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 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty {cf15i cubits}, and the height thereof thirty cubits.


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 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; {cf15i and} ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.


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 And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made side chambers round about:


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 The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for on the outside he made rebatements {cf15i in the wall} of the house round about, that {cf15i the beams} should not have hold in the walls of the house.


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 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry: and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.


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 The door for the middle side chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle {cf15i chambers}, and out of the middle into the third.


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 And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.


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 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.


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 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house unto the walls of the cieling, he covered them on the inside with wood: and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.


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 And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls: he even built {cf15i them} for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.


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 And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.


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 And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.


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 And within the oracle was {cf15i a space of} twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.


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 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.


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 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.


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 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.


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 And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.


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 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.


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 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive wood: the lintel {cf15i and} door posts were a fifth part {cf15i of the wall}.


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 So {cf15i he made} two doors of olive wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees.


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 So also made he for the entering of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part {cf15i of the wall};


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 and two doors of fir wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.


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 And he carved {cf15i thereon} cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.


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 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.


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 For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.


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 And it was covered with cedar above over the forty and five beams, that were upon the pillars; fifteen in a row.


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 And all the doors and posts were square in prospect: and light was over against light in three ranks.


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 And he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and thick beams before them.


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 And he made the porch of the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.


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 And his house where he might dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also an house for Pharaoh s daughter, (whom Solomon had taken to wife,) like unto this porch.


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 All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.


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 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.


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 And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of the LORD, and the porch of the house.


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 He was the son of a widow woman of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and cunning, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.


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 For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.


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 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits.


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 There were nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.


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 So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other chapiter.


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 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.


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 And there were chapiters above also upon the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon the other chapiter.


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 And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.


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 And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.


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 And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.


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 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.


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 And it was an handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.


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 And he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.


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 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders; and there were borders between the ledges:


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 and on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a pedestal above: and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.


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 And every base had four brasen wheels, and axles of brass: and the four feet thereof had undersetters: beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each.


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 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their borders were foursquare, not round.


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 And the four wheels were underneath the borders; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.


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 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten.


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 And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base: the undersetters thereof were of the base itself.


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 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.


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 And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm tress, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.


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 And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.


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 And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.


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 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the LORD:


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 the two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars;


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 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;


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 and the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of the LORD, were of burnished brass.


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 And Solomon left all the vessels {cf15i unweighed}, because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.


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 And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the shewbread was, of gold;


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 and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;


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 and the cups, and the snuffers, and basons, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, {cf15i to wit}, of the temple, of gold.


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 Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, {cf15i even} the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.


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 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers {cf15i houses} of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.


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 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.


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 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.


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 And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.


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 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.


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 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.


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 And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there they are, unto this day.


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 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.


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 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,


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 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.


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 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.


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 And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,


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 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.


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 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.


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 But the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart:


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 nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.


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 And the LORD hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.


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 And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.


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 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:


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 and he said, O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart:


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 who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.


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 Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only thy children take heed to their way to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.


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 Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.


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 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!


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 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this day:


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 that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.


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 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place; and when thou hearest, forgive.


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 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come {cf15i and} swear before thine altar in this house:


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 then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.


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 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; if they turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house:


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 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers;


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 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:


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 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.


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 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting {cf15i or} mildew, locust {cf15i or} caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;


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 what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, {cf15i or} by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:


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 then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)


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 that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.


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 Moreover concerning the stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name s sake;


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 (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;


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 hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.


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 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:


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 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near;


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 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;


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 if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, which carried them captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:


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 then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause;


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 and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:


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 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:


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 that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee.


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 For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.


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 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.


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 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.


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 that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.


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 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require:


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 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.


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 And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.


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 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.


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 So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.


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 On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David his servant, and to Israel his people.


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 And it came to pass when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king s house, and all Solomon s desire which he was pleased to do,


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 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.


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 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments;


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 then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever; according as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.


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 But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them:


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 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples:


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 And though this house be so high, yet shall every one that passeth by be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?


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 and they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, which brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought all this evil upon them.


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 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king s house,


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 (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.


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 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.


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 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul, unto this day.


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 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.


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 Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a portion unto his daughter, Solomon s wife.


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 and all the store cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.


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 As for all the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel;


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 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants, unto this day.


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 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants: but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.


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 These were the chief officers that were over Solomon s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.


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 But Pharaoh s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which {cf15i Solomon} had built for her: then did he build Millo.


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 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, burning incense therewith, {cf15i upon the altar} that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.


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 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.


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 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.


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 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.


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 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.


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 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.


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 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king which he told her not.


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 and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.


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 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom.


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 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.


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 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, {cf15i and} that hear thy wisdom.


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 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.


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 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.


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 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.


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 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king s house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen, unto this day.


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 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.


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 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,


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 beside {cf15i that which} the chapmen {cf15i brought}, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country.


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 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred {cf15i shekels} of gold went to one target.


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 And {cf15i he made} three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon;


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 There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.


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 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.


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 And all king Solomon s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.


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 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.


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 And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.


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 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.


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 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.


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 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.


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 And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.


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 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred {cf15i shekels} of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.


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 Now king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;


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 of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.


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 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.


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 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.


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 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.


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 And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.


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 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.


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 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,


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 and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.


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 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.


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 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.


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 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant s sake, and for Jerusalem s sake which I have chosen.


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 And the LORD raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king s seed in Edom.


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 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had smitten every male in Edom;


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 that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.


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 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.


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 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen,


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 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh s house among the sons of Pharaoh.


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 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.


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 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me depart in any wise.


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 And God raised up {cf15i another} adversary unto him, Rezon the son of Eliada, which had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:


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 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them {cf15i of Zobah}: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.


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 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad {cf15i did}: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.


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 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, he also lifted up his hand against the king.


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 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.


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 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labour of the house of Joseph.


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 And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now {cf15i Ahijah} had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.


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 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:


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 (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David s sake, and for Jerusalem s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)


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 because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and {cf15i to keep} my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.


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 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:


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 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.


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 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.


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 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.


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 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam: but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?


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 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.


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 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was yet in Egypt, wither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,


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 and they sent and called him;) that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,


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 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.


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 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?


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 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.


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 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.


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 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?


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 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father s loins.


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 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.


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 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.


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 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him;


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 and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions;


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 So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of the LORD, that he might establish his word, which the LORD spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.


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 And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.


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 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the levy; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.


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 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.


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 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.


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 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,


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 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the word of the LORD, and returned and went their way, according to the word of the LORD.


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 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.


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 if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.


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 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.


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 And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.


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 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he went up unto the altar; so did he in Beth el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth el the priests of the high places which he had made.


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 And he went up unto the altar which he had made in Beth el on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up unto the altar, to burn incense.


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 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth el: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.


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 And he cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD: Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men s bones shall they burn upon thee.


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 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken: Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.


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 And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.


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 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.


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 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the favour of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.


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 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.


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 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:


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 for so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou camest.


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 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth el; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them also they told unto their father.


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 And their father said unto them, What way went he? Now his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.


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 And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.


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 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:


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 for it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.


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 And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. {cf15i But} he lied unto him.


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 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:


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 and he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast been disobedient unto the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,


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 but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of the which he said to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.


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 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, {cf15i to wit}, for the prophet whom he had brought back.


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 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the carcase.


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 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.


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 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the mouth of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.


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 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.


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 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.


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 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, {cf15i saying}, Alas, my brother!


