\id 1KI The First Book of Kings 
\h 1 Kings 
\toc1 The First Book of the Kings, Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings 
\toc2 1 Kings 
\toc3 1Ki 
\mt1 The First Book of the Kings  
\mt2 Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings  
\c 1  
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\v 1 Now \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w old|strong="H2204"\w* \add and\add* \w stricken|strong="H0935"\w* in \w years|strong="H3117"\w*; and they \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* him with \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, but he gat no \w heat|strong="H3179"\w*.\f + \fr 1.1 \ft stricken…: Heb. entered into days\f*  
\v 2 Wherefore his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Let there be \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* for my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* a \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*: and let her \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and let her \w cherish|strong="H5532"\w* him, and let her \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* in thy \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* may get \w heat|strong="H2552"\w*.\f + \fr 1.2 \ft Let there…: Heb. Let them seek\f*\f + \fr 1.2 \ft a young…: Heb. a damsel, a virgin\f*\f + \fr 1.2 \ft cherish…: Heb. be a cherisher unto him\f*  
\v 3 So they \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* for a \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* \w damsel|strong="H5291"\w* throughout all the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* a \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* her to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 4 And the \w damsel|strong="H5291"\w* \add was\add* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w fair|strong="H3303"\w*, and \w cherished|strong="H5532"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* to him: but the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* her not.   
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\v 5 ¶ Then \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Haggith|strong="H2294"\w* \w exalted|strong="H4984"\w* himself, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I will be \w king|strong="H4427"\w*: and he \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* him \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* to \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.\f + \fr 1.5 \ft be king: Heb. reign\f*  
\v 6 And his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had not \w displeased|strong="H6087"\w* him at any \w time|strong="H3117"\w* in \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Why hast thou done \w so|strong="H6213"\w*? and he also \add was a\add* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w goodly|strong="H2896"\w* \add man;\add* and \add his mother\add* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.\f + \fr 1.6 \ft at any…: Heb. from his days\f*  
\v 7 And he \w conferred|strong="H1697"\w* with \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, and with \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*: and they \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* \add him\add*.\f + \fr 1.7 \ft he…: Heb. his words were with\f*\f + \fr 1.7 \ft following…: Heb. helped after Adonijah\f*  
\v 8 But \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, and \w Rei|strong="H7472"\w*, and the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* which \add belonged\add* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, were not with \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*.  
\v 9 And \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w slew|strong="H2076"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* and fat \w cattle|strong="H4806"\w* by the \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* of \w Zoheleth|strong="H2120"\w*, which \add is\add* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w En-rogel|strong="H5883"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* all his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*:\f + \fr 1.9 \ft En-rogel: or, the well Rogel\f*  
\v 10 But \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*, and the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*, and \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* not.   
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\v 11 ¶ Wherefore \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Hast thou not \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Haggith|strong="H2294"\w* doth \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* our \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* \add it\add* not?  
\v 12 Now therefore \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, let me, I pray thee, give thee \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w*, that thou mayest \w save|strong="H4422"\w* thine own \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and get thee \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Didst not thou, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* unto thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Assuredly|strong="H3588"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me, and he shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*? why then doth \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*?  
\v 14 Behold, while thou yet \w talkest|strong="H1696"\w* there with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, I also will come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee, and \w confirm|strong="H4390"\w* thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.\f + \fr 1.14 \ft confirm: Heb. fill up\f*   
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\v 15 ¶ And \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* into the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w old|strong="H2204"\w*; and \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* the \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 16 And \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w bowed|strong="H6915"\w*, and did \w obeisance|strong="H7812"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What wouldest thou?\f + \fr 1.16 \ft What…: Heb. What to thee?\f*  
\v 17 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, thou \w swarest|strong="H7650"\w* by the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* unto thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*, \add saying\add*, Assuredly \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me, and he shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*.  
\v 18 And now, behold, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w reigneth|strong="H4427"\w*; and now, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* \add it\add* not:  
\v 19 And he hath \w slain|strong="H2076"\w* \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w* and fat \w cattle|strong="H4806"\w* and \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* in \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*, and hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* all the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*: but \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* hath he not \w called|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 20 And thou, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add are\add* upon thee, that thou shouldest \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* them who shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.  
\v 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, that I and my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* shall be counted \w offenders|strong="H2400"\w*.\f + \fr 1.21 \ft offenders: Heb. sinners\f*   
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\v 22 ¶ And, lo, while she yet \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* also came \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.  
\v 23 And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*. And when he was come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, he \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself before the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* with his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 24 And \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, hast thou \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me, and he shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*?  
\v 25 For he is gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and hath \w slain|strong="H2076"\w* \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w* and fat \w cattle|strong="H4806"\w* and \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* in \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*, and hath \w called|strong="H7121"\w* all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*; and, behold, they \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*.\f + \fr 1.25 \ft God…: Heb. Let king Adonijah live\f*  
\v 26 But me, \add even\add* me thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, and thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, hath he not \w called|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 27 Is this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* by my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and thou hast not \w shewed|strong="H3045"\w* \add it\add* unto thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, who should \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him?   
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\v 28 ¶ Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* me \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w*. And she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 1.28 \ft into…: Heb. before the king\f*  
\v 29 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, that hath \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* out of all \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*,  
\v 30 Even as I \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto thee by the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Assuredly \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* me, and he shall \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* in my stead; even so will I certainly \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 31 Then \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w bowed|strong="H6915"\w* with \add her\add* \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and did \w reverence|strong="H7812"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 32 ¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* me \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*. And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 33 The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* also \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* with you the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of your \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, and cause \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon mine own \w mule|strong="H6506"\w*, and bring him \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w*:\f + \fr 1.33 \ft mine…: Heb. which belongeth to me\f*  
\v 34 And let \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* him there \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* ye with the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.  
\v 35 Then ye shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, that he may \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* upon my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*; for he shall be \w king|strong="H4427"\w* in my stead: and I have \w appointed|strong="H6680"\w* him to be \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 36 And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* so \add too\add*.  
\v 37 As the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath been with my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, even so be he with \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and \w make|strong="H1431"\w* his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* than the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 38 So \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, and the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w*, and the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*, went \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and caused \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* to \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w mule|strong="H6506"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H3212"\w* him to \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w*.  
\v 39 And \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* out of the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w*, and \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. And they \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*; and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.  
\v 40 And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w piped|strong="H2490"\w* with \w pipes|strong="H2485"\w*, and \w rejoiced|strong="H8056"\w* with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*, so that the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w rent|strong="H1234"\w* with the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of them.\f + \fr 1.40 \ft pipes: or, flutes\f*   
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\v 41 ¶ And \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* and all the \w guests|strong="H7121"\w* that \add were\add* with him \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add* as they had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w eating|strong="H0398"\w*. And when \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore \add is this\add* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w city|strong="H7151"\w* being in an \w uproar|strong="H1993"\w*?  
\v 42 And while he yet \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, behold, \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*: and \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*; for thou \add art\add* a \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w bringest|strong="H1319"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*.  
\v 43 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*, \w Verily|strong="H0061"\w* our \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* hath made \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 44 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* with him \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, and the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w*, and the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*, and they have caused him to \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* upon the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w mule|strong="H6506"\w*:  
\v 45 And \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* have \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* him \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Gihon|strong="H1521"\w*: and they are come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from thence \w rejoicing|strong="H8056"\w*, so that the \w city|strong="H7151"\w* rang \w again|strong="H1949"\w*. This \add is\add* the \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* that ye have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 46 And also \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sitteth|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w*.  
\v 47 And moreover the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* our \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* make the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w better|strong="H3190"\w* than thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w make|strong="H1431"\w* his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w greater|strong="H1431"\w* than thy \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself upon the \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*.  
\v 48 And also thus \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \add one\add* to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on my \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* even \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*.  
\v 49 And all the \w guests|strong="H7121"\w* that \add were\add* with \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* were \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*, and rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 50 ¶ And \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and caught \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on the \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 51 And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* \w feareth|strong="H3372"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*: for, lo, he hath caught \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* on the \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Let \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* unto me to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that he will not \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\v 52 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If he will shew himself a \w worthy|strong="H2428"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*, there shall not an \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* of him \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: but if \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* shall be \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in him, he shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 53 So \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and they brought him \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*: and \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* to thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\c 2  
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\v 1 Now the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* drew \w nigh|strong="H7126"\w* that he should \w die|strong="H4191"\w*; and he \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 2 I \w go|strong="H1980"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: be thou \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* therefore, and shew thyself a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*;  
\v 3 And \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w charge|strong="H4931"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* his \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, and his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, and his \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, and his \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w*, as it is \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, that thou mayest \w prosper|strong="H7919"\w* in all that thou \w doest|strong="H6213"\w*, and whithersoever thou \w turnest|strong="H6437"\w* thyself:\f + \fr 2.3 \ft prosper: or, do wisely\f*  
\v 4 That the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* may \w continue|strong="H6965"\w* his \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* concerning me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* take \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* with all their \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* and with all their \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, there shall not \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* thee (\w said|strong="H0559"\w* he) a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 2.4 \ft fail…: Heb. be cut off from thee from the throne\f*  
\v 5 Moreover thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* also what \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to me, \add and\add* what he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* to the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, unto \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, and unto \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jether|strong="H3500"\w*, whom he \w slew|strong="H2026"\w*, and \w shed|strong="H7760"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* upon his \w girdle|strong="H2290"\w* that \add was\add* about his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and in his \w shoes|strong="H5275"\w* that \add were\add* on his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.\f + \fr 2.5 \ft shed: Heb. put\f*  
\v 6 \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* therefore according to thy \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and let not his hoar \w head|strong="H7872"\w* go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 7 But \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* unto the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w*, and let them be of those that \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* at thy \w table|strong="H7979"\w*: for so they \w came|strong="H7126"\w* to me when I \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.  
\v 8 And, behold, \add thou hast\add* with thee \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w* of \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*, which \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* me with a \w grievous|strong="H4834"\w* \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* when I \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*: but he came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* me at \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, and I \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* to him by the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not put thee to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.\f + \fr 2.8 \ft grievous: Heb. strong\f*  
\v 9 Now therefore hold him not \w guiltless|strong="H5352"\w*: for thou \add art\add* a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* what thou oughtest to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto him; but his hoar \w head|strong="H7872"\w* bring thou \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w* with \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\v 10 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 11 And the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add were\add* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*: \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ Then \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*; and his \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* was \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*.   
\p
\v 13 ¶ And \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Haggith|strong="H2294"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou \w peaceably|strong="H7965"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Peaceably|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 14 He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* moreover, I have somewhat to \w say|strong="H1697"\w* unto thee. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Say \w on|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 15 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* that the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* was mine, and \add that\add* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* on me, that I should \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*: howbeit the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* is turned \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, and is become my \w brother’s|strong="H0251"\w*: for it was his from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 16 And now I \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* of thee, \w deny|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* not. And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Say \w on|strong="H1696"\w*.\f + \fr 2.16 \ft deny…: Heb. turn not away my face\f*  
\v 17 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray thee, unto \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, (for he will not \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w thee|strong="H6440"\w* \w nay|strong="H7725"\w*,) that he \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* the \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 18 And \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Well|strong="H2896"\w*; I will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* for thee unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
\p
\v 19 ¶ \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* therefore \w went|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto him for \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* her, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself unto her, and sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w* on his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, and caused a \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* to be \w set|strong="H7760"\w* for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*; and she \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*.  
\v 20 Then she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w desire|strong="H7592"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* of thee; \add I pray thee\add*, \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* not \w nay|strong="H7725"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Ask \w on|strong="H7592"\w*, my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*: for I will not \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w thee|strong="H6440"\w* \w nay|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 21 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* the \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, And why dost thou \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w Abishag|strong="H0049"\w* the \w Shunammite|strong="H7767"\w* for \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*? \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* for him the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* also; for he \add is\add* mine \w elder|strong="H1419"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*; even for him, and for \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and for \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*.  
\v 23 Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* by the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so to me, and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*, if \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* have not \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* this \w word|strong="H1697"\w* against his own \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 24 Now therefore, \add as\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, which hath \w established|strong="H3559"\w* me, and \w set|strong="H3427"\w* me on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and who hath \w made|strong="H6213"\w* me an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, as he \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* shall be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 25 And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*; and he \w fell|strong="H6293"\w* upon him that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 26 ¶ And unto \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Get|strong="H3212"\w* thee to \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, unto thine own \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*; for thou \add art\add* \w worthy|strong="H0376"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w*: but I will not at this \w time|strong="H3117"\w* put thee to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, because thou \w barest|strong="H5375"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and because thou hast been \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w* in all wherein my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* was \w afflicted|strong="H6031"\w*.\f + \fr 2.26 \ft worthy…: Heb. a man of death\f*  
\v 27 So \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* thrust \w out|strong="H1644"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* from being \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; that he might \w fulfil|strong="H4390"\w* the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* concerning the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Eli|strong="H5941"\w* in \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*.   
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\v 28 ¶ Then \w tidings|strong="H8052"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*: for \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* had \w turned|strong="H5186"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*, though he \w turned|strong="H5186"\w* not \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* unto the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and caught \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on the \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* of the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 29 And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* that \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* was \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* unto the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and, behold, \add he is\add* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. Then \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon him.  
\v 30 And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay; but I will \w die|strong="H4191"\w* here. And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and thus he \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* me.  
\v 31 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* as he hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, and \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon him, and \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* him; that thou mayest take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w innocent|strong="H2600"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, which \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w shed|strong="H8210"\w*, from me, and from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 32 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* his \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* upon his own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, who \w fell|strong="H6293"\w* upon \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* more \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* and \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than he, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* them with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* not \w knowing|strong="H3045"\w* \add thereof, to wit\add*, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jether|strong="H3500"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 33 Their \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* shall therefore \w return|strong="H7725"\w* upon the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and upon the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: but upon \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and upon his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, and upon his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and upon his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, shall there be \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 34 So \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H6293"\w* upon him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him: and he was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.   
\p
\v 35 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* in his room over the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*: and \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* in the room of \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*.   
\p
\v 36 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Build|strong="H1129"\w* thee an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* there, and go not \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* thence any \w whither|strong="H0575"\w*.  
\v 37 For it shall be, \add that\add* on the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou goest \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and passest \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* for \w certain|strong="H3045"\w* that thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*: thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* shall be upon thine own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\v 38 And \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, The \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \add is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*: as my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, so will thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. And \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 39 And it came to pass at the \w end|strong="H7093"\w* of \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, that \w two|strong="H8147"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* ran \w away|strong="H1272"\w* unto \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maachah|strong="H4601"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*. And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \add be\add* in \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.  
\v 40 And \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* his \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w* to \w Achish|strong="H0397"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: and \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* from \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.  
\v 41 And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* that \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* had \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, and was come \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 42 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Did I not make thee to \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w protested|strong="H5749"\w* unto thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* for a \w certain|strong="H3045"\w*, on the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou goest \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w walkest|strong="H1980"\w* abroad any \w whither|strong="H0575"\w*, that thou shalt \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*? and thou \w saidst|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \add that\add* I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\v 43 Why then hast thou not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* that I have \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* thee with?  
\v 44 The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* moreover to \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, Thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* all the \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* which thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* is privy \w to|strong="H3045"\w*, that thou \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: therefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* thy \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* upon thine own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*;  
\v 45 And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \add shall be\add* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w*, and the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 46 So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*; which went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H6293"\w* upon him, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. And the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* was \w established|strong="H3559"\w* in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.   
\c 3  
\p
\v 1 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* made \w affinity|strong="H2859"\w* with \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* her into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, until he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w building|strong="H1129"\w* his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.  
\v 2 Only the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* in high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, because there was no \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* unto the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, until those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: only he \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* in high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.  
\v 4 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* to \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* there; for \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \add was\add* the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* high \w place|strong="H1116"\w*: a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* did \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* upon that \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 ¶ In \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* in a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: and \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* what I shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee.  
\v 6 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou hast \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* unto thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*, according as he \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee in \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*, and in \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*, and in \w uprightness|strong="H3483"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* with thee; and thou hast \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* for him this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*, that thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, as \add it is\add* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 3.6 \ft mercy: or, bounty\f*  
\v 7 And now, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, thou hast made thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* instead of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and I \add am but\add* a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*: I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not \add how\add* to go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* or come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.  
\v 8 And thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \add is\add* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* which thou hast \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that cannot be \w numbered|strong="H4487"\w* nor \w counted|strong="H5608"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* therefore thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* an \w understanding|strong="H8085"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that I may \w discern|strong="H0995"\w* between \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*: for who is \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* this thy so \w great|strong="H3515"\w* a \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?\f + \fr 3.9 \ft understanding: Heb. hearing\f*  
\v 10 And the \w speech|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, that \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 11 And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Because thou hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, and hast not \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* for thyself \w long|strong="H7227"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*; neither hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* for thyself, nor hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*; but hast \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* for thyself \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* to \w discern|strong="H8085"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*;\f + \fr 3.11 \ft long life: Heb. many days\f*\f + \fr 3.11 \ft discern: Heb. hear\f*  
\v 12 Behold, I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* according to thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: lo, I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* thee a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* and an \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; so that there was none like thee \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, neither \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee shall any \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* like unto thee.  
\v 13 And I have also \w given|strong="H5414"\w* thee that which thou hast not \w asked|strong="H7592"\w*, both \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, and \w honour|strong="H3519"\w*: so that there shall not be \w any|strong="H0376"\w* among the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* like unto thee all thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 3.13 \ft shall…: or, hath not been\f*  
\v 14 And if thou wilt \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* and my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, as thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* did \w walk|strong="H1980"\w*, then I will \w lengthen|strong="H0748"\w* thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w awoke|strong="H3364"\w*; and, behold, \add it was\add* a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*. And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and offered \w up|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H6213"\w* peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* to all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 ¶ Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* there \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \add that were\add* \w harlots|strong="H2181"\w*, unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 17 And the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w O|strong="H0994"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, I and this \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and I was delivered of a \w child|strong="H3205"\w* with her in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 18 And it came to pass the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* after that I was \w delivered|strong="H3205"\w*, that this \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* was \w delivered|strong="H3205"\w* also: and we \add were\add* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*; \add there was\add* no \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w* with us in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w save|strong="H2108"\w* we \w two|strong="H8147"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 19 And this \w woman’s|strong="H0802"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*; because she \w overlaid|strong="H7901"\w* it.  
\v 20 And she \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* at \w midnight|strong="H8432"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* from \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* me, while thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* \w slept|strong="H3463"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* it in her \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* her \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* in my \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*.  
\v 21 And when I \w rose|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* to give my \w child|strong="H1121"\w* \w suck|strong="H3243"\w*, behold, it was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: but when I had \w considered|strong="H0995"\w* it in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, behold, it was not my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, which I did \w bear|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\v 22 And the \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay; but the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \add is\add* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \add is\add* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And this \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, No; but the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \add is\add* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \add is\add* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. Thus they \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 23 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, The \w one|strong="H2063"\w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, This \add is\add* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* that \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add is\add* the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: and the \w other|strong="H2063"\w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, Nay; but thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add is\add* the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add is\add* the \w living|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 24 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* me a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. And they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 25 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Divide|strong="H1504"\w* the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w* in \w two|strong="H8147"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* to the \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, and \w half|strong="H2677"\w* to the \w other|strong="H0259"\w*.  
