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    <book number='11' name='1 Kings' abbreviation='1 Kings' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>Now <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2204'>old</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='935'>stricken</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3117'>years</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='3680'>covered</strongs>him with <strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs>, but he got no <strongs hebrew='3808 3179'>heat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Wherefore his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, Let there be <strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5291'>young</strongs><strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs>: and let her <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and let her <strongs hebrew='5532'>cherish</strongs>him, and let her <strongs hebrew='7901'>lie</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>, that my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>may get <strongs hebrew='2552'>heat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>So they <strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='3303'>fair</strongs><strongs hebrew='5291'>damsel</strongs>throughout <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1366'>coasts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='49'>Abishag</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7767'>Shunammite</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>her to the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='5291'>damsel</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5704 3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='3303'>fair</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5532'>cherished</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8334'>ministered</strongs>to him: but the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2294'>Haggith</strongs>exalted <strongs hebrew='4984'>himself</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will be <strongs hebrew='4427'>king</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='6213'>prepared</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6087'>displeased</strongs>him at any <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>time</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='3602'>so</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>was</em> <em>a</em> <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896 8389'>goodly</strongs><em>man</em> ; and <em>his</em> <em>mother</em> <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And he <strongs hebrew='1697'>conferred</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='310'>following</strongs><strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5826'>helped</strongs><em>him</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='8'>But <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7472'>Rei</strongs>, and the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>belonged</em> to <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='2076'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>and fat <strongs hebrew='4806'>cattle</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2120'>Zoheleth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='5883'>En</strongs>-rogel, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'>But <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>, and the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Wherefore <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1339'>Bath</strongs>-sheba the <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Hast thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2294'>Haggith</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='1980'>come</strongs>, let me, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3289'>give</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>, that thou mayest <strongs hebrew='4422'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thine own <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and get thee <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Didst <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>unto thine <strongs hebrew='519'>handmaid</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>Assuredly</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4069'>why</strongs>then doth <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, while thou <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>talkest</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>also will come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='4390'>confirm</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='1339'>Bath</strongs>-sheba went <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='2315'>chamber</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2204'>old</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='49'>Abishag</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7767'>Shunammite</strongs>ministered <strongs hebrew='8334'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='1339'>Bath</strongs>-sheba <strongs hebrew='6915'>bowed</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='7812'>obeisance</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>wouldest thou? </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, My <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swarest</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>unto thine <strongs hebrew='519'>handmaid</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='3588'>Assuredly</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigneth</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And he hath <strongs hebrew='2076'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='7794'>oxen</strongs>and fat <strongs hebrew='4806'>cattle</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7230'>abundance</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>hath he <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee, that thou shouldest <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Otherwise it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7901'>sleep</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='1961'>counted</strongs><strongs hebrew='2400'>offenders</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, while she <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>talked</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>also came <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And they <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>. And when he was come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, he bowed <strongs hebrew='7812'>himself</strongs>before the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='639'>face</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, My <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, hast <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>he is gone <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='2076'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='7794'>oxen</strongs>and fat <strongs hebrew='4806'>cattle</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7230'>abundance</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, God <strongs hebrew='2421'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>But me, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>me</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, hath he <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Is <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>by</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and thou hast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>showed <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3045'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him? </verse>
            <verse number='28'>Then <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7121'>Call</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='1339'>Bath</strongs>-sheba. And she came <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swore</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6299'>redeemed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='6869'>distress</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Even</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7650'>swore</strongs>unto thee by the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>Assuredly</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>will I certainly <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>Then <strongs hebrew='1339'>Bath</strongs>-sheba <strongs hebrew='6915'>bowed</strongs>with <em>her</em> <strongs hebrew='639'>face</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='7812'>reverence</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7121'>Call</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>. And they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, and cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7392'>ride</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>mine own <strongs hebrew='6506'>mule</strongs>, and bring him <strongs hebrew='3381 *853'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1521'>Gihon</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And let <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='4886'>anoint</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='8628'>blow</strongs>ye with the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, God <strongs hebrew='2421'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>Then ye shall come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him, that he may <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>; for <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='4427'>king</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>: and I have <strongs hebrew='6680'>appointed</strongs>him to <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5057'>ruler</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='543'>Amen</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>too</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='834'>As</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, and make his throne <strongs hebrew='1431 *853 3678'>greater</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 3678'>throne</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>So <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3774'>Cherethites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6432'>Pelethites</strongs>, went <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>, and caused <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7392'>ride</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6506'>mule</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>brought</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1521'>Gihon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7161'>horn</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacle</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. And they <strongs hebrew='8628'>blew</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, God <strongs hebrew='2421'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him, and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='2490'>piped</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2485'>pipes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8056'>rejoiced</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>, so that the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1234'>rent</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of them. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>And <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7121'>guests</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>it</em> as <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>had made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='398'>eating</strongs>. And when <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Wherefore</strongs><em>is</em> <em>this</em> <strongs hebrew='6963'>noise</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7151'>city</strongs>being in an <strongs hebrew='1993'>uproar</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='42'>And while he <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3129'>Jonathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, Come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> a <strongs hebrew='2428'>valiant</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, and bringest good <strongs hebrew='2896 1319'>tidings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>And <strongs hebrew='3129'>Jonathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='61'>Verily</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>hath made Solomon <strongs hebrew='4427 *853 8010'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3774'>Cherethites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6432'>Pelethites</strongs>, and they have caused him to <strongs hebrew='7392 *853'>ride</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6506'>mule</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='45'>And <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1521'>Gihon</strongs>: and they are come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs><strongs hebrew='8056'>rejoicing</strongs>, so that the <strongs hebrew='7151'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='1949'>rang</strongs>again. <strongs hebrew='1931'>This</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='6963'>noise</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'>And <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sitteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4410'>kingdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='47'>And <strongs hebrew='1571'>moreover</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1288'>bless</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>make <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3190'>better</strongs>than thy <strongs hebrew='4480 8034'>name</strongs>, and make <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs><strongs hebrew='1431'>greater</strongs>than thy <strongs hebrew='4480 3678'>throne</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>bowed <strongs hebrew='7812'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4904'>bed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='48'>And <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='3602'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs><em>one</em> to <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='7200'>seeing</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='49'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7121'>guests</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> with <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='2729'>afraid</strongs>, and rose <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='50'>And <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>feared</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>, and caught <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='51'>And it was <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>feareth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>: for, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, he hath caught <strongs hebrew='270'>hold</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Let <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>unto me <strongs hebrew='3117'>today</strongs>that he will <strongs hebrew='518'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>slay</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='52'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>he will <strongs hebrew='1961'>show</strongs>himself a <strongs hebrew='2428'>worthy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>man</strongs>, there shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>a hair <strongs hebrew='4480 8183'>of</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>in him, he shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='53'>So <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>, and they brought him <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>and bowed <strongs hebrew='7812'>himself</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>to thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>drew <strongs hebrew='7126'>nigh</strongs>that he should <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='6680'>charged</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: be thou <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs>therefore, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>show</strongs>thyself a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4931'>charge</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5715'>testimonies</strongs>, as it is <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>thou mayest <strongs hebrew='7919'>prosper</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>doest</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605 834 8033'>whithersoever</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6437'>turnest</strongs>thyself: </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='4616'>That</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='6965'>continue</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>take <strongs hebrew='8104'>heed</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me in <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>and with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>, there shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>fail</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='559'></strongs>(said he) a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Moreover</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>to me, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, unto <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5369'>Ner</strongs>, and unto <strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3500'>Jether</strongs>, whom he <strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>shed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>upon his <strongs hebrew='2290'>girdle</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> about his <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>, and in his <strongs hebrew='5275'>shoes</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> on his <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='6213'>Do</strongs>therefore according to thy <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and let <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>his hoar <strongs hebrew='7872'>head</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7585'>grave</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>But <strongs hebrew='6213'>show</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1271'>Barzillai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1569'>Gileadite</strongs>, and let them <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>of those that <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>at thy <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='7126'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me when I <strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <em>thou</em> <em>hast</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1617'>Gera</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1145'>Benjamite</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 980'>Bahurim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='7043'>cursed</strongs>me with a <strongs hebrew='4834'>grievous</strongs><strongs hebrew='7045'>curse</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>when I <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4266'>Mahanaim</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs>me at <strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='7650'>swore</strongs>to him by the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='518'>not</strongs>put thee to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore hold him not <strongs hebrew='408 5352'>guiltless</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>thou oughtest to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto him; but his <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>hoar <strongs hebrew='7872'>head</strongs>bring thou <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7585'>grave</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>So <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>he in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>he in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='4438'>kingdom</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>greatly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2294'>Haggith</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1339'>Bath</strongs>-sheba the <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Comest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7965'>peaceably</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7965'>Peaceably</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>He <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>moreover, I have somewhat to <strongs hebrew='1697'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee. And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Say <strongs hebrew='1696'>on</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4410'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>mine, and <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>me, that I should <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>: howbeit the <strongs hebrew='4410'>kingdom</strongs>is turned <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs>, and is <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>'s: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>his from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7596'>petition</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>of</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='7725 *853 6440'>deny</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>. And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Say <strongs hebrew='1696'>on</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>Speak</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, unto <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, ( <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>say thee <strongs hebrew='7725 *853 6440'>nay</strongs>,) that he <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='49'>Abishag</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7767'>Shunammite</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='1339'>Bath</strongs>-sheba <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2896'>Well</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='1339'>Bath</strongs>-sheba therefore <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>unto him <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>rose <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7122'>meet</strongs>her, and bowed <strongs hebrew='7812'>himself</strongs>unto her, and sat <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>, and caused a <strongs hebrew='3678'>seat</strongs>to be <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>; and she <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs>on his right <strongs hebrew='3225'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Then she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>desire</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6996'>small</strongs><strongs hebrew='7596'>petition</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>thee; <em>I</em> <em>pray</em> <em>thee</em> , say me not <strongs hebrew='408 7725 *853 6440'>nay</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, Ask <strongs hebrew='7592'>on</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>say thee <strongs hebrew='7725 *853 6440'>nay</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='49'>Abishag</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7767'>Shunammite</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, And <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>dost <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='49'>Abishag</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7767'>Shunammite</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs>for him <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4410'>kingdom</strongs>also; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>mine</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>elder</strongs><strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>; even for him, and for <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, and for <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Then <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swore</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>so</strongs>to me, and <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>also</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>have not <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>against his own <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore, <em>as</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>set</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>me a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>promised</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>shall be put to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='6293'>fell</strongs>upon him that he <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And unto <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Get</strongs>thee to <strongs hebrew='6068'>Anathoth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>thine own <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='376'>worthy</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>: but I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs>put thee to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>thou didst <strongs hebrew='5375'>bear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3068'>GOD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>thou hast been <strongs hebrew='6031'>afflicted</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6031'>afflicted</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>So <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>thrust <strongs hebrew='1644'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1961'>being</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; that he might <strongs hebrew='4390'>fulfill</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5941'>Eli</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7887'>Shiloh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>Then <strongs hebrew='8052'>tidings</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5186'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>, though he <strongs hebrew='5186'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacle</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and caught <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And it was <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacle</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <em>he</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>. Then <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6293'>fall</strongs>upon him. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacle</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, Come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>Nay</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs><strongs hebrew='6311'>here</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>again, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='6213'>Do</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6293'>fall</strongs>upon him, and <strongs hebrew='6912'>bury</strongs>him; that thou mayest take <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2600'>innocent</strongs><strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='8210'>shed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='6293'>fell</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>more <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>he, and <strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs>them with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowing</strongs><em>thereof,</em> <em>to</em> <em>wit</em> , <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5369'>Ner</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3500'>Jether</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>Their <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>shall therefore <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and upon the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>: but upon <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and upon his <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>, and upon his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and upon his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>, shall there <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>So <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6293'>fell</strongs>upon him, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slew</strongs>him: and he was <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>room</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>did the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8478'>room</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='1129'>Build</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, and go not <strongs hebrew='3808 3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs><strongs hebrew='575'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='575'>whither</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>For it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, <em>that</em> on the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>thou goest <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and passest <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs><strongs hebrew='6939'>Kidron</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3045'>certain</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou shalt surely <strongs hebrew='4191 4191'>die</strongs>: thy <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>upon thine own <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='1697'>saying</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>will thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 7093'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>ran <strongs hebrew='1272'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='397'>Achish</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4601'>Maachah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1661'>Gath</strongs>. And they <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><em>be</em> in <strongs hebrew='1661'>Gath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>And <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2280'>saddled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1661'>Gath</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='397'>Achish</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1661'>Gath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>And it was <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1661'>Gath</strongs>, and was come <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Did I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>make thee to <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5749'>protested</strongs>unto thee, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Know for a <strongs hebrew='3045 3045'>certain</strongs>, on the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>thou goest <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and walkest <strongs hebrew='1980'>abroad</strongs><strongs hebrew='575'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='575'>whither</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou shalt surely <strongs hebrew='4191 4191'>die</strongs>? and thou <strongs hebrew='559'>saidst</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><em>that</em> I have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'><strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs>then hast thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7621'>oath</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6680'>charged</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>thee</strongs>with? </verse>
            <verse number='44'>The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>moreover <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>is privy <strongs hebrew='3045'>to</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>didst</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: therefore the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>upon thine own <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='45'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'>So the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>; which went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6293'>fell</strongs>upon him, that he <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='2859'>affinity</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>he had made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1129'>building</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='7535'>Only</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrificed</strongs>in high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>there was <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>walking</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7535'>only</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrificed</strongs>and burnt <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>in high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrifice</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>high <strongs hebrew='1116'>place</strongs>: a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>offer</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>In <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>appeared</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='2472'>dream</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7592'>Ask</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>I shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>showed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>, according <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee in <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3483'>uprightness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee; and thou hast <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>for him <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>, that thou hast <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>, as <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast made <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>instead</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <em>but</em> a <strongs hebrew='6996'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>how</em> to go <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>or come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4487'>numbered</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5608'>counted</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4480 7230'>multitude</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>therefore thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='8085'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8199'>judge</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='995'>discern</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7451'>bad</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3201'>able</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8199'>judge</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>thy so <strongs hebrew='3515'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>speech</strongs><strongs hebrew='3190 5869'>pleased</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='3282 834'>Because</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>, and hast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs>for thyself <strongs hebrew='7227'>long</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>life</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>for thyself, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>; but hast <strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs>for thyself <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>discern</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>according to thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>and an <strongs hebrew='995'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>; so <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='3644'>thee</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>thee shall any <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>like unto <strongs hebrew='3644'>thee</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And I have <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>thee that <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>both</strongs><strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs><strongs hebrew='3519'>honor</strongs>: so <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>there shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>any</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>like unto <strongs hebrew='3644'>thee</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2706'>statutes</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>, then I will <strongs hebrew='748'>lengthen</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3364'>awoke</strongs>; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='2472'>dream</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='136'>LORD</strongs>, and offered <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>offered</strongs>peace <strongs hebrew='8002'>offerings</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4960'>feast</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, <em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlots</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='994'>O</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; and I was delivered of a <strongs hebrew='3205'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>her in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>after that I was <strongs hebrew='3205'>delivered</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3205'>delivered</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>; <em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2114'>stranger</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>us in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2108'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='7901 5921'>overlaid</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And she <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='8432 3915'>midnight</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 681'>beside</strongs>me, while thine <strongs hebrew='519'>handmaid</strongs><strongs hebrew='3463'>slept</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7901'>laid</strongs>it in her <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7901'>laid</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>child</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And when I <strongs hebrew='6965'>rose</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>to give my child <strongs hebrew='3242 *853 1121'>suck</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, it was <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>: but when I had <strongs hebrew='995 413'>considered</strongs>it in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I did <strongs hebrew='3205'>bear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And the <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>Nay</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>No</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. Thus they <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='2063'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='2063'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>Nay</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>Bring</strongs>me a <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. And they <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1504'>Divide</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='259'>other</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>child</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7356'>bowels</strongs><strongs hebrew='3648'>yearned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='994'>O</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>child</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs>wise <strongs hebrew='4191 4191'>slay</strongs>it. But the <strongs hebrew='2063'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let it <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571 3808'>neither</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='1571'>nor</strongs>thine, <em>but</em> <strongs hebrew='1504'>divide</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>child</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs>wise <strongs hebrew='4191 4191'>slay</strongs>it: <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='8199'>judged</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='3372 4480 6440'>feared</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><em>was</em> in <strongs hebrew='7130'>him</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'>So <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>were</em> the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had; <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='456'>Elihoreph</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='281'>Ahiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7894'>Shisha</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribes</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='286'>Ahilud</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2142'>recorder</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs><em>were</em> the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='5838'>Azariah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5324'>officers</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='2071'>Zabud</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs><em>was</em> principal <strongs hebrew='3548'>officer</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7463'>friend</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='301'>Ahishar</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='141'>Adoniram</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5653'>Abda</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4522'>tribute</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='5324'>officers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, which provided <strongs hebrew='3557'>victuals</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>: each <strongs hebrew='259'>man</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='3557'>provision</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>are</em> their <strongs hebrew='8034'>names</strongs>: The son of <strongs hebrew='1133'>Hur</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'>The son of <strongs hebrew='1128'>Dekar</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='4739'>Makaz</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='8169'>Shaalbim</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1053'>Beth</strongs>-shemesh, and <strongs hebrew='358'>Elon</strongs>-beth-hanan: </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The son of <strongs hebrew='1136'>Hesed</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='700'>Aruboth</strongs>; to him <em>pertained</em> <strongs hebrew='7755'>Sochoh</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2660'>Hepher</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The son of <strongs hebrew='1125'>Abinadab</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5299'>region</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1756'>Dor</strongs>; which had <strongs hebrew='2955'>Taphath</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='1195'>Baana</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='286'>Ahilud</strongs>; <em>to</em> <em>him</em> <em>pertained</em> <strongs hebrew='8590'>Taanach</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4023'>Megiddo</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1052'>Beth</strongs>-shean, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='6891'>Zartanah</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>beneath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 1052'>Beth</strongs>-shean <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='65'>Abel</strongs>-meholah, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><em>the</em> <em>place</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 5676'>beyond</strongs><strongs hebrew='3361'>Jokneam</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The son of <strongs hebrew='1127'>Geber</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='7433'>Ramoth</strongs>-gilead; to him <em>pertained</em> the <strongs hebrew='2333'>towns</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2971'>Jair</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4519'>Manasseh</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>are</em> in <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>; to him <em>also</em> <em>pertained</em> the <strongs hebrew='2256'>region</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='709'>Argob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='1316'>Bashan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2346'>walls</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5178'>brazen</strongs><strongs hebrew='1280'>bars</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='292'>Ahinadab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5714'>Iddo</strongs><em>had</em> <strongs hebrew='4266'>Mahanaim</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs><em>was</em> in <strongs hebrew='5321'>Naphtali</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1315'>Basmath</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='1195'>Baanah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs><em>was</em> in <strongs hebrew='836'>Asher</strongs>and in <strongs hebrew='1175'>Aloth</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6515'>Paruah</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='3485'>Issachar</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='414'>Elah</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='1398'>Geber</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='221'>Uri</strongs><em>was</em> in the <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>, <em>in</em> the <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5511'>Sihon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='567'>Amorites</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='5747'>Og</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1316'>Bashan</strongs>; and <em>he</em> <em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='259'>only</strongs><strongs hebrew='5333'>officer</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>, as the <strongs hebrew='2344'>sand</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='398'>eating</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drinking</strongs>, and making <strongs hebrew='8056'>merry</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4910'>reigned</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1366'>border</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='5066'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='4503'>presents</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3899'>provision</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3734'>measures</strongs>of fine <strongs hebrew='5560'>flour</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3734'>measures</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7058'>meal</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='6235'>Ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='1277'>fat</strongs><strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='7471'>pastures</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='905'>beside</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 354'>harts</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6643'>roebucks</strongs>, and fallow <strongs hebrew='3180'>deer</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='75'>fatted</strongs><strongs hebrew='1257'>fowl</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7287'>dominion</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>the</em> <em>region</em> on this <strongs hebrew='5676'>side</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 8607'>Tiphsah</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='5804'>Azzah</strongs>, over <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>on this <strongs hebrew='5676'>side</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5676'>sides</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>about</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs><strongs hebrew='983'>safely</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1612'>vine</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>his fig <strongs hebrew='8384'>tree</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 1835'>Dan</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='723'>stalls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>for his <strongs hebrew='4817'>chariots</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <strongs hebrew='428'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='5324'>officers</strongs>provided <strongs hebrew='3557'>victual</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, and for <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7131'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='5737'>lacked</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808 1697'>nothing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='8184'>Barley</strongs>also and <strongs hebrew='8401'>straw</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7409'>dromedaries</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs><em>the</em> <em>officers</em> <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='4941'>charge</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>exceeding</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7341'>largeness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, even as the <strongs hebrew='2344'>sand</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><strongs hebrew='8193'>shore</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>excelled the <strongs hebrew='7235 4480 2451'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of the east <strongs hebrew='6924'>country</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>For he was <strongs hebrew='2449'>wiser</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>; than <strongs hebrew='4480 387'>Ethan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='250'>Ezrahite</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1968'>Heman</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3633'>Chalcol</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1862'>Darda</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4235'>Mahol</strongs>: and his <strongs hebrew='8034'>fame</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='4912'>proverbs</strongs>: and his <strongs hebrew='7892'>songs</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the cedar <strongs hebrew='730'>tree</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='231'>hyssop</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>springeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7023'>wall</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='929'>beasts</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='5775'>fowl</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>creeping <strongs hebrew='7431'>things</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='1709'>fishes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And there <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>had heard <strongs hebrew='8085'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6865'>Tyre</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8478'>room</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>ever</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='157'>lover</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs>how <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4421'>wars</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>were about him on every <strongs hebrew='5437'>side</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3709'>soles</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>But <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>hath given me <strongs hebrew='5117'>rest</strongs>on every <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>side</strongs>, <em>so</em> <em>that</em> <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='7854'>adversary</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='6294'>occurrent</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='559'>purpose</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='8478'>room</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>unto my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs>thou that they <strongs hebrew='3772'>hew</strongs>me cedar <strongs hebrew='730'>trees</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>; and my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>: and unto thee will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='7939'>hire</strongs>for thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='559'>appoint</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>among us <strongs hebrew='376'>any</strongs>that can <strongs hebrew='3045'>skill</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3772'>hew</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>timber</strongs>like unto the <strongs hebrew='6722'>Sidonians</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoiced</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>greatly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='8085'>considered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the things <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7971'>sentest</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me for: <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2656'>desire</strongs>concerning <strongs hebrew='6086'>timber</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>, and concerning <strongs hebrew='6086'>timber</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1265'>fir</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>My <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>shall bring <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7760'>convey</strongs>them by <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1702'>floats</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='7971 413'>appoint</strongs>me, and will cause them to be <strongs hebrew='5310'>discharged</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='5375'>receive</strongs><em>them</em> : and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='6213'>accomplish</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2656'>desire</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='5414'>giving</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>food</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>So <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1265'>fir</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs><em>according</em> <em>to</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2656'>desire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='3734'>measures</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2406'>wheat</strongs><em>for</em> <strongs hebrew='4361'>food</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3734'>measures</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3795'>pure</strongs><strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>promised</strongs>him: and there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>made a league <strongs hebrew='3772 1285'>together</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>raised</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4522'>levy</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4522'>levy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>them to <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2487'>courses</strongs>: a <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>months</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1004'>home</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='141'>Adoniram</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4522'>levy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs>threescore and <strongs hebrew='7657'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5375'>bore</strongs><strongs hebrew='5449'>burdens</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8084'>fourscore</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='2672'>hewers</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Beside the <strongs hebrew='905 4480 8269'>chief</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5324'>officers</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='7287'>ruled</strongs>over the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='5265'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3368'>costly</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='1496'>hewed</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, to lay the <strongs hebrew='3245'>foundation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1129'>builders</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1129'>builders</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='6458'>hew</strongs><em>them</em> , and the <strongs hebrew='1382'>stonesquarers</strongs>: so they <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepared</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>timber</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8084'>eightieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>after the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>were come <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs><strongs hebrew='2099'>Zif</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='8145'>second</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, that he began to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='753'>length</strongs>thereof <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7341'>breadth</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><em>cubits</em> , and the <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='197'>porch</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='753'>length</strongs>thereof, <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>according</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7341'>breadth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='7341'>breadth</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And for the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='2474'>windows</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='331'>narrow</strongs><strongs hebrew='8261'>lights</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7023'>wall</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='3326'>chambers</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>, <em>against</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7023'>walls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>, <em>both</em> of the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>and of the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='6763'>chambers</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>The <strongs hebrew='8481'>nethermost</strongs><strongs hebrew='3326'>chamber</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><strongs hebrew='7341'>broad</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8484'>middle</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><strongs hebrew='7341'>broad</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><strongs hebrew='7341'>broad</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>without</strongs><em>in</em> <em>the</em> <em>wall</em> of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs>narrowed <strongs hebrew='4052'>rests</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>, that <em>the</em> <em>beams</em> should <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='270'>fastened</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7023'>walls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, when it was in <strongs hebrew='1129'>building</strongs>, was <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='8003'>ready</strongs>before it was <strongs hebrew='4551'>brought</strongs>thither: so that there was <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='4718'>hammer</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='1631'>axe</strongs><em>nor</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>tool</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, while it was in <strongs hebrew='1129'>building</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='6607'>door</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='8484'>middle</strongs><strongs hebrew='6763'>chamber</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3233'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='3802'>side</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: and they went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>with winding <strongs hebrew='3883'>stairs</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8484'>middle</strongs><em>chamber</em> , and out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8484'>middle</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>So he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3615'>finished</strongs>it; and <strongs hebrew='5603'>covered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1356'>beams</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7713'>boards</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <em>then</em> he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3326'>chambers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><strongs hebrew='6967'>high</strongs>: and they rested <strongs hebrew='270'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><em>with</em> <strongs hebrew='6086'>timber</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'><em>Concerning</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>art in <strongs hebrew='1129'>building</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>execute</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in them; then will I <strongs hebrew='6965'>perform</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='854'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And I will <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5800'>forsake</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>So <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3615'>finished</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7023'>walls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>within</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6763'>boards</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>, both the <strongs hebrew='4480 7172'>floor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7023'>walls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5604'>ceiling</strongs>: <em>and</em> he <strongs hebrew='6823'>covered</strongs><em>them</em> on the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>inside</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6823'>covered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7172'>floor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6763'>planks</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1265'>fir</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='4480 3411'>sides</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>both</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7172'>floor</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='7023'>walls</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6763'>boards</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>: he even <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><em>them</em> for it <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>within</strongs>, <em>even</em> for the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>, <em>even</em> for the most <strongs hebrew='6944 6944'>holy</strongs><em>place</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><em>is</em> , the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs><strongs hebrew='3942'>before</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><em>long</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And the <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='6441'>within</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4734'>carved</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6497'>knops</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6358'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='6731'>flowers</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>; there was <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepared</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432 1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6441'>within</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6440'>forepart</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='753'>length</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7341'>breadth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs>thereof: and he <strongs hebrew='6823'>overlaid</strongs>it with <strongs hebrew='5462'>pure</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>; and <em>so</em> <strongs hebrew='6823'>covered</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs><em>which</em> <em>was</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>So <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6823'>overlaid</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6441'>within</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5462'>pure</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>: and he made a <strongs hebrew='5674'>partition</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='7569'>chains</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='6823'>overlaid</strongs>it with <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6823'>overlaid</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='8552'>finished</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: also the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> by the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6823'>overlaid</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And within the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='8081'>olive</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>, <em>each</em> <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><strongs hebrew='6967'>high</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3671'>wing</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherub</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='3671'>wing</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherub</strongs>: from the uttermost <strongs hebrew='4480 7098'>part</strongs>of the one <strongs hebrew='3671'>wing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the uttermost <strongs hebrew='7098'>part</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3671'>other</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='3742'>cherub</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs><em>were</em> of <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4060'>measure</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7095'>size</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>The <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3742'>cherub</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>was</em> <em>it</em> of the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='3742'>cherub</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And he <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>within</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6442'>inner</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: and they stretched <strongs hebrew='6566'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>, so that the <strongs hebrew='3671'>wing</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>touched</strongs>the <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='7023'>wall</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3671'>wing</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='3742'>cherub</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>touched</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='7023'>wall</strongs>; and their <strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>touched</strongs><strongs hebrew='3671'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='413 3671'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And he <strongs hebrew='6823'>overlaid</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And he <strongs hebrew='7049'>carved</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7023'>walls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='4524'>about</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6603'>carved</strongs><strongs hebrew='4734'>figures</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>and palm <strongs hebrew='8561'>trees</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6358'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='6731'>flowers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>within</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2435'>without</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And the <strongs hebrew='7172'>floor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6823'>overlaid</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6441'>within</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2435'>without</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And for the <strongs hebrew='6607'>entering</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='8081'>olive</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='352'>lintel</strongs><em>and</em> side <strongs hebrew='4201'>posts</strongs><em>were</em> a fifth <strongs hebrew='2549'>part</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>wall</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='32'>The <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>also <em>were</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='8081'>olive</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='7049'>carved</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='4734'>carvings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>and palm <strongs hebrew='8561'>trees</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6358'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='6731'>flowers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6823'>overlaid</strongs><em>them</em> with <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7286'>spread</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the palm <strongs hebrew='8561'>trees</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='3651'>So</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>he for the <strongs hebrew='6607'>door</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs><strongs hebrew='4201'>posts</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='8081'>olive</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>, a fourth <strongs hebrew='4480 854 7243'>part</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>wall</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs><em>were</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='1265'>fir</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='6763'>leaves</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1817'>door</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='1550'>folding</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='7050'>leaves</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='1817'>door</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='1550'>folding</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And he <strongs hebrew='7049'>carved</strongs><em>thereon</em> <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>and palm <strongs hebrew='8561'>trees</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6358'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='6731'>flowers</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6823'>covered</strongs><em>them</em> with <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='3474'>fitted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the carved <strongs hebrew='2707'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6442'>inner</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='2905'>rows</strongs>of hewed <strongs hebrew='1496'>stone</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2905'>row</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs><strongs hebrew='3773'>beams</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>In the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>was the <strongs hebrew='3245'>foundation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>laid, in the <strongs hebrew='3391'>month</strongs><strongs hebrew='2099'>Zif</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And in the <strongs hebrew='259 6240'>eleventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='3391'>month</strongs><strongs hebrew='945'>Bul</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='8066'>eighth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, was the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='3615'>finished</strongs>throughout <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>parts</strongs>thereof, and according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4941'>fashion</strongs>of it. So was he <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1129'>building</strongs>it. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='7'>