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 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.


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 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.


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 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.


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 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.


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 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam: and get thee to Shiloh; behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which spake concerning me that I should be king over this people.


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 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.


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 And Jeroboam s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.


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 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to inquire of thee concerning her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.


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 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.


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 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,


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 and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;


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 but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:


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 therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone.


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 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.


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 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine house: {cf15i and} when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.


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 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave: because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.


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 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. n


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 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the River; because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger.


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 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he hath sinned, and wherewith he hath made Israel to sin.


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 And Jeroboam s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: {cf15i and} as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.


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 And all Israel buried him, and mourned for him; according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.


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 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.


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 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.


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 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah, Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.


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 And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.


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 For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;


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 and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD drave out before the children of Israel.


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 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: o


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 and he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.


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 And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, which kept the door of the king s house.


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 And it was so, that as oft as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.


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 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.


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 Nevertheless for David s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:


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 because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.


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 And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.


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 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.


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 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.


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 And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.


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 And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.


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 But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the LORD all his days.


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 And he brought into the house of the LORD the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.


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 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.


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 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,


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 {cf15i There is} a league between me and thee, between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.


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 And Ben hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel beth maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.


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 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.


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 Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.


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 Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.


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 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.


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 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.


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 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.


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 And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him; according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:


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 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin; because of his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the hook of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, {cf15i and reigned} twenty and four years.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.


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 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;


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 behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.


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 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.


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 And moreover by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.


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 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, {cf15i and reigned} two years.


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 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him: now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, which was over the household in Tirzah:


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 and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.


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 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasha: he left him not a single man child, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.


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 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,


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 for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.


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 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also smitten the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.


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 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king s house, and burnt the king s house over him with fire, and died,


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 for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.


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 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.


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 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, {cf15i and reigned} twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.


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 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.


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 And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.


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 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.


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 And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.


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 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.


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 And Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.


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 In his days did Hiel the Beth elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof with the loss of his youngest son Segub; according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.


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 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.


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 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.


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 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.


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 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.


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 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.


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 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.


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 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.


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 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.


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 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in the barrel, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.


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 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son.


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 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.


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 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat {cf15i many} days.


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 The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.


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 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.


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 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? thou art come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son!


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 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.


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 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?


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 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child s soul come into him again.


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 And the LORD hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.


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 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.


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 And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.


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 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.


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 for it was so, when Jezebel cut off prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)


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 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.


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 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.


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 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it thou, my lord Elijah?


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 And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?


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 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.


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 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.


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 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread an water?


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 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him today.


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 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?


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 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed the Baalim.


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 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, which eat at Jezebel s table.


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 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.


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 And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.


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 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.


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 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.


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 And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.


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 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.


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 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped about the altar which was made.


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 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.


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 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.


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 And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the {cf15i evening} oblation; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.


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 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me; and all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was thrown down.


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 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.


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 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.


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 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.


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 And he said, Do it the second time; and they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time; and they did it the third time.


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 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the {cf15i evening} oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.


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 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou, LORD, art God, and {cf15i that} thou hast turned their heart back again.


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 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.


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 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God.


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 and Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.


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 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.


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 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees.


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 And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.


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 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready {cf15i thy chariot}, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.


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 And it came to pass in a little while, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.


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 and the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.


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 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.


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 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.


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 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.


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 But he himself went a day s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.


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 And he lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.


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 And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.


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 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.


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 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.


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 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?


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 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.


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 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:


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 and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.


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 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?


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 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.


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 And the LORD said unto him, Go return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:


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 and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.


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 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay;


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 Yet will I leave {cf15i me} seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.


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 So he departed thence, and found Elisha, the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke {cf15i of oxen} before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.


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 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?


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 And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.


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 And Ben hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.


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 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben hadad,


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 And the king of Israel answered and said, It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king; I am thine, and all that I have.


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 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben hadad, saying, I sent indeed unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;


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 but I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.


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 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.


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 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.


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 And Ben hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.


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 And the king of Israel answered and said, tell him, Let not him that girdeth on {cf15i his armour} boast himself as he that putteth it off.


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 And it came to pass, when {cf15i Ben hadad} heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set {cf15i yourselves in array}. And they set {cf15i themselves in array} against the city.


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 And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold; I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.


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 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, By the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? And he answered, Thou.


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 Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.


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 And they went out at noon. But Ben hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.


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 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.


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 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.


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 So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.


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 And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with horsemen.


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 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.


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 And the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.


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 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.


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 And do this thing; take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room:


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 and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.


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 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.


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 And the children of Israel were mustered, and were victualled, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.


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 And a man of God came near and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.


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 And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.


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 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.


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 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.


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 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and {cf15i put} ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.


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 Now the men observed diligently, and hasted to catch whether it were his mind; and they said, Thy brother Ben hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.


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 And {cf15i Ben hadad} said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I, {cf15i said Ahab}, will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.


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 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his fellow by the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.


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 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.


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 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.


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 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.


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 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.


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 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.


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 And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.


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 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.


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 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.


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 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.


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 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.


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 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.


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 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?


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 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee {cf15i another} vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.


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 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.


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 So she wrote letters in Ahab s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, {cf15i and} that dwelt with Naboth.


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 and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.


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 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.


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 And the two men, sons of Belial, came in and sat before him: and the men of Belial bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.


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 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.


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 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.


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 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which dwelleth in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.


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 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? and thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.


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 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD.


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 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away, and will cut off from Ahab every man child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel:


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 and I will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and hast made Israel to sin.


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 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.


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 (But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.


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 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.)


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 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.


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 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son s days will I bring the evil upon his house.


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 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.


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 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?


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 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.


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 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.


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 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?


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 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.


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 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.


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 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed.


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 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.


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 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets {cf15i declare} good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.


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 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go up, and prosper; and the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.


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 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?


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 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.


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 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?


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 And he said, Therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.


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 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth gilead? And one said on this manner; and another said on that manner.


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 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.


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 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.


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 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?


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 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.


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 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king s son;


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 and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.


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 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.


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 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.


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 Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.


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 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.


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 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.


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 And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.


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 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.


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 And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country.


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 And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; (now the harlots washed themselves {cf15i there};) according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.


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 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.


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 And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.


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 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion geber.


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 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.


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 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.


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 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherein he made Israel to sin.


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 And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.


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 And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this sickness.


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 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal zebub the god of Ekron?


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 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.


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 And they said unto him, There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.


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 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?


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 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.


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 Then {cf15i the king} sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God, the king hath said, Come down.


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 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.


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 And again he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.


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 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.


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 And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.


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 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties: but now let my life be precious in thy sight.


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 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.


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 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.


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 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.


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 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me as far as Beth el. And Elisha said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth el.


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 And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head today? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.


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 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.


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 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head today? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.


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 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.


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 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.


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 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote me waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.


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 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.


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 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: {cf15i nevertheless}, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.


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 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, {cf15i there appeared} a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.


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 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.


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 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan.


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 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they were divided hither and thither: and Elisha went over.


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 And when the sons of the prophets which were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.


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 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.


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 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.


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 And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?


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 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the land miscarrieth.


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 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.


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 And he went up from thence unto Beth el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.


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 And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.


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 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.


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 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.


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 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of an hundred thousand lambs, and of an hundred thousand rams.


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 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.


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 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.


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 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they made a circuit of seven days journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them.


