Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, 'Each one of you bring me his ox or his sheep, and slaughter it here and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.'" And he said, "Fill four pitchers with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua the sons of Saul. "The LORD said to him, 'How?' So when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "Surely it is the king of Israel," and they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out. All the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon. Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant saying, "Go, inquire of the LORD for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us." Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, 'You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you to Shishak.'" A wise king winnows the wicked,And drives the threshing wheel over them. But Jehoshaphat was not willing. "Of Jezebel also has the LORD spoken, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.' Micaiah said, "If you indeed return safely, the LORD has not spoken by me." "Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you have made Israel sin. The sons of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the country. The Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. Saul then said to him, "Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as it is this day?" So Judah gathered together to seek help from the LORD; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD. Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? The LORD gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a covenant. Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! WebThe Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "How is it that your spirit is so sullen that you are not eating food?" Now it came about, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been a friend of David. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Q Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king ' Then take him out and stone him to death." But it came about at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And the king said to her, "What is the matter with you?" "He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. And she said, "It will be well." Shimei then said to the king, "The word is good. As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel, their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were unable to destroy utterly, from them Solomon levied forced laborers, even to this day. It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. Now the heart of the king of Aram was enraged over this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, "Will you tell me which of us is for the king of Israel?" WebIsaiah 32:15 - Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. Then he returned and came to Achish. Web8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord Some of the Philistines brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats. "Yet the men were very good to us, and we were not insulted, nor did we miss anything as long as we went about with them, while we were in the fields. In all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. So with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two measures of seed. "Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail, that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. Then she called to her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return." Then a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because the Arameans have said, "The LORD is a god of the mountains, but He is not a god of the valleys," therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.'" Then he said to all Israel, "You shall be on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." But he refused and said, "I will not eat " However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them So he arose from the ground and sat on the bed. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground. Otherwise it will come about, as soon as my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered offenders.. When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. Then David inquired of the LORD once more. But He did not answer him on that day. When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes. When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. So he called her. Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. But she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die." All the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. These are they who served the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortified cities through all Judah. 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 became king in his place. "If we say, 'We will enter the city,' then the famine is in the city and we will die there; and if we sit here, we die also. So he said, "You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel expected me to be king; however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, for it was his from the LORD. Saul thought, "I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him " Therefore Saul said to David, "For a second time you may be my son-in-law today." So the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, "Come up to us and we will tell you something " And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hands of Israel." So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish. But Naaman was furious 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 cure the leper.' Now the dread of the LORD was on all the kingdoms of the lands which were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat. Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death. And they said, "Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king." He said to her, "Give me your son." Then he said to Gehazi, "Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand, and go your way; if you meet any man, do not salute him, and if anyone salutes you, do not answer him; and lay my staff on the lad's face." Then He said, 'You are to entice him and also prevail. Ahab also made the Asherah Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him. "Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name's sake (for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house, hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name. from Aram and Moab and the sons of Ammon and the Philistines and Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations.read more.He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. 14 And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by by: Heb. Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today.'" Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master. 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 Solomons reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord. Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David and he said, "Why have you come down? He brought into the house of the LORD the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils. So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. And he repaired the altar of the LORD which had been torn down. And he answered, "You." For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey. Shitrai the Sharonite had charge of the cattle which were grazing in, Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the, So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of. "It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there." Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it. So he took a bow and arrows. There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles. Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem. As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. Therefore they returned and told him. So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal.
The King is in the Field - It Is Finished Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies '" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him. 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? And he was preaching the word to them.
Lilies Of The Field, Matthew 6:28-34 KJV - KING JAMES BIBLE So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place. "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. So he said, "I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd. The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the, 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, Moreover, the king made a great throne of, And the righteous scepter is the scepter of, All the kings servants and the people of the kings provinces know that for any man or woman who. "Take ten loaves with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him. After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife. Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?" Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. "So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace. Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door shut against him. He said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes (but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel), because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did. Then Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? The woman conceived and bore a son at that season the next year, as Elisha had said to her. So he said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.' Then he said to Gehazi, "Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand, and go your way; if you meet any man, do not salute him, and if anyone salutes you, do not answer him; and lay my staff on the lad's face." He bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. If your sons will keep My covenantAnd My testimony which I will teach them,Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever.. "Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably." So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. Then they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks. Visit the Bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife." His servants said to him, "Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your life." There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. So 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 the king of Israel said, "Alas! And one said this while another said that. "Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not know?" Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?" And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? This was the design of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the frames, and on the borders which were between the frames were lions, oxen and cherubim; and on the frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. It came about at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, "Behold, a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD: to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the Negev, and to those who were in Jattir, and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa, and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites, and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor-ashan, and to those who were in Athach, and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to go."