "Fear not; go and do as thou hast said, but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son.
¹⁴For thus saith the LORD God of Israel: `The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.'"
¹⁵And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah, and she and he and her house ate for many days.
¹⁶And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah.
¹⁷And it came to pass after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore that there was no breath left in him.
¹⁸And she said unto Elijah, "What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance and to slay my son?"
¹⁹And he said unto her, "Give me thy son." And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
²⁰And he cried unto the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, hast Thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn by slaying her son?"
²¹And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, I pray Thee, let this child's soul come into him again!"
²²And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
²³And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, "See, thy son liveth."
²⁴And the woman said to Elijah, "Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth."

1 Kings 18 - 21st Century King James Version

   And it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show thyself unto Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth."
²And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
³And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly.
⁴For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
⁵And Ahab said unto Obadiah, "Go into the land unto all fountains of water and unto all brooks. Perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts."
⁶So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it; Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
⁷And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face and said, "Art thou my lord Elijah?"
⁸And he answered him, "I am. Go, tell thy lord: `Behold, Elijah is here.'"
⁹And he said, "What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay me?
¹⁰As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said, `He is not there,' he took an oath from the kingdom and nation that they found thee not.
¹¹And now thou sayest, `Go, tell thy lord: "Behold, Elijah is here."'
¹²And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me. But I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
¹³Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
¹⁴And now thou sayest, `Go, tell thy lord: "Behold, Elijah is here,"' and he shall slay me!"
¹⁵And Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him today."
¹⁶So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
¹⁷And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, "Art thou he that troubleth Israel?"
¹⁸And he answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed the Baalim.
¹⁹Now therefore, send and gather to me all Israel unto Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table."
²⁰So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto Mount Carmel.
²¹And Elijah came unto all the people and said, "How long halt ye between two opinions? If the LORD be God, follow Him; but if Baal, then follow him." And the people answered him not a word.
²²Then said Elijah unto the people, "I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD, but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
²³Let them therefore give us two bullocks. And let them choose one bullock for themselves and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood and put no fire under it; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under it.
²⁴And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God that answereth by fire, let Him be God." And all the people answered and said, "It is well spoken."
²⁵And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, "Choose you one bullock for yourselves and dress it first, for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under it."
²⁶And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, "O Baal, hear us!" But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
²⁷And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, "Cry aloud, for he is a god! Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleepeth and must be awakened."
²⁸And they cried aloud, and cut themselves according to their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
²⁹And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
³⁰And Elijah said unto all the people, "Come near unto me." And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

1 Kings 19 - 21st Century King James Version

   And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and also how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
²Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time."
³And when he saw that, he arose and went for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
⁴But 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 away my life, for I am not better than my fathers."
⁵And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him and said unto him, "Arise and eat."
⁶And he looked, and behold, there was a cake baked on the coals and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
⁷And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee."
⁸And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
⁹And he came thither unto a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said unto him, "What doest thou here, Elijah?"
¹⁰And he said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."
¹¹And He said, "Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
¹²And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
¹³And it was so, 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, there came a voice unto him and said, "What doest thou here, Elijah?"
¹⁴And he said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts, because the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."
¹⁵And the LORD said unto him, "Go, return on thy way to the Wilderness of Damascus. And when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;
¹⁶and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy stead.
¹⁷And it shall come to pass that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
¹⁸Yet I have left Me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him."
¹⁹So he departed from thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
²⁰And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee." And he said unto him, "Go back again, for what have I done to thee?"
²¹And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slew them and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