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 And the king of Israel said, Alas! for the LORD hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.


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 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel s servants answered and said, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.


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 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.


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 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.


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 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.


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 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.


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 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet that valley shall be filled with water: and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts.


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 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.


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 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.


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 And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.


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 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood on the border.


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 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:


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 and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.


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 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: and they went forward into the land smiting the Moabites.


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 And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees: until in Kir hareseth {cf15i only} they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.


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 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom: but they could not.


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 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.


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 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead: and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.


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 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.


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 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.


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 And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.


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 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought {cf15i the vessels} to her, and she poured out.


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 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.


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 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.


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 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.


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 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.


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 Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.


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 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.


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 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.


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 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.


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 And he said, At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.


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 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.


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 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.


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 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.


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 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut {cf15i the door} upon him, and went out.


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 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.


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 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.


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 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.


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 So she went, and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite:


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 run, I pray thee, now to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.


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 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.


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 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.


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 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.


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 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.


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 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon him; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.


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 Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.


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 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in onto him, he said, Take up thy son.


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 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.


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 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.


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 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.


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 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.


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 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.


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 And there came a man from Baal shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.


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 And his servant said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.


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 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valour, {cf15i but he was} a leper.


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 And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman s wife.


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 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.


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 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.


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 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand {cf15i pieces} of gold, and ten changes of raiment.


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 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.


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 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.


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 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.


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 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.


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 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.


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 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.


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 Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.


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 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?


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 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.


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 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.


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 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.


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 And Naaman said, If not, yet I pray thee let there be given to thy servant two mules burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.


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 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant; when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.


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 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.


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 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw one running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?


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 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.


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 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.


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 And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.


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 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.


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 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart {cf15i with thee}, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and menservants and maidservants?


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 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper {cf15i as white} as snow.


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 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.


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 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.


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 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.


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 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.


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 Now the king of Syria warred against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.


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 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are coming down.


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 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.


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 And the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?


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 And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.


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 And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.


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 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.


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 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?


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 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.


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 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.


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 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria.


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 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.


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 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father; shall I smite them? shall I smite them?


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 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.


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 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.


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 And it came to pass after this, that Ben hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.


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 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass s head was sold for fourscore {cf15i pieces} of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove s dung for five {cf15i pieces} of silver.


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 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.


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 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing floor, or out of the winepress?


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 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.


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 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.


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 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; (now he was passing by upon the wall;) and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.


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 Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.


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 But Elisha sat in his house; and the elders sat with him; and {cf15i the king} sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master s feet behind him.?


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 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?


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 And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD: thus saith the LORD, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be {cf15i sold} for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.


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 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.


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 Now there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?


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 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.


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 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.


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 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.


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 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.


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 And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.


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 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us: now therefore come, let us go and tell the king s household.


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 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.


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 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.


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 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed:) and let us send and see.


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 They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.


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 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.


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 And the people went out, and spoiled the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was {cf15i sold} for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.


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 And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.


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 And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;


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 and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof:


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 Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.


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 And the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.


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 And it came to pass at the seven years end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.


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 Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.


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 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.


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 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.


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 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.


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 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?


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 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness.


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 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou shalt surely recover; howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.


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 And he settled his countenance stedfastly {cf15i upon him}, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.


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 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.


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 And Hazael said, But what is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.


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 Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.


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 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, So that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.


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 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.


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 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.


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 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant s sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.


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 Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled to their tents.


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 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.


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 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.


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 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.


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 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.


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 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.


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 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.


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 And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.


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 And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth gilead.


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 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber.


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 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.


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 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.


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 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.


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 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.


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 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab every man child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.


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 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.


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 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.


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 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man and what his talk was.


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 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.


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 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.


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 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram kept Ramoth gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria:


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 but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel.


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 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.


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 Now the watchman stood on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?


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 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.


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 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.


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 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.


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 And Joram said, Make ready. And they made ready his chariot. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.


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 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?


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 And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.


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 Then said {cf15i Jehu} to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;


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 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat {cf15i of ground}, according to the word of the LORD.


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 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. An Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: {cf15i and they smote him} at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.


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 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.


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 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and tired her head, and looked out at the window.


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 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.


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 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.


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 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink; and he said, See now to this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king s daughter.


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 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.


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 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:


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 and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.


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 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up {cf15i the sons of} Ahab, saying,


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 And now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;


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 look ye out the best and meetest of your master s sons, and set him on his father s throne, and fight for your master s house.


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 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?


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 And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up {cf15i the children}, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any man king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.


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 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.


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 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king s sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel.


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 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.


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 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who smote all these?


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 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.


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 So Jehu smote all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.


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 And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house of the shepherds in the way,


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 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah: and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.


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 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.


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 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.


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 And when he came to Samaria, he smote all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.


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 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.


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 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice {cf15i to do} to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.


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 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.


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 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.


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 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.


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 And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, {cf15i he that letteth him go}, his life shall be for the life of him.


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 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made as end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.


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 And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house, unto this day.


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 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, {cf15i to wit}, the golden calves that were in Beth el, and that were in Dan.


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 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, {cf15i and} hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.


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 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.


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 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;


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 from Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.


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 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.


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 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king s sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, {cf15i and put them} in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.


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 And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds, of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king s son.


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 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king s house;


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 And a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.


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 And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.


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 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.


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 And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.


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 And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David s, which were in the house of the LORD.


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 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.


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 Then he brought out the king s son, and put the crown upon him, and {cf15i gave him} the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.


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 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard {cf15i and of} the people, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:


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 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason.


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 And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword: for the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.


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 So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses entry to the king s house: and there was she slain.


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 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD S people; between the king also and the people.


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 And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down: his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.


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 And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.


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 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword at the king s house.


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 In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Zibiah of Beer sheba.


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 And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.


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 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.


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 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of the LORD, in current money, the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and all the money that it cometh into any man s heart to bring into the house of the LORD,


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 let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance: and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.


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 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.


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 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the {cf15i other} priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no {cf15i more} money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.


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 And the priests consented that they should take no {cf15i more} money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.


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 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.


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 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.


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 And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,


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 and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.


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 But there were not made for the house of the LORD cups of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:


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 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work: for they dealt faithfully.


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 The money for the guilt offerings, and the money for the sin offerings, was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests .


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 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.


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 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD; and of the king s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, {cf15i on the way} that goeth down to Silla.


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 For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in hin stead.


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 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {cf15i and reigned} seventeen years.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.


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 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben hadad the son of Hazael, continually.


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 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.


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 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.


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 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin, but walked therein: and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.)


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 For he left not to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.


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 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, {cf15i and reigned} sixteen years.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin: but he walked therein.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.


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 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!


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 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow: and he put his hand {cf15i upon it}. And Elisha laid his hands upon the king s hands.


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 And he said, Open the window eastward: and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot: and he shot. And he said, The LORD S arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.


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 And he said, Take the arrows: and he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground: and he smote thrice, and stayed.


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 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.


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 And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the hands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.


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 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.


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 But the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.


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 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash smite him; and recovered the cities of Israel.


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 In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.


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 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.


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 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.


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 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father:


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 but the children of the murderers he put not to death: according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.


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 He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.


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 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.


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 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.


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 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to {cf15i thy} hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?


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 But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.


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 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubists.


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 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.


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 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.


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 And they brought him upon horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.


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 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.


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 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, {cf15i and reigned} forty and one years.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.