\v 26 Then \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* whose the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w child|strong="H1121"\w* \add was\add* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, for her \w bowels|strong="H7356"\w* \w yearned|strong="H3648"\w* upon her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w O|strong="H0994"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* her the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w child|strong="H3205"\w*, and in no \w wise|strong="H4191"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* it. But the other \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let it be neither mine nor thine, \add but\add* \w divide|strong="H1504"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 3.26 \ft yearned: Heb. were hot\f*  
\v 27 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* her the \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w child|strong="H3205"\w*, and in no \w wise|strong="H4191"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* it: she \add is\add* the \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* thereof.  
\v 28 And all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of the \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* which the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w judged|strong="H8199"\w*; and they \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* the \w king|strong="H6440"\w*: for they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \add was\add* in \w him|strong="H7130"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.\f + \fr 3.28 \ft in him: Heb. in the midst of him\f*   
\c 4  
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\v 1 So \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* was \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 2 And these \add were\add* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* which he had; \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*,\f + \fr 4.2 \ft priest: or, chief officer\f*  
\v 3 \w Elihoreph|strong="H0456"\w* and \w Ahiah|strong="H0281"\w*, the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shisha|strong="H7894"\w*, \w scribes|strong="H5608"\w*; \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w*, the \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*.\f + \fr 4.3 \ft scribes: or, secretaries\f*\f + \fr 4.3 \ft recorder: or, remembrancer\f*  
\v 4 And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \add was\add* over the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*: and \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \add were\add* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*:  
\v 5 And \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \add was\add* over the \w officers|strong="H5324"\w*: and \w Zabud|strong="H2071"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \add was\add* principal \w officer|strong="H3548"\w*, \add and\add* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w friend|strong="H7463"\w*:  
\v 6 And \w Ahishar|strong="H0301"\w* \add was\add* over the \w household|strong="H1004"\w*: and \w Adoniram|strong="H0141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abda|strong="H5653"\w* \add was\add* over the \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w*.\f + \fr 4.6 \ft tribute: or, levy\f*   
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\v 7 ¶ And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w officers|strong="H5324"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which provided \w victuals|strong="H3557"\w* for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*: each \w man|strong="H0259"\w* his \w month|strong="H2320"\w* in a \w year|strong="H8141"\w* made \w provision|strong="H3557"\w*.  
\v 8 And these \add are\add* their \w names|strong="H8034"\w*: The son of \w Hur|strong="H1133"\w*, in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*:\f + \fr 4.8 \ft The son…: or, Ben-hur\f*  
\v 9 The son of \w Dekar|strong="H1128"\w*, in \w Makaz|strong="H4739"\w*, and in \w Shaalbim|strong="H8169"\w*, and \w Beth-shemesh|strong="H1053"\w*, and \w Elon-beth-hanan|strong="H0358"\w*:\f + \fr 4.9 \ft The son…: or, Ben-dekar\f*  
\v 10 The son of \w Hesed|strong="H1136"\w*, in \w Aruboth|strong="H0700"\w*; to him \add pertained\add* \w Sochoh|strong="H7755"\w*, and all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Hepher|strong="H2660"\w*:\f + \fr 4.10 \ft The son…: or, Ben-hesed\f*  
\v 11 The son of \w Abinadab|strong="H1125"\w*, in all the \w region|strong="H5299"\w* of \w Dor|strong="H1756"\w*; which had \w Taphath|strong="H2955"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*:\f + \fr 4.11 \ft The son…: or, Ben-abinadab\f*  
\v 12 \w Baana|strong="H1195"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w*; \add to him pertained\add* \w Taanach|strong="H8590"\w* and \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, and all \w Beth-shean|strong="H1052"\w*, which \add is\add* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* \w Zartanah|strong="H6891"\w* beneath \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, from \w Beth-shean|strong="H1052"\w* to \w Abel-meholah|strong="H0065"\w*, \add even\add* unto \add the place that is\add* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w Jokneam|strong="H3361"\w*:  
\v 13 The son of \w Geber|strong="H1127"\w*, in \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H1568"\w*; to him \add pertained\add* the \w towns|strong="H2333"\w* of \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, which \add are\add* in \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*; to him \add also pertained\add* the \w region|strong="H2256"\w* of \w Argob|strong="H0709"\w*, which \add is\add* in \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*, \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* with \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* and \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*:\f + \fr 4.13 \ft The son…: or, Ben-geber\f*  
\v 14 \w Ahinadab|strong="H0292"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w* \add had\add* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*:\f + \fr 4.14 \ft Mahanaim: or, to Mahanaim\f*  
\v 15 \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \add was\add* in \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*; he also \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Basmath|strong="H1315"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*:  
\v 16 \w Baanah|strong="H1195"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \add was\add* in \w Asher|strong="H0836"\w* and in \w Aloth|strong="H1175"\w*:  
\v 17 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Paruah|strong="H6515"\w*, in \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*:  
\v 18 \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0414"\w*, in \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*:  
\v 19 \w Geber|strong="H1398"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Uri|strong="H0221"\w* \add was\add* in the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \add in\add* the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, and of \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*; and \add he was\add* the \w only|strong="H0259"\w* \w officer|strong="H5333"\w* which \add was\add* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.   
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\v 20 ¶ \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add were\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* which \add is\add* by the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* in \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*, \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*, and making \w merry|strong="H8056"\w*.  
\v 21 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4910"\w* over all \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* from the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* unto the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and unto the \w border|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*: they \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w presents|strong="H4503"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.   
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\v 22 ¶ And \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w provision|strong="H3899"\w* for \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* was \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w measures|strong="H3734"\w* of fine \w flour|strong="H5560"\w*, and \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* \w measures|strong="H3734"\w* of \w meal|strong="H7058"\w*,\f + \fr 4.22 \ft provision: Heb. bread\f*\f + \fr 4.22 \ft measures: Heb. cors\f*  
\v 23 \w Ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w fat|strong="H1277"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* out of the \w pastures|strong="H7471"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, beside \w harts|strong="H0354"\w*, and \w roebucks|strong="H6643"\w*, and \w fallowdeer|strong="H3180"\w*, and \w fatted|strong="H0075"\w* \w fowl|strong="H1257"\w*.  
\v 24 For he had \w dominion|strong="H7287"\w* over all \add the region\add* on this \w side|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, from \w Tiphsah|strong="H8607"\w* even to \w Azzah|strong="H5804"\w*, over all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* on this \w side|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*: and he had \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* on all \w sides|strong="H5650"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him.  
\v 25 And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w safely|strong="H0983"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* under his \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* and under his fig \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*, from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.\f + \fr 4.25 \ft safely: Heb. confidently\f*   
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\v 26 ¶ And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w stalls|strong="H0723"\w* of \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* for his \w chariots|strong="H4817"\w*, and \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*.  
\v 27 And those \w officers|strong="H5324"\w* provided \w victual|strong="H3557"\w* for \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and for all that \w came|strong="H7131"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in his \w month|strong="H2320"\w*: they \w lacked|strong="H5737"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Barley|strong="H8184"\w* also and \w straw|strong="H8401"\w* for the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w dromedaries|strong="H7409"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* they unto the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where \add the officers\add* were, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* according to his \w charge|strong="H4941"\w*.\f + \fr 4.28 \ft dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts\f*   
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\v 29 ¶ And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* and \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w*, and \w largeness|strong="H7341"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, even as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* that \add is\add* on the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w shore|strong="H8193"\w*.  
\v 30 And \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* \w excelled|strong="H7235"\w* the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the east \w country|strong="H6924"\w*, and all the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 31 For he was \w wiser|strong="H2449"\w* than all \w men|strong="H0120"\w*; than \w Ethan|strong="H0387"\w* the \w Ezrahite|strong="H0250"\w*, and \w Heman|strong="H1968"\w*, and \w Chalcol|strong="H3633"\w*, and \w Darda|strong="H1862"\w*, the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Mahol|strong="H4235"\w*: and his \w fame|strong="H8034"\w* was in all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.  
\v 32 And he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w proverbs|strong="H4912"\w*: and his \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* were a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w*.  
\v 33 And he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* of \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, from the cedar \w tree|strong="H0730"\w* that \add is\add* in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* even unto the \w hyssop|strong="H0231"\w* that springeth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*: he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* also of \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*, and of \w fowl|strong="H5775"\w*, and of creeping \w things|strong="H7431"\w*, and of \w fishes|strong="H1709"\w*.  
\v 34 And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* of all \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, from all \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, which had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of his \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.   
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\v 1 And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*; for he had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that they had \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* him \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in the room of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: for \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* was \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* a \w lover|strong="H0157"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.\f + \fr 5.1 \ft Hiram: also called, Huram\f*  
\v 2 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 3 Thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* how that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* the \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* which were about him on every \w side|strong="H5437"\w*, until the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* them under the \w soles|strong="H3709"\w* of his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.  
\v 4 But now the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath given me \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*, \add so that there is\add* neither \w adversary|strong="H7854"\w* nor \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w occurrent|strong="H6294"\w*.  
\v 5 And, behold, I \w purpose|strong="H0559"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whom I will \w set|strong="H5414"\w* upon thy \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* in thy room, he shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.\f + \fr 5.5 \ft purpose: Heb. say\f*  
\v 6 Now therefore \w command|strong="H6680"\w* thou that they \w hew|strong="H3772"\w* me cedar \w trees|strong="H0730"\w* out of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*; and my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* shall be with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: and unto thee will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w hire|strong="H7939"\w* for thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* according to all that thou shalt \w appoint|strong="H0559"\w*: for thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* that \add there is\add* not among us \w any|strong="H0376"\w* that can \w skill|strong="H3045"\w* to \w hew|strong="H3772"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* like unto the \w Sidonians|strong="H6722"\w*.\f + \fr 5.6 \ft appoint: Heb. say\f*   
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\v 7 ¶ And it came to pass, when \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, that he \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, which hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* over this \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 8 And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w considered|strong="H8085"\w* the things which thou \w sentest|strong="H7971"\w* to me for: \add and\add* I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all thy \w desire|strong="H2656"\w* concerning \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*, and concerning \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* of \w fir|strong="H1265"\w*.\f + \fr 5.8 \ft considered: Heb. heard\f*  
\v 9 My \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* shall bring \add them\add* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* unto the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*: and I will \w convey|strong="H7760"\w* them by \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* in \w floats|strong="H1702"\w* unto the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* that thou shalt \w appoint|strong="H7971"\w* me, and will cause them to be \w discharged|strong="H5310"\w* there, and thou shalt \w receive|strong="H5375"\w* \add them:\add* and thou shalt \w accomplish|strong="H6213"\w* my \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*, in \w giving|strong="H5414"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* for my \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 5.9 \ft appoint: Heb. send\f*   
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\v 10 So \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* and \w fir|strong="H1265"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \add according to\add* all his \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*.  
\v 11 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w measures|strong="H3734"\w* of \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \add for\add* \w food|strong="H4361"\w* to his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w measures|strong="H3734"\w* of \w pure|strong="H3795"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*: thus \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* to \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* by \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.\f + \fr 5.11 \ft measures: Heb. cors\f*  
\v 12 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, as he \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* him: and there was \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* between \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* and \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*; and they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w league|strong="H1285"\w* \w together|strong="H8147"\w*.   
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\v 13 ¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w raised|strong="H5927"\w* a \w levy|strong="H4522"\w* out of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and the \w levy|strong="H4522"\w* was \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 5.13 \ft levy: Heb. tribute of men\f*  
\v 14 And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them to \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* a \w month|strong="H2320"\w* by \w courses|strong="H2487"\w*: a \w month|strong="H2320"\w* they were in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, \add and\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* at \w home|strong="H1004"\w*: and \w Adoniram|strong="H0141"\w* \add was\add* over the \w levy|strong="H4522"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had threescore and \w ten|strong="H7657"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* \w burdens|strong="H5449"\w*, and \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w hewers|strong="H2672"\w* in the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*;  
\v 16 Beside the \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w officers|strong="H5324"\w* which \add were\add* over the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, which \w ruled|strong="H7287"\w* over the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.  
\v 17 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*, and they \w brought|strong="H5265"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, \w costly|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, \add and\add* \w hewed|strong="H1496"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, to lay the \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 18 And \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w builders|strong="H1129"\w* and \w Hiram’s|strong="H2438"\w* \w builders|strong="H1129"\w* did \w hew|strong="H6458"\w* \add them\add*, and the \w stonesquarers|strong="H1382"\w*: so they \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* and \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 5.18 \ft stonesquarers: or, Giblites\f*   
\c 6  
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\v 1 And it came to pass in the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w eightieth|strong="H8084"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* after the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, in the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, in the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Zif|strong="H2099"\w*, which \add is\add* the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, that he began to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 6.1 \ft began…: Heb. built\f*  
\v 2 And the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \w length|strong="H0753"\w* thereof \add was\add* \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* thereof \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \add cubits\add*, and the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* thereof \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.  
\v 3 And the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \add was\add* the \w length|strong="H0753"\w* thereof, according to the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \add and\add* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \add was\add* the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* thereof before the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 4 And for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w windows|strong="H2474"\w* of \w narrow|strong="H0331"\w* \w lights|strong="H8261"\w*.\f + \fr 6.4 \ft of…: or, broad within, and narrow without: or, skewed and closed\f*   
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\v 5 ¶ And against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w chambers|strong="H3326"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, \add against\add* the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, \add both\add* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* and of the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w*: and he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w chambers|strong="H6763"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*:\f + \fr 6.5 \ft against the wall: or, upon, or, joining to the wall\f*\f + \fr 6.5 \ft built chambers: Heb. built floors\f*\f + \fr 6.5 \ft made chambers: Heb. made ribs\f*  
\v 6 The \w nethermost|strong="H8481"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3326"\w* \add was\add* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w broad|strong="H7341"\w*, and the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \add was\add* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w broad|strong="H7341"\w*, and the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \add was\add* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w broad|strong="H7341"\w*: for without \add in the wall\add* \w of|strong="H2351"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* he \w made|strong="H5414"\w* narrowed \w rests|strong="H4052"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, that \add the beams\add* should not be \w fastened|strong="H0270"\w* in the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 6.6 \ft narrowed…: Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements\f*  
\v 7 And the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, when it was in \w building|strong="H1129"\w*, was \w built|strong="H1129"\w* of \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* made \w ready|strong="H8003"\w* before it was \w brought|strong="H4551"\w* thither: so that there was neither \w hammer|strong="H4717"\w* nor \w axe|strong="H1631"\w* \add nor\add* any \w tool|strong="H3627"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, while it was in \w building|strong="H1129"\w*.  
\v 8 The \w door|strong="H6607"\w* for the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \w chamber|strong="H6763"\w* \add was\add* in the \w right|strong="H3233"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with winding \w stairs|strong="H3883"\w* into the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* \add chamber\add*, and out of the \w middle|strong="H8484"\w* into the \w third|strong="H7992"\w*.\f + \fr 6.8 \ft side: Heb. shoulder\f*  
\v 9 So he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* it; and \w covered|strong="H5603"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with \w beams|strong="H1356"\w* and \w boards|strong="H7713"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*.\f + \fr 6.9 \ft with…: or, the vaultbeams and the panellings with cedar\f*  
\v 10 And \add then\add* he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w chambers|strong="H3326"\w* against all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*: and they \w rested|strong="H0270"\w* on the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \add with\add* \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*.   
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\v 11 ¶ And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 12 \add Concerning\add* this \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which thou art in \w building|strong="H1129"\w*, if thou wilt \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, and \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* all my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in them; then will I \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* my \w word|strong="H1697"\w* with thee, which I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*:  
\v 13 And I will \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and will not \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 14 So \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* it.   
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\v 15 And he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H1004"\w* with \w boards|strong="H6763"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*, both the \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w cieling|strong="H5604"\w*: \add and\add* he \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* \add them\add* on the \w inside|strong="H1004"\w* with \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* the \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with \w planks|strong="H6763"\w* of \w fir|strong="H1265"\w*.\f + \fr 6.15 \ft both…: or, from the floor of the house unto the walls, etc\f*  
\v 16 And he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* on the \w sides|strong="H3411"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w both|strong="H4480"\w* the \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* and the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* with \w boards|strong="H6763"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*: he even \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \add them\add* for it \w within|strong="H1004"\w*, \add even\add* for the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w*, \add even\add* for the \w most|strong="H6944"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \add place\add*.  
\v 17 And the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that \add is\add*, the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w before|strong="H3942"\w* it, was \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \add long\add*.  
\v 18 And the \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H6441"\w* \add was\add* \w carved|strong="H4734"\w* with \w knops|strong="H6497"\w* and \w open|strong="H6362"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6731"\w*: all \add was\add* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*; there was no \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*.\f + \fr 6.18 \ft knops: or, gourds\f*\f + \fr 6.18 \ft open: Heb. openings of\f*  
\v 19 And the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* he \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H6441"\w*, to \w set|strong="H5414"\w* there the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 20 And the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* in the \w forepart|strong="H6440"\w* \add was\add* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* in \w length|strong="H0753"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* in \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* in the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* thereof: and he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* it with \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; and \add so\add* \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \add which was of\add* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*.\f + \fr 6.20 \ft pure: Heb. shut up\f*  
\v 21 So \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w within|strong="H6441"\w* with \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*: and he made a \w partition|strong="H5674"\w* by the \w chains|strong="H7572"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w*; and he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* it with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 22 And the whole \w house|strong="H1004"\w* he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, until he had \w finished|strong="H8552"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: also the whole \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that \add was\add* by the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.   
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\v 23 ¶ And within the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* \add of\add* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, \add each\add* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*.\f + \fr 6.23 \ft olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil\f*  
\v 24 And \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \add was\add* the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*: from the uttermost \w part|strong="H7098"\w* of the one \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* unto the uttermost \w part|strong="H7098"\w* of the \w other|strong="H3671"\w* \add were\add* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.  
\v 25 And the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w* \add was\add* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*: \w both|strong="H8147"\w* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* \add were\add* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w measure|strong="H4060"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w size|strong="H7095"\w*.  
\v 26 The \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w* \add was\add* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and so \add was it\add* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*.  
\v 27 And he \w set|strong="H5414"\w* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and they stretched \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* the \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, so that the \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* the \add one\add* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and the \w wing|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*; and their \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w one|strong="H3671"\w* \w another|strong="H3671"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 6.27 \ft they…: or, the cherubims stretched forth their wings\f*  
\v 28 And he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 29 And he \w carved|strong="H7049"\w* all the \w walls|strong="H7023"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* round \w about|strong="H4524"\w* with \w carved|strong="H6603"\w* \w figures|strong="H4734"\w* of \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* and palm \w trees|strong="H8561"\w* and \w open|strong="H6362"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6731"\w*, \w within|strong="H6441"\w* and \w without|strong="H2435"\w*.\f + \fr 6.29 \ft open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers\f*  
\v 30 And the \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* he \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w within|strong="H6441"\w* and \w without|strong="H2435"\w*.   
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\v 31 ¶ And for the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \add of\add* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*: the \w lintel|strong="H0352"\w* \add and\add* side \w posts|strong="H4201"\w* \add were\add* a fifth \w part|strong="H2549"\w* \add of the wall\add*.\f + \fr 6.31 \ft a fifth…: or, fivesquare\f*  
\v 32 The \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* also \add were of\add* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*; and he \w carved|strong="H7049"\w* upon them \w carvings|strong="H4734"\w* of \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* and palm \w trees|strong="H8561"\w* and \w open|strong="H6362"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6731"\w*, and \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* \add them\add* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H7286"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* upon the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, and upon the palm \w trees|strong="H8561"\w*.\f + \fr 6.32 \ft two…: or, leaves of the doors\f*\f + \fr 6.32 \ft open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers\f*  
\v 33 So also \w made|strong="H6213"\w* he for the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w posts|strong="H4201"\w* \add of\add* \w olive|strong="H8081"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, a fourth \w part|strong="H7243"\w* \add of the wall\add*.\f + \fr 6.33 \ft a fourth…: or, foursquare\f*  
\v 34 And the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \add were of\add* \w fir|strong="H1265"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*: the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w leaves|strong="H6763"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \add were\add* \w folding|strong="H1550"\w*, and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w leaves|strong="H7050"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \add were\add* \w folding|strong="H1550"\w*.  