1 Kings 20 - 21st Century King James Version

   And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
²And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, "Thus saith Benhadad:
³`Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.'"
⁴And the king of Israel answered and said, "My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have."
⁵And the messengers came again, and said, "Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, `Although I have sent unto thee, saying, "Thou shalt deliver me thy silver and thy gold and thy wives and thy children,"
⁶yet I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thine house and the houses of thy servants. And it shall be that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand and take it away.'"
⁷Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, "Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief; for he sent unto me for my wives and for my children and for my silver and for my gold, and I denied him not."
⁸And all the elders and all the people said unto him, "Hearken not unto him, nor consent."
⁹Therefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, "Tell my lord the king: `All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do, but this thing I may not do.'" And the messengers departed and brought him word again.
¹⁰And Benhadad sent unto him and said, "The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me."
¹¹And the king of Israel answered and said, "Tell him: `Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.'"
¹²And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, "Set yourselves in array." And they set themselves in array against the city.
¹³And behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, "Thus saith the LORD: `Hast thou seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.'"
¹⁴And Ahab said, "By whom?" And he said, "Thus saith the LORD: `Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces.'" Then he said, "Who shall order the battle?" And he answered, "Thou."
¹⁵Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two; and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
¹⁶And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings who helped him.
¹⁷And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, "There are men coming out of Samaria."
¹⁸And he said, "Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive."
¹⁹So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
²⁰And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.
²¹And the king of Israel went out and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
²²And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, "Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee."
²³And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, "Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
²⁴And do this thing: Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their places.
²⁵And number thee an army like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they." And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
²⁶And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
²⁷And the children of Israel were numbered and were all present, and went against them; and the children of Israel pitched camp before them like two little flocks of kids, but the Syrians filled the country.
²⁸And there came a man of God, and spoke unto the king of Israel and said, "Thus saith the LORD: `Because the Syrians have said, "The LORD is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys," therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.'"
²⁹And they pitched camp one opposite the other seven days. And so it was that in the seventh day the battle was joined, and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
³⁰But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men who were left. And Benhadad fled and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

1 Kings 21 - 21st Century King James Version

   And it came to pass after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
²And Ahab spoke unto Naboth, saying, "Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house. And I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money."
³And Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee."
⁴And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, "I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers." And he lay down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
⁵But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, "Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?"
⁶And he said unto her, "Because I spoke unto Naboth the Jezreelite and said unto him, `Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it.' And he answered, `I will not give thee my vineyard.'"
⁷And Jezebel his wife said unto him, "Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry. I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
⁸So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
⁹And she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
¹⁰And set two men, sons of Belial, before him to bear witness against him, saying, `Thou didst blaspheme God and the king.' And then carry him out and stone him, that he may die."
¹¹And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
¹²They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
¹³And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth blasphemed God and the king." Then they carried him forth out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
¹⁴Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead."
¹⁵And 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 thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead."
¹⁶And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite to take possession of it.
¹⁷And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
¹⁸"Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he has gone down to possess it.
¹⁹And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, `Thus saith the LORD: Hast thou killed and also taken possession?' And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, `Thus saith the LORD, "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.'"
²⁰And Ahab said to Elijah, "Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?" And he answered, "I have found thee, because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
²¹`Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
²²And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked Me to anger and made Israel sin.'
²³And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, `The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.'
²⁴Him of Ahab that dieth in the city the dogs shall eat, andhim that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat."
²⁵But there was none like unto Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
²⁶And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
²⁷And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about dispiritedly.
²⁸And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
²⁹"Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before Me? Because he humbleth himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house."

1 Kings 22 - 21st Century King James Version

   And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
²And it came to pass in the third year that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
³And the king of Israel said unto his servants, "Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we are still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
⁴And he said unto Jehoshaphat, "Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead?" And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses."
⁵And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, "Inquire, I pray thee, for the word of the LORD today."
⁶Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, "Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear?" And they said, "Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king."
⁷And Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?"
⁸And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."
⁹Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah."
¹⁰And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a vacant place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
¹¹And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron; and he said, "Thus saith the LORD: `With these shalt thou push the Syrians until thou have consumed them.'"
¹²And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, "Go up to Ramothgilead and prosper, for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand."
¹³And the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying, "Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth. Let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good."
¹⁴And Micaiah said, "As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak."
¹⁵So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, "Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear?" And he answered him, "Go, and prosper, for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king."
¹⁶And the king said unto him, "How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?"
¹⁷And he said, "I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd. And the LORD said, `These have no master. Let them return every man to his house in peace.'"
¹⁸And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?"
¹⁹And Micaiah said, "Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.
²⁰And the LORD said, `Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead?' And one said in this manner, and another said in that manner.
²¹And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD and said, `I will persuade him.'
²²And the LORD said unto him, `Wherewith?' And he said, `Iwill go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And He said, `Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also. Go forth, and do so.'
²³Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
²⁴But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek and said, "Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?"
²⁵And Micaiah said, "Behold, thou shalt see in that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself."
²⁶And the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son;
²⁷and say, `Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in theprison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I come in peace.'"
²⁸And Micaiah said, "If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me." And he said, "Hearken, O people, every one of you!"
²⁹So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
³⁰And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, "I willing disguise myself and enter into the battle, but put thou on thy robes." And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.

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