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 He restored the border of Israel from the entering in of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath hepher.


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 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.


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 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, {cf15i which had belonged} to Judah, for Israel, are they hot written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead.


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 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.


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 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.


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 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.


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 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king s son was over the household, judging the people of the land:


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 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 And Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.


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 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.


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 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.


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 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.


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 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria.


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 And Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.


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 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.


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 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, {cf15i and reigned} ten years in Samaria.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.


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 There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.


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 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


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 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {cf15i and reigned} two years.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.


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 And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the castle of the king s house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.


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 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, {cf15i and reigned} twenty years.


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 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel beth maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.


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 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.


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 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.


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 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.


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 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.


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 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.


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 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.


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 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.


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 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the LORD his God, like David his father.


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 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.


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 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.


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 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.


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 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.


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 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.


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 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.


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 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the {cf15i the people of} it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.


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 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.


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 And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.


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 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the altar, and offered thereon.


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 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.


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 And the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of his altar.


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 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal offering, and the king s burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by.


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 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stone.


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 And the covered way for the sabbath, that they had built in the house, and the king s entry without, turned he unto the house of the LORD, because of the king of Assyria.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.


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 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, {cf15i and reigned} nine years.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.


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 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him presents.


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 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.


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 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.


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 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, {cf15i on} the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.


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 And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,


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 and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.


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 And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.


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 and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:


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 Yet the LORD testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and of every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets.


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 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in the LORD their God.


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 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and {cf15i went} after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them that they should not do like them.


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 And they forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.


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 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.


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 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.


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 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.


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 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.


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 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.


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 And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;


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 until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he spake by the hand of all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, unto this day.


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 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.


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 And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.


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 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.


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 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.


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 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.


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 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.


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 And the men of Babylon made Succoth benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,


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 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.


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 So they feared the LORD, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.


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 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.


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 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;


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 with whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:


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 but the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice:


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 and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods:


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 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children s children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.


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 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.


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 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.


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 And he did that which was right hi the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.


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 He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: And he brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.


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 He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor {cf15i among them} that were before him.


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 For he clave to the LORD, he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.


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 And the LORD was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.


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 He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.


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 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.


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 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.


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 And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Halah, and in Habor, {cf15i on} the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:


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 because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.


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 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.


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 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.


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 And Hezekiah gave {cf15i him} all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king s house.


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 At that time did Hezekiah cut off {cf15i the gold from} the doors of the temple of the LORD, and {cf15i from} the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.


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 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller s field.


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 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.


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 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?


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 Thou sayest, but they are but vain words, {cf15i There is} counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?


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 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.


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 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?


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 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.


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 How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?


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 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.


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 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.


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 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? {cf15i hath he not sent me} to the men which sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?


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 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.


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 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:


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 neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.


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 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;


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 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.


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 Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?


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 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?


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 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?


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 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.


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 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah, with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.


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 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.


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 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.


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 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.


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 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.


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 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.


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 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.


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 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.


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 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,


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 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.


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 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?


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 Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Edom which were in Telassar?


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 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?


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 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.


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 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD, the God of Israel, that sittest upon the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.


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 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to reproach the living God.


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 and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.


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 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.


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 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard {cf15i thee}.


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 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.


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 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? {cf15i even} against the Holy One of Israel.


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 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.


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 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.


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 Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.


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 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.


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 Because of thy raging against me, and for that thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.


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 And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.


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 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.


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 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape: the zeal of the LORD shall perform this.


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 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it.


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 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith the LORD.


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 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.


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 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar haddon his son reigned in his stead.


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 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.


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 Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.


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 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle part of the city, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,


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 Turn again, and say to Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.


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 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David s sake.


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 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of the LORD the third day?


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 And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?


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 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.


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 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.


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 At that time Berodach baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.


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 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah shewed them not.


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 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.


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 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.


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 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.


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 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.


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 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?


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 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Hephzi bah.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.


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 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.


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 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.


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 And he made his son to pass through the fire, and practised augury, and used enchantments, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.


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 And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:


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 neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.


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 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.


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 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:


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 therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.


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 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.


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 And I will cast off the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;


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 because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.


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 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD,


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 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.


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 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.


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 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:


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 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.


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 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.


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 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,


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 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:


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 and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the workmen which are in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house;


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 unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.


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 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.


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 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.


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 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.


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 And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.


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 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.


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 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king s servant, saying,


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 Go ye, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.


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 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter;) and they communed with her.


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 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me,


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 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:


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 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.


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 But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,


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 because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.


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 Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.


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 And the king went up to the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.


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 And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all {cf15i his} heart, and all {cf15i his} soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.


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 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth el.


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 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.


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 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the common people.


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 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.


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 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer sheba; and he brake down the high places of the gates that were at the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man s left hand at the gate of the city.


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 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren.


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 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.


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 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.


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 And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king break down, and beat {cf15i them} down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.


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 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.


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 And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.


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 Moreover the altar that was at Beth el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah.


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 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.


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 Then he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth el.


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 And he said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.


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 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke {cf15i the LORD} to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth el.


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 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men s bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.


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 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.


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 Surely there was not kept such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;


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 Moreover them that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.


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 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.


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 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.


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 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 In his days Pharaoh necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.


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 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father s stead.


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 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.


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 And Pharaoh necoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.


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 And Pharaoh necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.


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 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of everyone according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh necoh.


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 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.


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 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.


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 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servants the prophets.


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 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;


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 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and the LORD would not pardon.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


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 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.


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 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his mother s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.


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 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.


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 and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.


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 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.


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 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.


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 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king s mother, and the king s wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.


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 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.


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 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.


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 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.


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 For through the anger of the LORD did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence: and Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.


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 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.


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 On the ninth day of the {cf15i fourth} month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.


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 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war {cf15i fled} by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king s garden: (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about:) and {cf15i the king} went by the way of the Arabah.


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 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army was scattered from him.


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 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.


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 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.


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 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:


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 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.


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 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were {cf15i with} the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.


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 And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.


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 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases and the brasen sea that were in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.


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 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.


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 And the firepans, and the basons; that which was of gold, in gold; and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.


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 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.


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 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a chapiter of brass was upon it: and the height of the chapiter was three cubits; with network and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.


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 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:


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 and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king s face, which were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, which mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.


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 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.


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 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.


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 And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.


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 Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.


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 And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.


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 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.


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 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.


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 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;


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 and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon.


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 and he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life.


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 and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.


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 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.


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 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether., and Meshech.


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 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother s name was Joktan.


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 These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,


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 And the sons of Keturah, Abraham s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.


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 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.


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 The sons of Shobal; Alian and Manahath and Ebal, Shephi and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah and Anah.


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 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah,


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 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.


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 And Baal hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me zahab.


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 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of Bath shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.


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 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.


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 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.


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 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat {cf15i children} of Azubah {cf15i his} wife, and of Jerioth: and these were her sons; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.


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 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead; whom he took {cf15i to wife} when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.


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 And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead:


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 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron s wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.


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 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.


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 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.


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 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.


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 And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.


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 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.


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 These were the sons of Caleb; the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, Shobal the father of Kiriath jearim;


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 And the families of Kiriath jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.


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 The sons of Salma; Beth lehem, the Netophathites, Atroth beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.


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 And the families of scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.


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 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;


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 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;


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 six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.


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 and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath shua the daughter of Ammiel:


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 And the sons of Josiah; the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.


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 And the sons of Pedaiah; Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister:


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 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.


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 And the sons of Shecaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.


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 And the sons of Elioenai; Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.


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 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.


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 And these were {cf15i the sons of} the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi:


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 and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Beth lehem.


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 And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.


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 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.


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 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.


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 And Eshton begat Beth rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir nahash. These are the men of Recah.


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 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge harashim; for they were craftsmen.


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 And the sons of Ezrah; Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.


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 And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.


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 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.


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 And the sons of Shimon; Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi; Zoheth, and Ben zoheth.


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 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah; Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;


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 and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi lehem. And the records are ancient.


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 These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.


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 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.


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 and at Beth marcaboth, and Hazar susim, and at Beth biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.


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 and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.


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 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;


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 these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers houses increased greatly.


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 And they went to the entering in of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.


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 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.


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 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly, unto this day, and dwelt in their stead: because there was pasture there for their flocks.


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 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir; having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.


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 And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father s couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.


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 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph s:)


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 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.


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 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned; the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,


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 and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal meon:


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 and eastward he dwelt even unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.


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 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the {cf15i land} east of Gilead.


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 And their brethren of their fathers houses; Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.


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 These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;


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 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.


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 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.


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 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able to go forth to war.


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 And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him.


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 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.


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 For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.


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 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal hermon and Senir and mount Hermon.


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 And these were the heads of their fathers houses; even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, heads of their fathers houses.


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 And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.


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 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.


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 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.


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 and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)


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 And Jehozadak went {cf15i into captivity}, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.


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 The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their father s {cf15i houses}.


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 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.


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 And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.


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 And these are they that waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel;


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 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea;


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 And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch;


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 And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.


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 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.


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 Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the {cf15i first} lot,


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 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs;


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 and out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Allemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.


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 And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath {cf15i were given} by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.


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 And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.


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 Unto the sons of Merari {cf15i were given} by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.


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 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.


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 And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.


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 And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with her suburbs; Gezer also with her suburbs;


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 and out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.


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 Unto the sons of Gershom {cf15i were given}, out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:


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 and out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kiriathaim with her suburbs.


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 Unto the rest of {cf15i the Levites}, the sons of Merari, {cf15i were given}, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:


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 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, {cf15i were given them}, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,


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 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers houses, {cf15i to wit}, of Tola; mighty men of valour in their generations: their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.


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 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five: all of them chief men.


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 And with them, by their generations, after their fathers houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand: for they had many wives and sons.


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 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valour, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.


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 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers houses, mighty men of valour; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.


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 And the sons of Becher; Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.


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 And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred.


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 And the sons of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.


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 All these were sons of Jediael; according to the heads of their father s {cf15i houses}, mighty men of valour, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.


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 The sons of Manasseh; Asriel, whom {cf15i his wife} bare: (his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:


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 and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister s name was Maacah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.


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 And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.


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 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,


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 and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.


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 And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.


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 And their possessions and habitations were Beth el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the towns thereof:


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 and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.


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 All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers houses, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.


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 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers {cf15i houses} of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:


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 And Shaharaim begat children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.


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 And the sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof:


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 and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers {cf15i houses} of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;


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 These were heads of fathers {cf15i houses} throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt in Jerusalem.


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 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.


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 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.


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 And Ahaz begat Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza:


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 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these; Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.


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 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons sons, an hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.


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 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression.


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 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.


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 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh;


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 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.


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 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;


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 and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;


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 and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers {cf15i houses} by their fathers houses.


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 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam; the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;


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 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;


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 and their brethren, heads of their fathers houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.


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 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;


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 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;


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 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.


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 And the porters; Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;


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 who hitherto {cf15i waited} in the king s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.


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 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of his father s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers had been over the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entry;


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 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, {cf15i and} the LORD was with him.


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 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.


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 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tabernacle, by wards.


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 And their brethren, and their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:


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 for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in a set office, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.


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 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge {cf15i thereof} was upon them, and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.


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 And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by tale were they brought in and by tale were they taken out.


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 Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices:


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 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were baked in pans.


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 And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.


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 And these are the singers, heads of fathers {cf15i houses} of the Levites, {cf15i who dwelt} in the chambers {cf15i and were} free {cf15i from other service}: for they were employed in their work day and night.


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 These were heads of fathers {cf15i houses} of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt at Jerusalem.


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 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.


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 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these; Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.


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 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi shua, the sons of Saul.


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 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.


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 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith: lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.


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 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.


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 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.


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 And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people.


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 all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.


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 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire {cf15i thereby},


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 and inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.


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 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.


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 In times past, even when Saul was king, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over my people Israel.


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 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Samuel.


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 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.


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 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion; the same is the city of David.


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 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.


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 And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.


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 Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who shewed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.


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 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time.


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 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.


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 And they stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great victory.


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 And three of the thirty chief went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.


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 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth lehem, which is by the gate!


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 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD,


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 and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with {cf15i the jeopardy of} their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.


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 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.


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 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the {cf15i first} three.


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 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two {cf15i sons of} Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.


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 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian s hand was a spear like a weaver s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian s hand, and slew him with his own spear.


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 Behold, he was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the {cf15i first} three: and David set him over his guard.


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 Also the mighty men of the armies; Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth lehem;


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 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.


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 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Saul s brethren of Benjamin.


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 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite;


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 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;


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 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the hold in the wilderness, mighty men of valour, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;


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 These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to an hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.


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 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.


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 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if {cf15i ye be come} to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.


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 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, {cf15i and he said}, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.


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 Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.


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 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh.


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 And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.


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 For from day to day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.


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 And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, which came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.


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 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.


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 And Jehoiada was the leader of {cf15i the house of} Aaron, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;


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 And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.


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 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous men in their fathers houses.


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 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.


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 And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.


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 Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand; and that could order {cf15i the battle array, and were} not of double heart.


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 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.


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 And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand.


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 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.


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 All these, being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.


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 And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had made preparation for them.


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 Moreover they that were nigh unto them, {cf15i even} as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victual of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel:


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 And David said unto, all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:


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 And all the assembly said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.


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 So David assembled all Israel together, from Shihor {cf15i the brook} of Egypt even unto the entering in of Hamath; to bring the ark of God from Kiriath jearim.


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 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, {cf15i that is}, to Kiriath jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, the LORD that sitteth upon the cherubim, which is called by the Name.


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 And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, {cf15i and brought it} out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.


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 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might: even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.


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 And when they came unto the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.


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 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.


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 And David was displeased, because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzza: and he called that place Perez uzza, unto this day.


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 So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed edom the Gittite.


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 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed edom in his house three months: and the LORD blessed the house of Obed edom, and all that he had.


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 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him an house.


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 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel s sake.


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 And these are the names of the children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon;


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 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them.


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 And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.


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 So they came up to Baal perazim, and David smote them there; and David said, God hath broken mine enemies by mine hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal perazim.


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 And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.


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 And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines;


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 And David did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.


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 And the fame of David went out unto all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.


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 And {cf15i David} made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.


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 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.


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 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto its place, which he had prepared for it.


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 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,


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 and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers {cf15i houses} of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, unto {cf15i the place} that I have prepared for it.


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 For because ye {cf15i bare it} not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.


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 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.


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 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.


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 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.


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 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;


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 and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.


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 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, {cf15i were appointed}, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;


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 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth;


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 and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.


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 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.


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 And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.


