And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD." Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, "Please observe and see how this man is looking for trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children and my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him." When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice. When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. He built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. And the king said to her, "Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you." Far be it from me! Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel (now the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite), that David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. This was their muster according to their fathers' households: of Judah, commanders of thousands, Adnah was the commander, and with him 300,000 valiant warriors; and next to him was Johanan the commander, and with him 280,000; and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who volunteered for the LORD, and with him 200,000 valiant warriors; and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 armed with bow and shield; and next to him Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 equipped for war. And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me." Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD. And above were costly stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar. And Jonathan was taken. Now Azmaveth the son of Adiel had charge of the kings storehouses. He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. So he returned to meet him and told him, "The lad has not awakened." He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for. So he took a bow and arrows. And he said, "Your servant went nowhere." "But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away." 'For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel. I have brought about the death of every person in your father's household. read more. Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. The woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified, and said to him, "Behold, your maidservant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled. Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. So David arose and crossed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. But the people did not answer him a word. For there is no other except it here." WebTwo verses earlier at Matthew 6:26 Jesus told his followers not to worry about food, because even the birds are provided for by God. WebIsaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 14 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, "Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. For Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son became king in his place. Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him and said, Has not the Lord anointed you a ruler over His inheritance? Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today." The men of David said to him, "Behold, this is the day of which the LORD said to you, 'Behold; I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it seems good to you.'" Then the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one'; and the other says, 'No! Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did and his might, how he fought and how he recovered for Israel, Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? And she said, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe " And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage. 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? "And behold, I will send the lad, saying, 'Go, find the arrows.' read more. But Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, what my God says, that I will speak." When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, he dreaded him. In those days the LORD began to cut off portions from Israel; and Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel: from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. The angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you." When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow. So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt. Then he said to all Israel, "You shall be on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die. Then he said to him, "Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Then Jehu sent throughout Israel and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.'" Naaman said, "If not, please let your servant at least be given two mules' load of earth; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering nor will he sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD. Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father. Here I am, I must die!" Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle." Do not fear, beasts of the field,For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green,For the tree has borne its fruit,The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full. He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city. Then he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised in his own heart; and he instituted a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?" And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light. The doorway for the lowest side chamber was on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the middle story, and from the middle to the third. I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble before the God of Daniel;For He is the living God and enduring forever,And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,And His dominion will be forever. Saul's servants then said to him, "Behold now, an evil spirit from God is terrorizing you. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household." The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you put on your robes." The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. 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. Now the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, in that he went to Joram For when he came, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." And he arose and followed her. All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. Now the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom And Joab fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar. Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD. just as He says also in another passage,You are a priest foreverAccording to the order of Melchizedek., The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,You are a priest foreverAccording to the order of Melchizedek.. Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer behind him; and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer put some to death after him. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the LORD. Could I not wash in them and be clean?" Selah. Am I not the Philistine and you servants of Saul? Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably." Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city. And so it was, as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat food. Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. '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. Now therefore come, and let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty two years over Israel. But Achish replied to David, "I know that you are pleasing in my sight, like an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us to the battle.' Of David. And David took them off. He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed." When he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to the LORD and those who praised Him in holy attire, as they went out before the army and said, "Give thanks to the LORD, for His lovingkindness is everlasting." Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. 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? Then she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. "Two parts of you, even all who go out on the sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house of the LORD for the king. After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land. WebAnd Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward." He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. Then he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress. Now Hadad found great favor before Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is tending the sheep." He also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, as well as all the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city. When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him. So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days. So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers. Turn behind me." So when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "It is the king of Israel," and they turned aside to fight against him. When Hazael king of Aram died, Ben-hadad his son became king in his place. The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. Now the LORD was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not observe what the LORD had commanded. Some years later he went down to visit Ahab at Samaria. Now when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, all the valiant men rose and walked all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. "Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. Micaiah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day when you enter an inner room to hide yourself." The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days. And be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in." And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king. He said to her, "Give me your son." Then she went in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground, and she took up her son and went out. And one said this while another said that. So they were called the land of Cabul to this day. Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Israel shall be your name." He said, "Open the window toward the east," and he opened it. A warrior is not delivered by great strength. And the. He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? "Now therefore, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, Return to me on the third day.. Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait, and let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. Then on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the LORD. He also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the LORD, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah. If the rulers temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses. So he made him ride in his chariot. Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king." I will call to the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king." Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all around. Now Saul was afraid of David, for the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul. And he said, 'I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab and the name of the younger Michal. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze. And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and ate no food. "We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire."