S But the people did not answer him a word. From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.. I have carried out the command of the LORD." Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. And Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? When Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him, then Saul was even more afraid of David. So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the. It was told Saul, saying, "Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah." "And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?' Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Why does it have strange spelling? and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the kings friend; The kings of the earth take their standAnd the rulers take counsel togetherAgainst the Lord and against His Anointed, saying. So the king Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. It happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, "Two measures of barley for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, will be sold tomorrow about this time at the gate of Samaria." The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Then Saul immediately fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day and all night. Am I not the Philistine and you servants of Saul? Then he charged them saying, "Thus you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully and wholeheartedly. He said, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, because you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and you have followed the Baals. The king I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle." So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master. For with what could this man make himself acceptable to his lord? And the people were weary. "So now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father's household." In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years. And all who were able to put on armor and older were summoned and stood on the border. He said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, "The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God." I will restore it to you." Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad and said to him, "Go, bring them to the city." For it came about, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom), that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy. Then they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." "The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat.". David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. And he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?" Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. WebThis is quite a king, whos given some extremely exalted titles: Mighty God, Eternal Father, and famously, Prince of Peace. Now the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the LORD. The LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. He said to her, "What is his form?" In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. Now it was told Solomon, saying, "Behold, Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon, for behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.'" He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. The men of David said to him, "Behold, this is the day of which the LORD said to you, 'Behold; I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it seems good to you.'" It was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of the LORD, and behold, he is beside the altar. And she said to him, "Speak." Then he found another man and said, "Please strike me." "I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; if I find out anything, then I will tell you." But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me." Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? read more. So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah. Then he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken, 'Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ashes which are on it shall be poured out.'" And he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?" Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Sauls shepherds. When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. "When you arrive there, search out Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and bid him arise from among his brothers, and bring him to an inner room. But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under oath; therefore, he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened. The Levites, from the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel, with a very loud voice. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die. So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it. "Yet the men were very good to us, and we were not insulted, nor did we miss anything as long as we went about with them, while we were in the fields. So he called her. Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year. He said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." "As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, 'He is not here,' he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the, So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the. Turn behind me." David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I pursue this band? But Neco took Joahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt. So he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the fight; for I am severely wounded." Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? This was the design of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the frames, and on the borders which were between the frames were lions, oxen and cherubim; and on the frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place. "If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days." Now in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the LORD saying, read more. Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. He also defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech. "Then you shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within the ranks shall be put to death. And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot. So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, visit Nabal and greet him in my name; and thus you shall say, 'Have a long life, peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.