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 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed edom with joy:


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 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.


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 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song {cf15i with} the singers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen.


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 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.


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 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.


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 And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.


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 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.


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 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion {cf15i of flesh}, and a cake of raisins.


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 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD, the God of Israel:


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 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;


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 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.


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 Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto the LORD, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.


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 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.


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 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; and let them say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.


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 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.


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 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.


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 So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day s work required:


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 and Obed edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers:


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 and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,


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 to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded unto Israel;


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 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy {cf15i endureth} for ever;


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 and with them Heman and Jeduthun {cf15i with} trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and {cf15i with} instruments for the songs of God: and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.


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 And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD {cf15i dwelleth} under curtains.


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 for I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from {cf15i one} tabernacle {cf15i to another}.


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 In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedar?


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 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people Israel:


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 and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.


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 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,


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 and {cf15i as} from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.


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 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.


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 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:


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 but I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for ever.


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 Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?


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 And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.


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 What can David {cf15i say} yet more unto thee concerning the honour which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.


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 O LORD, for thy servant s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all {cf15i these} great things.


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 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.


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 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, which thou redeemedst out of Egypt?


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 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.


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 And now, O LORD, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.


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 And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.


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 For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore hath thy servant found {cf15i in his heart} to pray before thee.


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 and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O LORD, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.


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 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.


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 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.


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 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.


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 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.


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 Then David put {cf15i garrisons} in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought presents. And the LORD gave victory to David whithersoever he went.


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 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.


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 And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.


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 he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten him; for Hadarezer had wars with Tou; and {cf15i he had with him} all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.


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 These also did king David dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.


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 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the LORD gave victory to David whithersoever he went.


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 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;


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 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.


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 And it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.


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 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.


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 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?


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 So Hanun took David s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.


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 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.


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 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Aram maacah, and out of Zobah.


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 So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cites, and came to battle.


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 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.


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 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.


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 And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.


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 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.


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 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.


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 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.


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 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.


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 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him:


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 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians {cf15i the men of} seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.


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 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.


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 And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out {cf15i to battle}, that Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it.


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 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David s head: and he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.


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 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and cut {cf15i them} with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.


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 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, of the sons of the giant: and they were subdued.


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 And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver s beam.


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 And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six {cf15i on each hand}, and six {cf15i on each foot}; and he also was born unto the giant.


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 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.


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 And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.


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 And Joab said, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord s servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel?


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 Nevertheless the king s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.


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 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword;


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 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing: but now, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.


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 Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.


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 either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.


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 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.


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 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.


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 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out ever Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.


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 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be against me, and against my father s house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued.


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 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.


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 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.


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 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.


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 Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto the LORD: for the full price shalt thou give it me: that the plague may be stayed from the people.


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 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give {cf15i thee} the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering; I give it all.


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 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer a burnt offering without cost.


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 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.


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 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.


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 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.


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 But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.


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 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.


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 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.


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 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;


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 and cedar trees without number: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.


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 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.


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 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD, the God of Israel.


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 And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God.


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 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight:


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 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days:


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 he shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.


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 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken concerning thee.


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 Only the LORD give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel; that so thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.


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 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou observe to do the statutes and the judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; fear not, neither be dismayed.


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 Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.


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 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are cunning in any manner of work;


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 of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number; arise and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.


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 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath delivered the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.


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 Now set your heart and your soul to seek after the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.


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 And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.


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 Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:


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 and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, {cf15i said David}, to praise therewith.


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 The sons of Shimei; Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers {cf15i houses} of Ladan.


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 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers house in one reckoning.


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 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever.


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 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.


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 The sons of Hebron; Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.


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 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them {cf15i to wife}.


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 These were the sons of Levi after their fathers houses, even the heads of the fathers {cf15i houses} of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.


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 For David said, The LORD, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever:


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 and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.


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 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;


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 for the shewbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;


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 and to offer all burnt offerings unto the LORD, in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feast, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD:


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 and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of the LORD.


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 And the courses of the sons of Aaron {cf15i were these}. The sons of Aaron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.


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 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest office.


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 And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.


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 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and {cf15i thus} were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of father s houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers houses, eight.


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 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.


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 And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers {cf15i houses} of the priests and of the Levites: one fathers house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.


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 This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of the LORD according to the ordinance {cf15i given} unto them by the hand of Aaron their father, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.


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 And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.


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 And the sons {cf15i of Hebron}; Jeriah {cf15i the chief}, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.


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 And the sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers houses.


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 These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers {cf15i houses} of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers {cf15i houses} of the chief even as those of his younger brother.


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 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of them that did the work according to their service was:


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 of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph; under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.


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 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD.


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 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth:


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 All these were the sons of Heman the king s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.


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 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.


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 And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto the LORD, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.


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 And they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.


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 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:


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 For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites; Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.


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 And Meshelemiah had sons; Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth;


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 And Obed edom had sons; Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth;


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 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.


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 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.


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 All these were of the sons of Obed edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed edom.


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 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief;)


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 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.


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 Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having charges like as their brethren, to minister in the house of the LORD.


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 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers houses, for every gate.


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 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.


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 To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, ward against ward.


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 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.


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 These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.


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 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the dedicated things.


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 The sons of Ladan; the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers {cf15i houses} belonging to Ladan the Gershonite; Jehieli.


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 And his brethren; of Eliezer {cf15i came} Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.


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 This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers {cf15i houses}, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.


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 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brethren.


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 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.


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 Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond Jordan westward; for all the business of the LORD, and for the service of the king.


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 Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers {cf15i houses}. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.


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 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred, heads of fathers {cf15i houses}, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.


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 Now the children of Israel after their number, {cf15i to wit}, the heads of fathers {cf15i houses} and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.


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 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 {cf15i He was} of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.


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 And over the course of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his course; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and of his course was Ammizabad his son.


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 The fourth {cf15i captain} for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 The sixth {cf15i captain} for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 The seventh {cf15i captain} for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 The eighth {cf15i captain} for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 The ninth {cf15i captain} for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 The tenth {cf15i captain} for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 The eleventh {cf15i captain} for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 The twelfth {cf15i captain} for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


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 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah:


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 of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:


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 of the half {cf15i tribe} of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:


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 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.


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 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David;


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 And over the king s treasuries was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasuries in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:


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 and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:


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 and over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the lowland was Baal hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:


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 and over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:


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 and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David s.


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 Also Jonathan David s uncle was a counsellor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king s sons:


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 and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king s host was Joab.


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 And David assembled all the prices of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valour, unto Jerusalem.


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 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: as for me, it was in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.


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 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.


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 Howbeit the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel:


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 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.


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 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.


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 And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.


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 Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you for ever.


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 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.


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 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.


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 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch {cf15i of the temple}, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat:


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 and the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, for the courts of the house of the LORD, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things:


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 also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD:


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 of gold by weight for the {cf15i vessels of} gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; {cf15i of silver} for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service:


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 by weight also for the candlesticks of gold, and for the lamps thereof, of gold, by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof, and for the candlesticks of silver, {cf15i silver} by weight for {cf15i every} candlestick and for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick:


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 and the gold by weight for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver:


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 and the fleshhooks, and the basons, and the cups, of pure gold: and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl:


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 and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight: and gold for the pattern of the chariot, {cf15i even} the cherubim, that spread out {cf15i their wings}, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.