            <verse number='1'>But <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='1129'>building</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969 6240'>thirteen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='3615'>finished</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>He <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3293'>forest</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='753'>length</strongs>thereof <em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7341'>breadth</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='2905'>rows</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs><strongs hebrew='3773'>beams</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <em>it</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5603'>covered</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6763'>beams</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>lay</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2568 6240'>fifteen</strongs><em>in</em> a <strongs hebrew='2905'>row</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='8261'>windows</strongs><em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='2905'>rows</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4237'>light</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='4237'>light</strongs><em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>ranks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6607'>doors</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4201'>posts</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='7251'>square</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='8260'>windows</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='4237'>light</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='4237'>light</strongs><em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>ranks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='197'>porch</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='753'>length</strongs>thereof <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7341'>breadth</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='197'>porch</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs>them: and the <em>other</em> <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>and the thick <strongs hebrew='5646'>beam</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Then he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='197'>porch</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs>he might <strongs hebrew='8199'>judge</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='197'>porch</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>: and <em>it</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5603'>covered</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>from one side of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7172'>floor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7172'>other</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs><em>had</em> <strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>within</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='197'>porch</strongs>, <em>which</em> <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2088'>like</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>also a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs><em>to</em> <em>wife</em> , like unto <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='197'>porch</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>were</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='3368'>costly</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='4060'>measures</strongs>of hewed <strongs hebrew='1496'>stones</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1641'>sawed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4050'>saws</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>within</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4480 2351'>without</strongs>, even from the <strongs hebrew='4480 4527'>foundation</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2948'>coping</strongs>, and <em>so</em> on the <strongs hebrew='4480 2351'>outside</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And the <strongs hebrew='3245'>foundation</strongs><em>was</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='3368'>costly</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3368'>costly</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, after the <strongs hebrew='4060'>measures</strongs>of hewed <strongs hebrew='1496'>stones</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='730'>cedars</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><em>was</em> with <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='2905'>rows</strongs>of hewed <strongs hebrew='1496'>stones</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='2905'>row</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs><strongs hebrew='3773'>beams</strongs>, both for the <strongs hebrew='6442'>inner</strongs><strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='197'>porch</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3947'>fetched</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 6865'>Tyre</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='1931'>He</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 4294'>tribe</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5321'>Naphtali</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6876'>Tyre</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='2790'>worker</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>: and he was <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1847'>cunning</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4399'>works</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>For he <strongs hebrew='6696'>cast</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='8083 6240'>eighteen</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><strongs hebrew='6967'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982 259'>apiece</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='2339'>line</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>did compass either of them <strongs hebrew='5437 *853 5982 8145'>about</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiters</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='3332'>molten</strongs><strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>tops</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiter</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiter</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='17'><em>And</em> <strongs hebrew='7638'>nets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7639'>checker</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1434'>wreaths</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8333'>chain</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>, for the <strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiters</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiter</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='2905'>rows</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7639'>network</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3680'>cover</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiters</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='7416'>pomegranates</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>he for the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And the <strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiters</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs><em>were</em> of <strongs hebrew='7799'>lily</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='197'>porch</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And the <strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiters</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs><em>had</em> <em>pomegranates</em> <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs>, over <strongs hebrew='4480 5980'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='990'>belly</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5676'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7639'>network</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='7416'>pomegranates</strongs><em>were</em> two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2905'>rows</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And he set <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='197'>porch</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>: and he set <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3233'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillar</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='3199'>Jachin</strongs>: and he set <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8042'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillar</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='1162'>Boaz</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7799'>lily</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>: so was the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs><strongs hebrew='8552'>finished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3332'>molten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>from the one <strongs hebrew='4480 8193'>brim</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8193'>other</strongs>: <em>it</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5696'>round</strongs>all <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='6957'>line</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='5437'>compass</strongs>it round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8193'>brim</strongs>of it round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='6497'>knops</strongs><strongs hebrew='5437'>compassing</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='520'>cubit</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5362'>compassing</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='6497'>knops</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3332'>cast</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='2905'>rows</strongs>, when it was <strongs hebrew='3333'>cast</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>It <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6437'>looking</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6437'>looking</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='3220'>west</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6437'>looking</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6437'>looking</strongs>toward the <strongs hebrew='4217'>east</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><em>was</em> <em>set</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their hinder <strongs hebrew='268'>parts</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='1004'>inward</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And it <em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='2947'>handbreadth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5672'>thick</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8193'>brim</strongs>thereof was <strongs hebrew='4639'>wrought</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='8193'>brim</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3563'>cup</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='6525'>flowers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7799'>lilies</strongs>: it <strongs hebrew='3557'>contained</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='1324'>baths</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='4350'>bases</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='753'>length</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4350'>base</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7341'>breadth</strongs>thereof, and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs>of it. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4350'>bases</strongs><em>was</em> on <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>manner</em> : they had <strongs hebrew='4526'>borders</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4526'>borders</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7948'>ledges</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4526'>borders</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7948'>ledges</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='738'>lions</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7948'>ledges</strongs><em>there</em> <em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='3653'>base</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>beneath</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='738'>lions</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs><em>were</em> certain <strongs hebrew='3914'>additions</strongs>made of <strongs hebrew='4174'>thin</strongs><strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='259'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='4350'>base</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='5178'>brazen</strongs><strongs hebrew='212'>wheels</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5633'>plates</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>corners</strongs>thereof had <strongs hebrew='3802'>undersetters</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3595'>laver</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3802'>undersetters</strongs><strongs hebrew='3332'>molten</strongs>, at the <strongs hebrew='4480 5676'>side</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='376'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='3914'>addition</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of it <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>within</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiter</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4605'>above</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='520'>cubit</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>thereof <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5696'>round</strongs><em>after</em> the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3653'>base</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='520'>cubit</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='2677 520'>half</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of it <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='4734'>gravings</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='4526'>borders</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7251'>foursquare</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5696'>round</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And <strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4526'>borders</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='212'>wheels</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3027'>axletrees</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='212'>wheels</strongs><em>were</em> <em>joined</em> to the <strongs hebrew='4350'>base</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='6967'>height</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='212'>wheel</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='520'>cubit</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='520'>cubit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='212'>wheels</strongs><em>was</em> like the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='4818'>chariot</strongs><strongs hebrew='212'>wheel</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='3027'>axletrees</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='1354'>naves</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='2839'>felloes</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='2840'>spokes</strongs>, <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3332'>molten</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And <em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3802'>undersetters</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='6438'>corners</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4350'>base</strongs>: <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='3802'>undersetters</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the very <strongs hebrew='4350'>base</strongs>itself. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And in the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4350'>base</strongs><em>was</em> <em>there</em> a <strongs hebrew='5696'>round</strongs><strongs hebrew='5439'>compass</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='520'>cubit</strongs><strongs hebrew='6967'>high</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4350'>base</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>ledges</strongs>thereof and the <strongs hebrew='4526'>borders</strongs>thereof <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the same. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>For <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3871'>plates</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3027'>ledges</strongs>thereof, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4526'>borders</strongs>thereof, he <strongs hebrew='6605'>graved</strongs><strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='738'>lions</strongs>, and palm <strongs hebrew='8561'>trees</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='4626'>proportion</strongs>of every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3914'>additions</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>After <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><em>manner</em> he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='4350'>bases</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>of them had <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4165'>casting</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4060'>measure</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7095'>size</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>Then <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3595'>lavers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3595'>laver</strongs><strongs hebrew='3557'>contained</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='1324'>baths</strongs>: <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='259'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='3595'>laver</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='520'>cubits</strongs>: <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='4350'>bases</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3595'>laver</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And he <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='4350'>bases</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4480 3225'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='3802'>side</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4480 8040'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='3802'>side</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='3233'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 3802'>side</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='6924'>eastward</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='4480 4136'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>And <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3595'>lavers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3257'>shovels</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4219'>basins</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs>made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6213'>doing</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='41'>The <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>, and the <em>two</em> <strongs hebrew='1543'>bowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiters</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='7639'>networks</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3680'>cover</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1543'>bowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiters</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='42'>And <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7416'>pomegranates</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='7639'>networks</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='2905'>rows</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7416'>pomegranates</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7639'>network</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3680'>cover</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1543'>bowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3805'>chapiters</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5982'>pillars</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='43'>And the <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='4350'>bases</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3595'>lavers</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4350'>bases</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='44'>And <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='45'>And the <strongs hebrew='5518'>pots</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3257'>shovels</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4219'>basins</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>were</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='4803'>bright</strongs><strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'>In the <strongs hebrew='3603'>plain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>did the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3332'>cast</strongs>them, in the <strongs hebrew='4568'>clay</strongs><strongs hebrew='127'>ground</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='5523'>Succoth</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6891'>Zarthan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='47'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5117'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs><em>unweighed</em> , because they were <strongs hebrew='3966 3966'>exceeding</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 7230'>many</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>was the <strongs hebrew='4948'>weight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>found <strongs hebrew='2713'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='48'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>pertained</em> unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 5921'>whereupon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3899 6440'>shewbread</strongs><em>was</em> , </verse>
            <verse number='49'>And the <strongs hebrew='4501'>candlesticks</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5462'>pure</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='4480 3225'>right</strongs><em>side</em> , and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='4480 8040'>left</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='6525'>flowers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5216'>lamps</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4457'>tongs</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='50'>And the <strongs hebrew='5592'>bowls</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4212'>snuffers</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4219'>basins</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3709'>spoons</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4289'>censers</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='5462'>pure</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='6596'>hinges</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, <em>both</em> for the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6442'>inner</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6944'>most</strongs><strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><em>place,</em> <em>and</em> for the <strongs hebrew='1817'>doors</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <em>to</em> <em>wit</em> , of the <strongs hebrew='1964'>temple</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='51'>So was <strongs hebrew='7999'>ended</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the things which <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6944'>dedicated</strongs>; <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>, did he <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='8'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6950'>assembled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>heads</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4294'>tribes</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5387'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, that they might bring <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>assembled <strongs hebrew='6950'>themselves</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='2282'>feast</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3391'>month</strongs><strongs hebrew='388'>Ethanim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='7637'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>took <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And they brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacle</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4150'>congregation</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in the <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacle</strongs>, even those did the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs>bring <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5712'>congregation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, that were <strongs hebrew='3259'>assembled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>him, <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrificing</strongs><strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>could <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5608'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='4487'>numbered</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4480 7230'>multitude</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6944'>most</strongs><strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><em>place,</em> <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='413 8478'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>spread <strongs hebrew='6566'>forth</strongs><em>their</em> two <strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs><strongs hebrew='5526 5921'>covered</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='905'>staves</strongs>thereof <strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And they drew <strongs hebrew='748'>out</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='905'>staves</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='7218'>ends</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='905'>staves</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>out</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><em>place</em> <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1687'>oracle</strongs>, and they were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>without</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><em>There</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>nothing</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs><strongs hebrew='7535'>save</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='3871'>tables</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs><strongs hebrew='5117'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='2722'>Horeb</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>made</strongs><em>a</em> <em>covenant</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, when they came <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>were come <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><em>place</em> , that the <strongs hebrew='6051'>cloud</strongs><strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='11'>So that the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8334'>minister</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6051'>cloud</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>that he would <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs>in the thick <strongs hebrew='6205'>darkness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>I have surely <strongs hebrew='1129 1129'>built</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>to dwell <strongs hebrew='2073'>in</strongs>, a settled <strongs hebrew='4349'>place</strongs>for thee to abide <strongs hebrew='3427'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5437'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>about, and <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: (and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>;) </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and hath with his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='4390'>fulfilled</strongs><em>it</em> , <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='4480'>Since</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='977'>chose</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, that my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>might <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>therein</strongs>; but I <strongs hebrew='977'>chose</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282 834'>Whereas</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>in</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>unto my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, thou didst <strongs hebrew='2895'>well</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>in</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='7535'>Nevertheless</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>that shall come <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of thy <strongs hebrew='4480 2504'>loins</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>unto my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6965'>performed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>, and I am risen <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8478'>room</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>promised</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And I have <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>wherein</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3772'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, when he brought them <strongs hebrew='3318 *853'>out</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5048'>presence</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and spread <strongs hebrew='6566'>forth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs>toward <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='3644'>thee</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 4605'>above</strongs>, or <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>beneath</strongs>, who <strongs hebrew='8104'>keepest</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>with thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='834'>Who</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>with thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1696'>promisedst</strongs>him: thou <strongs hebrew='1696'>spakest</strongs>also with thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>, and hast <strongs hebrew='4390'>fulfilled</strongs><em>it</em> with thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, as <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>with thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1696'>promisedst</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, There shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>fail</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>sight</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7535'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>that</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>take heed <strongs hebrew='8104'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, that they <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, let thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, be <strongs hebrew='539'>verified</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1696'>spakest</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='552'>indeed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='3557'>contain</strongs>thee; how much <strongs hebrew='637 3588'>less</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='28'>Yet have thou <strongs hebrew='6437'>respect</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7440'>cry</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='6419'>prayeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3117'>today</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='29'>That thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='6605'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, My <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>: that thou mayest <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6419'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and of thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelling</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>: and when thou <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5545'>forgive</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>If</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='2398'>trespass</strongs>against his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, and an <strongs hebrew='423'>oath</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5377'>laid</strongs>upon him to cause him to <strongs hebrew='422'>swear</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='422'>oath</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='32'>Then <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8199'>judge</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7561'>condemning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>bring</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>upon his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='6663'>justifying</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>him according to his <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>When thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>be smitten <strongs hebrew='5062'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against thee, and shall turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='3034'>confess</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs>, and make <strongs hebrew='2603'>supplication</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='34'>Then <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5545'>forgive</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and bring them <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>unto their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>When <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>is shut <strongs hebrew='6113'>up</strongs>, and there <strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4306'>rain</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against thee; if they <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3034'>confess</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs>from their <strongs hebrew='4480 2403'>sin</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6031'>afflictest</strongs>them: </verse>
            <verse number='36'>Then <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5545'>forgive</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and of thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3384'>teach</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>the</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>wherein they should <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='4306'>rain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>for an <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='3588'>If</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7711'>blasting</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3420'>mildew</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='697'>locust</strongs>, <em>or</em> <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2625'>caterpillar</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs><strongs hebrew='6887'>besiege</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='8179'>cities</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3605'>whatsoever</strongs><strongs hebrew='5061'>plague</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>whatsoever</strongs><strongs hebrew='4245'>sickness</strongs><em>there</em> <em>be</em> ; </verse>
            <verse number='38'><strongs hebrew='3605'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 834'>soever</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><em>made</em> by <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, <em>or</em> by <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5061'>plague</strongs>of his own <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>, and spread <strongs hebrew='6566'>forth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='39'>Then <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelling</strongs><strongs hebrew='4349'>place</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5545'>forgive</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>to every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>according <strongs hebrew='3605'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs>; ( <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, <em>even</em> thou <strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3824'>hearts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>;) </verse>
            <verse number='40'><strongs hebrew='4616'>That</strongs>they may <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>live</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>unto our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Moreover</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>concerning</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5237'>stranger</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='4480 5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>out of a far <strongs hebrew='4480 776 7350'>country</strongs>for thy name's <strongs hebrew='4616 8034'>sake</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='42'>( <strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>they shall hear <strongs hebrew='8085'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and of thy <strongs hebrew='2389'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and of thy stretched <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='2220'>arm</strongs>;) when he shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='43'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelling</strongs><strongs hebrew='4349'>place</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5237'>stranger</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>calleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thee for: <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>thee, as <em>do</em> thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; and that they may <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>, is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'><strongs hebrew='3588'>If</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1870 834'>whithersoever</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>them, and shall <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>, and <em>toward</em> the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>for thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='45'>Then <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>thou in <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>maintain</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4941'>cause</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'><strongs hebrew='3588'>If</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs>against thee, ( <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='2398'>sinneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>,) and thou be <strongs hebrew='599'>angry</strongs>with them, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='6440'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>, so that they carry them <strongs hebrew='7617'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='7617'>captives</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7350'>far</strongs><strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs><strongs hebrew='7138'>near</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='47'><em>Yet</em> if they shall bethink <strongs hebrew='7725 413 3820'>themselves</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>they were carried <strongs hebrew='7617'>captives</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>repent</strongs>, and make <strongs hebrew='2603'>supplication</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of them that carried them <strongs hebrew='7617'>captives</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, We have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>, and have done <strongs hebrew='5753'>perversely</strongs>, we have committed <strongs hebrew='7561'>wickedness</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='48'>And <em>so</em> <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>led them away <strongs hebrew='7617 *853'>captive</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='1870'>toward</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>gavest</strongs>unto their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>for thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='49'>Then <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelling</strongs><strongs hebrew='4349'>place</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>maintain</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4941'>cause</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='50'>And <strongs hebrew='5545'>forgive</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against thee, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6588'>transgressions</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgressed</strongs>against thee, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='7356'>compassion</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them who carried them <strongs hebrew='7617'>captive</strongs>, that they may have compassion <strongs hebrew='7355'>on</strongs>them: </verse>
            <verse number='51'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>be</em> thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and thine <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou broughtest <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3564'>furnace</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='52'>That thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='6605'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that they <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='53'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>didst <strongs hebrew='914'>separate</strongs>them from among <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <em>to</em> <em>be</em> thine <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1696'>spakest</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, when thou <strongs hebrew='3318'>broughtest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3068'>GOD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='54'>And it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>so</em> , that when <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>had made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6419'>praying</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 3766'>kneeling</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1290'>knees</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='3709'>hands</strongs>spread <strongs hebrew='6566'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='55'>And he <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='1419'>loud</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='56'><strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs><strongs hebrew='4496'>rest</strongs>unto his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>promised</strongs>: there hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>failed</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>promise</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>promised</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4872'>Moses</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='57'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>us, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>: let him <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5800'>leave</strongs>us, <strongs hebrew='408'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5203'>forsake</strongs>us: </verse>
            <verse number='58'>That he may <strongs hebrew='5186'>incline</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='3824'>hearts</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='2706'>statutes</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='59'>And let <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>I have made <strongs hebrew='2603'>supplication</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7138'>nigh</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='6213'>maintain</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4941'>cause</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4941'>cause</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>at all <strongs hebrew='3117'>times</strongs>, as the <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3117'>require</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='60'><strongs hebrew='4616'>That</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>that</em> <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>else</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='61'>Let your <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8003'>perfect</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='2706'>statutes</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, as at <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='62'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='2076'>offered</strongs><strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='63'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2076'>offered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>of peace <strongs hebrew='8002'>offerings</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='2076'>offered</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>. So the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='2596'>dedicated</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='64'>The <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>did the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6942'>hallow</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8432'>middle</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>offered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>, and meat <strongs hebrew='4503'>offerings</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2459'>fat</strongs>of the peace <strongs hebrew='8002'>offerings</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5178'>brazen</strongs><strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>was</em> too <strongs hebrew='6996'>little</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4480 3557'>receive</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>, and meat <strongs hebrew='4503'>offerings</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2459'>fat</strongs>of the peace <strongs hebrew='8002'>offerings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='65'>And at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>held</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2282'>feast</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>, from the entering <strongs hebrew='4480 935'>in</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2574'>Hamath</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5158'>river</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='702 6240'>fourteen</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='66'>On the <strongs hebrew='8066'>eighth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>away: and they <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>unto their <strongs hebrew='168'>tents</strongs><strongs hebrew='8056'>joyful</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2896'>glad</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>goodness</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and for <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='9'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3615'>finished</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1129'>building</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2837'>desire</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he was <strongs hebrew='2654'>pleased</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>That the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>appeared</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>the second <strongs hebrew='8145'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='7200'>appeared</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him at <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, I have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='8467'>supplication</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='2063'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me: I have <strongs hebrew='6942'>hallowed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>; and mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>and mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>perpetually</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>wilt <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='8537'>integrity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3476'>uprightness</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>thee, <em>and</em> wilt <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2706'>statutes</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then I will <strongs hebrew='6965'>establish</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1696'>promised</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, There shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>fail</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><em>But</em> <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>ye shall at all <strongs hebrew='7725 7725'>turn</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>following</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>or your <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs><em>and</em> my <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>you, but <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7812'>worship</strongs>them: </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Then will I cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921 6440'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>them; and this <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6942'>hallowed</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, will I <strongs hebrew='7971'>cast</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>sight</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4912'>proverb</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='8148'>byword</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And at <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <em>which</em> <strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='5945'>high</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5674'>passeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>it shall be <strongs hebrew='8074'>astonished</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='8319'>hiss</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='3602'>thus</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>answer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 834'>Because</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsook</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and have taken <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>hath the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 7097'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='11'>( <em>Now</em> <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6865'>Tyre</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5375'>furnished</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1265'>fir</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>, and with <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2656'>desire</strongs>,) that <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs><strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1551'>Galilee</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 6865'>Tyre</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>him; and they <strongs hebrew='3474 5869'>pleased</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>me, my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>them the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3521'>Cabul</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967 6242'>sixscore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3603'>talents</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='1697'>reason</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4522'>levy</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>raised</strongs>; for to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4407'>Millo</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2674'>Hazor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4023'>Megiddo</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1507'>Gezer</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><em>For</em> <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>had gone <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1507'>Gezer</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8313'>burnt</strongs>it with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3669'>Canaanites</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>it <em>for</em> a <strongs hebrew='7964'>present</strongs>unto his <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1507'>Gezer</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1032'>Beth</strongs>-horon the <strongs hebrew='8481'>nether</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='1191'>Baalath</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8412'>Tadmor</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4543'>store</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>for his <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>for his <strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>, and that <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='2836'>desired</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4475'>dominion</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><em>And</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='567'>Amorites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6522'>Perizzites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2340'>Hivites</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2983'>Jebusites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Their <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>also were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>able</strongs>utterly to <strongs hebrew='2763'>destroy</strongs>, upon those did <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>levy</strongs>a tribute of <strongs hebrew='4522 5647'>bondservice</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>But of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5650'>bondmen</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7991'>captains</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8269'>rulers</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><em>were</em> the <strongs hebrew='8269'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5324'>officers</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs>, which bare <strongs hebrew='7287'>rule</strongs>over the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4399'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='389'>But</strongs><strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>Solomon</em> had <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>for her: <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>did he <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4407'>Millo</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>times</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>offer</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>and peace <strongs hebrew='8002'>offerings</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and he burnt <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>upon</strongs>the altar <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. So he <strongs hebrew='7999'>finished</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>a navy of <strongs hebrew='590'>ships</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6100'>Ezion</strongs>-geber, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>beside</strongs><strongs hebrew='359'>Eloth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8193'>shore</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5488'>Red</strongs><strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='590'>navy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='376 591'>shipmen</strongs>that had <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowledge</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='211'>Ophir</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>fetched</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3603'>talents</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='10'>
            <verse number='1'>And when the <strongs hebrew='4436'>queen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7614'>Sheba</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8088'>fame</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>concerning the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, she <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5254'>prove</strongs>him with hard <strongs hebrew='2420'>questions</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And she <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='3515'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2428'>train</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='1581'>camels</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5375'>bore</strongs><strongs hebrew='1314'>spices</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>: and when she was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, she <strongs hebrew='1696'>communed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>with</strongs>him of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>in</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1697'>questions</strongs>: there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5956'>hid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And when the <strongs hebrew='4436'>queen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7614'>Sheba</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='3978'>meat</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4186'>sitting</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4612'>attendance</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='8334'>ministers</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='4403'>apparel</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4945'>cupbearers</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5930'>ascent</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>in her. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, It <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='571'>true</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>report</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>in mine own <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Howbeit I <strongs hebrew='539'>believed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704 834'>until</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, and mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><em>it</em> : and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>me: thy <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2896'>prosperity</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254 413'>exceedeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8052'>fame</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='835'>Happy</strongs><em>are</em> thy <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='835'>happy</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='8548'>continually</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee, <em>and</em> that <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='2654'>delighted</strongs>in thee, to <strongs hebrew='5414'>set</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: because the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>, therefore <strongs hebrew='7760'>made</strongs>he thee <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6666'>justice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And she <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3603'>talents</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='1314'>spices</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs>great <strongs hebrew='7235'>store</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>: there <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>such</strongs><strongs hebrew='7230'>abundance</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1314'>spices</strongs>as these <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4436'>queen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7614'>Sheba</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And the <strongs hebrew='590'>navy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 211'>Ophir</strongs>, brought <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 211'>Ophir</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>plenty</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='484'>almug</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='484'>almug</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs><strongs hebrew='4552'>pillars</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3658'>harps</strongs>also and <strongs hebrew='5035'>psalteries</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7891'>singers</strongs>: there <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>such</strongs><strongs hebrew='484'>almug</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4436'>queen</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7614'>Sheba</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2656'>desire</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whatsoever</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='7592'>asked</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 905'>beside</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>her of his royal <strongs hebrew='3027 4428'>bounty</strongs>. So she <strongs hebrew='6437'>turned</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to her own <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>and her <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Now the <strongs hebrew='4948'>weight</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3603'>talents</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='905'>Beside</strongs><em>that</em> <em>he</em> <em>had</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 376 8446'>merchantmen</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='4536'>traffic</strongs>of the spice <strongs hebrew='7402'>merchants</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6154'>Arabia</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='6346'>governors</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6793'>targets</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='7820'>beaten</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><em>shekels</em> of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6793'>target</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <em>he</em> <em>made</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='4043'>shields</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='7820'>beaten</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='4488'>pound</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4043'>shield</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3293'>forest</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8127'>ivory</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6823'>overlaid</strongs>it with the <strongs hebrew='6338'>best</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='4609'>steps</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5696'>round</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 310'>behind</strongs>: and <em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3027'>stays</strongs>on either <strongs hebrew='4480 2088 4480 2088'>side</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7675'>seat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='738'>lions</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>beside</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>stays</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='738'>lions</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the one <strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>side</strongs>and on the <strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>other</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='4609'>steps</strongs>: there was <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3651'>like</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4945'>drinking</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs><em>were</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3293'>forest</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs><em>were</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='5462'>pure</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs><em>were</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>: it was <strongs hebrew='3808 3972'>nothing</strongs><strongs hebrew='2803'>accounted</strongs>of in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>had at <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='590'>navy</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8659'>Tharshish</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='590'>navy</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='259'>once</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='590'>navy</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8659'>Tharshish</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5375'>bringing</strongs><strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8143'>ivory</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6971'>apes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8500'>peacocks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>So <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>exceeded <strongs hebrew='1431 4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='6239'>riches</strongs>and for <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4503'>present</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8008'>garments</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5402'>armor</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1314'>spices</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6505'>mules</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1697'>rate</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>gathered <strongs hebrew='622'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>, whom he <strongs hebrew='5148'>bestowed</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='730'>cedars</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs>he <em>to</em> <em>be</em> as the sycamore <strongs hebrew='8256'>trees</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='8219'>vale</strongs>, for <strongs hebrew='7230'>abundance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs><strongs hebrew='4161'>brought</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and linen <strongs hebrew='4480 4723'>yarn</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5503'>merchants</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>received</strongs>the linen <strongs hebrew='4480 4723'>yarn</strongs>at a <strongs hebrew='4242'>price</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And a <strongs hebrew='4818'>chariot</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>and went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><em>shekels</em> of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittites</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>, did they bring <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>by their <strongs hebrew='3027'>means</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='11'>