\v 35 And he \w carved|strong="H7049"\w* \add thereon\add* \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* and palm \w trees|strong="H8561"\w* and \w open|strong="H6362"\w* \w flowers|strong="H6731"\w*: and \w covered|strong="H6823"\w* \add them\add* with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w fitted|strong="H3474"\w* upon the carved \w work|strong="H2707"\w*.   
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\v 36 ¶ And he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* with \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* of hewed \w stone|strong="H1496"\w*, and a \w row|strong="H2905"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w beams|strong="H3773"\w*.   
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\v 37 ¶ In the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* was the \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w laid|strong="H3245"\w*, in the \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w Zif|strong="H2099"\w*:  
\v 38 And in the \w eleventh|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, in the \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w Bul|strong="H0945"\w*, which \add is\add* the \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, was the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* throughout all the \w parts|strong="H1697"\w* thereof, and according to all the \w fashion|strong="H4941"\w* of it. So was he \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w building|strong="H1129"\w* it.\f + \fr 6.38 \ft throughout…: or, with all the parts thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof\f*   
\c 7  
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\v 1 But \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* was \w building|strong="H1129"\w* his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w thirteen|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, and he \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* all his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 2 ¶ He \w built|strong="H1129"\w* also the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*; the \w length|strong="H0753"\w* thereof \add was\add* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* thereof \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* thereof \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, upon \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, with \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w beams|strong="H3773"\w* upon the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*.  
\v 3 And \add it was\add* \w covered|strong="H5603"\w* with \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* upon the \w beams|strong="H6763"\w*, that \add lay\add* on \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, \w fifteen|strong="H6240"\w* \add in\add* a \w row|strong="H2905"\w*.\f + \fr 7.3 \ft beams: Heb. ribs\f*  
\v 4 And \add there were\add* \w windows|strong="H8261"\w* \add in\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w*, and \w light|strong="H4237"\w* \add was\add* against \w light|strong="H4237"\w* \add in\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w ranks|strong="H6471"\w*.\f + \fr 7.4 \ft light was…: Heb. sight against sight\f*  
\v 5 And all the \w doors|strong="H6607"\w* and \w posts|strong="H4201"\w* \add were\add* \w square|strong="H7251"\w*, with the \w windows|strong="H8260"\w*: and \w light|strong="H4237"\w* \add was\add* \w against|strong="H4136"\w* \w light|strong="H4237"\w* \add in\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w ranks|strong="H6471"\w*.\f + \fr 7.5 \ft doors…: or, spaces and pillars were square in prospect\f*   
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\v 6 ¶ And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* of \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*; the \w length|strong="H0753"\w* thereof \add was\add* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* thereof \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*: and the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* \add was\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them: and the \add other\add* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* and the thick \w beam|strong="H5646"\w* \add were\add* before them.\f + \fr 7.6 \ft before them: or, according to them\f*   
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\v 7 ¶ Then he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* for the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* where he might \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*, \add even\add* the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*: and \add it was\add* \w covered|strong="H5603"\w* with \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* from one side of the \w floor|strong="H7172"\w* to the \w other|strong="H7172"\w*.\f + \fr 7.7 \ft from…: Heb. from floor to floor\f*   
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\v 8 ¶ And his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* where he \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \add had\add* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w within|strong="H1004"\w* the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w*, \add which\add* was of the like \w work|strong="H4639"\w*. \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* also an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, whom he had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \add to wife\add*, like unto this \w porch|strong="H0197"\w*.  
\v 9 All these \add were of\add* \w costly|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, according to the \w measures|strong="H4060"\w* of hewed \w stones|strong="H1496"\w*, \w sawed|strong="H1641"\w* with \w saws|strong="H4050"\w*, \w within|strong="H1004"\w* and \w without|strong="H2351"\w*, even from the \w foundation|strong="H4527"\w* unto the \w coping|strong="H2947"\w*, and \add so\add* on the \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* toward the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*.  
\v 10 And the \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* \add was of\add* \w costly|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, even \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.  
\v 11 And \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \add were\add* \w costly|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, after the \w measures|strong="H4060"\w* of hewed \w stones|strong="H1496"\w*, and \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w*.  
\v 12 And the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \add was\add* with \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* of hewed \w stones|strong="H1496"\w*, and a \w row|strong="H2905"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w beams|strong="H3773"\w*, both for the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and for the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 13 ¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* out of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*.\f + \fr 7.13 \ft Hiram: also called, Huram\f*  
\v 14 He \add was\add* a \w widow’s|strong="H0802"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w tribe|strong="H4294"\w* of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*, and his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \add was\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6876"\w*, a \w worker|strong="H2790"\w* in \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*: and he was \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* with \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*, and \w cunning|strong="H1847"\w* to \w work|strong="H6213"\w* all \w works|strong="H4399"\w* in \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*. And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* all his \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.\f + \fr 7.14 \ft a widow’s…: Heb. the son of a widow woman\f*  
\v 15 For he \w cast|strong="H6696"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*, of \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w* \w apiece|strong="H5982"\w*: and a \w line|strong="H2339"\w* of \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* did \w compass|strong="H5437"\w* \w either|strong="H8145"\w* of them \w about|strong="H5437"\w*.\f + \fr 7.15 \ft cast: Heb. fashioned\f*  
\v 16 And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* \add of\add* \w molten|strong="H3332"\w* \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*, to \w set|strong="H5414"\w* upon the \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*: the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* \add was\add* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*, and the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* \add was\add* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*:  
\v 17 \add And\add* \w nets|strong="H7638"\w* of \w checker|strong="H7639"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*, and \w wreaths|strong="H1434"\w* of \w chain|strong="H8333"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*, for the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* which \add were\add* upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*; \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* for the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w*, and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* for the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w*.  
\v 18 And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* upon the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w*, to \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* that \add were\add* upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w*, with \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w*: and so \w did|strong="H6213"\w* he for the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w*.  
\v 19 And the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* that \add were\add* upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \add were\add* of \w lily|strong="H7799"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* in the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*.  
\v 20 And the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* upon the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \add had pomegranates\add* also \w above|strong="H4605"\w*, over \w against|strong="H5980"\w* the \w belly|strong="H0990"\w* which \add was\add* \w by|strong="H5676"\w* the \w network|strong="H7639"\w*: and the \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* \add were\add* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* in \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* upon the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w*.  
\v 21 And he set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* in the \w porch|strong="H0197"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*: and he set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w right|strong="H3233"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* thereof \w Jachin|strong="H3199"\w*: and he set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w left|strong="H8042"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* thereof \w Boaz|strong="H1162"\w*.\f + \fr 7.21 \ft Jachin: that is, He shall establish\f*\f + \fr 7.21 \ft Boaz: that is, In it is strength\f*  
\v 22 And upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \add was\add* \w lily|strong="H7799"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*: so was the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* \w finished|strong="H8552"\w*.   
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\v 23 ¶ And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w molten|strong="H3332"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* from the one \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* to the \w other|strong="H8193"\w*: \add it was\add* \w round|strong="H5696"\w* all \w about|strong="H5439"\w*, and his \w height|strong="H6967"\w* \add was\add* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*: and a \w line|strong="H6957"\w* of \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* did \w compass|strong="H5437"\w* it round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.\f + \fr 7.23 \ft from…: Heb. from his brim to his brim\f*  
\v 24 And under the \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* of it round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \add there were\add* \w knops|strong="H6497"\w* \w compassing|strong="H5437"\w* it, \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* in a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w*, \w compassing|strong="H5362"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*: the \w knops|strong="H6497"\w* \add were\add* \w cast|strong="H3333"\w* in \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w*, when it was \w cast|strong="H3332"\w*.  
\v 25 It \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* upon \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w looking|strong="H6437"\w* toward the \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w looking|strong="H6437"\w* toward the \w west|strong="H3220"\w*, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w looking|strong="H6437"\w* toward the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w looking|strong="H6437"\w* toward the \w east|strong="H4217"\w*: and the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \add was set\add* \w above|strong="H4605"\w* upon them, and all their hinder \w parts|strong="H0268"\w* \add were\add* \w inward|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 26 And it \add was\add* an hand \w breadth|strong="H2947"\w* \w thick|strong="H5672"\w*, and the \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* thereof was \w wrought|strong="H4639"\w* like the \w brim|strong="H8193"\w* of a \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*, with \w flowers|strong="H6525"\w* of \w lilies|strong="H7799"\w*: it \w contained|strong="H3557"\w* two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w baths|strong="H1324"\w*.   
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\v 27 ¶ And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*; \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \add was\add* the \w length|strong="H0753"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w base|strong="H4350"\w*, and \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* the \w breadth|strong="H7341"\w* thereof, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of it.  
\v 28 And the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w* \add was\add* on this \add manner:\add* they had \w borders|strong="H4526"\w*, and the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* \add were\add* between the \w ledges|strong="H7948"\w*:  
\v 29 And on the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* that \add were\add* between the \w ledges|strong="H7948"\w* \add were\add* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*, \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*: and upon the \w ledges|strong="H7948"\w* \add there was\add* a \w base|strong="H3653"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*: and beneath the \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \add were\add* certain \w additions|strong="H3914"\w* made of \w thin|strong="H4174"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w*.  
\v 30 And \w every|strong="H0259"\w* \w base|strong="H4350"\w* had \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*, and \w plates|strong="H5633"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*: and the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w corners|strong="H6471"\w* thereof had \w undersetters|strong="H3802"\w*: under the \w laver|strong="H3595"\w* \add were\add* \w undersetters|strong="H3802"\w* \w molten|strong="H3332"\w*, at the \w side|strong="H5676"\w* of \w every|strong="H0376"\w* \w addition|strong="H3914"\w*.  
\v 31 And the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of it \w within|strong="H1004"\w* the \w chapiter|strong="H3805"\w* and \w above|strong="H4605"\w* \add was\add* a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w*: but the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* thereof \add was\add* \w round|strong="H5696"\w* \add after\add* the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w base|strong="H3653"\w*, a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w* and an \w half|strong="H2677"\w*: and also upon the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of it \add were\add* \w gravings|strong="H4734"\w* with their \w borders|strong="H4526"\w*, \w foursquare|strong="H7251"\w*, not \w round|strong="H5696"\w*.  
\v 32 And \w under|strong="H8478"\w* the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* \add were\add* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w*; and the \w axletrees|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \add were joined\add* to the \w base|strong="H4350"\w*: and the \w height|strong="H6967"\w* of \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w* \add was\add* a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w* and \w half|strong="H2677"\w* a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w*.\f + \fr 7.32 \ft joined…: Heb. in the base\f*  
\v 33 And the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of the \w wheels|strong="H0212"\w* \add was\add* like the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of a \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w wheel|strong="H0212"\w*: their \w axletrees|strong="H3027"\w*, and their \w naves|strong="H1354"\w*, and their \w felloes|strong="H2839"\w*, and their \w spokes|strong="H2840"\w*, \add were\add* all \w molten|strong="H3332"\w*.  
\v 34 And \add there were\add* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w undersetters|strong="H3802"\w* to the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w corners|strong="H6438"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w base|strong="H4350"\w*: \add and\add* the \w undersetters|strong="H3802"\w* \add were\add* of the very \w base|strong="H4350"\w* itself.  
\v 35 And in the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w base|strong="H4350"\w* \add was there\add* a \w round|strong="H5696"\w* \w compass|strong="H5439"\w* of \w half|strong="H2677"\w* a \w cubit|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H6967"\w*: and on the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w base|strong="H4350"\w* the \w ledges|strong="H3027"\w* thereof and the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* thereof \add were\add* of the same.  
\v 36 For on the \w plates|strong="H3871"\w* of the \w ledges|strong="H3027"\w* thereof, and on the \w borders|strong="H4526"\w* thereof, he \w graved|strong="H6605"\w* \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*, \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*, and palm \w trees|strong="H8561"\w*, according to the \w proportion|strong="H4626"\w* of every \w one|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w additions|strong="H3914"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*.\f + \fr 7.36 \ft proportion: Heb. nakedness\f*  
\v 37 After this \add manner\add* he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*: all of them had \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w casting|strong="H4165"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w measure|strong="H4060"\w*, \add and\add* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w size|strong="H7095"\w*.   
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\v 38 ¶ Then \w made|strong="H6213"\w* he \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w lavers|strong="H3595"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*: \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w laver|strong="H3595"\w* \w contained|strong="H3557"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w baths|strong="H1324"\w*: \add and\add* \w every|strong="H0259"\w* \w laver|strong="H3595"\w* was \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*: \add and\add* upon every \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w laver|strong="H3595"\w*.  
\v 39 And he \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w* on the \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* on the \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and he \w set|strong="H5414"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* on the \w right|strong="H3233"\w* \w side|strong="H3802"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w eastward|strong="H6924"\w* over \w against|strong="H4136"\w* the \w south|strong="H5045"\w*.\f + \fr 7.39 \ft side: Heb. shoulder\f*   
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\v 40 ¶ And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w lavers|strong="H3595"\w*, and the \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w*, and the \w basons|strong="H4219"\w*. So \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w made|strong="H3615"\w* an end of \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* all the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* that he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*:\f + \fr 7.40 \ft And Hiram: Heb. And Hirom\f*  
\v 41 The \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*, and the \add two\add* \w bowls|strong="H1543"\w* of the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* that \add were\add* on the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*; and the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w networks|strong="H7639"\w*, to \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bowls|strong="H1543"\w* of the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* which \add were\add* upon the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*;  
\v 42 And \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* for the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w networks|strong="H7639"\w*, \add even\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w rows|strong="H2905"\w* of \w pomegranates|strong="H7416"\w* for \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w network|strong="H7639"\w*, to \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bowls|strong="H1543"\w* of the \w chapiters|strong="H3805"\w* that \add were\add* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w*;\f + \fr 7.42 \ft upon…: Heb. upon the face of the pillars\f*  
\v 43 And the \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*, and \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w lavers|strong="H3595"\w* on the \w bases|strong="H4350"\w*;  
\v 44 And \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* under the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*;  
\v 45 And the \w pots|strong="H5518"\w*, and the \w shovels|strong="H3257"\w*, and the \w basons|strong="H4219"\w*: and all these \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, which \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add were of\add* \w bright|strong="H4178"\w* \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*.\f + \fr 7.45 \ft bright: Heb. made bright or, scoured\f*  
\v 46 In the \w plain|strong="H3603"\w* of \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w cast|strong="H3332"\w* them, in the \w clay|strong="H4568"\w* \w ground|strong="H0127"\w* between \w Succoth|strong="H5523"\w* and \w Zarthan|strong="H6891"\w*.\f + \fr 7.46 \ft in…: Heb. in the thickness of the ground\f*  
\v 47 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w left|strong="H3240"\w* all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \add unweighed\add*, because they were \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w*: neither was the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* of the \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* found \w out|strong="H2713"\w*.\f + \fr 7.47 \ft because…: Heb. for the exceeding multitude\f*\f + \fr 7.47 \ft found: Heb. searched\f*   
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\v 48 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* that \add pertained\add* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and the \w table|strong="H7979"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, whereupon the \w shewbread|strong="H3899"\w* \add was\add*,  
\v 49 And the \w candlesticks|strong="H4501"\w* of \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* on the \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \add side\add*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* on the \w left|strong="H8040"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w*, with the \w flowers|strong="H6525"\w*, and the \w lamps|strong="H5216"\w*, and the \w tongs|strong="H4457"\w* \add of\add* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*,  
\v 50 And the \w bowls|strong="H5592"\w*, and the \w snuffers|strong="H4212"\w*, and the \w basons|strong="H4219"\w*, and the \w spoons|strong="H3709"\w*, and the \w censers|strong="H4289"\w* \add of\add* \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; and the \w hinges|strong="H6596"\w* \add of\add* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \add both\add* for the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w most|strong="H6944"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \add place, and\add* for the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \add to wit\add*, of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.\f + \fr 7.50 \ft censers: Heb. ash pans\f*  
\v 51 So was \w ended|strong="H7999"\w* all the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* that \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* brought \w in|strong="H0935"\w* the things which \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w*; \add even\add* the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, did he \w put|strong="H5414"\w* among the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 7.51 \ft things…: Heb. holy things of David\f*   
\c 8  
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\v 1 Then \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and all the \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H4294"\w*, the \w chief|strong="H5387"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that they might bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, which \add is\add* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.\f + \fr 8.1 \ft chief: Heb. princes\f*  
\v 2 And all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* themselves unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* at the \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* in the \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w Ethanim|strong="H0388"\w*, which \add is\add* the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*.  
\v 3 And all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* took \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*.  
\v 4 And they brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* of the \w congregation|strong="H4150"\w*, and all the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* that \add were\add* in the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w*, even those did the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 5 And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and all the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that were \w assembled|strong="H3259"\w* unto him, \add were\add* with him \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, \w sacrificing|strong="H2076"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* and \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, that could not be \w told|strong="H5608"\w* nor \w numbered|strong="H4487"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*.  
\v 6 And the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* brought \w in|strong="H0935"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* unto his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, into the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to the \w most|strong="H6944"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \add place, even\add* under the \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*.  
\v 7 For the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* spread \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* \add their\add* two \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* over the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, and the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w* \w covered|strong="H5526"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* and the \w staves|strong="H0905"\w* thereof \w above|strong="H4605"\w*.  
\v 8 And they drew \w out|strong="H0748"\w* the \w staves|strong="H0905"\w*, that the \w ends|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w staves|strong="H0905"\w* were seen \w out|strong="H7200"\w* in the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \add place\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w oracle|strong="H1687"\w*, and they were not \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*: and there they are unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 8.8 \ft ends: Heb. heads\f*\f + \fr 8.8 \ft holy…: or, ark\f*  
\v 9 \add There was\add* nothing in the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* \w save|strong="H7535"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w tables|strong="H3871"\w* of \w stone|strong="H0068"\w*, which \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* \w put|strong="H3240"\w* there at \w Horeb|strong="H2722"\w*, when the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \add a covenant\add* with the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when they came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.\f + \fr 8.9 \ft when the: or, where the\f*  
\v 10 And it came to pass, when the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* were come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \add place\add*, that the \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*,  
\v 11 So that the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* to \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*: for the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
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\v 12 ¶ Then \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* that he would \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in the thick \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w*.  
\v 13 I have \w surely|strong="H1129"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* thee an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to dwell \w in|strong="H2073"\w*, a settled \w place|strong="H4349"\w* for thee to abide \w in|strong="H3427"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 14 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: (and all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*;)  
\v 15 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* with his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and hath with his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w* \add it\add*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 16 Since the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that I brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, I \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* no \w city|strong="H5892"\w* out of all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* might be therein; but I \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to be over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 17 And it was in the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 18 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w Whereas|strong="H3282"\w* it was in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, thou didst \w well|strong="H2895"\w* that it was in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Nevertheless|strong="H7535"\w* thou shalt not \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; but thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* that shall come forth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of thy \w loins|strong="H2504"\w*, he shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* unto my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.  
