Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the LORD." And they made his chariot ready. They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the LORD your God and you will be established. It was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row. Elisha died, and they buried him. So Israel departed to their tents. The house of Judah, however, followed David. WebThe King James Bible - Offline content to use anytime without Internet access - Easy and quick navigation with no distraction - Share a verse with someone easily - Bookmark a verse to read later - Change Bible text size - Switch between day and night time reading modes We believe the Bible should For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. "How much more, if only the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike." "So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace. When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him. "It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel. In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all around. After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord! It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD. The king sat on his seat as usual, the seat by the wall; then Jonathan rose up and Abner sat down by Saul's side, but David's place was empty. So King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram Then Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick. Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might which he showed and how he warred, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? "My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place where you direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away Then you shall accomplish my desire by giving food to my household." He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey. Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. He said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." Jonathan said to David, "Go in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD will be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever.'" And he said, "You have acted treacherously; roll a great stone to me today." And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, 'Is it peace?'" "Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever? Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones. Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood." And he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?" Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines. But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him. He said, "Throw her down." read more. Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king ' Then take him out and stone him to death." So he turned and went away in a rage. "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.". When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive. The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house. And he said to him, "I am as you are, and my people as your people, and we will be with you in the battle." 1 Timothy 6:15-16. which He will bring about at the proper timeHe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please let me live.'" Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats. Because of this the king became indignant and very furious and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel sin. In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six months. Then Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You will surely recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he will certainly die." Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons." When Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground, and no one had escaped. Then a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through Elijah. WebTwo verses earlier at Matthew 6:26 Jesus told his followers not to worry about food, because even the birds are provided for by God. If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,All his ministers become wicked. They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people. They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub. Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" "Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not know?" And above were costly stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. Would you kill those you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they." Ben-hadad sent to him and said, "May the gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me." The altar also was split apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. But he said, "Now bring meal." Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths None remained except the poorest people of the land. Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 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. Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom. And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? And Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? And the LORD said, 'These have no master. A wise king winnows the wicked,And drives the threshing wheel over them. Then Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth." For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?" As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight, John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.