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 All this, {cf15i said David}, have I been made to understand in writing from the hand of the LORD, even all the works of this pattern.


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 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD be finished.


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 And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.


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 And David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God:


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 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the {cf15i things of} gold, and the silver for the {cf15i things of} silver, and the brass for the {cf15i things of} brass, the iron for the {cf15i things of} iron, and wood for the {cf15i things of} wood; onyx stones, and {cf15i stones} to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.


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 Moreover also, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of mine own of gold and silver, I give it unto the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house;


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 even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:


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 of gold for the {cf15i things of} gold, and of silver for the {cf15i things of} silver, and for all manner of work {cf15i to be made} by the hands of artificers. Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto the LORD?


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 Then the princes of the fathers {cf15i houses}, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king s work, offered willingly;


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 and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.


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 And they with whom {cf15i precious} stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.


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 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.


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 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.


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 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth {cf15i is thine}; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.


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 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.


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 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.


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 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.


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 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.


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 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness, As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.


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 O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people; and prepare their heart unto thee:


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 and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.


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 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.


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 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel;


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 and did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.


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 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.


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 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.


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 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.


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 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three {cf15i years} reigned he in Jerusalem.


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 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.


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 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer;


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 with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.


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 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.


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 And Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers {cf15i houses}.


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 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.


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 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath jearim to {cf15i the place} that David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.


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 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.


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 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.


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 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great kindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.


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 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.


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 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?


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 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of them that hate thee; neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:


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 wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.


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 So Solomon came {cf15i from his journey} to the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.


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 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.


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 And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.


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 And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.


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 And they fetched up, and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred {cf15i shekels} of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.


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 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.


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 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, {cf15i even so deal with me}.


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 Behold, I build an house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of the LORD our God. This is {cf15i an ordinance} for ever to Israel;


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 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn incense before him?


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 Now therefore send me a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave {cf15i all manner of} gravings, {cf15i to be} with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.


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 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,


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 even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.


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 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.


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 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD loveth his people, he hath made thee king over them.


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 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.


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 the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device: that there may be {cf15i a place} appointed unto him with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.


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 Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:


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 and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.


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 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.


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 And he set threescore, and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people awork.


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 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where {cf15i the LORD} appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.


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 And he began to build in the second {cf15i day} of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.


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 Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.


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 And the porch that was before {cf15i the house}, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.


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 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm trees and chains:


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 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls.


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 And he made the most holy house; the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.


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 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.


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 And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one {cf15i cherub} was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was {cf15i likewise} five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.


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 And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits {cf15i also}, joining to the wing of the other cherub.


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 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.


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 And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.


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 Also he made before the house two pillars, of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.


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 And he made chains in the oracle, and put {cf15i them} on the tops of the pillars; and he made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.


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 And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.


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 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.


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 Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.


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 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.


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 And it was an handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.


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 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt offering they washed in them: but the sea was for the priests to wash in.


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 And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.


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 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.


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 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.


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 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. So Huram made an end of doing the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God:


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 the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars;


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 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars.


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 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all the vessels thereof, did Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.


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 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.


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 And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the shewbread;


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 and the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;


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 and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, {cf15i to wit}, of the temple, were of gold.


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 Thus all the work that Solomon wrought for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them ha the treasuries of the house of God.


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 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.


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 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was {cf15i in} the seventh month.


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 and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these did the priests the Levites bring up.


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 And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.


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 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above:


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 And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there it is, unto this day.


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 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.


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 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their courses;


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 also the Levites which were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brethren, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)


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 it came even to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, {cf15i saying}, For he is good; for his mercy {cf15i endureth} for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD,


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 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.


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 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.


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 And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying,


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 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel:


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 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.


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 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.


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 And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with the children of Israel.


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 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:


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 (for Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:)


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 and he said, O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in the heaven, or in the earth; who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart:


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 Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me.


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 Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David.


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 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!


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 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:


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 that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.


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 And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.


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 then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.


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 And if thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall turn again and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house:


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 then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.


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 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:


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 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpiller; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be;


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 what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house:


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 then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men;)


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 that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.


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 Moreover concerning the stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; when they shall come and pay toward this house:


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 then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built, is called by thy name.


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 If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:


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 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;


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 yet if they shall bethink themselves, in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;


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 if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:


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 then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.


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 Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.


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 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.


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 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.


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 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD S house.


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 And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto the LORD, {cf15i saying}, For he is good; for his mercy {cf15i endureth} for ever.


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 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.


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 And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to give thanks unto the LORD, for his mercy {cf15i endureth} for ever, when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.


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 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat.


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 So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt.


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 And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.


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 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh mouth he sent the people away unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.


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 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king s house: and all that came into Solomon s heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.


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 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.


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 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;


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 if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.


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 For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.


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 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments;


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 then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.


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 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them:


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 then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.


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 And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?


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 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.


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 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,


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 that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwelt there.


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 Also he built Beth horon the upper, and Beth horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;


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 and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.


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 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel;


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 of their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, of them did Solomon raise a levy {cf15i of bondservants}, unto this day.


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 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.


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 And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people,


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 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.


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 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,


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 even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, {cf15i even} in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.


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 And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.


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 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.


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 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. {cf15i So} the house of the LORD was perfected.


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 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.


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 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.


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 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was not any thing hid from Solomon which he told her not.


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 and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants; and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.


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 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: thou exceedest the fame that I heard.


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 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.


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 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.


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 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.


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 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir; brought algum trees and precious stones.


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 And the king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of the LORD, and for the king s house, and harps and psalteries for the singers; and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.


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 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.


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 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;


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 beside that which the chapmen and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.


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 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred {cf15i shekels} of beaten gold went to one target.


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 And {cf15i he made} three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred {cf15i shekels} of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.


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 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.


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 And all king Solomon s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.


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 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.


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 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.


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 And they brought very man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.


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 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.


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 And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?


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 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.


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 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon,) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.


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 And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spake to Rehoboam, saying,


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 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants forever.


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 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father s loins.


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 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I {cf15i will chastise you} with scorpions.


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 and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I {cf15i will chastise you} with scorpions.


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 So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was brought about of God, that the LORD might establish his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.


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 And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel departed unto their tents.


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 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the levy; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.


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 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.


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 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,


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 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.


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 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and oil and wine.


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 And in every several city {cf15i he put} shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.


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 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest s office unto the LORD:


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 and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he goats, and for the calves which he had made.


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 And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto the LORD, the God of their fathers.


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 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.


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 And Rehoboam took him a wife; Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, {cf15i and of} Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;


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 And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.


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 And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)


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 And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, {cf15i even} the prince among his brethren: for {cf15i he was minded} to make him king.


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 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he sought {cf15i for them} many wives.


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 And it came to pass, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and he was strong, that he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.


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 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against the LORD,


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 with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.


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 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.


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 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them: but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.


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 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.


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 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king s house; he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.


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 And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, that kept the door of the king s house.


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 And it was so, that as oft as the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.


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 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were good things {cf15i found}.


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 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.


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 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.


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 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.


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 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.


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 And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valour.


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 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel;


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 Ought ye not to know that the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?


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 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.


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 And there were gathered unto him vain men, sons of Belial, which strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not withstand them.


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 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.


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 Have ye not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the peoples of {cf15i other} lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of {cf15i them that are} no gods.


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 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and {cf15i we have} priests ministering unto the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work:


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 and they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense: the shewbread also {cf15i set they} in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.


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 And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.


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 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.


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 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.


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 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.


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 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.


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 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD, the God of their fathers.


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 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephron with the towns thereof.


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 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD smote him, and he died.


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 But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.


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 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.


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 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Asa his son reigned in his stead: in his days the land was quiet ten years.


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 for he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim;


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 and commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.


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 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.


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 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.


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 For he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.


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 And Asa had an army that bare bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: an these were mighty men of valour.


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 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came unto Mareshah.


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 Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.


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 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, there is none beside thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength: help us, O LORD our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee;


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 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty.


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 And they smote all the cities round shout Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them:


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 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.


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 and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.


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 Now for long seasons Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:


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 But when in their distress they turned unto the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.


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 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.


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 And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city: for God did vex them with all adversity.


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 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.


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 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.


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 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.


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 And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.


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 And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;


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 and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.


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 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice; and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.


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 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.


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 And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.


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 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.


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 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.


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 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.


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 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king s house, and sent to Ben hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,


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 {cf15i There is} a league between me and thee, as {cf15i there was} between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.


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 And Ben hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.


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 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.


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 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.


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 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.


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 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.


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 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.


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 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.


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 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.


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 And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.


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 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds {cf15i of spices} prepared by the apothecaries art: and they made a very great burning for him.


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 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.


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 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim;


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 but sought to the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.


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 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.


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 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.


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 Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;


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 and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.


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 And they taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the LORD with them; and they went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people.


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 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.


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 And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.


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 And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers houses: of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand:


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 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour:


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 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield:


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 These were they that waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.


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 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that were with him, and moved him to go up {cf15i with him} to Ramoth gilead.


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 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and {cf15i we will be} with thee in the war.


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 When the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God shall deliver it into the hand of the king.


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 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.


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 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they sat in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.


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 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets {cf15i declare} good to the king with one mouth: let thy word, therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.


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 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper; and they shall be delivered into your hand.


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 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?


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 And he said, Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.


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 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.


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 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?


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 And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.


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 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets; and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.


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 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?


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 And the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king s son;


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 and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.


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 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle.


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 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.


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 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them {cf15i to depart} from him.


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 And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.


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 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.


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 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate the LORD? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before the LORD.


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 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and hast set thine heart to seek God.


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 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer sheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD, the God of their fathers.


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 and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD; and {cf15i he is} with you in the judgment.


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 Now therefore let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.


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 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers {cf15i houses} of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.


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 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.


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 And whensoever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall warn them, that they be not guilty towards the LORD, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not be guilty.


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 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD be with the good.


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 And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.


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 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon tamar (the same is En gedi).


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 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto the LORD; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.


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 And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek {cf15i help} of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.


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 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court;


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 and he said, O LORD, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thine hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.


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 Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?


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 If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.


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 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;


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 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.


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 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.


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 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;


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 and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: thus saith the LORD unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God s.


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 Tomorrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.


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 Ye shall not need to fight in this {cf15i battle}: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed: tomorrow go out against them; for the LORD is with you.


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 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.


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 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.


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 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.


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 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto the LORD, and praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks unto the LORD; for his mercy {cf15i endureth} for ever.


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 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set liers in wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.


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 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.


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 And when Judah came to the watch tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.


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 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking of the spoil, it was so much.


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 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah, unto this day.


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 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.


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 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.


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 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.


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 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD.


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 Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.


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 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:


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 and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion geber.


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 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath destroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.


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 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.


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 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.


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 And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.


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 Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.


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 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.


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 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.


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 Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots.


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 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand: because he had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.


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 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, and led Judah astray.


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 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah;


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 but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like as the house of Ahab did; and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father s house, which were better than thyself:


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 behold, the LORD will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance:


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 and thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.


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 And the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians which are beside the Ethiopians:


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 and they came up against Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.


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 And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.


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 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.


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 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.


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 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.


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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors: after the death of his father, to his destruction.


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 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.


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 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.


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 Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went unto Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.


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 And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them.


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 And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him, (now he was hiding in Samaria,) and they brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said; He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. And the house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.


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 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.


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 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.


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 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.


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 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers {cf15i houses} of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.


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 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king s son shall reign, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the sons of David.


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 This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;


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 and a third part shall be at the king s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.


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 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.


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 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.


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 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.


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 And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David s, which were in the house of God.


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 And he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.


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 Then they brought out the king s son, and put the crown upon him, and {cf15i gave him} the testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, God save the king.


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 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:


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 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets; the singers also {cf15i played} on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, treason.


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 And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword: for the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.


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 So they made way for her; and she went to the entry of the horse gate to the king s house: and they slew her there.


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 And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD S people.


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 And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.


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 And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.


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 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.


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 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the upper gate unto the king s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.


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 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword.


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 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Zibiah of Beer sheba.


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 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.


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 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?


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 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon the Baalim.


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 So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.


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 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.


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 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.


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 And it was so, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king s scribe and the chief priest s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.


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 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of the LORD.


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 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.


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 And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.


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 But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.


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 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.


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 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.


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 And they forsook the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.


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 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.


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 And the spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.


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 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.


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 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.


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 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.


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 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.


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 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.


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 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.


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 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens {cf15i laid} upon him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.


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 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.


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 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants which had killed the king his father.


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 But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.


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 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.


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 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.


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 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, {cf15i to wit}, with all the children of Ephraim.


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 But if thou wilt go, do {cf15i valiantly}, be strong for the battle: God shall cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down.


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 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.


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 Then Amaziah separated them, {cf15i to wit}, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.


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 And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.


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 And {cf15i other} ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.


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 But the men of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth horon, and smote of them three thousand, and took much spoil.


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 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.


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 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thine hand?


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 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that {cf15i the king} said unto him, Have we made thee of the king s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.


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 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.


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 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon; and trode down the thistle.


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 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to {cf15i thy} hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?


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 But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand {cf15i of their enemies}, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.


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 So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.


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 And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.


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 And {cf15i he took} all the go1d and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed edom, and the treasures of the king s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.


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 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?


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 Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.


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 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.


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 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.


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 And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.


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 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in {cf15i the country of} Ashdod, and among the Philistines.


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 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur baal, and the Meunim.


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 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he waxed exceeding strong.


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 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning {cf15i of the wall}, and fortified them.


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 And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: {cf15i and he had} husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.


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 Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning, made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king s captains.


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 The whole number of the heads of fathers {cf15i houses}, even the mighty men of valour, was two thousand and six hundred.


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 And under their hand was a trained army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.


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 And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.


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 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.


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 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the LORD his God; for he went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.


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 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:


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 and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.


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 Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the altar of incense.


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 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.


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 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king s house, judging the people of the land.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.


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 So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.


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 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.


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 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.


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 Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.


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 He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third.


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 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.


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 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.


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 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, like David his father:


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 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.


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 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.


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 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.


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 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king s son, and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.


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 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.


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 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage which hath reached up unto heaven.


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 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: {cf15i but} are there not even with you trespasses of your own against the LORD your God?


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 Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.


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 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,


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 and said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for ye purpose that which will bring upon us a trespass against the LORD, to add unto our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.


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 And the men which have been expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.


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 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns thereof, and Timnah with the towns thereof, Gimzo also and the towns thereof: and they dwelt there.


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 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed sore against the LORD.


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 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but it helped him not.


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 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, {cf15i therefore} will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.


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 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.


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 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD, the God of his fathers.


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 Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.


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 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.


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 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother s name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.


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 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.