\v 20 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* his \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*, and I am risen \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in the room of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*, and have \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 21 And I have \w set|strong="H7760"\w* there a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* for the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, wherein \add is\add* the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w made|strong="H3772"\w* with our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, when he brought them \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 22 ¶ And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in the presence \w of|strong="H5048"\w* all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and spread \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* toward \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*:  
\v 23 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add there is\add* no \w God|strong="H0430"\w* like thee, in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w above|strong="H4605"\w*, or on \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* beneath, who \w keepest|strong="H8104"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* and \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* that \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee with all their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*:  
\v 24 Who hast \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* with thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* that thou \w promisedst|strong="H1696"\w* him: thou \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* also with thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and hast \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w* \add it\add* with thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, as \add it is\add* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 25 Therefore now, \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* with thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* that thou \w promisedst|strong="H1696"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, There shall not \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* thee a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* to \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w so|strong="H7535"\w* that thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* take \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to their \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, that they \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me as thou hast \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me.\f + \fr 8.25 \ft fail…: Heb. be cut off unto thee a man from my sight\f*\f + \fr 8.25 \ft so that: Heb. only if\f*  
\v 26 And now, O \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, let thy \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, I pray thee, be \w verified|strong="H0539"\w*, which thou \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* unto thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 27 But will \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w indeed|strong="H0552"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*? behold, the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* of \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* cannot \w contain|strong="H3557"\w* thee; how much \w less|strong="H0637"\w* this \w house|strong="H1004"\w* that I have \w builded|strong="H1129"\w*?  
\v 28 Yet have thou \w respect|strong="H6437"\w* unto the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and to his \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w cry|strong="H7440"\w* and to the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*, which thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w prayeth|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*:  
\v 29 That thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* may be \w open|strong="H6605"\w* toward this \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* and \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \add even\add* toward the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of which thou hast \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w name|strong="H8034"\w* shall be there: that thou mayest \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* which thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* shall \w make|strong="H6419"\w* toward this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.\f + \fr 8.29 \ft toward this place: or, in this place\f*  
\v 30 And \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* thou to the \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, when they shall \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* toward this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*: and \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* thy \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*: and when thou \w hearest|strong="H8085"\w*, \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w*.\f + \fr 8.30 \ft toward this place: or, in this place\f*   
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\v 31 ¶ If any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w trespass|strong="H2398"\w* against his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, and an \w oath|strong="H0423"\w* be \w laid|strong="H5375"\w* upon him to cause him to \w swear|strong="H0422"\w*, and the \w oath|strong="H0423"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thine \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:\f + \fr 8.31 \ft and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him\f*  
\v 32 Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w condemning|strong="H7561"\w* the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; and \w justifying|strong="H6663"\w* the \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him according to his \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*.   
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\v 33 ¶ When thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be smitten \w down|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, because they have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, and shall turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to thee, and \w confess|strong="H3034"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w*, and make \w supplication|strong="H2603"\w* unto thee in this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:\f + \fr 8.33 \ft in: or, toward\f*  
\v 34 Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and bring them \w again|strong="H7725"\w* unto the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* which thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* unto their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.   
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\v 35 ¶ When \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* is shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w*, and there is no \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*, because they have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee; if they \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* toward this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and \w confess|strong="H3034"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from their \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*, when thou \w afflictest|strong="H6031"\w* them:  
\v 36 Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* the \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* of thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that thou \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* them the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* wherein they should \w walk|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* upon thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, which thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* for an \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*.   
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\v 37 ¶ If there be in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, if there be \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w*, \w blasting|strong="H7711"\w*, \w mildew|strong="H3420"\w*, \w locust|strong="H0697"\w*, \add or\add* if there be \w caterpiller|strong="H2625"\w*; if their \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w besiege|strong="H6887"\w* them in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of their \w cities|strong="H8179"\w*; whatsoever \w plague|strong="H5061"\w*, whatsoever \w sickness|strong="H4245"\w* \add there be;\add*\f + \fr 8.37 \ft cities: or, jurisdiction\f*  
\v 38 What \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* soever be \add made\add* by any \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, \add or\add* by all thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* the \w plague|strong="H5061"\w* of his own \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and spread \w forth|strong="H6566"\w* his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* toward this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:  
\v 39 Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* thy \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w place|strong="H4349"\w*, and \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* according to his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, whose \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w*; (for thou, \add even\add* thou only, \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* the \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* of all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*;)  
\v 40 That they may \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* thee all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* that they \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* which thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* unto our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 41 Moreover concerning a \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w*, that \add is\add* not of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, but cometh \w out|strong="H0935"\w* of a \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w for|strong="H4616"\w* thy \w name’s|strong="H8034"\w* sake;  
\v 42 (For they shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* of thy \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and of thy \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and of thy stretched \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*;) when he shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* toward this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;  
\v 43 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* thy \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w place|strong="H4349"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that the \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w* \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* to thee for: that all \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, to \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* thee, as \add do\add* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and that they may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which I have \w builded|strong="H1129"\w*, is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.\f + \fr 8.43 \ft this…: Heb. thy name is called upon this house\f*   
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\v 44 ¶ If thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against their \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, \w whithersoever|strong="H1870"\w* thou shalt \w send|strong="H7971"\w* them, and shall \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which thou hast \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, and \add toward\add* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* that I have \w built|strong="H1129"\w* for thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:\f + \fr 8.44 \ft toward the city: Heb. the way of the city\f*  
\v 45 Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* their \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and their \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w*, and \w maintain|strong="H6213"\w* their \w cause|strong="H4941"\w*.\f + \fr 8.45 \ft cause: or, right\f*  
\v 46 If they \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, (for \add there is\add* no \w man|strong="H0120"\w* that \w sinneth|strong="H2398"\w* not,) and thou be \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* with them, and \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them to the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, so that they carry them \w away|strong="H7617"\w* \w captives|strong="H7617"\w* \w unto|strong="H6440"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, \w far|strong="H7350"\w* or \w near|strong="H7138"\w*;  
\v 47 \add Yet\add* if they shall \w bethink|strong="H7725"\w* themselves in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* whither they were carried \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, and \w repent|strong="H7725"\w*, and make \w supplication|strong="H2603"\w* unto thee in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of them that carried them \w captives|strong="H7617"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and have done \w perversely|strong="H5753"\w*, we have committed \w wickedness|strong="H7561"\w*;\f + \fr 8.47 \ft bethink…: Heb. bring back to their heart\f*  
\v 48 And \add so\add* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto thee with all their \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and with all their \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, which led them away \w captive|strong="H7617"\w*, and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* unto thee \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* their \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, which thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* unto their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which thou hast \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which I have \w built|strong="H1129"\w* for thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:  
\v 49 Then \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou their \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and their \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* thy \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* \w place|strong="H4349"\w*, and \w maintain|strong="H6213"\w* their \w cause|strong="H4941"\w*,\f + \fr 8.49 \ft cause: or, right\f*  
\v 50 And \w forgive|strong="H5545"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee, and all their \w transgressions|strong="H6588"\w* wherein they have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* against thee, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them \w compassion|strong="H7356"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them who carried them \w captive|strong="H7617"\w*, that they may have \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* on them:  
\v 51 For they \add be\add* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and thine \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*, which thou broughtest \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, from the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w furnace|strong="H3564"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*:  
\v 52 That thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* may be \w open|strong="H6605"\w* unto the \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and unto the \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* of thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, to \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto them in all that they \w call|strong="H7121"\w* for unto thee.  
\v 53 For thou didst \w separate|strong="H0914"\w* them from among all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \add to be\add* thine \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*, as thou \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, when thou \w broughtest|strong="H3318"\w* our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*.   
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\v 54 And it was \add so\add*, that when \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w praying|strong="H6419"\w* all this \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, from \w kneeling|strong="H3766"\w* on his \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* with his \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* spread \w up|strong="H6566"\w* to \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\v 55 And he \w stood|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 56 \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that hath \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w rest|strong="H4496"\w* unto his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, according to all that he \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*: there hath not \w failed|strong="H5307"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of all his \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w*, which he \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.\f + \fr 8.56 \ft failed: Heb. fallen\f*  
\v 57 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* be with us, as he was with our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: let him not \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* us, nor \w forsake|strong="H5203"\w* us:  
\v 58 That he may \w incline|strong="H5186"\w* our \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* unto him, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in all his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, and his \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, and his \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, which he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 59 And let these my \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, wherewith I have made \w supplication|strong="H2603"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, be \w nigh|strong="H7138"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* and \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, that he \w maintain|strong="H6213"\w* the \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and the \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* at all \w times|strong="H3117"\w*, as the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* shall require:\f + \fr 8.59 \ft at all…: Heb. the thing of a day in his day\f*  
\v 60 That all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \add and that there is\add* none else.  
\v 61 Let your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* therefore be \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* with the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in his \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, and to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, as at this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 62 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with him, \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 63 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* a \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* of peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, which he \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H2596"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 64 The same \w day|strong="H3117"\w* did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w hallow|strong="H6942"\w* the \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* that \add was\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: for there he \w offered|strong="H6213"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, and meat \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*, and the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of the peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*: because the \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that \add was\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add was\add* too \w little|strong="H6996"\w* to \w receive|strong="H3557"\w* the burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*, and meat \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*, and the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of the peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*.  
\v 65 And at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w held|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H2282"\w*, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with him, a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w*, from the \w entering|strong="H0935"\w* in of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* unto the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \add even\add* \w fourteen|strong="H0702"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 66 On the \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*: and they \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* unto their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8056"\w* and \w glad|strong="H2896"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* for all the \w goodness|strong="H2896"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 8.66 \ft blessed: or, thanked\f*   
\c 9  
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\v 1 And it came to pass, when \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* the \w building|strong="H1129"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and all \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w desire|strong="H2837"\w* which he was \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\v 2 That the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w*, as he had \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto him at \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.  
\v 3 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* and thy \w supplication|strong="H8467"\w*, that thou hast \w made|strong="H2603"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me: I have \w hallowed|strong="H6942"\w* this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which thou hast \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, to \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* there \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*; and mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* and mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* shall be there \w perpetually|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 4 And if thou wilt \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, as \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w*, in \w integrity|strong="H8537"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and in \w uprightness|strong="H3476"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee, \add and\add* wilt \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* and my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*:  
\v 5 Then I will \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of thy \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* upon \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, as I \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, There shall not \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* thee a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* upon the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 6 \add But\add* if ye shall at \w all|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* me, ye or your \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and will not \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* \add and\add* my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* which I have \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* you, but \w go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* them:  
\v 7 Then will I cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* which I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* them; and this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, which I have \w hallowed|strong="H6942"\w* for my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, will I cast \w out|strong="H7971"\w* of my \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*; and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be a \w proverb|strong="H4912"\w* and a \w byword|strong="H8148"\w* among all \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:  
\v 8 And at this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \add which\add* is \w high|strong="H5945"\w*, every one that \w passeth|strong="H5674"\w* by it shall be \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w*, and shall \w hiss|strong="H8319"\w*; and they shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Why hath the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* thus unto this \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and to this \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?  
\v 9 And they shall \w answer|strong="H0559"\w*, Because they \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, who brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and have taken \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* upon \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and have \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* them, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* them: therefore hath the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* upon them all this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 10 ¶ And it came to pass at the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, when \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w built|strong="H1129"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\v 11 (\add Now\add* \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* had \w furnished|strong="H5375"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* with \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* and \w fir|strong="H1265"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, and with \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, according to all his \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*,) that \w then|strong="H0227"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Galilee|strong="H1551"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him; and they \w pleased|strong="H3474"\w* him not.\f + \fr 9.12 \ft pleased…: Heb. were not right in his eyes\f*  
\v 13 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \add are\add* these which thou hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*? And he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* them the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Cabul|strong="H3521"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 9.13 \ft Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty\f*  
\v 14 And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sixscore|strong="H3967"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.   
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\v 15 ¶ And this \add is\add* the \w reason|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w levy|strong="H4522"\w* which \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w raised|strong="H5927"\w*; for to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*, and the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w Hazor|strong="H2674"\w*, and \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w*, and \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*.  
\v 16 \add For\add* \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* had gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* it with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w* that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w given|strong="H5414"\w* it \add for\add* a \w present|strong="H7964"\w* unto his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 17 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*, and \w Beth-horon|strong="H1032"\w* the \w nether|strong="H8481"\w*,  
\v 18 And \w Baalath|strong="H1191"\w*, and \w Tadmor|strong="H8412"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*,  
\v 19 And all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w store|strong="H4543"\w* that \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had, and \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* for his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* for his \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w that|strong="H2837"\w* which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w desired|strong="H2836"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and in \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*, and in all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of his \w dominion|strong="H4475"\w*.\f + \fr 9.19 \ft that which…: Heb. the desire of Solomon which he desired\f*  
\v 20 \add And\add* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that were\add* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, and \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, which \add were\add* not of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\v 21 Their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* that were \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, whom the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* also were not \w able|strong="H3201"\w* utterly to \w destroy|strong="H2763"\w*, upon those did \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w levy|strong="H5927"\w* a \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w* of \w bondservice|strong="H5647"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 22 But of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* did \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* no \w bondmen|strong="H5650"\w*: but they \add were\add* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and his \w captains|strong="H7991"\w*, and \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* of his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and his \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*.  
\v 23 These \add were\add* the \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w officers|strong="H5324"\w* that \add were\add* over \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*, which bare \w rule|strong="H7287"\w* over the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.   
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\v 24 ¶ But \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* unto her \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which \add Solomon\add* had \w built|strong="H1129"\w* for her: then did he \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*.   
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\v 25 ¶ And \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* in a \w year|strong="H8141"\w* did \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* which he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and he burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* that \add was\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. So he \w finished|strong="H7999"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 9.25 \ft upon the altar that: Heb. upon it, etc\f*   
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\v 26 ¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a navy of \w ships|strong="H0590"\w* in \w Ezion-geber|strong="H6100"\w*, which \add is\add* beside \w Eloth|strong="H0359"\w*, on the \w shore|strong="H8193"\w* of the \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*.\f + \fr 9.26 \ft shore: Heb. lip\f*  
\v 27 And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* in the \w navy|strong="H0590"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w shipmen|strong="H0582"\w* that had \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, with the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.  
\v 28 And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w*, and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* from thence \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \add it\add* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.   
\c 10  
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\v 1 And when the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of the \w fame|strong="H8088"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* concerning the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w prove|strong="H5254"\w* him with hard \w questions|strong="H2420"\w*.  
\v 2 And she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H3515"\w* \w train|strong="H2428"\w*, with \w camels|strong="H1581"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, and \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*: and when she was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, she \w communed|strong="H1696"\w* with him of all that was in her \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her all her \w questions|strong="H1697"\w*: there was not \add any\add* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w hid|strong="H5956"\w* from the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, which he \w told|strong="H5046"\w* her not.\f + \fr 10.3 \ft questions: Heb. words\f*  
\v 4 And when the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* all \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* that he had \w built|strong="H1129"\w*,  
\v 5 And the \w meat|strong="H3978"\w* of his \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, and the \w sitting|strong="H4186"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and the \w attendance|strong="H4612"\w* of his \w ministers|strong="H8334"\w*, and their \w apparel|strong="H4403"\w*, and his \w cupbearers|strong="H8248"\w*, and his \w ascent|strong="H5930"\w* by which he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; there was no more \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* in her.\f + \fr 10.5 \ft attendance: Heb. standing\f*\f + \fr 10.5 \ft cupbearers: or, butlers\f*  
\v 6 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, It was a \w true|strong="H0571"\w* \w report|strong="H1697"\w* that I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in mine own \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of thy \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* and of thy \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.\f + \fr 10.6 \ft report: Heb. word\f*\f + \fr 10.6 \ft acts: or, sayings\f*  
\v 7 Howbeit I \w believed|strong="H0539"\w* not the \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, until I \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \add it:\add* and, behold, the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* was not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* me: thy \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* and \w prosperity|strong="H2896"\w* \w exceedeth|strong="H3254"\w* the \w fame|strong="H8052"\w* which I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*.\f + \fr 10.7 \ft thy…: Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to\f*  
\v 8 \w Happy|strong="H0835"\w* \add are\add* thy \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w happy|strong="H0835"\w* \add are\add* these thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, which \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, \add and\add* that \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thy \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* be the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which \w delighted|strong="H2654"\w* in thee, to \w set|strong="H5414"\w* thee on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: because the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w loved|strong="H0160"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, therefore \w made|strong="H7760"\w* he thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and \w justice|strong="H6666"\w*.  
\v 10 And she \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and of \w spices|strong="H1314"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* great \w store|strong="H7235"\w*, and \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*: there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* no more \w such|strong="H1931"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w* of \w spices|strong="H1314"\w* as these which the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.  
\v 11 And the \w navy|strong="H0590"\w* also of \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w*, that \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* from \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w*, brought \w in|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7235"\w* of \w almug|strong="H0484"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*.\f + \fr 10.11 \ft almug…: also called, algum trees\f*  
\v 12 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* of the \w almug|strong="H0484"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w pillars|strong="H4552"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w harps|strong="H3658"\w* also and \w psalteries|strong="H5035"\w* for \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*: there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* no such \w almug|strong="H0484"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, nor were \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 10.12 \ft pillars: or, rails: Heb. a prop\f*  
\v 13 And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* all her \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*, whatsoever she \w asked|strong="H7592"\w*, beside \add that\add* which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* her of his \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w bounty|strong="H3027"\w*. So she \w turned|strong="H6437"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to her own \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, she and her \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.\f + \fr 10.13 \ft of his…: Heb. according to the hand of king Solomon\f*   
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\v 14 ¶ Now the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* was \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*,  
\v 15 Beside \add that he had\add* of the \w merchantmen|strong="H0582"\w*, and of the \w traffick|strong="H4536"\w* of the spice \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w*, and of all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Arabia|strong="H6153"\w*, and of the \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* of the \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 10.15 \ft governors: or, captains\f*   
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\v 16 ¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w targets|strong="H6793"\w* \add of\add* \w beaten|strong="H7820"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*: \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \add shekels\add* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* to \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w target|strong="H6793"\w*.  
\v 17 And \add he made\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \add of\add* \w beaten|strong="H7820"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w pound|strong="H4488"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* to \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* them in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.   
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\v 18 ¶ Moreover the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w*, and \w overlaid|strong="H6823"\w* it with the \w best|strong="H6338"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.  
\v 19 The \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* had \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*, and the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \add was\add* \w round|strong="H5696"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w*: and \add there were\add* \w stays|strong="H3027"\w* on either side on the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* of the \w seat|strong="H7675"\w*, and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* the \w stays|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 10.19 \ft behind: Heb. on the hinder part thereof\f*\f + \fr 10.19 \ft stays: Heb. hands\f*  
\v 20 And \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* there on the one side and on the other upon the \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H4609"\w*: there was not the \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in any \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*.\f + \fr 10.20 \ft the like: Heb. so\f*   
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\v 21 ¶ And all \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w drinking|strong="H4945"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* \add were of\add* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and all the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* of \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \add were of\add* \w pure|strong="H5462"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; none \add were of\add* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*: it was \w nothing|strong="H3972"\w* \w accounted|strong="H2803"\w* of in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.\f + \fr 10.21 \ft none…: or, there was no silver in them\f*  
\v 22 For the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had at \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* a \w navy|strong="H0590"\w* of \w Tharshish|strong="H8659"\w* with the \w navy|strong="H0590"\w* of \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w*: \w once|strong="H0259"\w* in \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* the \w navy|strong="H0590"\w* of \w Tharshish|strong="H8659"\w*, \w bringing|strong="H5375"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w ivory|strong="H8143"\w*, and \w apes|strong="H6971"\w*, and \w peacocks|strong="H8500"\w*.\f + \fr 10.22 \ft ivory: or, elephants’ teeth\f*  
\v 23 So \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w exceeded|strong="H1431"\w* all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* for \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* and for \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.   