            <verse number='1'>But <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='5237'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, together <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>, women of the <strongs hebrew='4125'>Moabites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammonites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='130'>Edomites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6722'>Zidonians</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittites</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='4480'>Of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><em>concerning</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, Ye shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>to them, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>unto you: <em>for</em> <strongs hebrew='403'>surely</strongs>they will turn <strongs hebrew='5186'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1692'>cleaved</strongs>unto these in <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And he <strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8282'>princesses</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6370'>concubines</strongs>: and his <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>turned <strongs hebrew='5186'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>For it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6256'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2209'>old</strongs>, <em>that</em> his <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>turned <strongs hebrew='5186'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>: and his <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8003'>perfect</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, as <em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>For <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='6253'>Ashtoreth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>goddess</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6722'>Zidonians</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='4445'>Milcom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8251'>abomination</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammonites</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and went not <strongs hebrew='3808 4390'>fully</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, as <em>did</em> <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>a high <strongs hebrew='1116'>place</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3645'>Chemosh</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8251'>abomination</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='2022'>hill</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and for <strongs hebrew='4432'>Molech</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8251'>abomination</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='3651'>likewise</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>he for <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5237'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, which burnt <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrificed</strongs>unto their <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='599'>angry</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5186'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, which had <strongs hebrew='7200'>appeared</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='6471'>twice</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And had <strongs hebrew='6680 413'>commanded</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>, that he should <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>: but he <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Wherefore the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282'>Forasmuch</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>done <strongs hebrew='5973'>of</strongs>thee, and thou hast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6680 5921'>commanded</strongs>thee, I will surely <strongs hebrew='7167 7167'>rend</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>thee, and will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>it to thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='389'>Notwithstanding</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>it for David thy father's <strongs hebrew='4616 1732 1'>sake</strongs>: <em>but</em> I will <strongs hebrew='7167'>rend</strongs>it out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='7535'>Howbeit</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>rend <strongs hebrew='7167'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>; <em>but</em> will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7626'>tribe</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>for David my servant's <strongs hebrew='4616 1732 5650'>sake</strongs>, and for Jerusalem's <strongs hebrew='4616 3389'>sake</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>stirred <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='7854'>adversary</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1908'>Hadad</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='130'>Edomite</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>was</em> of the king's <strongs hebrew='4480 2233 4428'>seed</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>For it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>was gone <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6912'>bury</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>, after he had <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='2145'>male</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='16'>( <strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>months</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>remain</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>he had cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='2145'>male</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>:) </verse>
            <verse number='17'>That <strongs hebrew='111'>Hadad</strongs><strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='376'>certain</strongs><strongs hebrew='129'>Edomites</strongs>of his father's <strongs hebrew='4480 5650 1'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, to <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1908'>Hadad</strongs><em>being</em> yet a <strongs hebrew='6996'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And they <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4080'>Midian</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6290'>Paran</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>them out of <strongs hebrew='4480 6290'>Paran</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>; which <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>appointed</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3899'>victuals</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='1908'>Hadad</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>favor</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>, so that he <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>him to <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs>of his own <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8472'>Tahpenes</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1377'>queen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And the <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8472'>Tahpenes</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1592'>Genubath</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, whom <strongs hebrew='8472'>Tahpenes</strongs><strongs hebrew='1580'>weaned</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1592'>Genubath</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And when <strongs hebrew='1908'>Hadad</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1908'>Hadad</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs>, Let me <strongs hebrew='7971'>depart</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>mine own <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Then <strongs hebrew='6547'>Pharaoh</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='3588'>But</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='2638'>lacked</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me, that, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, thou <strongs hebrew='1245'>seekest</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thine own <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>Nothing</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>howbeit</strongs>let me go in any <strongs hebrew='7971 7971'>wise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>stirred him <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><em>another</em> <strongs hebrew='7854'>adversary</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7331'>Rezon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='450'>Eliadah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='1909'>Hadadezer</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6678'>Zobah</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And he <strongs hebrew='6908'>gathered</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs><strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>over a <strongs hebrew='1416'>band</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs>them <em>of</em> <em>Zobah</em> : and they <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>therein, and <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And he <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='7854'>adversary</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='854'>beside</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1908'>Hadad</strongs><em>did</em> : and he <strongs hebrew='6973'>abhorred</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5028'>Nebat</strongs>, an <strongs hebrew='673'>Ephrathite</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='6868'>Zereda</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6871'>Zeruah</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>, even he lifted <strongs hebrew='7311'>up</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='1697'>cause</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he lifted <strongs hebrew='7311'>up</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4407'>Millo</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5462'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6556'>breaches</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>man of <strongs hebrew='2428'>valor</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>seeing</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6213 4399'>industrious</strongs>, he made him <strongs hebrew='6485 *853'>ruler</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5447'>charge</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3130'>Joseph</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>when <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7888'>Shilonite</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>him in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>had clad <strongs hebrew='3680'>himself</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs><strongs hebrew='8008'>garment</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='905'>alone</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8610'>caught</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs><strongs hebrew='8008'>garment</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs>it <em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='7168'>pieces</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='7168'>pieces</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7167'>rend</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>to thee: </verse>
            <verse number='32'>(But he shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7626'>tribe</strongs>for my servant David's <strongs hebrew='4616 1732 5650'>sake</strongs>, and for Jerusalem's <strongs hebrew='4616 3389'>sake</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>:) </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='3282'>Because</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>me, and have <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs><strongs hebrew='6253'>Ashtoreth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>goddess</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6721'>Zidonians</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3645'>Chemosh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>god</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moabites</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4445'>Milcom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>god</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <em>to</em> <em>keep</em> my <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>, as <em>did</em> <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>Howbeit I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='7896'>make</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5387'>prince</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>for David my servant's <strongs hebrew='4616 1732 5650'>sake</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 *853'>whom</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='977'>chose</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='35'>But I will <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4410'>kingdom</strongs>out of his son's <strongs hebrew='4480 3027 1121'>hand</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>it unto thee, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And unto his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7626'>tribe</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5216'>light</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>always</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>And I will <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>thee, and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='183'>desireth</strongs>, and shalt <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou wilt hearken <strongs hebrew='8085'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>command</strongs>thee, and wilt <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>; that I will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='539'>sure</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>unto thee. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And I will <strongs hebrew='4616'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='6031'>afflict</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='389'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>therefore to <strongs hebrew='4191'>kill</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='7895'>Shishak</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>And the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='42'>And the <strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>And <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='12'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7927'>Shechem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7927'>Shechem</strongs>to make him <strongs hebrew='4427 *853'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5028'>Nebat</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>who</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>of</em> <em>it</em> , ( <strongs hebrew='834'>for</strongs>he was <strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>presence</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>;) </verse>
            <verse number='3'>That they <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>him. And <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6951'>congregation</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='7185'>grievous</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>therefore make <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7186'>grievous</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5656'>service</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='3515'>heavy</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5923'>yoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us, <strongs hebrew='7043'>lighter</strongs>, and we will <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><em>for</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, then come <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me. And the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='3289'>consulted</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the old <strongs hebrew='2205'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>while</strongs>he yet <strongs hebrew='2416'>lived</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='3289'>advise</strongs>that I may <strongs hebrew='7725 1697'>answer</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And they <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and wilt <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='6030'>answer</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>them, then they will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>But he <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsook</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of the old <strongs hebrew='2205'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='3289'>given</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='3289'>consulted</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='3206'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>were grown <strongs hebrew='1431'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him: </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='3289'>counsel</strongs>give <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>that we may <strongs hebrew='7725 1697'>answer</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Make the <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='7043'>lighter</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And the young <strongs hebrew='3206'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>were grown <strongs hebrew='1431'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='559'>speak</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='3513'>heavy</strongs>, but make <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='7043'>lighter</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>unto</strongs>us; <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='1696'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, My <strongs hebrew='6995'>little</strongs><em>finger</em> shall be <strongs hebrew='5666'>thicker</strongs>than my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4480 4975'>loins</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>whereas my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='6006 5921'>lade</strongs>you with a <strongs hebrew='3515'>heavy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3254'>add</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>: my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3256'>chastised</strongs>you with <strongs hebrew='7752'>whips</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3256'>chastise</strongs>you with <strongs hebrew='6137'>scorpions</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>So <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='1696'>appointed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>Come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me again the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7186'>roughly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsook</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the old <strongs hebrew='2205'>men</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3289'>gave</strongs>him; </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>them after the <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of the young <strongs hebrew='3206'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, My <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='3513'>heavy</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3254'>add</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs>: my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><em>also</em> <strongs hebrew='3256'>chastised</strongs>you with <strongs hebrew='7752'>whips</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3256'>chastise</strongs>you with <strongs hebrew='6137'>scorpions</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Wherefore the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5438'>cause</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>he might <strongs hebrew='6965'>perform</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7888'>Shilonite</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5028'>Nebat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>So when <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725 1697'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='2506'>portion</strongs>have we in <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><em>have</em> <em>we</em> <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3448'>Jesse</strongs>: to your <strongs hebrew='168'>tents</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>to thine own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs>unto their <strongs hebrew='168'>tents</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>But <em>as</em> <em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>which <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='151'>Adoram</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4522'>tribute</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7275'>stoned</strongs>him with <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>. Therefore <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='553'>speed</strongs>to get him <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='4818'>chariot</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>So <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6586'>rebelled</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>was come <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, that they <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5712'>congregation</strongs>, and made him <strongs hebrew='4427 *853'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='310'>followed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2108'>but</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribe</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And when <strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='6950'>assembled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribe</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8084'>fourscore</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs>men, which were <strongs hebrew='6213 4421'>warriors</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7725'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4410'>kingdom</strongs>again to <strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>But the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='8098'>Shemaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='559'>Speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, and to the <strongs hebrew='3499'>remnant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, Ye shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>against</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>me. They <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>depart</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Then <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7927'>Shechem</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>therein; and went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6439'>Penuel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, then shall the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='2026'>kill</strongs>me, and go <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>Whereupon the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>took <strongs hebrew='3289'>counsel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='5695'>calves</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, It is too <strongs hebrew='7227'>much</strongs>for you to go <strongs hebrew='4480 5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>brought</strongs>thee up out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And he <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='259'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>he in <strongs hebrew='1835'>Dan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>: for the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><em>to</em> <em>worship</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1835'>Dan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7098'>lowest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3878'>Levi</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>ordained</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2282'>feast</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8066'>eighth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, on the <strongs hebrew='2568 6240'>fifteenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, like unto the <strongs hebrew='2282'>feast</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='5927'>offered</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='3651'>So</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>he in <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrificing</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='5695'>calves</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='5975'>placed</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>of the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>So he <strongs hebrew='5927'>offered</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2568 6240'>fifteenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8066'>eighth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs>, <em>even</em> in the <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='908'>devised</strongs>of his own <strongs hebrew='4480 3820'>heart</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='6213'>ordained</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2282'>feast</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='5927'>offered</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>, and burnt <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='13'>
            <verse number='1'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3063'>Judah</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>to burn <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And he <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1121'>child</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee shall he <strongs hebrew='2076'>offer</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>of the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>that burn <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee, and <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='8313'>burnt</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And he <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4159'>sign</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>This</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4159'>sign</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1880'>ashes</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>it shall be poured <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>saying</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>, that he put <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Lay <strongs hebrew='8610'>hold</strongs>on him. And his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he put <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>him, dried <strongs hebrew='3001'>up</strongs>, so that he <strongs hebrew='3201'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>pull it in <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>The <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>also was <strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1880'>ashes</strongs>poured <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='4159'>sign</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2470'>Entreat</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>me, that my <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>may be restored me <strongs hebrew='7725 413'>again</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='2470'>besought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440 3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>was restored him <strongs hebrew='7725 413'>again</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs>as <em>it</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7223'>before</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Come</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>home</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='5582'>refresh</strongs>thyself, and I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='4991'>reward</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>was it <strongs hebrew='6680'>charged</strongs>me by the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='398'>Eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>by the same <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>camest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>So he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Now there <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='259 2205'>old</strongs><strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5608'>told</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4639'>works</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, them they <strongs hebrew='5608'>told</strongs>also to their <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And their <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='335 2088'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>he? For his <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2280'>Saddle</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>. So they <strongs hebrew='2280'>saddled</strongs>him the <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='7392'>rode</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>thereon</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3427'>sitting</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='424'>oak</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <em>Art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>camest</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Come</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>home</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='3201'>may</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee, nor go <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>it was <strongs hebrew='1697'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me by the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>camest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>He <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> a <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>as thou <em>art</em> ; and an <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me by the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Bring him <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, that he may <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>. <em>But</em> he <strongs hebrew='3584'>lied</strongs>unto him. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>So he went <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, and did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drank</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, as <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>brought him <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And he <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282 3588'>Forasmuch</strongs>as thou hast <strongs hebrew='4784'>disobeyed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and hast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandment</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>thee, </verse>
            <verse number='22'>But camest <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs>, and hast <strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drunk</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>the</em> <em>LORD</em> did <strongs hebrew='1696'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='398'>Eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>; thy <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcass</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6913'>sepulcher</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='8354'>drunk</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='2280'>saddled</strongs>for him the <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>, <em>to</em> <em>wit</em> , for the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>he had brought <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And when he was <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>met</strongs>him by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slew</strongs>him: and his <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcass</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>it, the <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>by</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcass</strongs><strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>standing</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcass</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1696'>told</strongs><em>it</em> in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>where</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>old</strongs><strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And when the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>brought him <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>thereof</em> , he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>It</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4784'>disobedient</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6310'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: therefore the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>him unto the <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>, which hath <strongs hebrew='7665'>torn</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slain</strongs>him, according to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>unto him. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2280'>Saddle</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>. And they <strongs hebrew='2280'>saddled</strongs><em>him</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcass</strongs><strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>standing</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcass</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='7665'>torn</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>took <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcass</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5117'>laid</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>, and brought it <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='2205'>old</strongs><strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5594'>mourn</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='6912'>bury</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And he <strongs hebrew='5117'>laid</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5038'>carcass</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='6913'>grave</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='5594'>mourned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>him, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='1945'>Alas</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>him, that he <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, When I am <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, then <strongs hebrew='6912'>bury</strongs>me in the <strongs hebrew='6913'>sepulcher</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5117'>lay</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs><strongs hebrew='681'>beside</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>saying</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>, shall surely come to <strongs hebrew='1961 1961'>pass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='310'>After</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>from his evil <strongs hebrew='4480 1870 7451'>way</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7098'>lowest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>of the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>: whosoever <strongs hebrew='2655'>would</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='4390 *853 3027'>consecrated</strongs>him, and he <strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs><em>one</em> of the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>of the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs><strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>, even to cut <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3582'>off</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroy</strongs><em>it</em> from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='14'>