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\v 24 ¶ And all the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* his \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, which \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w put|strong="H5414"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.\f + \fr 10.24 \ft sought to: Heb. sought the face of\f*  
\v 25 And they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w present|strong="H4503"\w*, \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w garments|strong="H8008"\w*, and \w armour|strong="H5402"\w*, and \w spices|strong="H1314"\w*, \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w mules|strong="H6505"\w*, a \w rate|strong="H1697"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* by \w year|strong="H8141"\w*.   
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\v 26 ¶ And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*: and he had a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, whom he \w bestowed|strong="H5148"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* for \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 27 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \add to be\add* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* as \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, and \w cedars|strong="H0730"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* he \add to be\add* as the sycomore \w trees|strong="H8256"\w* that \add are\add* in the \w vale|strong="H8219"\w*, for \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*.\f + \fr 10.27 \ft made: Heb. gave\f*   
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\v 28 ¶ And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w brought|strong="H4161"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and linen \w yarn|strong="H4723"\w*: the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w merchants|strong="H5503"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* the linen \w yarn|strong="H4723"\w* at a \w price|strong="H4242"\w*.\f + \fr 10.28 \ft And Solomon…: Heb. And the going forth of the horses which was Solomon’s\f*  
\v 29 And a \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* for \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \add shekels\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and an \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* for an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*: and so for all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, and for the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, did they bring \add them\add* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* by their \w means|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 10.29 \ft by their…: Heb. by their hand\f*   
\c 11  
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\v 1 But \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, together with the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, women of the \w Moabites|strong="H4125"\w*, \w Ammonites|strong="H5984"\w*, \w Edomites|strong="H0130"\w*, \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, \add and\add* \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*;\f + \fr 11.1 \ft together…: or, beside\f*  
\v 2 Of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \add concerning\add* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Ye shall not go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to them, neither shall they come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto you: \add for\add* \w surely|strong="H0403"\w* they will turn \w away|strong="H5186"\w* your \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w clave|strong="H1692"\w* unto these in \w love|strong="H0157"\w*.  
\v 3 And he had \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, \w princesses|strong="H8282"\w*, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*: and his \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* turned \w away|strong="H5186"\w* his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\v 4 For it came to pass, \w when|strong="H6256"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* was \w old|strong="H2209"\w*, \add that\add* his \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* turned \w away|strong="H5186"\w* his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: and his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was not \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* with the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, as \add was\add* the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 5 For \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Ashtoreth|strong="H6253"\w* the \w goddess|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Milcom|strong="H4445"\w* the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* of the \w Ammonites|strong="H5984"\w*.\f + \fr 11.5 \ft Milcom: also called, Molech\f*  
\v 6 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and went not \w fully|strong="H4390"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, as \add did\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.\f + \fr 11.6 \ft went…: Heb. fulfilled not after\f*  
\v 7 Then did \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an high \w place|strong="H1116"\w* for \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w*, the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, in the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* that \add is\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and for \w Molech|strong="H4432"\w*, the \w abomination|strong="H8251"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.  
\v 8 And likewise \w did|strong="H6213"\w* he for all his \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, which burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* and \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* unto their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*.   
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\v 9 ¶ And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* with \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, because his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was \w turned|strong="H5186"\w* from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which had \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w* unto him \w twice|strong="H6471"\w*,  
\v 10 And had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him concerning this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, that he should not \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*: but he \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* not that which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 11 Wherefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* my \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* and my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, which I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee, I will \w surely|strong="H7167"\w* \w rend|strong="H7167"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* from thee, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* it to thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.\f + \fr 11.11 \ft is done…: Heb. is with thee\f*  
\v 12 Notwithstanding in thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w* I will not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* it for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* sake: \add but\add* I will \w rend|strong="H7167"\w* it out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Howbeit|strong="H7535"\w* I will not rend \w away|strong="H7167"\w* all the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*; \add but\add* will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* to thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant’s|strong="H5650"\w* sake, and for \w Jerusalem’s|strong="H3389"\w* sake which I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w*.   
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\v 14 ¶ And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* stirred \w up|strong="H6965"\w* an \w adversary|strong="H7854"\w* unto \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* the \w Edomite|strong="H0130"\w*: he \add was\add* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*.  
\v 15 For it came to pass, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, and \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* was gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*, after he had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* every \w male|strong="H2145"\w* in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*;  
\v 16 (For \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* did \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* there with all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, until he had cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* every \w male|strong="H2145"\w* in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*:)  
\v 17 That \w Hadad|strong="H0111"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, he and \w certain|strong="H0582"\w* \w Edomites|strong="H0130"\w* of his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* with him, to \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \add being\add* yet a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.  
\v 18 And they \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* out of \w Midian|strong="H4080"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w*: and they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with them out of \w Paran|strong="H6290"\w*, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, unto \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; which \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w appointed|strong="H0559"\w* him \w victuals|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 19 And \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, so that he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* the \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* of his own \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, the \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* of \w Tahpenes|strong="H8472"\w* the \w queen|strong="H1377"\w*.  
\v 20 And the \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* of \w Tahpenes|strong="H8472"\w* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him \w Genubath|strong="H1592"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whom \w Tahpenes|strong="H8472"\w* \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* \w in|strong="H8432"\w* \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and \w Genubath|strong="H1592"\w* was in \w Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*.  
\v 21 And when \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and that \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, Let me \w depart|strong="H7971"\w*, that I may \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to mine own \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 11.21 \ft Let…: Heb. Send me away\f*  
\v 22 Then \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, But what hast thou \w lacked|strong="H2638"\w* with me, that, behold, thou \w seekest|strong="H1245"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to thine own \w country|strong="H0776"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Nothing: howbeit let me \w go|strong="H7971"\w* in any \w wise|strong="H7971"\w*.\f + \fr 11.22 \ft Nothing: Heb. Not\f*   
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\v 23 ¶ And \w God|strong="H0430"\w* stirred him \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \add another\add* \w adversary|strong="H7854"\w*, \w Rezon|strong="H7331"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eliadah|strong="H0450"\w*, which \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* from his \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*:  
\v 24 And he \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* unto him, and became \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* over a \w band|strong="H1416"\w*, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* them \add of Zobah:\add* and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* therein, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*.  
\v 25 And he was an \w adversary|strong="H7854"\w* to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, beside the \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w* that \w Hadad|strong="H1908"\w* \add did:\add* and he \w abhorred|strong="H6973"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*.   
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\v 26 ¶ And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, an \w Ephrathite|strong="H0673"\w* of \w Zereda|strong="H6868"\w*, \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, whose \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Zeruah|strong="H6871"\w*, a \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, even he lifted \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \add his\add* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 27 And this \add was\add* the \w cause|strong="H1697"\w* that he lifted \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \add his\add* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*, \add and\add* \w repaired|strong="H5462"\w* the \w breaches|strong="H6556"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.\f + \fr 11.27 \ft repaired: Heb. closed\f*  
\v 28 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \add was\add* a mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*: and \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w seeing|strong="H7200"\w* the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that he was \w industrious|strong="H6213"\w*, he made him \w ruler|strong="H6485"\w* over all the \w charge|strong="H5447"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*.\f + \fr 11.28 \ft was industrious: Heb. did work\f*\f + \fr 11.28 \ft charge: Heb. burden\f*  
\v 29 And it came to pass at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* when \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* the \w Shilonite|strong="H7888"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* him in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; and he had \w clad|strong="H3680"\w* himself with a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w garment|strong="H8008"\w*; and they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \add were\add* alone in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*:  
\v 30 And \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w caught|strong="H8610"\w* the \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w garment|strong="H8008"\w* that \add was\add* on him, and \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* it \add in\add* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w*:  
\v 31 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* thee \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7168"\w*: for thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Behold, I will \w rend|strong="H7167"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* to thee:  
\v 32 (But he shall have \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* for my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* sake, and for \w Jerusalem’s|strong="H3389"\w* sake, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* out of all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:)  
\v 33 Because that they have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* me, and have \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* \w Ashtoreth|strong="H6253"\w* the \w goddess|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, \w Chemosh|strong="H3645"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w Milcom|strong="H4445"\w* the \w god|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and have not \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which is\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \add to keep\add* my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* and my \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, as \add did\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 34 Howbeit I will not \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the whole \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* out of his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: but I will \w make|strong="H7896"\w* him \w prince|strong="H5387"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant’s|strong="H5650"\w* sake, whom I \w chose|strong="H0977"\w*, because he \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* and my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*:  
\v 35 But I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* out of his \w son’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* it unto thee, \add even\add* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w*.  
\v 36 And unto his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* will I \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* may have a \w light|strong="H5216"\w* \w alway|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* me to \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* there.\f + \fr 11.36 \ft light: Heb. lamp, or, candle\f*  
\v 37 And I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee, and thou shalt \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* according to all that thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0183"\w*, and shalt be \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto all that I \w command|strong="H6680"\w* thee, and wilt \w walk|strong="H1980"\w* in my \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add that is\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w* and my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, as \w David|strong="H1732"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*; that I will be with thee, and \w build|strong="H1129"\w* thee a \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, as I \w built|strong="H1129"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto thee.  
\v 39 And I will for this \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, but not for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 40 \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* therefore to \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*. And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* into \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, unto \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and was in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* until the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.   
\p
\v 41 ¶ And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*?\f + \fr 11.41 \ft acts: or, words, or, things\f*  
\v 42 And the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add was\add* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.\f + \fr 11.42 \ft time: Heb. days\f*  
\v 43 And \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.\f + \fr 11.43 \ft Rehoboam: Gr. Roboam\f*   
\c 12  
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\v 1 And \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*: for all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* to make him \w king|strong="H4427"\w*.  
\v 2 And it came to pass, when \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who was yet in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add of it\add*, (for he was \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*;)  
\v 3 That they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him. And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* and all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 4 Thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H7185"\w* our \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w grievous|strong="H7185"\w*: now therefore make thou the \w grievous|strong="H7186"\w* \w service|strong="H5656"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and his \w heavy|strong="H3515"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* which he \w put|strong="H5414"\w* upon us, \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w*, and we will \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* thee.  
\v 5 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Depart|strong="H3212"\w* yet \add for\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, then come \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to me. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* with the old \w men|strong="H2205"\w*, that \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* while he yet \w lived|strong="H2416"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How do ye \w advise|strong="H3289"\w* that I \w may|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H1697"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?  
\v 7 And they \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If thou wilt be a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* unto this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and wilt \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* them, and \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* them, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* to them, then they will be thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* for \w ever|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 8 But he \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the old \w men|strong="H2205"\w*, which they had \w given|strong="H3289"\w* him, and \w consulted|strong="H3289"\w* with the young \w men|strong="H3206"\w* that were grown \w up|strong="H1431"\w* with him, \add and\add* which \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him:  
\v 9 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, What counsel \w give|strong="H3289"\w* ye that we \w may|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H1697"\w* this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, who have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* to me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Make|strong="H7043"\w* the \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* which thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* did \w put|strong="H5414"\w* upon us \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w*?  
\v 10 And the young \w men|strong="H3206"\w* that were grown \w up|strong="H1431"\w* with him \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus shalt thou \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* unto this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H3513"\w* our \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*, but make thou \add it\add* \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w* unto us; thus shalt thou \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, My \w little|strong="H6995"\w* \add finger\add* shall be \w thicker|strong="H5666"\w* than my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*.  
\v 11 And now whereas my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* did \w lade|strong="H6006"\w* you with a \w heavy|strong="H3515"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*, I will \w add|strong="H3254"\w* to your \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*: my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* hath \w chastised|strong="H3256"\w* you with \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, but I will \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* you with \w scorpions|strong="H6137"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ So \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, as the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w appointed|strong="H1696"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Come to me \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 13 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w roughly|strong="H7186"\w*, and \w forsook|strong="H5800"\w* the old \w men’s|strong="H2205"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* that they \w gave|strong="H3289"\w* him;\f + \fr 12.13 \ft roughly: Heb. hardly\f*  
\v 14 And \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to them after the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H3206"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H3513"\w* your \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w*, and I will \w add|strong="H3254"\w* to your \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w*: my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \add also\add* \w chastised|strong="H3256"\w* you with \w whips|strong="H7752"\w*, but I will \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* you with \w scorpions|strong="H6137"\w*.  
\v 15 Wherefore the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; for the \w cause|strong="H5438"\w* was from the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that he might \w perform|strong="H6965"\w* his \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* the \w Shilonite|strong="H7888"\w* unto \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 ¶ \w So|strong="H7725"\w* when all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto them, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H1697"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* have we in \w David|strong="H1732"\w*? neither \add have we\add* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* in the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*: to your \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: now \w see|strong="H7200"\w* to thine own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. So \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* unto their \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*.  
\v 17 But \add as for\add* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* which \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over them.  
\v 18 Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Adoram|strong="H0151"\w*, who \add was\add* over the \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w*; and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w stoned|strong="H7275"\w* him with \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. Therefore \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* made \w speed|strong="H0553"\w* to get him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to his \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*, to \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.\f + \fr 12.18 \ft made…: Heb. strengthened himself\f*  
\v 19 So \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* against the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 12.19 \ft rebelled: or, fell away\f*  
\v 20 And it came to pass, when all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* was come \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, that they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him unto the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w*, and made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: there was none that \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w but|strong="H2108"\w* the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* only.   
\p
\v 21 ¶ And when \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, he \w assembled|strong="H6950"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, with the \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* chosen \w men|strong="H0977"\w*, which were \w warriors|strong="H6213"\w*, to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*.  
\v 22 But the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* came unto \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 23 \w Speak|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and unto all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and to the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 24 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Ye shall not go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, nor \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against your \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w return|strong="H7725"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; for this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1961"\w* from me. They \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* therefore to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\p
\v 25 ¶ Then \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w* in \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* therein; and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from thence, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Penuel|strong="H6439"\w*.  
\v 26 And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, Now shall the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*:  
\v 27 If this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, then shall the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* unto their \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \add even\add* unto \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and they shall \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* me, and go \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 28 Whereupon the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* took \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* \add of\add* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, It is too \w much|strong="H7227"\w* for you to go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: behold thy \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which brought thee \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\v 29 And he \w set|strong="H7760"\w* the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* he in \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.  
\v 30 And this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* became a \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \add to worship\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w one|strong="H0259"\w*, \add even\add* unto \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*.  
\v 31 And he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the \w lowest|strong="H7098"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, which were not of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*.  
\v 32 And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w ordained|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* in the \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, on the \w fifteenth|strong="H2568"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, like unto the \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* that \add is\add* in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and he \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*. So \w did|strong="H6213"\w* he in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, \w sacrificing|strong="H2076"\w* unto the \w calves|strong="H5695"\w* that he had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*: and he \w placed|strong="H5975"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* which he had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.\f + \fr 12.32 \ft offered…: or, went up to the altar, etc\f*\f + \fr 12.32 \ft sacrificing: or, to sacrifice\f*  
\v 33 So he \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* which he had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* the \w fifteenth|strong="H2568"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, \add even\add* in the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* which he had \w devised|strong="H0908"\w* of his own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*; and \w ordained|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and he \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*.\f + \fr 12.33 \ft offered…: or, went up to the altar, etc\f*\f + \fr 12.33 \ft and burnt…: Heb. to burn incense\f*   
\c 13  
\p
\v 1 And, behold, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* out of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* unto \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*: and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* to burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w*.\f + \fr 13.1 \ft burn: or, offer\f*  
\v 2 And he \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* against the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; Behold, a \w child|strong="H1121"\w* shall be \w born|strong="H3205"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* by \w name|strong="H8034"\w*; and upon thee shall he \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* that burn \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* upon thee, and \w men’s|strong="H0120"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* shall be \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* upon thee.  
\v 3 And he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* a \w sign|strong="H4159"\w* the same \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, This \add is\add* the \w sign|strong="H4159"\w* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*; Behold, the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* shall be \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and the \w ashes|strong="H1880"\w* that \add are\add* upon it shall be poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w*.  
\v 4 And it came to pass, when \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which had \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* against the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, that he put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* from the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Lay \w hold|strong="H8610"\w* on him. And his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, which he put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* against him, dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, so that he \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not pull it in \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to him.  
\v 5 The \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* also was \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and the \w ashes|strong="H1880"\w* poured \w out|strong="H8210"\w* from the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, according to the \w sign|strong="H4159"\w* which the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w given|strong="H5414"\w* by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 6 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w Intreat|strong="H2470"\w* now the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* for me, that my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* may be restored me \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w besought|strong="H2470"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* was restored him \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and became as \add it was\add* \w before|strong="H7223"\w*.\f + \fr 13.6 \ft the \+nd LORD\+nd*, and: Heb. the face of the \+nd LORD\+nd*, etc\f*  
\v 7 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w Come|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* with me, and \w refresh|strong="H5582"\w* thyself, and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee a \w reward|strong="H4991"\w*.  
\v 8 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, If thou wilt \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me \w half|strong="H2677"\w* thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, I will not go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* with thee, neither will I \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*:  
\v 9 For so was it \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* me by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, nor turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* by the same \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that thou \w camest|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\v 10 So he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* not by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*.   
\p
\v 11 ¶ Now there \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* \w an|strong="H0259"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*; and his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H5608"\w* him all the \w works|strong="H4639"\w* that the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*: the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* which he had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, them they \w told|strong="H5608"\w* also to their \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 12 And their \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto them, What \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* he? For his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H0335"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, which \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 13 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Saddle|strong="H2280"\w* me the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*. So they \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* him the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*: and he \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* thereon,  
\v 14 And \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* him \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* under an \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \add Art\add* thou the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* that \w camest|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add*.  
\v 15 Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* with me, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\v 16 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w may|strong="H3201"\w* not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* with thee, nor go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* with thee: neither will I \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* with thee in this \w place|strong="H4725"\w*:  
\v 17 For it was \w said|strong="H1697"\w* to me by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Thou shalt \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* there, nor turn \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that thou \w camest|strong="H1980"\w*.\f + \fr 13.17 \ft it…: Heb. a word was\f*  
\v 18 He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I \add am\add* a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* also as thou \add art;\add* and an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto me by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Bring him \w back|strong="H7725"\w* with thee into thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that he may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. \add But\add* he \w lied|strong="H3584"\w* unto him.  
\v 19 So he went \w back|strong="H7725"\w* with him, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 ¶ And it came to pass, as they \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* at the \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came unto the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that brought him \w back|strong="H7725"\w*:  
\v 21 And he \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Forasmuch \w as|strong="H3282"\w* thou hast \w disobeyed|strong="H4784"\w* the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and hast not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* thee,  
\v 22 But camest \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, and hast \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* in the \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, of the which \add the \+nd Lord\+nd*\add* did \w say|strong="H1696"\w* to thee, \w Eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* no \w water|strong="H4325"\w*; thy \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 ¶ And it came to pass, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* he had \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* he had \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*, that he \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* for him the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, \add to wit\add*, for the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* whom he had brought \w back|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 24 And when he was \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*, a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w met|strong="H4672"\w* him by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him: and his \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* was \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* it, the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* also \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w*.  
\v 25 And, behold, \w men|strong="H0582"\w* passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w*: and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \add it\add* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* where the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 26 And when the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* that brought him \w back|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add thereof\add*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It \add is\add* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, who was \w disobedient|strong="H4784"\w* unto the \w word|strong="H6310"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: therefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* him unto the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, which hath \w torn|strong="H7665"\w* him, and \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* him, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him.\f + \fr 13.26 \ft torn: Heb. broken\f*  
\v 27 And he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Saddle|strong="H2280"\w* me the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*. And they \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* \add him\add*.  
\v 28 And he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* his \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* and the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w*: the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* had not \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w*, nor \w torn|strong="H7665"\w* the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*.\f + \fr 13.28 \ft torn: Heb. broken\f*  
\v 29 And the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* took \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H3240"\w* it upon the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and brought it \w back|strong="H7725"\w*: and the \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, to \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* and to \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* him.  
\v 30 And he \w laid|strong="H3240"\w* his \w carcase|strong="H5038"\w* in his own \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*; and they \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* over him, \add saying\add*, \w Alas|strong="H1945"\w*, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*!  
\v 31 And it came to pass, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* he had \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him, that he \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, When I am \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, then \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* me in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* wherein the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \add is\add* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w*; \w lay|strong="H3240"\w* my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* his \w bones|strong="H6106"\w*:  
\v 32 For the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* which he \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* by the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* against the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and against all the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* which \add are\add* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, shall surely come to pass.   
\p
\v 33 ¶ \w After|strong="H0310"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* not from his \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, but \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* of the \w lowest|strong="H7098"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*: whosoever \w would|strong="H2655"\w*, he \w consecrated|strong="H4390"\w* him, and he became \add one\add* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* of the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.\f + \fr 13.33 \ft made…: Heb. returned and made\f*\f + \fr 13.33 \ft consecrated…: Heb. filled his hand\f*  
\v 34 And this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* became \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, even to cut \add it\add* \w off|strong="H3582"\w*, and to \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \add it\add* from off the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.   
\c 14  
\p
\v 1 At that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* fell \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, I pray thee, and \w disguise|strong="H8138"\w* thyself, that thou be not \w known|strong="H3045"\w* to be the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*; and \w get|strong="H1980"\w* thee to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*: behold, there \add is\add* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, which \w told|strong="H1696"\w* me that \add I should be\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w take|strong="H3947"\w* with \w thee|strong="H3027"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w cracknels|strong="H5350"\w*, and a \w cruse|strong="H1228"\w* of \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, and \w go|strong="H0935"\w* to him: he shall \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee what shall become of the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*.\f + \fr 14.3 \ft with…: Heb. in thine hand\f*\f + \fr 14.3 \ft cracknels: or, cakes\f*\f + \fr 14.3 \ft cruse: or, bottle\f*  
\v 4 And \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Shiloh|strong="H7887"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*. But \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w see|strong="H7200"\w*; for his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* were \w set|strong="H6965"\w* by reason of his \w age|strong="H7869"\w*.\f + \fr 14.4 \ft were…: Heb. stood for his hoariness\f*   
\p
\v 5 ¶ And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*, Behold, the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to \w ask|strong="H1875"\w* a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* of thee for her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; for he \add is\add* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*: \w thus|strong="H2090"\w* and thus shalt thou \w say|strong="H1696"\w* unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, that she shall feign herself \add to be\add* \w another|strong="H5234"\w* \add woman\add*.  
\v 6 And it was \add so\add*, when \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of her \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, as she came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w*, that he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, thou \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*; why feignest thou thyself \add to be\add* \w another|strong="H5234"\w*? for I \add am\add* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to thee \add with\add* \w heavy|strong="H7186"\w* \add tidings\add*.\f + \fr 14.6 \ft heavy: Heb. hard\f*   
\p
\v 7 \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Forasmuch \w as|strong="H3282"\w* I \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* thee from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w made|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w prince|strong="H5057"\w* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\v 8 And \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w away|strong="H7167"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* it thee: and \add yet\add* thou hast not been as my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, who \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, and who \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* me with all his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add that\add* only \add which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*;  
\v 9 But hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* above all that were \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee: for thou hast \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* thee \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and molten \w images|strong="H4541"\w*, to provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, and hast \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* me \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* thy \w back|strong="H1458"\w*:  
\v 10 Therefore, behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, and will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* him that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, \add and\add* him that is shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w* and \w left|strong="H5800"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and will take \w away|strong="H1197"\w* the \w remnant|strong="H0310"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, as a man taketh \w away|strong="H1197"\w* \w dung|strong="H1557"\w*, till it be all \w gone|strong="H8552"\w*.  
\v 11 Him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* shall the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \add it\add*.  
\v 12 \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* thou therefore, \w get|strong="H3212"\w* thee to thine own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: \add and\add* when thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 13 And all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* for him, and \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* him: for he only of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*, because in him there is \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \add some\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* toward the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*.  
\v 14 Moreover the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall raise him \w up|strong="H6965"\w* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, who shall cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: but what? even now.  
\v 15 For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, as a \w reed|strong="H7070"\w* is \w shaken|strong="H5110"\w* in the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and he shall root \w up|strong="H5428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of this \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w*, which he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and shall \w scatter|strong="H2219"\w* them \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, because they have \w made|strong="H6213"\w* their \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*, provoking the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.  
\v 16 And he shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H1558"\w* of the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, who did \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, and who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.   
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\v 17 ¶ And \w Jeroboam’s|strong="H3379"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*: \add and\add* when she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w threshold|strong="H5592"\w* of the \w door|strong="H1004"\w*, the \w child|strong="H5288"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*;  
\v 18 And they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him; and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* for him, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*.  
\v 19 And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, how he \w warred|strong="H3898"\w*, and how he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*, behold, they \add are\add* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 20 And the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* which \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \add were\add* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*: and he \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.\f + \fr 14.20 \ft slept: Heb. lay down\f*   
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\v 21 ¶ And \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \add was\add* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w seventeen|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* did \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* out of all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, to \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* there. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Naamah|strong="H5279"\w* an \w Ammonitess|strong="H5985"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and they provoked him to \w jealousy|strong="H7065"\w* with their \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* which they had \w committed|strong="H2398"\w*, above all that their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 23 For they also \w built|strong="H1129"\w* them high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*, and \w images|strong="H4676"\w*, and \w groves|strong="H0842"\w*, on every \w high|strong="H1364"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*, and under every \w green|strong="H7488"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.\f + \fr 14.23 \ft images: or, standing images, or, statues\f*  
\v 24 And there were also \w sodomites|strong="H6945"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: \add and\add* they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all the \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w* of the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* which the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* cast \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 25 ¶ And it came to pass in the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, \add that\add* \w Shishak|strong="H7895"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*:  
\v 26 And he took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; he even took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* all: and he took \w away|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* which \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 27 And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* in their stead \w brasen|strong="H5178"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*, and \w committed|strong="H6485"\w* \add them\add* unto the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w*, which \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 14.27 \ft guard: Heb. runners\f*  
\v 28 And it was \add so\add*, \w when|strong="H1767"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* them, and brought them \w back|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w guard|strong="H7323"\w* \w chamber|strong="H8372"\w*.   
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\v 29 ¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 30 And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* all \add their\add* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 31 And \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Naamah|strong="H5279"\w* an \w Ammonitess|strong="H5985"\w*. And \w Abijam|strong="H0038"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.\f + \fr 14.31 \ft Abijam: also called, Abijah: Gr. Abia\f*   
\c 15  
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\v 1 Now in the \w eighteenth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w Abijam|strong="H0038"\w* over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Maachah|strong="H4601"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Abishalom|strong="H0053"\w*.\f + \fr 15.2 \ft Maachah…: also called, Michaiah the daughter of Uriel\f*\f + \fr 15.2 \ft Abishalom: also called, Absalom\f*  
\v 3 And he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, which he had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: and his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was not \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* with the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, as the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 4 Nevertheless for \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* sake did the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* his \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* him a \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, to set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, and to \w establish|strong="H5975"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*:\f + \fr 15.4 \ft lamp: or, candle\f*  
\v 5 Because \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and turned not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* from any \add thing\add* that he \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, save only in the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*.  
\v 6 And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Rehoboam|strong="H7346"\w* and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 7 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Abijam|strong="H0038"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Abijam|strong="H0038"\w* and \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*.  
\v 8 And \w Abijam|strong="H0038"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
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\v 9 ¶ And in the \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 10 And \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Maachah|strong="H4601"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Abishalom|strong="H0053"\w*.\f + \fr 15.10 \ft mother’s: that is, grandmother’s\f*  
\v 11 And \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, as \add did\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 12 And he took \w away|strong="H5674"\w* the \w sodomites|strong="H6945"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* all the \w idols|strong="H1544"\w* that his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 13 And also \w Maachah|strong="H4601"\w* his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, even her he \w removed|strong="H5493"\w* from \add being\add* \w queen|strong="H1377"\w*, because she had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* an \w idol|strong="H4656"\w* in a \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*; and \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3772"\w* her \w idol|strong="H4656"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* \add it\add* by the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*.\f + \fr 15.13 \ft destroyed: Heb. cut off\f*  
\v 14 But the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not \w removed|strong="H5493"\w*: nevertheless \w Asa’s|strong="H0609"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* was \w perfect|strong="H8003"\w* with the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* all his \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 15 And he \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* in the \w things|strong="H6944"\w* which his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w*, and the things which himself had \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w*, into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*.\f + \fr 15.15 \ft things: Heb. holy\f*   
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\v 16 ¶ And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* and \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all their \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 17 And \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, that he might not \w suffer|strong="H5414"\w* any to go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* or come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 18 Then \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* all the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and the \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \add that were\add* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* in the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: and \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* them to \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tabrimon|strong="H2886"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hezion|strong="H2383"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 19 \add There is\add* a \w league|strong="H1285"\w* between me and thee, \add and\add* between my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: behold, I have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto thee a \w present|strong="H7810"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; \w come|strong="H3212"\w* and \w break|strong="H6565"\w* thy \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that he may \w depart|strong="H5927"\w* from me.\f + \fr 15.19 \ft depart: Heb. go up\f*  
\v 20 So \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w hosts|strong="H2428"\w* which he had against the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Ijon|strong="H5859"\w*, and \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w*, and \w Abel-beth-maachah|strong="H0062"\w*, and all \w Cinneroth|strong="H3672"\w*, with all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Naphtali|strong="H5321"\w*.  
\v 21 And it came to pass, when \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add thereof\add*, that he left \w off|strong="H2308"\w* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* of \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.  
\v 22 Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* made a \w proclamation|strong="H8085"\w* throughout all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; none \add was\add* \w exempted|strong="H5355"\w*: and they \w took|strong="H5375"\w* away the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*, and the \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* thereof, wherewith \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* had \w builded|strong="H1129"\w*; and \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* with them \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*.\f + \fr 15.22 \ft exempted: Heb. free\f*  
\v 23 The \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of all the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, and all his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* which he \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? Nevertheless in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of his old \w age|strong="H2209"\w* he was \w diseased|strong="H2470"\w* in his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.  
\v 24 And \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.\f + \fr 15.24 \ft Jehoshaphat: Gr. Josaphat\f*   
\p
\v 25 ¶ And \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w second|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.\f + \fr 15.25 \ft began…: Heb. reigned\f*  
\v 26 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and in his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* wherewith he made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\p
\v 27 ¶ And \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*, of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Issachar|strong="H3485"\w*, \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against him; and \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him at \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, which \add belonged\add* to the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*; for \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w* and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* laid \w siege|strong="H6696"\w* to \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*.  
\v 28 Even in the \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* did \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.  
\v 29 And it came to pass, when he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*, \add that\add* he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*; he \w left|strong="H7604"\w* not to \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* any that \w breathed|strong="H5397"\w*, until he had \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* him, according unto the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* the \w Shilonite|strong="H7888"\w*:  
\v 30 Because of the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* which he \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and which he made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, by his \w provocation|strong="H3708"\w* wherewith he provoked the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*.   
\p
\v 31 ¶ Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Nadab|strong="H5070"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 32 And there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* and \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all their \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 33 In the \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 34 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, and in his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* wherewith he made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\c 16  
\p
\v 1 Then the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came to \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w* against \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 2 Forasmuch as I \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* thee out of the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, and \w made|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w prince|strong="H5057"\w* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and thou hast \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, and hast made my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, to provoke me to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with their \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*;  
\v 3 Behold, I will take \w away|strong="H1197"\w* the \w posterity|strong="H0310"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, and the \w posterity|strong="H0310"\w* of his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w* like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*.  
\v 4 Him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* shall the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* of his in the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* shall the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.  
\v 5 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, and what he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 6 So \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*: and \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.  
\v 7 And also by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w* came the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* against \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, and against his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, even for all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, in provoking him to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, in being like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*; and because he \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* him.   
\p
\v 8 ¶ In the \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w sixth|strong="H8337"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*, two \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 9 And his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w half|strong="H4276"\w* \add his\add* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* against him, as he was in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*, \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* himself \w drunk|strong="H7910"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Arza|strong="H0777"\w* steward of \add his\add* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.\f + \fr 16.9 \ft steward…: Heb. which was over\f*  
\v 10 And \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* him, in the \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
\p
\v 11 ¶ And it came to pass, when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, as soon as he \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \add that\add* he \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*: he \w left|strong="H7604"\w* him not one that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against a \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, neither of his \w kinsfolks|strong="H1350"\w*, nor of his \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*.\f + \fr 16.11 \ft neither…: or, both his kinsmen and his friends\f*  
\v 12 Thus did \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* against \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*,\f + \fr 16.12 \ft by: Heb. by the hand of\f*  
\v 13 For all the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w*, and the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, by which they \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and by which they made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, in provoking the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with their \w vanities|strong="H1892"\w*.  
\v 14 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Elah|strong="H0425"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
\p
\v 15 ¶ In the \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* did \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add were\add* \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* against \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, which \add belonged\add* to the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 16 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add that were\add* \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* hath \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w*, and hath also \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: wherefore all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* made \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w*, the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*.  
\v 17 And \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w Gibbethon|strong="H1405"\w*, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with him, and they \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.  
\v 18 And it came to pass, when \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3920"\w*, that he \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w palace|strong="H0759"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w burnt|strong="H8313"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* over him with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w*,  
\v 19 For his \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* which he \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* in \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, in \w walking|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w*, and in his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, to make \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 20 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Zimri|strong="H2174"\w*, and his \w treason|strong="H7195"\w* that he \w wrought|strong="H7194"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?   
\p
\v 21 ¶ Then were the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* into two \w parts|strong="H2677"\w*: \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w followed|strong="H1961"\w* \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ginath|strong="H1527"\w*, to make him \w king|strong="H4427"\w*; and \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w*.  
\v 22 But the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H2388"\w* \w against|strong="H0854"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ginath|strong="H1527"\w*: so \w Tibni|strong="H8402"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 ¶ In the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*: \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* he in \w Tirzah|strong="H8656"\w*.  
\v 24 And he \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* of \w Shemer|strong="H8106"\w* for two \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w built|strong="H1129"\w* on the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* which he \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, after the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Shemer|strong="H8106"\w*, \w owner|strong="H0113"\w* of the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.\f + \fr 16.24 \ft Samaria: Heb. Shomeron\f*   
\p
\v 25 ¶ But \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and did \w worse|strong="H7489"\w* than all that \add were\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 26 For he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, and in his \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* wherewith he made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, to provoke the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* with their \w vanities|strong="H1892"\w*.  
\v 27 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* which he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w* that he \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 28 So \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: and \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
\p
\v 29 ¶ And in the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w eighth|strong="H8083"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* began \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 30 And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Omri|strong="H6018"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* above all that \add were\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light \w thing|strong="H7043"\w* for him to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, that he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Ethbaal|strong="H0856"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w Zidonians|strong="H6722"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* him.\f + \fr 16.31 \ft as if…: Heb. was it a light thing, etc\f*  
\v 32 And he reared \w up|strong="H6965"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* for \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, which he had \w built|strong="H1129"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 33 And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w grove|strong="H0842"\w*; and \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* to provoke the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* than all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that were \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.   
\p
\v 34 ¶ In his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* did \w Hiel|strong="H2419"\w* the \w Beth-elite|strong="H1017"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*: he laid the \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* thereof in \w Abiram|strong="H0048"\w* his \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w*, and set \w up|strong="H5324"\w* the \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* thereof in his \w youngest|strong="H6810"\w* \add son\add* \w Segub|strong="H7687"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w*.   
\c 17  
\p
\v 1 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, \add who was\add* of the \w inhabitants|strong="H8453"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* whom I \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, there shall not be \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* nor \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* these \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, but \w according|strong="H6310"\w* to my \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.\f + \fr 17.1 \ft Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias\f*  
\v 2 And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 3 \w Get|strong="H3212"\w* thee hence, and \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* thee \w eastward|strong="H6924"\w*, and \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* thyself by the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Cherith|strong="H3747"\w*, that \add is\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.  
\v 4 And it shall be, \add that\add* thou shalt \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* of the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*; and I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* the \w ravens|strong="H6158"\w* to \w feed|strong="H3557"\w* thee there.  
\v 5 So he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according unto the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: for he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* by the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Cherith|strong="H3747"\w*, that \add is\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.  
\v 6 And the \w ravens|strong="H6158"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* him \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* in the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*; and he \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* of the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*.  
\v 7 And it came to pass \w after|strong="H7093"\w* a \w while|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w*, because there had been no \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 17.7 \ft after…: Heb. at the end of days\f*   
\p
\v 8 ¶ And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 9 \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \w get|strong="H3212"\w* thee to \w Zarephath|strong="H6886"\w*, which \add belongeth\add* to \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*, and \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* there: behold, I have \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* a \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* there to \w sustain|strong="H3557"\w* thee.\f + \fr 17.9 \ft Zarephath: Gr. Sarepta\f*  
\v 10 So he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Zarephath|strong="H6886"\w*. And when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w gate|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, behold, the \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \add was\add* there \w gathering|strong="H7197"\w* of \w sticks|strong="H6086"\w*: and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to her, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Fetch|strong="H3947"\w* me, I pray thee, a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* in a \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*, that I may \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\v 11 And as she was \w going|strong="H3212"\w* to \w fetch|strong="H3947"\w* \add it\add*, he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to her, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H3947"\w* me, I pray thee, a \w morsel|strong="H6595"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 12 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I \w have|strong="H3426"\w* not a \w cake|strong="H4580"\w*, but an \w handful|strong="H4393"\w* of \w meal|strong="H7058"\w* in a \w barrel|strong="H3537"\w*, and a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* in a \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w*: and, behold, I \add am\add* \w gathering|strong="H7197"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sticks|strong="H6086"\w*, that I may go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* and \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* it for me and my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, that we may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* it, and \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not; \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \add and\add* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as thou hast \w said|strong="H1697"\w*: but \w make|strong="H6213"\w* me \w thereof|strong="H8033"\w* a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w cake|strong="H5692"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, and \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \add it\add* unto me, and \w after|strong="H0314"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* for thee and for thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 14 For thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, The \w barrel|strong="H3537"\w* of \w meal|strong="H7058"\w* shall not \w waste|strong="H3615"\w*, neither shall the \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w fail|strong="H2637"\w*, until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add that\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sendeth|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.\f + \fr 17.14 \ft sendeth: Heb. giveth\f*  
\v 15 And she \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*: and she, and he, and her \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \add many\add* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 17.15 \ft many…: or, a full year\f*  
\v 16 \add And\add* the \w barrel|strong="H3537"\w* of \w meal|strong="H7058"\w* \w wasted|strong="H3615"\w* not, neither did the \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* \w fail|strong="H2638"\w*, according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.\f + \fr 17.16 \ft by: Heb. by the hand of\f*   
\p
\v 17 ¶ And it came to pass \w after|strong="H0310"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \add that\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, the \w mistress|strong="H1172"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, fell \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*; and his \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w* was \w so|strong="H3966"\w* \w sore|strong="H2389"\w*, that there was no \w breath|strong="H5397"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* in him.  