            <verse number='1'>At <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='29'>Abijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>fell <strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, and disguise <strongs hebrew='8138'>thyself</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>to be the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1980'>get</strongs>thee to <strongs hebrew='7887'>Shiloh</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696 5921'>told</strongs>me that <em>I</em> <em>should</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>with</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>loaves</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5350'>cracknels</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1228'>cruse</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1706'>honey</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7887'>Shiloh</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>. But <strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3201'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='6965'>set</strongs>by reason of his <strongs hebrew='4480 7869'>age</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1875'>ask</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>of</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2090'>thus</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2088'>thus</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='1696'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her: for it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, when she cometh <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>shall feign herself <em>to be</em> another <strongs hebrew='5234'>woman</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>so</em> , when <strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>, as she came <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='6607'>door</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>, thou <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4100 2088'>why</strongs>feignest thou thyself <em>to be</em> <strongs hebrew='5234 859'>another</strongs>? for <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thee <em>with</em> <strongs hebrew='7186'>heavy</strongs><em>tidings</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>tell</strongs><strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282 834'>Forasmuch</strongs>as I <strongs hebrew='7311'>exalted</strongs>thee from <strongs hebrew='4480 8432'>among</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='5057'>prince</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>away from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>it thee: and <em>yet</em> thou hast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs>as my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980 310'>followed</strongs>me with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='7535'>only</strongs><em>which</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='9'>But hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='7489'>evil</strongs>above <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee: for thou hast <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, and molten <strongs hebrew='4541'>images</strongs>, to provoke me to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>, and hast <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='310'>behind</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1458'>back</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>, and will cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='8366'>pisseth</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='7023'>wall</strongs>, <em>and</em> him that is shut <strongs hebrew='6113'>up</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5800'>left</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and will take <strongs hebrew='1197'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='310'>remnant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>a man taketh <strongs hebrew='1197'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='1557'>dung</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>it be all <strongs hebrew='8552'>gone</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Him that <strongs hebrew='4191'>dieth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='3611'>dogs</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>; and him that <strongs hebrew='4191'>dieth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>air</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>therefore, <strongs hebrew='1980'>get</strongs>thee to thine own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: <em>and</em> when thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5594'>mourn</strongs>for him, and <strongs hebrew='6912'>bury</strongs>him: <strongs hebrew='3588 2088'>for</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6913'>grave</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282'>because</strongs>in him there is <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><em>some</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall raise him <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>shall cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>For the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7070'>reed</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5110'>shaken</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>, and he shall root <strongs hebrew='5428'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>to their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='2219'>scatter</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='4480 5676'>beyond</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282 834'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='842'>groves</strongs>, provoking the LORD to <strongs hebrew='3707 *853 3068'>anger</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And he shall give Israel <strongs hebrew='5414 *853 3478'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='1558'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>made Israel to <strongs hebrew='2398 *853 3478'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8656'>Tirzah</strongs>: <em>and</em> when <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5592'>threshold</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>door</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And they <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>him; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5594'>mourned</strongs>for him, according to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>how</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3898'>warred</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>how</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, they <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5070'>Nadab</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>old</strongs>when he began to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651 6240'>seventeen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='977'>choose</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. And his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5279'>Naamah</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammonitess</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and they provoked him to <strongs hebrew='7065 *853'>jealousy</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='2398'>committed</strongs>, above <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>For <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>them high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4676'>images</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='842'>groves</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='1364'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='1389'>hill</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='7488'>green</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>tree</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='6945'>sodomites</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: <em>and</em> they <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8441'>abominations</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='3423'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2549'>fifth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='7895'>Shishak</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And he took <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; he even took <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>: and he took <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4043'>shields</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs><strongs hebrew='5178'>brazen</strongs><strongs hebrew='4043'>shields</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6485'>committed</strongs><em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8269'>chief</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7323'>guard</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6607'>door</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>so</em> , <strongs hebrew='4480 1767'>when</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='7323'>guard</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>bore</strongs>them, and brought them <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7323'>guard</strongs><strongs hebrew='8372'>chamber</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And <strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. And his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5279'>Naamah</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammonitess</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='38'>Abijam</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='15'>
            <verse number='1'>Now in the <strongs hebrew='8083 6240'>eighteenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5028'>Nebat</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='38'>Abijam</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='7969'>Three</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>he in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. And his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4601'>Maachah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='53'>Abishalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And he <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him: and his <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8003'>perfect</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, as the <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Nevertheless</strongs>for David's <strongs hebrew='4616 1732'>sake</strongs>did the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='5216'>lamp</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, to set <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him, and to <strongs hebrew='5975'>establish</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='834'>Because</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and turned not <strongs hebrew='3808 5493'>aside</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>any</strongs><em>thing</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, save <strongs hebrew='7535'>only</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='7346'>Rehoboam</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='38'>Abijam</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>? And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='38'>Abijam</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='38'>Abijam</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>him in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And in the <strongs hebrew='6242'>twentieth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427 4428'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>he in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. And his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4601'>Maachah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='53'>Abishalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, as <em>did</em> <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And he took <strongs hebrew='5674'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6945'>sodomites</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5493'>removed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1544'>idols</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4601'>Maachah</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, even her he <strongs hebrew='5493'>removed</strongs>from <em>being</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 1377'>queen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>she had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4656'>idol</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='842'>grove</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>destroyed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4656'>idol</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8313'>burnt</strongs><em>it</em> by the <strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs><strongs hebrew='6939'>Kidron</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>But the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5493'>removed</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7535'>nevertheless</strongs><strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='8003'>perfect</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And he brought <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the things which his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6944'>dedicated</strongs>, and the things which himself had <strongs hebrew='6944'>dedicated</strongs>, into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7414'>Ramah</strongs>, that he might <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>suffer</strongs>any to go <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>or come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasures</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>them into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2886'>Tabrimon</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2383'>Hezion</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='19'><em>There</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='1285'>league</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>me and thee, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>unto thee a <strongs hebrew='7810'>present</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1980'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6565'>break</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1285'>league</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, that he may <strongs hebrew='5927'>depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>So <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>hosts</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5859'>Ijon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1835'>Dan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='62'>Abel</strongs>-beth-maachah, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3672'>Cinneroth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5321'>Naphtali</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>thereof</em> , that he left <strongs hebrew='2308'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 1129'>building</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7414'>Ramah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8656'>Tirzah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Then <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>made a <strongs hebrew='8085'>proclamation</strongs>throughout <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5355'>exempted</strongs>: and they took <strongs hebrew='5375'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7414'>Ramah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6086'>timber</strongs>thereof, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs><strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>with them <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1387'>Geba</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>The <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1369'>might</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='7535'>Nevertheless</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>of his old <strongs hebrew='2209'>age</strongs>he was <strongs hebrew='2470'>diseased</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='5070'>Nadab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>began to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8147'>second</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and in his <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>he made Israel to <strongs hebrew='2398 *853 3478'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3485'>Issachar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7194'>conspired</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>him; and <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him at <strongs hebrew='1405'>Gibbethon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>belonged</em> to the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>; for <strongs hebrew='5070'>Nadab</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>laid <strongs hebrew='6696'>siege</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1405'>Gibbethon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>Even in the <strongs hebrew='7969'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>slay</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when he <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>, <em>that</em> he <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>; he <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5397'>breathed</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroyed</strongs>him, according unto the <strongs hebrew='1697'>saying</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7888'>Shilonite</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='5921'>Because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he made Israel to <strongs hebrew='2398 *853 3478'>sin</strongs>, by his <strongs hebrew='3708'>provocation</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3707'>provoked</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>to anger. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5070'>Nadab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>In the <strongs hebrew='7969'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>began <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8656'>Tirzah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>, and in his <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>he made Israel to <strongs hebrew='2398 *853 3478'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='16'>
            <verse number='1'>Then the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3058'>Jehu</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2607'>Hanani</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3282 834'>Forasmuch</strongs>as I <strongs hebrew='7311'>exalted</strongs>thee out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>made</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='5057'>prince</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; and thou hast <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>, and hast made <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs>, to provoke me to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will take <strongs hebrew='1197'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='310'>posterity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='310'>posterity</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; and will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5028'>Nebat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Him that <strongs hebrew='4191'>dieth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='3611'>dogs</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>; and him that <strongs hebrew='4191'>dieth</strongs>of his in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>air</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1369'>might</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'>So <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8656'>Tirzah</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='425'>Elah</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3058'>Jehu</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2607'>Hanani</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, in provoking him to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='1961'>being</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='5921 834'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5221'>killed</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>In the <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8337'>sixth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>began <strongs hebrew='425'>Elah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8656'>Tirzah</strongs>, two <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='2174'>Zimri</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4276'>half</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7194'>conspired</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>him, as <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>was in <strongs hebrew='8656'>Tirzah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8354'>drinking</strongs>himself <strongs hebrew='7910'>drunk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='777'>Arza</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>steward</strongs>of <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8656'>Tirzah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='2174'>Zimri</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>killed</strongs>him, in the <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when he began to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>, as soon as he <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>, <em>that</em> he <strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>one that <strongs hebrew='8366'>pisseth</strongs>against a <strongs hebrew='7023'>wall</strongs>, neither of his <strongs hebrew='1350'>kinsfolk</strongs>, nor of his <strongs hebrew='7453'>friends</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Thus did <strongs hebrew='2174'>Zimri</strongs><strongs hebrew='8045'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='3058'>Jehu</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='413'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='425'>Elah</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, by <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>, and by <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>they made Israel to <strongs hebrew='2398 *853 3478'>sin</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='3707'>provoking</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>to anger with their <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='425'>Elah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='15'>In the <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='2174'>Zimri</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8656'>Tirzah</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='2583'>encamped</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='1405'>Gibbethon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>belonged</em> to the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='2583'>encamped</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2174'>Zimri</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7194'>conspired</strongs>, and hath <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: wherefore <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4427'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4264'>camp</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='1405'>Gibbethon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, and they <strongs hebrew='6696 5921'>besieged</strongs><strongs hebrew='8656'>Tirzah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='2174'>Zimri</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palace</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8313'>burnt</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>him with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='5921'>For</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6213'>doing</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='1980'>walking</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>, and in his <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>, to make Israel to <strongs hebrew='2398 *853 3478'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2174'>Zimri</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7195'>treason</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7194'>wrought</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs>were the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='2505'>divided</strongs>into two <strongs hebrew='2677'>parts</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961 310'>followed</strongs><strongs hebrew='8402'>Tibni</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1527'>Ginath</strongs>, to make him <strongs hebrew='4427'>king</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>followed</strongs><strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>But the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>followed</strongs><strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs>prevailed <strongs hebrew='2388'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>followed</strongs><strongs hebrew='8402'>Tibni</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1527'>Ginath</strongs>: so <strongs hebrew='8402'>Tibni</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>In the <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='259'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>began <strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>he in <strongs hebrew='8656'>Tirzah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And he <strongs hebrew='7069'>bought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>hill</strongs><strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='8106'>Shemer</strongs>for two <strongs hebrew='3603'>talents</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and built <strongs hebrew='1129'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>hill</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8106'>Shemer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='113'>owner</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2022'>hill</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>But <strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='7489'>worse</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>For he <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5028'>Nebat</strongs>, and in his <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>he made Israel to <strongs hebrew='2398 *853 3478'>sin</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3707'>provoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>to anger with their <strongs hebrew='1892'>vanities</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1369'>might</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>showed</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='28'>So <strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And in the <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8083'>eighth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>began <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6018'>Omri</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>above <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, as if it had been a light <strongs hebrew='7043'>thing</strongs>for him to <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5028'>Nebat</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='856'>Ethbaal</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6722'>Zidonians</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And he reared <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='842'>grove</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3707'>provoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>to anger than <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>In his <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='2419'>Hiel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1017'>Bethelite</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3405'>Jericho</strongs>: he laid the <strongs hebrew='3245'>foundation</strongs>thereof in <strongs hebrew='48'>Abiram</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1060'>firstborn</strongs>, and set <strongs hebrew='5324'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>gates</strongs>thereof in his <strongs hebrew='6810'>youngest</strongs><em>son</em> <strongs hebrew='7687'>Segub</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='3091'>Joshua</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5126'>Nun</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='17'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8664'>Tishbite</strongs>, <em>who</em> <em>was</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 8453'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, <em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>, there shall <strongs hebrew='518'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='2919'>dew</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='4306'>rain</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>according</strongs>to my <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Get</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>hence</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6437'>turn</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='6924'>eastward</strongs>, and hide <strongs hebrew='5641'>thyself</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs><strongs hebrew='3747'>Cherith</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, <em>that</em> thou shalt <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5158'>brook</strongs>; and I have <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6158'>ravens</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3557'>feed</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>So he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>according unto the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: for he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs><strongs hebrew='3747'>Cherith</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the <strongs hebrew='6158'>ravens</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6153'>evening</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='8354'>drank</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 7093'>after</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3117'>while</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs>dried <strongs hebrew='3001'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>there had <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>get</strongs>thee to <strongs hebrew='6886'>Zarephath</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>belongeth</em> to <strongs hebrew='6721'>Zidon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3557'>sustain</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>So he <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6886'>Zarephath</strongs>. And when he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6607'>gate</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='7197'>gathering</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6086'>sticks</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>her, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>Fetch</strongs>me, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And as she was <strongs hebrew='1980'>going</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3947'>fetch</strongs><em>it</em> , he <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>her, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>Bring</strongs>me, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='6595'>morsel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='3426'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4580'>cake</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4393 3709'>handful</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7058'>meal</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='3537'>barrel</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='6835'>cruse</strongs>: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I <em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='7197'>gathering</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>sticks</strongs>, that I may go <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6213'>dress</strongs>it for me and my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, that we may <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her, <strongs hebrew='3372'>Fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>as thou hast <strongs hebrew='1697'>said</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='389'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thereof</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6996'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='5692'>cake</strongs><strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3318'>bring</strongs><em>it</em> unto me, and <strongs hebrew='314'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>for thee and for thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3537'>barrel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7058'>meal</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3615'>waste</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='6835'>cruse</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs><strongs hebrew='2637'>fail</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>sendeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And she <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>according to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>saying</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><em>many</em> <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><em>And</em> the <strongs hebrew='3537'>barrel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7058'>meal</strongs><strongs hebrew='3615'>wasted</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>did the <strongs hebrew='6835'>cruse</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs><strongs hebrew='2637'>fail</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>, <em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1172'>mistress</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, fell <strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>; and his <strongs hebrew='2483'>sickness</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='2389'>sore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704 834'>that</strongs>there was <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5397'>breath</strongs><strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>in him. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>have I to do with thee, O thou <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>? art thou <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me to call <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5771'>sin</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2142'>remembrance</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='4191'>slay</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her, <strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>him out of her <strongs hebrew='4480 2436'>bosom</strongs>, and carried him <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5944'>loft</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>abode</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7901'>laid</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='4296'>bed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And he <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, hast thou <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='7489'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourn</strongs>, by <strongs hebrew='4191'>slaying</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And he stretched <strongs hebrew='4058'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>times</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>come into him <strongs hebrew='7725 5921 7130'>again</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>came into him <strongs hebrew='7725 5921 7130'>again</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='2421'>revived</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>, and brought him <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5944'>chamber</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>him unto his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7200'>See</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <em>and</em> that the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='18'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><em>after</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, show <strongs hebrew='7200'>thyself</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='4306'>rain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to show <strongs hebrew='7200'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>. And <em>there</em> <em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='2389'>sore</strongs><strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121 413'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5662'>Obadiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='5921'>governor</strongs>of <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. (Now <strongs hebrew='5662'>Obadiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961 3372'>feared</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>greatly</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='4'>For it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>so</em> , when <strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs>cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='5662'>Obadiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2244'>hid</strongs>them by <strongs hebrew='2572 376'>fifty</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='4631'>cave</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3557'>fed</strongs>them with <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>.) </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5662'>Obadiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4599'>fountains</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5158'>brooks</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='194'>peradventure</strongs>we may <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='2682'>grass</strongs>to save the horses and mules <strongs hebrew='2421 5483 6505'>alive</strongs>, that we <strongs hebrew='3772'>lose</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>all the <strongs hebrew='4480 929'>beasts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>So they <strongs hebrew='2505'>divided</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>between them to <strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs>throughout it: <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='905'>himself</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5662'>Obadiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='905'>himself</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And as <strongs hebrew='5662'>Obadiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7122'>met</strongs>him: and he <strongs hebrew='5234'>knew</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>Art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> : <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>tell</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><em>is</em> <em>here</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>wouldest <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='4191'>slay</strongs>me? </verse>