\v 18 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, What have I to do with thee, O thou \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? art thou \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me to \w call|strong="H2142"\w* my \w sin|strong="H5771"\w* to \w remembrance|strong="H2142"\w*, and to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*?  
\v 19 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* me thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* him out of her \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, and carried him \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into a \w loft|strong="H5944"\w*, where he \w abode|strong="H3427"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H7901"\w* him upon his own \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*.  
\v 20 And he \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, hast thou also brought \w evil|strong="H7489"\w* upon the \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* with whom I \w sojourn|strong="H1481"\w*, by \w slaying|strong="H4191"\w* her \w son|strong="H1121"\w*?  
\v 21 And he \w stretched|strong="H4058"\w* himself upon the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, I pray thee, let this \w child’s|strong="H3206"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* into \w him|strong="H7130"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.\f + \fr 17.21 \ft stretched: Heb. measured\f*\f + \fr 17.21 \ft into…: Heb. into his inward parts\f*  
\v 22 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*; and the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* into \w him|strong="H7130"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and he \w revived|strong="H2421"\w*.  
\v 23 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w child|strong="H3206"\w*, and brought him \w down|strong="H3381"\w* out of the \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* him unto his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*: and \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\p
\v 24 ¶ And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, Now by \w this|strong="H2088"\w* I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou \add art\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \add and\add* that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \add is\add* \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*.   
\c 18  
\p
\v 1 And it came to pass \add after\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* in the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* thyself unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*; and I will \w send|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* himself unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*. And \add there was\add* a \w sore|strong="H2389"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, which \add was\add* the governor of \add his\add* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. (Now \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w feared|strong="H3373"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w*:\f + \fr 18.3 \ft Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu\f*\f + \fr 18.3 \ft the governor…: Heb. over his house\f*  
\v 4 For it was \add so\add*, when \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* them by \w fifty|strong="H0376"\w* in a \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, and \w fed|strong="H3557"\w* them with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.)\f + \fr 18.4 \ft Jezebel: Heb. Izebel\f*  
\v 5 And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, unto all \w fountains|strong="H4599"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and unto all \w brooks|strong="H5158"\w*: \w peradventure|strong="H0194"\w* we may \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w grass|strong="H2682"\w* to \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w mules|strong="H6505"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*, that we \w lose|strong="H3772"\w* not all the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*.\f + \fr 18.5 \ft that…: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts\f*  
\v 6 So they \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* between them to pass \w throughout|strong="H5674"\w* it: \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by himself, and \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w another|strong="H0259"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* by himself.   
\p
\v 7 ¶ And as \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* was in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, behold, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w met|strong="H7125"\w* him: and he \w knew|strong="H5234"\w* him, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Art\add* thou that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*?  
\v 8 And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, I \add am:\add* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, Behold, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \add is here\add*.  
\v 9 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What have I \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, that thou wouldest \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* me?  
\v 10 \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, there is \w no|strong="H3426"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* or \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*, \w whither|strong="H0834"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* hath not \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* thee: and when they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add He is\add* not \add there;\add* he took an \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* and \w nation|strong="H1471"\w*, that they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* thee not.  
\v 11 And now thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, Behold, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \add is here\add*.  
\v 12 And it shall come to pass, \add as soon as\add* I am \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* from thee, that the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* thee whither I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not; and \add so\add* when I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* and \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, and he cannot \w find|strong="H4672"\w* thee, he shall \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* me: but I thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* from my \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.  
\v 13 Was it not \w told|strong="H5046"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* what I \w did|strong="H6213"\w* when \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, how I \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* by \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* in a \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, and \w fed|strong="H3557"\w* them with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w water|strong="H4325"\w*?  
\v 14 And now thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* thy \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, Behold, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \add is here:\add* and he shall \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* me.  
\v 15 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* whom I \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, I will surely \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* myself unto him to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 16 So \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him: and \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 ¶ And it came to pass, when \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, that \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \add Art\add* thou he that \w troubleth|strong="H5916"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 18 And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I have not \w troubled|strong="H5916"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; but thou, and thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, in that ye have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and thou hast \w followed|strong="H3212"\w* \w Baalim|strong="H1168"\w*.  
\v 19 Now therefore \w send|strong="H7971"\w*, \add and\add* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* to me all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w*, and the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of the \w groves|strong="H0842"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, which \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* at \w Jezebel’s|strong="H0348"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*.  
\v 20 So \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* unto \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*.   
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\v 21 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How \w long|strong="H5921"\w* \w halt|strong="H6452"\w* ye between \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w opinions|strong="H5587"\w*? if the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add be\add* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, follow him: but if \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \add then\add* \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* him. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* him not a \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.\f + \fr 18.21 \ft opinions: or, thoughts\f*  
\v 22 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, I, \add even\add* I only, \w remain|strong="H3498"\w* a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; but \w Baal’s|strong="H1168"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \add are\add* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 23 Let them therefore \w give|strong="H5414"\w* us \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w bullocks|strong="H6499"\w*; and let them \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* for themselves, and cut it in \w pieces|strong="H5408"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* on \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* no \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \add under:\add* and I will \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H5414"\w* \add it\add* on \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* no \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \add under:\add*  
\v 24 And \w call|strong="H7121"\w* ye on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of your \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, and I will \w call|strong="H7121"\w* on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* that \w answereth|strong="H6030"\w* by \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, let him be \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It is \w well|strong="H2896"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1697"\w*.\f + \fr 18.24 \ft It is…: Heb. The word is good\f*  
\v 25 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w Choose|strong="H0977"\w* you \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* for yourselves, and \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*; for ye \add are\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*; and \w call|strong="H7121"\w* on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of your \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*, but \w put|strong="H7760"\w* no \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \add under\add*.  
\v 26 And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* which was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* them, and they \w dressed|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* on the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w* from \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* even until \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, O \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* us. But \add there was\add* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, nor any that \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*. And they \w leaped|strong="H6452"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* which was \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.\f + \fr 18.26 \ft hear: or, answer\f*\f + \fr 18.26 \ft answered: or, heard\f*\f + \fr 18.26 \ft leaped…: or, leaped up and down at the altar\f*  
\v 27 And it came to pass at \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*, that \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w mocked|strong="H2048"\w* them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w aloud|strong="H1419"\w*: for he \add is\add* a \w god|strong="H0430"\w*; either he is \w talking|strong="H7879"\w*, or he is \w pursuing|strong="H7873"\w*, or he is in a \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*, \add or\add* \w peradventure|strong="H0194"\w* he \w sleepeth|strong="H3463"\w*, and must be \w awaked|strong="H3364"\w*.\f + \fr 18.27 \ft aloud: Heb. with a great voice\f*\f + \fr 18.27 \ft he is talking: or, he meditateth\f*\f + \fr 18.27 \ft is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit\f*  
\v 28 And they \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w aloud|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w cut|strong="H1413"\w* themselves after their \w manner|strong="H4941"\w* with \w knives|strong="H2719"\w* and \w lancets|strong="H7420"\w*, till the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* gushed \w out|strong="H8210"\w* upon them.\f + \fr 18.28 \ft the blood…: Heb. poured out blood upon them\f*  
\v 29 And it came to pass, when \w midday|strong="H6672"\w* was \w past|strong="H5674"\w*, and they \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* until the \add time\add* of the \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* of the \add evening\add* \w sacrifice|strong="H4503"\w*, that \add there was\add* neither \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, nor any to \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*, nor any that \w regarded|strong="H7182"\w*.\f + \fr 18.29 \ft offering: Heb. ascending\f*\f + \fr 18.29 \ft that regarded: Heb. attention\f*  
\v 30 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Come \w near|strong="H5066"\w* unto me. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* came \w near|strong="H5066"\w* unto him. And he \w repaired|strong="H7495"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add that was\add* broken \w down|strong="H2040"\w*.  
\v 31 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, according to the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, unto whom the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall be thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*:  
\v 32 And with the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w trench|strong="H8585"\w* \w about|strong="H5439"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*, as great as would \w contain|strong="H1004"\w* two \w measures|strong="H5429"\w* of \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*.  
\v 33 And he \w put|strong="H6186"\w* the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* in \w order|strong="H6186"\w*, and \w cut|strong="H5408"\w* the \w bullock|strong="H6499"\w* in pieces, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \add him\add* on the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Fill|strong="H4390"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w barrels|strong="H3537"\w* with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and \w pour|strong="H3332"\w* \add it\add* on the burnt \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w*, and on the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\v 34 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Do \add it\add* the second \w time|strong="H8138"\w*. And they did \add it\add* the second \w time|strong="H8138"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Do \add it\add* the third \w time|strong="H8027"\w*. And they did \add it\add* the third \w time|strong="H8027"\w*.  
\v 35 And the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w ran|strong="H3212"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*; and he \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w trench|strong="H8585"\w* also with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.\f + \fr 18.35 \ft ran: Heb. went\f*  
\v 36 And it came to pass at \add the time of\add* the \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* of the \add evening\add* \w sacrifice|strong="H4503"\w*, that \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* came \w near|strong="H5066"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*, \w Isaac|strong="H3327"\w*, and of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, let it be \w known|strong="H3045"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that thou \add art\add* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \add that\add* I \add am\add* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and \add that\add* I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* all these things at thy \w word|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 37 \w Hear|strong="H6030"\w* me, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w hear|strong="H6030"\w* me, that this \w people|strong="H5971"\w* may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou \add art\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \add that\add* thou hast \w turned|strong="H5437"\w* their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w back|strong="H5437"\w* \w again|strong="H0322"\w*.  
\v 38 Then the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*, and \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* the burnt \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w*, and the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, and the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, and the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, and licked \w up|strong="H3897"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* that \add was\add* in the \w trench|strong="H8585"\w*.  
\v 39 And when all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, they \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on their \w faces|strong="H6440"\w*: and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, he \add is\add* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, he \add is\add* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 40 And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Take|strong="H8610"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* of \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*; let not \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of them \w escape|strong="H4422"\w*. And they \w took|strong="H8610"\w* them: and \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* brought them \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kishon|strong="H7028"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H7819"\w* them there.\f + \fr 18.40 \ft Take: or, Apprehend\f*   
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\v 41 ¶ And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, Get thee \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*; for \add there is\add* a \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of \w abundance|strong="H1995"\w* of \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*.\f + \fr 18.41 \ft a sound…: or, a sound of a noise of rain\f*  
\v 42 So \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*. And \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Carmel|strong="H3760"\w*; and he cast himself \w down|strong="H1457"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* between his \w knees|strong="H1290"\w*,  
\v 43 And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* now, \w look|strong="H5027"\w* \w toward|strong="H1870"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. And he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H5027"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add There is\add* \w nothing|strong="H3972"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*.  
\v 44 And it came to pass at the seventh \w time|strong="H7637"\w*, that he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, there \w ariseth|strong="H5927"\w* a \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w cloud|strong="H5645"\w* out of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, like a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w Prepare|strong="H0631"\w* \add thy chariot\add*, and get thee \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, that the \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w stop|strong="H6113"\w* thee not.\f + \fr 18.44 \ft Prepare: Heb. Tie, or, Bind\f*  
\v 45 And it came to pass in the mean \w while|strong="H3541"\w*, that the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* was \w black|strong="H6937"\w* with \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* and \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, and there was a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*. And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.  
\v 46 And the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was on \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*; and he girded \w up|strong="H8151"\w* his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* to the \w entrance|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.\f + \fr 18.46 \ft to the…: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel\f*   
\c 19  
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\v 1 And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* all that \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, and withal how he had \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* all the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\v 2 Then \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, So let the \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add to me\add*, and \w more|strong="H3254"\w* also, if I \w make|strong="H7760"\w* not thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* as the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them by to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* about this \w time|strong="H6256"\w*.  
\v 3 And when he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add that\add*, he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* for his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, which \add belongeth\add* to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w left|strong="H3240"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* there.   
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\v 4 ¶ But he himself \w went|strong="H1980"\w* a \w day’s|strong="H3117"\w* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* into the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w* under \w a|strong="H0259"\w* juniper \w tree|strong="H7574"\w*: and he \w requested|strong="H7592"\w* for \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* that he might \w die|strong="H4191"\w*; and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It is \w enough|strong="H7227"\w*; now, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, take \w away|strong="H3947"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*; for I \add am\add* not \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than my \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.\f + \fr 19.4 \ft for himself: Heb. for his life\f*  
\v 5 And as he \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* and \w slept|strong="H3462"\w* under \w a|strong="H0259"\w* juniper \w tree|strong="H7574"\w*, behold, then an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* \add and\add* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.  
\v 6 And he \w looked|strong="H5027"\w*, and, behold, \add there was\add* a \w cake|strong="H5692"\w* baken on the \w coals|strong="H7529"\w*, and a \w cruse|strong="H6835"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w* at his \w head|strong="H4763"\w*. And he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and laid him \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.\f + \fr 19.6 \ft head: Heb. bolster\f*  
\v 7 And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w*, and \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w* \add and\add* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; because the \w journey|strong="H1870"\w* \add is\add* too \w great|strong="H7227"\w* for thee.  
\v 8 And he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* of that \w meat|strong="H0396"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* and \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w* unto \w Horeb|strong="H2722"\w* the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.   
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\v 9 ¶ And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* thither unto a \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*, and \w lodged|strong="H3885"\w* there; and, behold, the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add came\add* to him, and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, What doest thou here, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*?  
\v 10 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have been \w very|strong="H7065"\w* \w jealous|strong="H7065"\w* for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*: for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* thy \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, thrown \w down|strong="H2040"\w* thine \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* thy \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and I, \add even\add* I only, am \w left|strong="H3498"\w*; and they \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, to take it \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 11 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* upon the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And, behold, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, and a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w rent|strong="H6561"\w* the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and brake in \w pieces|strong="H7665"\w* the \w rocks|strong="H5553"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; \add but\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add was\add* not in the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*: and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* an \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w*; \add but\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add was\add* not in the \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w*:  
\v 12 And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w* a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*; \add but\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add was\add* not in the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* a \w still|strong="H1827"\w* \w small|strong="H1851"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.  
\v 13 And it was \add so\add*, when \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add*, that he \w wrapped|strong="H3874"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* in his \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the entering \w in|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w*. And, behold, \add there came\add* a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What doest thou here, \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*?  
\v 14 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have been \w very|strong="H7065"\w* \w jealous|strong="H7065"\w* for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*: because the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* thy \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, thrown \w down|strong="H2040"\w* thine \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*, and \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* thy \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and I, \add even\add* I only, am \w left|strong="H3498"\w*; and they \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, to take it \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.  
\v 15 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* on thy \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*: and when thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w*, \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* \add to be\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*:  
\v 16 And \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nimshi|strong="H5250"\w* shalt thou \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \add to be\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w* of \w Abel-meholah|strong="H0065"\w* shalt thou \w anoint|strong="H4886"\w* \add to be\add* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* in thy room.\f + \fr 19.16 \ft Elisha: Gr. Eliseus\f*  
\v 17 And it shall come to pass, \add that\add* him that \w escapeth|strong="H4422"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Hazael|strong="H2371"\w* shall \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w*: and him that \w escapeth|strong="H4422"\w* from the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* shall \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 18 Yet I have \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \add me\add* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, all the \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* which have not \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w* unto \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and every \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* which hath not \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* him.\f + \fr 19.18 \ft I have…: or, I will leave\f*   
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\v 19 ¶ So he \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* thence, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Elisha|strong="H0477"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shaphat|strong="H8202"\w*, who \add was\add* \w plowing|strong="H2790"\w* \add with\add* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* \add of oxen\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and he with the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w*: and \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* by him, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* his \w mantle|strong="H0155"\w* upon him.  
\v 20 And he \w left|strong="H5800"\w* the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let me, I pray thee, \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and \add then\add* I will \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* thee. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Go \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*: for what have I \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to thee?\f + \fr 19.20 \ft Go…: Heb. Go return\f*  
\v 21 And he returned \w back|strong="H7725"\w* from \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* of \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2076"\w* them, and \w boiled|strong="H1310"\w* their \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* with the \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* of the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. Then he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, and \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* unto him.   
\c 20  
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\v 1 And \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* all his \w host|strong="H2428"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*: and \add there were\add* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* with him, and \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*: and he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w warred|strong="H3898"\w* against it.  
\v 2 And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*,  
\v 3 Thy \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and thy \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \add is\add* mine; thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* also and thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \add even\add* the \w goodliest|strong="H2896"\w*, \add are\add* mine.  
\v 4 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, according to thy \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, I \add am\add* thine, and all that I have.  
\v 5 And the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w speaketh|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Although I have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* me thy \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and thy \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w*;  
\v 6 Yet I will \w send|strong="H7971"\w* my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto thee to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* about this \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, and they shall \w search|strong="H2664"\w* thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*; and it shall \w be|strong="H1961"\w*, \add that\add* whatsoever is \w pleasant|strong="H4261"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, they shall \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \add it\add* in their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and take \add it\add* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.\f + \fr 20.6 \ft pleasant: Heb. desirable\f*  
\v 7 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Mark|strong="H3045"\w*, I pray you, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* how this \add man\add* \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*: for he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto me for my \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and for my \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and for my \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and for my \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*; and I \w denied|strong="H4513"\w* him not.\f + \fr 20.7 \ft I denied…: Heb. I kept not back from him\f*  
\v 8 And all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w* not \add unto him\add*, nor \w consent|strong="H0014"\w*.  
\v 9 Wherefore he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* of \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, All that thou didst \w send|strong="H7971"\w* for to thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: but this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* I \w may|strong="H3201"\w* not \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. And the \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* him \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 10 And \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* do \w so|strong="H6213"\w* unto me, and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*, if the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* shall \w suffice|strong="H5606"\w* for \w handfuls|strong="H8168"\w* for all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w follow|strong="H7272"\w* me.\f + \fr 20.10 \ft follow…: Heb. are at my feet\f*  
\v 11 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tell|strong="H1696"\w* \add him\add*, Let not him that \w girdeth|strong="H2296"\w* on \add his harness\add* \w boast|strong="H1984"\w* himself as he that putteth it \w off|strong="H6605"\w*.   
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\v 12 And it came to pass, when \add Ben-hadad\add* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* this \w message|strong="H1697"\w*, as he \add was\add* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*, he and the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* in the \w pavilions|strong="H5521"\w*, that he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Set|strong="H7760"\w* \add yourselves in array\add*. And they \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \add themselves in array\add* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.\f + \fr 20.12 \ft message: Heb. word\f*\f + \fr 20.12 \ft pavilions: or, tents\f*\f + \fr 20.12 \ft Set yourselves…: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines\f*   
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\v 13 ¶ And, behold, there \w came|strong="H5066"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Hast thou \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* all this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w*? behold, I will \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* it into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 20.13 \ft came: Heb. approached\f*  
\v 14 And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, By whom? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add Even\add* by the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*. Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who shall \w order|strong="H0631"\w* the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou.\f + \fr 20.14 \ft young…: or, servants\f*\f + \fr 20.14 \ft order: Heb. bind, or, tie\f*  
\v 15 Then he \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, and they were \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w*: and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them he \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add even\add* all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add being\add* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.  
\v 16 And they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* at \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*. But \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \add was\add* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* himself \w drunk|strong="H7910"\w* in the \w pavilions|strong="H5521"\w*, he and the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* that \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* him.  
\v 17 And the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w*; and \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* sent \w out|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, There are \w men|strong="H0582"\w* come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 18 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Whether they be come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* for \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, \w take|strong="H8610"\w* them \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*; or whether they be come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* for \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w take|strong="H8610"\w* them \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.  
\v 19 So these young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* which \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* them.  
\v 20 And they \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* his \w man|strong="H0376"\w*: and the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*; and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* them: and \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* on an \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* with the \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*.  
\v 21 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* and \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4347"\w*.   
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\v 22 ¶ And the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w came|strong="H5066"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* thyself, and \w mark|strong="H3045"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* what thou \w doest|strong="H6213"\w*: for at the \w return|strong="H8666"\w* of the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* will come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* against thee.  
\v 23 And the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* \add are\add* \w gods|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*; therefore they were \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* than we; \w but|strong="H0199"\w* let us \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against them in the \w plain|strong="H4334"\w*, and \w surely|strong="H3808"\w* we shall be \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* than they.  
\v 24 And \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, \w Take|strong="H5493"\w* the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* away, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* out of his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w captains|strong="H6346"\w* in their rooms:  
\v 25 And \w number|strong="H4487"\w* thee an \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, like the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* that thou hast \w lost|strong="H5307"\w*, \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* for \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* for \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*: and we will \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0854"\w* them in the \w plain|strong="H4334"\w*, \add and\add* surely we shall be \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* than they. And he \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* unto their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*.\f + \fr 20.25 \ft that thou…: Heb. that was fallen\f*  
\v 26 And it came to pass at the \w return|strong="H8666"\w* of the \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, that \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*, to \w fight|strong="H4421"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 20.26 \ft to fight…: Heb. to the war with Israel\f*  
\v 27 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w*, and were all \w present|strong="H3557"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* them: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* before them like \w two|strong="H8147"\w* little \w flocks|strong="H2835"\w* of \w kids|strong="H5795"\w*; but the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* the \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 20.27 \ft were all…: or, were nourished\f*   
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\v 28 ¶ And there \w came|strong="H5066"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Because the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* have \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*, but he \add is\add* not \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w valleys|strong="H6010"\w*, therefore will I \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* all this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and ye shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I \add am\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 29 And they \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* \w one|strong="H0428"\w* over \w against|strong="H5227"\w* the \w other|strong="H0428"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. And \add so\add* it was, that in the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was \w joined|strong="H7126"\w*: and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 30 But the \w rest|strong="H3498"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* to \w Aphek|strong="H0663"\w*, into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and \add there\add* a \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \add that were\add* \w left|strong="H3498"\w*. And \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, into an \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*.\f + \fr 20.30 \ft into an…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber\f*   
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\v 31 ¶ And his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold now, we have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add are\add* \w merciful|strong="H2617"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*: let us, I pray thee, \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* on our \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* upon our \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*, and go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: peradventure he will \w save|strong="H2421"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\v 32 So they \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* on their \w loins|strong="H4975"\w*, and \add put\add* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* on their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray thee, let me \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is\add* he yet \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*? he \add is\add* my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.  
\v 33 Now the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* did diligently \w observe|strong="H5172"\w* whether \add any thing would come\add* from him, and did \w hastily|strong="H4116"\w* \w catch|strong="H2480"\w* \add it:\add* and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w*. Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H0935"\w* ye, \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* him. Then \w Ben-hadad|strong="H1130"\w* came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to him; and he caused him to come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into the \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*.  
\v 34 And \add Ben-hadad\add* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, The \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, which my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* from thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, I will \w restore|strong="H7725"\w*; and thou shalt \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* for thee in \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, as my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. Then \add said Ahab\add*, I will send thee \w away|strong="H7971"\w* with this \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*. So he \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with him, and sent him \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.\f + \fr 20.34 \ft streets: or, market places\f*   
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\v 35 ¶ And a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w* in the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* me, I pray thee. And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* him.  
\v 36 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* he unto him, Because thou hast not \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, behold, as soon as thou art \w departed|strong="H1980"\w* from me, a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* shall \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* thee. And as soon as he was \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* from \w him|strong="H0681"\w*, a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* him, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* him.  
\v 37 Then he \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* me, I pray thee. And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, so that in \w smiting|strong="H5221"\w* he \w wounded|strong="H6481"\w* \add him\add*.\f + \fr 20.37 \ft so that…: Heb. smiting and wounding\f*  
\v 38 So the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w waited|strong="H5975"\w* for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and \w disguised|strong="H2664"\w* himself with \w ashes|strong="H0666"\w* upon his \w face|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 39 And as the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* passed \w by|strong="H5674"\w*, he \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* of the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*; and, behold, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* turned \w aside|strong="H5493"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* unto me, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Keep|strong="H8104"\w* this \w man|strong="H0376"\w*: if by any \w means|strong="H6485"\w* he be \w missing|strong="H6485"\w*, then shall thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* be for his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, or else thou shalt \w pay|strong="H8254"\w* a \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.\f + \fr 20.39 \ft pay: Heb. weigh\f*  
\v 40 And as thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* was \w busy|strong="H6213"\w* here and there, he was \w gone|strong="H0369"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, So \add shall\add* thy \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \add be;\add* thyself hast \w decided|strong="H2782"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 20.40 \ft he was…: Heb. he was not\f*  
\v 41 And he \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w*, and took the \w ashes|strong="H0666"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from his \w face|strong="H5869"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w discerned|strong="H5234"\w* him that he \add was\add* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*.  
\v 42 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Because thou hast let \w go|strong="H7971"\w* out of \add thy\add* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom I appointed to utter \w destruction|strong="H2764"\w*, therefore thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w* shall go for his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* for his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 43 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w heavy|strong="H5620"\w* and \w displeased|strong="H2198"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
\c 21  
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\v 1 And it came to pass \w after|strong="H0310"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \add that\add* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w* had a \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*, which \add was\add* in \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, hard \w by|strong="H0681"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1964"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* me thy \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*, that I may have it for a \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* of \w herbs|strong="H3419"\w*, because it \add is\add* \w near|strong="H7138"\w* \w unto|strong="H0681"\w* my \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee for it a \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* than it; \add or\add*, if it seem \w good|strong="H2896"\w* to \w thee|strong="H5869"\w*, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee the \w worth|strong="H4242"\w* of it in \w money|strong="H3701"\w*.\f + \fr 21.2 \ft seem…: Heb. be good in thine eyes\f*  
\v 3 And \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w* it me, that I should \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of my \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* unto thee.  
\v 4 And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w heavy|strong="H5620"\w* and \w displeased|strong="H2198"\w* because of the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* which \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w* had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* to him: for he had \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of my \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*. And he laid him \w down|strong="H7901"\w* upon his \w bed|strong="H4296"\w*, and turned \w away|strong="H5437"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and would \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.   
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\v 5 ¶ But \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to him, and \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, Why is thy \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* so \w sad|strong="H5620"\w*, that thou \w eatest|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*?  
\v 6 And he \w said|strong="H1696"\w* unto her, Because I \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* me thy \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* for \w money|strong="H3701"\w*; or else, if it \w please|strong="H2655"\w* thee, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee \add another\add* \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* for it: and he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I will not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee my \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w*.  
\v 7 And \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Dost thou now \w govern|strong="H6213"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, \add and\add* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and let thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* be \w merry|strong="H3190"\w*: I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*.  
\v 8 So she \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* in \w Ahab’s|strong="H0256"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* \add them\add* with his \w seal|strong="H2368"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* and to the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* that \add were\add* in his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w dwelling|strong="H3427"\w* with \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*.  
\v 9 And she \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w letters|strong="H5612"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* a \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* on \w high|strong="H7218"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*:\f + \fr 21.9 \ft on high…: Heb. in the top of the people\f*  
\v 10 And \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, before him, to bear \w witness|strong="H5749"\w* against him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou didst \w blaspheme|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And \add then\add* carry him \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w stone|strong="H5619"\w* him, that he may \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 11 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \add even\add* the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* and the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* who were the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* in his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w did|strong="H6213"\w* as \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto them, \add and\add* as it \add was\add* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* which she had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto them.  
\v 12 They \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* a \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*, and \w set|strong="H3427"\w* \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* on \w high|strong="H7218"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 13 And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* in \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* before him: and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w* \w witnessed|strong="H5749"\w* against him, \add even\add* against \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, in the presence of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* did \w blaspheme|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. Then they carried him \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H2351"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w stoned|strong="H5619"\w* him with \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 14 Then they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* is \w stoned|strong="H5619"\w*, and is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 15 ¶ And it came to pass, when \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* was \w stoned|strong="H5619"\w*, and was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, that \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, take \w possession|strong="H3423"\w* of the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*, which he \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* thee for \w money|strong="H3701"\w*: for \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* is not \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, but \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 16 And it came to pass, when \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, that \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* the \w Jezreelite|strong="H3158"\w*, to take \w possession|strong="H3423"\w* of it.   
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\v 17 ¶ And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 18 \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which \add is\add* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*: behold, \add he is\add* in the \w vineyard|strong="H3754"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w*, whither he is gone \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* it.  
\v 19 And thou shalt \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Hast thou \w killed|strong="H7523"\w*, and also taken \w possession|strong="H3423"\w*? And thou shalt \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, In the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w licked|strong="H3952"\w* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w Naboth|strong="H5022"\w* shall \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* \w lick|strong="H3952"\w* thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, even thine.  
\v 20 And \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, Hast thou \w found|strong="H4672"\w* me, O mine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \add thee:\add* because thou hast \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* thyself to \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 21 Behold, I will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon thee, and will take \w away|strong="H1197"\w* thy \w posterity|strong="H0310"\w*, and will cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* from \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* him that \w pisseth|strong="H8366"\w* against the \w wall|strong="H7023"\w*, and him that is shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w* and \w left|strong="H5800"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\v 22 And will \w make|strong="H5414"\w* thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, and like the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Baasha|strong="H1201"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahijah|strong="H0281"\w*, for the \w provocation|strong="H3708"\w* wherewith thou hast provoked \add me\add* to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w*, and made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\v 23 And of \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* also \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* by the \w wall|strong="H2426"\w* of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.\f + \fr 21.23 \ft wall: or, ditch\f*  
\v 24 Him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and him that \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* shall the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.   
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\v 25 ¶ But there was none like unto \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, which did \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* himself to \w work|strong="H6213"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, whom \w Jezebel|strong="H0348"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* stirred \w up|strong="H5496"\w*.\f + \fr 21.25 \ft stirred…: or, incited\f*  
\v 26 And he did \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w abominably|strong="H8581"\w* in \w following|strong="H3212"\w* \w idols|strong="H1544"\w*, according to all \add things\add* as \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* cast \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 27 And it came to pass, when \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* those \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, that he \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* upon his \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* in \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w softly|strong="H0328"\w*.  
\v 28 And the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came to \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w* the \w Tishbite|strong="H8664"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 29 \w Seest|strong="H7200"\w* thou how \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w humbleth|strong="H3665"\w* himself \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me? \w because|strong="H3282"\w* he \w humbleth|strong="H3665"\w* himself \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, I will not \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in his \w days|strong="H3117"\w*: \add but\add* in his \w son’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* will I \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\c 22  
\p
\v 1 And they \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* without \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 2 And it came to pass in the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, that \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 3 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* ye that \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w* in \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \add is\add* ours, and we \add be\add* \w still|strong="H2814"\w*, \add and\add* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* it not out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*?\f + \fr 22.3 \ft still…: Heb. silent from taking it\f*  
\v 4 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, Wilt thou \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with me to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* to \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*? And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I \add am\add* as \w thou|strong="H3644"\w* \add art\add*, my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* as thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, my \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* as thy \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.  
\v 5 And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Enquire|strong="H1875"\w*, I pray thee, at the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 6 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, about \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Shall I \w go|strong="H3212"\w* against \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, or shall I \w forbear|strong="H2308"\w*? And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; for the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* shall \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \add it\add* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 7 And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is there\add* not here a \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w besides|strong="H5750"\w*, that we might \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of him?  
\v 8 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, \add There is\add* yet \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Imlah|strong="H3229"\w*, by whom we may \w enquire|strong="H1875"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: but I \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* him; for he doth not \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* concerning me, but \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* so.  
\v 9 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w an|strong="H0259"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hasten|strong="H4116"\w* \add hither\add* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Imlah|strong="H3229"\w*.\f + \fr 22.9 \ft officer: or, eunuch\f*  
\v 10 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* on his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, having put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* their \w robes|strong="H0899"\w*, in a void \w place|strong="H1637"\w* in the \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; and all the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.\f + \fr 22.10 \ft void…: Heb. floor\f*  
\v 11 And \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Chenaanah|strong="H3668"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* him \w horns|strong="H7161"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*: and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, With these shalt thou \w push|strong="H5055"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, until thou have \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* them.  
\v 12 And all the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w prophesied|strong="H5012"\w* so, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*, and \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \add it\add* into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 13 And the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* that was \w gone|strong="H1980"\w* to \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold now, the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \add declare\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* with \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*: let thy \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, I pray thee, be like the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \add that which is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\v 14 And \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, what the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, that will I \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 ¶ So he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*, shall we \w go|strong="H3212"\w* against \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, or shall we \w forbear|strong="H2308"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, \w Go|strong="H5927"\w*, and \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \add it\add* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 16 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, How many \w times|strong="H6471"\w* shall I \w adjure|strong="H7650"\w* thee that thou \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* me nothing but \add that which is\add* \w true|strong="H0571"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*?  
\v 17 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* upon the \w hills|strong="H2022"\w*, as \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* that have not a \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, These have no \w master|strong="H0113"\w*: let them \w return|strong="H7725"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 18 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, Did I not \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* thee that he would \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* no \w good|strong="H2896"\w* concerning me, but \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*?  
\v 19 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* thou therefore the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* on his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, and all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* by him on his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* and on his \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.  
\v 20 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who shall \w persuade|strong="H6601"\w* \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, that he may go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* and \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* at \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*? And one \w said|strong="H0559"\w* on this \w manner|strong="H3541"\w*, and another \w said|strong="H0559"\w* on that \w manner|strong="H3541"\w*.\f + \fr 22.20 \ft persuade: or, deceive\f*  
\v 21 And there came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* a \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w persuade|strong="H6601"\w* him.  
\v 22 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Wherewith? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and I will be a \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* in the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of all his \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt \w persuade|strong="H6601"\w* \add him\add*, and \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* also: go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so.  
\v 23 Now therefore, behold, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w put|strong="H5414"\w* a \w lying|strong="H8267"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* in the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of all these thy \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* concerning thee.  
\v 24 But \w Zedekiah|strong="H6667"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Chenaanah|strong="H3668"\w* went \w near|strong="H5066"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* on the \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Which \w way|strong="H0335"\w* \w went|strong="H5674"\w* the \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* from me to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto thee?  
\v 25 And \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, thou shalt \w see|strong="H7200"\w* in that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, when thou shalt \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into an \w inner|strong="H2315"\w* \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w* to \w hide|strong="H2247"\w* thyself.\f + \fr 22.25 \ft into…: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber\f*  
\v 26 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w*, and carry him \w back|strong="H7725"\w* unto \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w* the \w governor|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and to \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*;  
\v 27 And \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Put|strong="H7760"\w* this \add fellow\add* in the \w prison|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w feed|strong="H0398"\w* him with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of \w affliction|strong="H3906"\w* and with \w water|strong="H4325"\w* of \w affliction|strong="H3906"\w*, until I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 28 And \w Micaiah|strong="H4321"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If thou \w return|strong="H7725"\w* at \w all|strong="H7725"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath not \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* by me. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hearken|strong="H8085"\w*, O \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, every one of you.   
\p
\v 29 So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w Ramoth-gilead|strong="H7433"\w*.  
\v 30 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, I will \w disguise|strong="H2664"\w* myself, and \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*; but put thou \w on|strong="H3847"\w* thy \w robes|strong="H0899"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w disguised|strong="H2664"\w* himself, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.\f + \fr 22.30 \ft I will…: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle\f*  
\v 31 But the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* that had rule over his \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Fight|strong="H3898"\w* neither with \w small|strong="H6996"\w* nor \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, save only with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 32 And it came to pass, when the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, that they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Surely it \add is\add* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And they turned \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against him: and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* cried \w out|strong="H2199"\w*.  
\v 33 And it came to pass, when the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w perceived|strong="H7200"\w* that it \add was\add* not the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, that they turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w* from \w pursuing|strong="H0310"\w* him.  
\v 34 And a \add certain\add* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w drew|strong="H4900"\w* a \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* at a \w venture|strong="H8537"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* between the \w joints|strong="H1694"\w* of the \w harness|strong="H8302"\w*: wherefore he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the driver of his \w chariot|strong="H7395"\w*, \w Turn|strong="H2015"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and carry me \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w host|strong="H4264"\w*; for I am \w wounded|strong="H2470"\w*.\f + \fr 22.34 \ft at a…: Heb. in his simplicity\f*\f + \fr 22.34 \ft joints…: Heb. joints and the breastplate\f*\f + \fr 22.34 \ft wounded: Heb. made sick\f*  
\v 35 And the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w increased|strong="H5927"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was stayed \w up|strong="H5975"\w* in his \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w against|strong="H5227"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* at \w even|strong="H6153"\w*: and the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* ran \w out|strong="H3332"\w* of the \w wound|strong="H4347"\w* into the \w midst|strong="H2436"\w* of the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w*.\f + \fr 22.35 \ft increased: Heb. ascended\f*\f + \fr 22.35 \ft midst: Heb. bosom\f*  
\v 36 And there \w went|strong="H5674"\w* a \w proclamation|strong="H7440"\w* throughout the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* about the going \w down|strong="H0935"\w* of the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his own \w country|strong="H0776"\w*.   
\p
\v 37 ¶ So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; and they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.\f + \fr 22.37 \ft was brought: Heb. came\f*  
\v 38 And \add one\add* \w washed|strong="H7857"\w* the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* in the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*; and the \w dogs|strong="H3611"\w* licked \w up|strong="H3952"\w* his \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*; and they \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* his \w armour|strong="H2185"\w*; according unto the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* which he \w spake|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 39 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w*, and all that he \w did|strong="H6213"\w*, and the \w ivory|strong="H8127"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which he \w made|strong="H1129"\w*, and all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* that he \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 40 So \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*; and \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
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\v 41 ¶ And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* in the \w fourth|strong="H0702"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 42 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \add was\add* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*; and he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. And his \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Azubah|strong="H5806"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Shilhi|strong="H7977"\w*.  
\v 43 And he \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in all the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*; he turned not \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* from it, \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \add that which was\add* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: nevertheless the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w* were not taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w*; \add for\add* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* and burnt \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* yet in the high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.  
\v 44 And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* made \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 45 Now the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, and his \w might|strong="H1369"\w* that he \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w*, and how he \w warred|strong="H3898"\w*, \add are\add* they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?  
\v 46 And the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w sodomites|strong="H6945"\w*, which \w remained|strong="H7604"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Asa|strong="H0609"\w*, he \w took|strong="H1197"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 47 \add There was\add* then no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*: a \w deputy|strong="H5324"\w* \add was\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 48 \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* of \w Tharshish|strong="H8659"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w* for \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*: but they \w went|strong="H1980"\w* not; for the \w ships|strong="H0591"\w* were \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* at \w Ezion-geber|strong="H6100"\w*.\f + \fr 22.48 \ft made…: or, had ten ships\f*  
\v 49 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* unto \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w*, Let my \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* in the \w ships|strong="H0591"\w*. But \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not.   
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\v 50 ¶ And \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* with his \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and \w Jehoram|strong="H3088"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.   
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\v 51 ¶ \w Ahaziah|strong="H0274"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahab|strong="H0256"\w* began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* the \w seventeenth|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* two \w years|strong="H8141"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 52 And he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w walked|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of his \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebat|strong="H5028"\w*, who made \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*:  
\v 53 For he \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* him, and provoked to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, according to all that his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.