            <verse number='10'><em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='3426'>is</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>thee: and when they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>He</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><em>there</em> ; he took an <strongs hebrew='7650'>oath</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>sayest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>tell</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><em>is</em> <em>here</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>as</em> <em>soon</em> <em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>am <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>thee, that the <strongs hebrew='7307'>Spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5375'>carry</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='5921 834'>whither</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; and <em>so</em> when I <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>thee, he shall <strongs hebrew='2026'>slay</strongs>me: but I thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>from my <strongs hebrew='4480 5271'>youth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Was it <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>when <strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs><strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, how I <strongs hebrew='2244'>hid</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of the LORD's <strongs hebrew='4480 5030 3068'>prophets</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2572 2572 376'>fifty</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='4631'>cave</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3557'>fed</strongs>them with <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>sayest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>tell</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><em>is</em> <em>here</em> : and he shall <strongs hebrew='2026'>slay</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3588'>surely</strongs>show <strongs hebrew='7200'>myself</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3117'>today</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>So <strongs hebrew='5662'>Obadiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7122'>meet</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>him: and <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7122'>meet</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <em>Art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5916'>troubleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5916'>troubled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, in that ye have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4687'>commandments</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and thou hast <strongs hebrew='1980 310'>followed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1168'>Baalim</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='3760'>Carmel</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='842'>groves</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>So <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and gathered the prophets <strongs hebrew='6908 *853 5030'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='3760'>Carmel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5066'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, How <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs><strongs hebrew='6452'>halt</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='5587'>opinions</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980 310'>follow</strongs>him: but <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, <em>then</em> <strongs hebrew='1980 310'>follow</strongs>him. And the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>, <em>even</em> I <strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3498'>remain</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; but <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Let them therefore <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='6499'>bullocks</strongs>; and let them <strongs hebrew='977'>choose</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6499'>bullock</strongs>for themselves, and cut it in <strongs hebrew='5408'>pieces</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>lay</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs><em>under</em> : and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6213'>dress</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='259'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='6499'>bullock</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>lay</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs><em>under</em> : </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>ye on the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answereth</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='1931'>him</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, It is <strongs hebrew='2896'>well</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>spoken</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='977'>Choose</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6499'>bullock</strongs>for yourselves, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>dress</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs><em>under</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And they <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6499'>bullock</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>them, and they <strongs hebrew='6213'>dressed</strongs><em>it</em> , and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1242'>morning</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='6672'>noon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6030'>hear</strongs>us. But <em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='369'>nor</strongs>any that <strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>. And they <strongs hebrew='6452'>leaped</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='6672'>noon</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='2048'>mocked</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7121'>Cry</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963 1419'>aloud</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='430'>god</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>either</strongs>he is <strongs hebrew='7879'>talking</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>or</strongs>he is <strongs hebrew='7873'>pursuing</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>or</strongs>he is in a <strongs hebrew='1870'>journey</strongs>, <em>or</em> <strongs hebrew='194'>peradventure</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='3463'>sleepeth</strongs>, and must be <strongs hebrew='3364'>awaked</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And they <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963 1419'>aloud</strongs>, and cut <strongs hebrew='1413'>themselves</strongs>after their <strongs hebrew='4941'>manner</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2719'>knives</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7420'>lancets</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>gushed <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='6672'>midday</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5674'>past</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <em>time</em> of the <strongs hebrew='5927'>offering</strongs>of the <em>evening</em> <strongs hebrew='4503'>sacrifice</strongs>, that <em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='369'>nor</strongs>any to <strongs hebrew='6030'>answer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='369'>nor</strongs>any that <strongs hebrew='7182'>regarded</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, Come <strongs hebrew='5066'>near</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me. And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5066'>near</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him. And he <strongs hebrew='7495'>repaired</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>that</em> <em>was</em> broken <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8585'>trench</strongs><strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>, as great as would <strongs hebrew='1004'>contain</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='5429'>measures</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And he <strongs hebrew='6186'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>in order, and <strongs hebrew='5408'>cut</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6499'>bullock</strongs>in pieces, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>laid</strongs><em>him</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4390'>Fill</strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3537'>barrels</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3332'>pour</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>sacrifice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Do <em>it</em> the second <strongs hebrew='8138'>time</strongs>. And they did <em>it</em> the second <strongs hebrew='8138'>time</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Do <em>it</em> the third <strongs hebrew='8027'>time</strongs>. And they did <em>it</em> the third <strongs hebrew='8027'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>ran</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8585'>trench</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at <em>the</em> <em>time</em> <em>of</em> the <strongs hebrew='5927'>offering</strongs>of the <em>evening</em> <strongs hebrew='4503'>sacrifice</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5066'>near</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='85'>Abraham</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3327'>Isaac</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, let it be <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and <em>that</em> I have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>at thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='6030'>Hear</strongs>me, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6030'>hear</strongs>me, that <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='5437'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>back <strongs hebrew='322'>again</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>Then the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>consumed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>sacrifice</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>, and licked <strongs hebrew='3897'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> in the <strongs hebrew='8585'>trench</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And when <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><em>it</em> , they <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='8610'>Take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>; let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480'>them</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>escape</strongs>. And they <strongs hebrew='8610'>took</strongs>them: and <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>brought them <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs><strongs hebrew='7028'>Kishon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7819'>slew</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, Get thee <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1995'>abundance</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'>So <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3760'>Carmel</strongs>; and he cast himself <strongs hebrew='1457'>down</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1290'>knees</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='43'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5288'>servant</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5027'>look</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>. And he went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5027'>looked</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>There</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369 3972'>nothing</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>times</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at the seventh <strongs hebrew='7637'>time</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='5927'>ariseth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6996'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='5645'>cloud</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3220'>sea</strongs>, like a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3709'>hand</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='631'>Prepare</strongs><em>thy</em> <em>chariot</em> , and get thee <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs><strongs hebrew='6113'>stop</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='45'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5704 3541 5704 3541'>meanwhile</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6937'>black</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5645'>clouds</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>, and there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7392'>rode</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='46'>And the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>; and he girded <strongs hebrew='8151'>up</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7323'>ran</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='935'>entrance</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='19'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>withal</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>how</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Then <strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>So</strongs>let the <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>to</em> <em>me</em> , and <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>also</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>not <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them by <strongs hebrew='4279'>tomorrow</strongs>about this <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And when he <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><em>that</em> , he <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>belongeth</em> to <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5117'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5288'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>But he <strongs hebrew='1931'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1870'>journey</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>and sat <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs>juniper <strongs hebrew='7574'>tree</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='7592'>requested</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>for <strongs hebrew='5315'>himself</strongs>that he might <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, It is <strongs hebrew='7227'>enough</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, take <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than my <strongs hebrew='4480 1'>fathers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And as he <strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3462'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs>juniper <strongs hebrew='7574'>tree</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>then</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>touched</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And he <strongs hebrew='5027'>looked</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='5692'>cake</strongs>baked on the <strongs hebrew='7529'>coals</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='6835'>cruse</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>at his <strongs hebrew='4763'>head</strongs>. And he did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and laid him <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And the <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>the second <strongs hebrew='8145'>time</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5060'>touched</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>journey</strongs><em>is</em> too <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>for</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And he <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='396'>meat</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>nights</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2722'>Horeb</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>thither</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4631'>cave</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3885'>lodged</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>came</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him, and he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>doest thou <strongs hebrew='6311'>here</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I have been very <strongs hebrew='7065 7065'>jealous</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, thrown <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>, <em>even</em> I <strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>, am <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, to take it <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stand</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>by</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2389'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs><strongs hebrew='6561'>rent</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, and broke in <strongs hebrew='7665'>pieces</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5553'>rocks</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='7494'>earthquake</strongs>; <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7494'>earthquake</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7494'>earthquake</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>; <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1827'>still</strongs><strongs hebrew='1851'>small</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>so</em> , when <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>it</em> , that he <strongs hebrew='3874'>wrapped</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='155'>mantle</strongs>, and went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>in the entering <strongs hebrew='6607'>in</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4631'>cave</strongs>. And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>came</em> a <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>doest thou <strongs hebrew='6311'>here</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I have been very <strongs hebrew='7065 7065'>jealous</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, thrown <strongs hebrew='2040'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>, <em>even</em> I <strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>, am <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, to take it <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>on thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>: and when thou <strongs hebrew='935'>comest</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4886'>anoint</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2371'>Hazael</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='3058'>Jehu</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5250'>Nimshi</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='4886'>anoint</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='477'>Elisha</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8202'>Shaphat</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 65'>Abel</strongs>-meholah shalt thou <strongs hebrew='4886'>anoint</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='8478'>room</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> him that <strongs hebrew='4422'>escapeth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4480 2719'>sword</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2371'>Hazael</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3058'>Jehu</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>slay</strongs>: and him that <strongs hebrew='4422'>escapeth</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 2719'>sword</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3058'>Jehu</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='477'>Elisha</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>slay</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Yet I have <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs><em>me</em> <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1290'>knees</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3766'>bowed</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5401'>kissed</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>So he <strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='477'>Elisha</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8202'>Shaphat</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>who</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2790'>plowing</strongs><em>with</em> <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='6776'>yoke</strongs><em>of</em> <em>oxen</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelfth</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>passed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>by</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='155'>mantle</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And he <strongs hebrew='5800'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7323'>ran</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let me, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5401'>kiss</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, and <em>then</em> I will <strongs hebrew='1980 310'>follow</strongs>thee. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>back <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>to thee? </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And he returned <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 310'>from</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6776'>yoke</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2076'>slew</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='1310'>boiled</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='3627'>instruments</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and they did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>. Then he <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8334'>ministered</strongs>unto him. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='20'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>gathered all his host <strongs hebrew='6908 *853 3605 2428'>together</strongs>: and <em>there</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>: and he went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6696 5921'>besieged</strongs><strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3898'>warred</strongs>against it. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs><strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad, </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Thy <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><em>is</em> mine; thy <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>also and thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='2896'>goodliest</strongs>, <em>are</em> mine. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, My <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, according to thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> thine, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>speaketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>Although</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>me thy <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Yet</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4279'>tomorrow</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>about</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='2664'>search</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>; and it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>whatsoever</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4261'>pleasant</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, they shall <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><em>it</em> in their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and take <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3045'>Mark</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>you</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>how</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me for my <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, and for my <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, and for my <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and for my <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>; and I <strongs hebrew='4513 4480'>denied</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hearken</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><em>unto</em> <em>him</em> , <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='14'>consent</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Wherefore he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad, <strongs hebrew='559'>Tell</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou didst <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3201'>may</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>brought</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>again. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>so</strongs>unto me, and <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>also</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5606'>suffice</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='8168'>handfuls</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='7272'>follow</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1696'>Tell</strongs><em>him</em> , Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='2296'>girdeth</strongs>on <em>his</em> <em>harness</em> boast <strongs hebrew='1984'>himself</strongs>as he that putteth it <strongs hebrew='6605'>off</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <em>Ben-hadad</em> <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>message</strongs>, as <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8354'>drinking</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5521'>pavilions</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7760'>Set</strongs><em>yourselves</em> <em>in</em> <em>array</em> . And they <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs><em>themselves</em> <em>in</em> <em>array</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='5066'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, Hast thou <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>it into thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, By <strongs hebrew='4310'>whom</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>Even</em> by the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4082'>provinces</strongs>. Then he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='631'>order</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then he <strongs hebrew='6485'>numbered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4082'>provinces</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>them he <strongs hebrew='6485'>numbered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <em>being</em> <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And they went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='6672'>noon</strongs>. But <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8354'>drinking</strongs>himself <strongs hebrew='7910'>drunk</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5521'>pavilions</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5826'>helped</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4082'>provinces</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad sent <strongs hebrew='7971'>out</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, There are <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>come <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 8111'>Samaria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>Whether</strongs>they be come <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8610'>take</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2416'>alive</strongs>; or <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs>they be come <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8610'>take</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2416'>alive</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>So <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4082'>provinces</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>followed</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And they <strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs><strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7291'>pursued</strongs>them: and <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>escaped</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4347'>slaughter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5066'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, strengthen <strongs hebrew='2388'>thyself</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3045'>mark</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>doest</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='8666'>return</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>will come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Their <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2022'>hills</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>they were <strongs hebrew='2388'>stronger</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>we; <strongs hebrew='199'>but</strongs>let us <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>against</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='4334'>plain</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='518'>surely</strongs>, we shall be <strongs hebrew='3808 2388'>stronger</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>they. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>, Take the kings <strongs hebrew='5493 4428'>away</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 4725'>place</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='6346'>captains</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='8478'>rooms</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='859 4487'>number</strongs>thee an <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>, like the <strongs hebrew='2428'>army</strongs>that thou hast <strongs hebrew='5307 4480 *853'>lost</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='5483'>horse</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariot</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariot</strongs>: and we will fight <strongs hebrew='3898'>against</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='4334'>plain</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='518 3808'>surely</strongs>we shall be <strongs hebrew='2388'>stronger</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>they. And he <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearkened</strongs>unto their <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='8666'>return</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad <strongs hebrew='6485'>numbered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>, and went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='663'>Aphek</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='4421'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='6485'>numbered</strongs>, and were all <strongs hebrew='3557'>present</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>against</strongs>them: and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='2583'>pitched</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>them like <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>little <strongs hebrew='2835'>flocks</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5795'>kids</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs><strongs hebrew='4390'>filled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And there <strongs hebrew='5066'>came</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282 834'>Because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2022'>hills</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6010'>valleys</strongs>, therefore will I <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>into thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and ye shall <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And they <strongs hebrew='2583'>pitched</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>one</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='5227'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='428'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. And <em>so</em> it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>, that in the <strongs hebrew='7637'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7126'>joined</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='7273'>footmen</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>But the <strongs hebrew='3498'>rest</strongs><strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='663'>Aphek</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>; and <em>there</em> a <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad <strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, into an inner <strongs hebrew='2315 2315'>chamber</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, we have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2617'>merciful</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>: let us, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>on our <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2256'>ropes</strongs>upon our <strongs hebrew='7218'>heads</strongs>, and go <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='194'>peradventure</strongs>he will <strongs hebrew='2421'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>So they <strongs hebrew='2296'>girded</strongs><strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>on their <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>, and <em>put</em> <strongs hebrew='2256'>ropes</strongs>on their <strongs hebrew='7218'>heads</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='5315'>me</strongs><strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>Is</em> he <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>alive</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>Now the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>did diligently <strongs hebrew='5172'>observe</strongs>whether <em>any</em> <em>thing</em> <em>would</em> <em>come</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>him, and did <strongs hebrew='4116'>hastily</strongs><strongs hebrew='2480'>catch</strongs><em>it</em> : and they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad. Then he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Go</strongs>ye, <strongs hebrew='3947'>bring</strongs>him. Then <strongs hebrew='1130'>Ben</strongs>-hadad came <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him; and he caused him to come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4818'>chariot</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And <em>Ben-hadad</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, The <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='7725'>restore</strongs>; and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>for thee in <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>made</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>. Then <em>said</em> <em>Ahab</em> , <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will send thee <strongs hebrew='7971'>away</strongs>with this <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>. So he <strongs hebrew='3772'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>with him, and sent him <strongs hebrew='7971'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And a <strongs hebrew='259'>certain</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>sons</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5221'>Smite</strongs>me, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>he unto him, <strongs hebrew='3282 834'>Because</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, as soon as thou art <strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 *853'>from</strongs>me, a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5221'>slay</strongs>thee. And as soon as he was <strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 681'>from</strongs>him, a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>Then he <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5221'>Smite</strongs>me, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him, so that in <strongs hebrew='5221'>smiting</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6481'>wounded</strongs><em>him</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='38'>So the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>waited</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, and disguised <strongs hebrew='2664'>himself</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='666'>ashes</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>face</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And <strongs hebrew='1961'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>by</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='6817'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>turned <strongs hebrew='5493'>aside</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8104'>Keep</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>by any means he be <strongs hebrew='6485 6485'>missing</strongs>, then shall thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs>else thou shalt <strongs hebrew='8254'>pay</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3603'>talent</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>And as thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>busy</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>here</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2008'>there</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='369'>gone</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='3651'>So</strongs><em>shall</em> thy <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><em>be</em> ; <strongs hebrew='859'>thyself</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='2782'>decided</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='41'>And he <strongs hebrew='4116'>hasted</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5493'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='666'>ashes</strongs>away <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>face</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5234'>discerned</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>was</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5030'>prophets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282'>Because</strongs>thou hast let <strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs>out of <em>thy</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>whom I appointed to utter <strongs hebrew='2764'>destruction</strongs>, therefore thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='5620'>heavy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2198'>displeased</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='21'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3158'>Jezreelite</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> in <strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='681'>hard</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1964'>palace</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs>it for a <strongs hebrew='1588'>garden</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3419'>herbs</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> near <strongs hebrew='7138 681'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>it a <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>it; <em>or</em> , <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>it seem good to <strongs hebrew='2895 5869'>thee</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee the <strongs hebrew='4242'>worth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2088'>it</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4480 3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2486'>forbid</strongs>it me, that I should <strongs hebrew='4480 5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>unto thee. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='5620'>heavy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2198'>displeased</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3158'>Jezreelite</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him: for he had <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>. And he laid him <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4296'>bed</strongs>, and turned <strongs hebrew='5437'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, and would <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>But <strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='4100 2088'>Why</strongs>is thy <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>so <strongs hebrew='5620'>sad</strongs>, that thou <strongs hebrew='398'>eatest</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And he <strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her, <strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3158'>Jezreelite</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs>else, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='2654'>please</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thee</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee <em>another</em> <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>it: and he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Dost <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213 5921'>govern</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4410'>kingdom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, and let thine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3190'>merry</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3158'>Jezreelite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>So she <strongs hebrew='3789'>wrote</strongs><strongs hebrew='5612'>letters</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2856'>sealed</strongs><em>them</em> with his <strongs hebrew='2368'>seal</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>letters</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> in his <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelling</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And she <strongs hebrew='3789'>wrote</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5612'>letters</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7121'>Proclaim</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6685'>fast</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='7218'>high</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='3427'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1100'>Belial</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>him, to bear witness <strongs hebrew='5749'>against</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Thou didst <strongs hebrew='1288'>blaspheme</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. And <em>then</em> carry him <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5619'>stone</strongs>him, that he may <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2715'>nobles</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>were the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>it <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5612'>letters</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>she had <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>They <strongs hebrew='7121'>proclaimed</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6685'>fast</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='7218'>high</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And there came <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1100'>Belial</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>him: and the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1100'>Belial</strongs>witnessed <strongs hebrew='5749'>against</strongs>him, <em>even</em> against <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='5048'>presence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='1288'>blaspheme</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. Then they carried him <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480 2351'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5619'>stoned</strongs>him with <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Then they <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5619'>stoned</strongs>, and is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5619'>stoned</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, take <strongs hebrew='3423'>possession</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3158'>Jezreelite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>thee for <strongs hebrew='3701'>money</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>alive</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>rose <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>to go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3158'>Jezreelite</strongs>, to take <strongs hebrew='3423'>possession</strongs>of it. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8664'>Tishbite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7121'>meet</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <em>he</em> <em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyard</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>whither</strongs>he is gone <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3423'>possess</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And thou shalt <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, Hast thou <strongs hebrew='7523'>killed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>taken <strongs hebrew='3423'>possession</strongs>? And thou shalt <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, In the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>where</strongs><strongs hebrew='3611'>dogs</strongs><strongs hebrew='3952'>licked</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5022'>Naboth</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3611'>dogs</strongs><strongs hebrew='3952'>lick</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>, Hast thou <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>me, O mine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><em>thee</em> : <strongs hebrew='3282'>because</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='4376'>sold</strongs>thyself to <strongs hebrew='6213'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>thee, and will take <strongs hebrew='1197'>away</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='310'>posterity</strongs>, and will cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='8366'>pisseth</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='7023'>wall</strongs>, and him that is shut <strongs hebrew='6113'>up</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5800'>left</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5028'>Nebat</strongs>, and like the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1201'>Baasha</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='281'>Ahijah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3708'>provocation</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>thou hast provoked <em>me</em> to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>, and made Israel to <strongs hebrew='2398 *853 3478'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And of <strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3611'>dogs</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2426'>wall</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Him that <strongs hebrew='4191'>dieth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3611'>dogs</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>; and him that <strongs hebrew='4191'>dieth</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>air</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='7535'>But</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs>like unto <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>did sell <strongs hebrew='4376'>himself</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6213'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834 *853'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='348'>Jezebel</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>stirred <strongs hebrew='5496'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And he did <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='8581'>abominably</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1980 310'>following</strongs><strongs hebrew='1544'>idols</strongs>, according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='567'>Amorites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>cast <strongs hebrew='3423'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6684'>fasted</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='328'>softly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='452'>Elijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8664'>Tishbite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='7200'>Seest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3588'>how</strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>humbleth <strongs hebrew='3665'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>me? <strongs hebrew='3282 3588'>because</strongs>he humbleth <strongs hebrew='3665'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>me, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>: <em>but</em> in his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='22'>
            <verse number='1'>And they <strongs hebrew='3427'>continued</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3045'>Know</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>Ramoth in <strongs hebrew='7433'>Gilead</strongs><em>is</em> ours, and <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='2814'>still</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 3947'>take</strongs>it not out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>, Wilt thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7433'>Ramoth</strongs>-gilead? And <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, I <em>am</em> as thou <em>art</em> , my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>as thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>as thy <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1875'>Inquire</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, at <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>today</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>gathered the prophets <strongs hebrew='6908 *853 5030'>together</strongs>, about <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, Shall I <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='7433'>Ramoth</strongs>-gilead to <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='2308'>forbear</strongs>? And they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>; for the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs><em>it</em> into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>Is</em> <em>there</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6311'>here</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>besides</strongs>, that we might <strongs hebrew='1875'>inquire</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>of</strongs>him? </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>, <em>There</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4321'>Micaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3229'>Imlah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 854'>by</strongs>whom we may <strongs hebrew='1875'>inquire</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>him; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he doth <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121 413'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>an</strongs><strongs hebrew='5631'>officer</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4116'>Hasten</strongs><em>hither</em> <strongs hebrew='4321'>Micaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3229'>Imlah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>each</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>, having put <strongs hebrew='3847'>on</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='899'>robes</strongs>, in a void <strongs hebrew='1637'>place</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6607'>entrance</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3668'>Chenaanah</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='7161'>horns</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, With <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='5055'>push</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>thou have <strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesied</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7433'>Ramoth</strongs>-gilead, and <strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>: for the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs><em>it</em> into the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs><strongs hebrew='4321'>Micaiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><em>declare</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>: let thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>like the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480'>them</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='4321'>Micaiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, that will I <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>So he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='4321'>Micaiah</strongs>, shall we <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='7433'>Ramoth</strongs>-gilead to <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs>shall we <strongs hebrew='2308'>forbear</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559 413'>answered</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='5927'>Go</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6743'>prosper</strongs>: for the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs><em>it</em> into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='5704'>How</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>times</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>adjure</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1696 413'>tell</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3808'>nothing</strongs><strongs hebrew='7535'>but</strongs><em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='571'>true</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6327'>scattered</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2022'>hills</strongs>, as <strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherd</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>: let them <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>, Did I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='559 413'>tell</strongs>thee that he would <strongs hebrew='5012'>prophesy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3651'>therefore</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sitting</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>standing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>him on his right <strongs hebrew='4480 3225'>hand</strongs>and on his <strongs hebrew='4480 8040'>left</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6601'>persuade</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, that he may go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='7433'>Ramoth</strongs>-gilead? And <strongs hebrew='2088'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>on this <strongs hebrew='3541'>manner</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2088'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>on that <strongs hebrew='3541'>manner</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And there came <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6601'>persuade</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherewith</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I will go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='6601'>persuade</strongs><em>him</em> , and <strongs hebrew='3201'>prevail</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>: go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8267'>lying</strongs><strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>But <strongs hebrew='6667'>Zedekiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3668'>Chenaanah</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5066'>near</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4321'>Micaiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3895'>cheek</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='335'>Which</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>went</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>Spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>me to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>unto</strongs>thee? </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='4321'>Micaiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>thou shalt go <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='2315'>inner</strongs><strongs hebrew='2315'>chamber</strongs>to hide <strongs hebrew='2247'>thyself</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4321'>Micaiah</strongs>, and carry him <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='526'>Amon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>governor</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3101'>Joash</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7760'>Put</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><em>fellow</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1004 3608'>prison</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>feed</strongs>him with <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3906'>affliction</strongs>and with <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3906'>affliction</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And <strongs hebrew='4321'>Micaiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou return at <strongs hebrew='7725 7725'>all</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>by me. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hearken</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs>one of you. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>So the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7433'>Ramoth</strongs>-gilead. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>, I will disguise <strongs hebrew='2664'>myself</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>; but <strongs hebrew='3847'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>on thy <strongs hebrew='899'>robes</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>disguised <strongs hebrew='2664'>himself</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>But the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>his</strongs><strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>captains that had rule <strongs hebrew='8269'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>his</strongs><strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3898'>Fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='6996'>small</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='389'>Surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. And they turned <strongs hebrew='5493'>aside</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>him: and <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>cried <strongs hebrew='2199'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>perceived</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, that they turned <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>pursuing</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And a <em>certain</em> <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4900'>drew</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>at a <strongs hebrew='8537'>venture</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1694'>joints</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8302'>harness</strongs>: wherefore he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the driver of his <strongs hebrew='7395'>chariot</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2015'>Turn</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and carry me <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4264'>host</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I am <strongs hebrew='2470'>wounded</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>increased</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>stayed <strongs hebrew='5975'>up</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='4818'>chariot</strongs><strongs hebrew='5227'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='6153'>even</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>ran <strongs hebrew='3332'>out</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4347'>wound</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2436'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariot</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And there <strongs hebrew='5674'>went</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7440'>proclamation</strongs>throughout the <strongs hebrew='4264'>host</strongs>about the going <strongs hebrew='935'>down</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>So the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='7857'>washed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariot</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1295'>pool</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3611'>dogs</strongs>licked <strongs hebrew='3952'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='7364'>washed</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2185'>armor</strongs>; according unto the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8127'>ivory</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1129'>made</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='40'>So <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='274'>Ahaziah</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>And <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>began to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='702'>fourth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='42'><strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>old</strongs>when he began to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. And his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5806'>Azubah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7977'>Shilhi</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>And he <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>; he turned not <strongs hebrew='3808 5493'>aside</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='6213'>doing</strongs><em>that</em> <em>which</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='389'>nevertheless</strongs>the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>taken <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>; <em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='2076'>offered</strongs>and burnt <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>in the high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>And <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>made <strongs hebrew='7999'>peace</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='45'>Now the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697'>acts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1369'>might</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>showed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='834'>how</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3898'>warred</strongs>, <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1697 3117'>chronicles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='46'>And the <strongs hebrew='3499'>remnant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6945'>sodomites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='7604'>remained</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='609'>Asa</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='1197'>took</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='47'><em>There</em> <em>was</em> then <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>: a <strongs hebrew='5324'>deputy</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='48'><strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='591'>ships</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8659'>Tharshish</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='211'>Ophir</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>: but they <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='591'>ships</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='7665'>broken</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='6100'>Ezion</strongs>-geber. </verse>
            <verse number='49'><strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='274'>Ahaziah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>, Let my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='591'>ships</strongs>. But <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs><strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='50'>And <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3088'>Jehoram</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='51'><strongs hebrew='274'>Ahaziah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='256'>Ahab</strongs>began to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7651 6240'>seventeenth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='52'>And he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5028'>Nebat</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>made Israel to <strongs hebrew='2398 *853 3478'>sin</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='53'>For he <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs>him, and provoked to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>. </verse>
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