a But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; [and] there was not {a} man left. a And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with {a} mantle. a And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened {a} bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. a And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, {a} little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. a Then Jael Heber's wife took {a} nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. a [The inhabitants of] the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose {a} mother in Israel. a They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there {a} shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? a Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter {a} song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. a Out of Ephraim [was there] {a} root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. a Zebulun and Naphtali [were] {a} people [that] jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. a He asked water, [and] she gave [him] milk; she brought forth butter in {a} lordly dish. a The mother of Sisera looked out at {a} window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot [so] long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? a Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man {a} damsel [or] two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, [meet] for the necks of [them that take] the spoil? a Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man a damsel [or] two; to Sisera {a} prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, [meet] for the necks of [them that take] the spoil? a Have they not sped? have they [not] divided the prey; to every man a damsel [or] two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, {a} prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, [meet] for the necks of [them that take] the spoil? a That the LORD sent {a} prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; a And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me {a} sign that thou talkest with me. a And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in {a} pot, and brought [it] out unto him under the oak, and presented [it]. a And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in {a} basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought [it] out unto him under the oak, and presented [it]. a And Gideon went in, and made ready {a} kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought [it] out unto him under the oak, and presented [it]. a And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer {a} burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. a And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst [it is yet] morning: if he [be] {a} god, let him plead for himself, because [one] hath cast down his altar. a But the spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew {a} trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. a Behold, I will put {a} fleece of wool in the floor; [and] if the dew be on the fleece only, and [it be] dry upon all the earth [beside], then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. a And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, {a} bowl full of water. a So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as {a} dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. a And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed {a} dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. a And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told {a} dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. a And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, {a} cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. a And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] {a} man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. a And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto {a} tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. a And his fellow answered and said, This [is] nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, {a} man of Israel: [for] into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. a And he divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put {a} trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. a When I blow with {a} trumpet, I and all that [are] with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, [The sword] of the LORD, and of Gideon. a And caught {a} young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, [even] threescore and seventeen men. a Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men [were they] whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou [art], so [were] they; each one resembled the children of {a} king. a And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, [and] slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he [was] yet {a} youth. a And Gideon said unto them, I would desire {a} request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they [were] Ishmaelites.) a And they answered, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread {a} garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. a And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was {a} thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that [was] on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that [were] about their camels' necks. a And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became {a} snare unto Gideon, and to his house. a And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither {a} whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. a And his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bare him {a} son, whose name he called Abimelech. a And Gideon the son of Joash died in {a} good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. a And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went {a} whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. a The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint {a} king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. a The trees went forth [on {a} time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. a And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that [were] with him; and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and cut down {a} bough from the trees, and took it, and laid [it] on his shoulder, and said unto the people that [were] with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, [and] do as I [have done]. a And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about {a} thousand men and women. a But there was {a} strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut [it] to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. a And a certain woman cast a piece of {a} millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. a And a certain woman cast {a} piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. a And {a} certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. A Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, {A} woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. a And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah the son of Dodo, {a} man of Issachar, and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. a And after him arose Jair, {a} Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. a Now Jephthah the Gileadite was {a} mighty man of valour, and he [was] the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. a And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou [art] the son of {a} strange woman. a And Jephthah vowed {a} vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, a Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for {a} burnt offering. a And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, [even] twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with {a} very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. a And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her [according] to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was {a} custom in Israel, a [That] the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in {a} year. a And after him Elon, {a} Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. a And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, {a} Pirathonite, judged Israel. a And there was {a} certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren, and bare not. a And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear {a} son. a For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be {a} Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. a For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear {a} son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. A Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, {A} man of God came unto me, and his countenance [was] like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he [was], neither told he me his name: a But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear {a} son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean [thing]: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. a But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean [thing]: for the child shall be {a} Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. a And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready {a} kid for thee. a And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer {a} burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD. a So Manoah took {a} kid with a meat offering, and offered [it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. a So Manoah took a kid with {a} meat offering, and offered [it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. a So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered [it] upon {a} rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. a But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received {a} burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these [things], nor would as at this time have told us [such things] as these. a But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and {a} meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these [things], nor would as at this time have told us [such things] as these. a And the woman bare {a} son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. a And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw {a} woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. a And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen {a} woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. a Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] never {a} woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. a Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take {a} wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. a Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, {a} young lion roared against him. a And the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent {a} kid, and [he had] nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. a And after {a} time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, [there was] a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. a And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, [there was] {a} swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion. a So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there {a} feast; for so used the young men to do. a And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth {a} riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: a And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth {a} riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told [it] me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told [it] my father nor my mother, and shall I tell [it] thee? a And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than {a} lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. a But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with {a} kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. a But it came to pass within {a} while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. a And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them {a} displeasure. a And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put {a} firebrand in the midst between two tails. a And he smote them hip and thigh with {a} great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. a And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew {a} thousand men therewith. a And he found {a} new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. a And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain {a} thousand men. a And it came to pass afterward, that he loved {a} woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah. a Now [there were] men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as {a} thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. a Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And [there were] liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like {a} thread. a That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I [have been] {a} Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any [other] man. a That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come {a} razor upon mine head; for I [have been] a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any [other] man. a And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for {a} man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. a Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer {a} great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. a And there was {a} man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah. a And when he had restored the eleven hundred [shekels] of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make {a} graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. a And when he had restored the eleven hundred [shekels] of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and {a} molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. a Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and {a} molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. a Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof {a} graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. a And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] {a} Levite, and he sojourned there. a And there was {a} young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there. a And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find [{a} place]: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. a And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [{a} place]. a And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I [am] {a} Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place]. a And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and {a} suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. a And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and {a} priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. a And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me {a} father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. a Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have {a} Levite to [my] priest. a When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; {a} place where [there is] no want of any thing that [is] in the earth. a When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to {a} large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where [there is] no want of any thing that [is] in the earth. a When ye go, ye shall come unto {a} people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where [there is] no want of any thing that [is] in the earth. a Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and {a} molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. a Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and {a} graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. a And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto {a} tribe and a family in Israel? a And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be {a} priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? a And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be {a} priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? a And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us {a} father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? a And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and {a} family in Israel? a And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and {a} priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? a [And] when they were {a} good way from the house of Micah, the men that [were] in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. a And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such {a} company? a And they took [the things] which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto {a} people [that were] at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. a And [there was] no deliverer, because it [was] far from Zidon, and they had no business with [any] man; and it was in the valley that [lieth] by Bethrehob. And they built {a} city, and dwelt therein. a And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was {a} certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. a And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him {a} concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. a And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, [and] to bring her again, having his servant with him, and {a} couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. a And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with {a} morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. a And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of {a} stranger, that [is] not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. a And they turned aside thither, to go in [and] to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in {a} street of the city: for [there was] no man that took them into his house to lodging. a And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw {a} wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? a Behold, [here is] my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile {a} thing. a Behold, [here is] my daughter {a} maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. a And when he was come into his house, he took {a} knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, [together] with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. a And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of {a} thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. a And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and {a} thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. a Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make {a} great flame with smoke rise up out of the city. a But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with {a} pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. a And the children of Israel said, Who [is there] among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made {a} great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. a And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made {a} breach in the tribes of Israel. a And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that {a} tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. a Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [be] he that giveth {a} wife to Benjamin. a Then they said, Behold, [there is] a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in {a} place] which [is] on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. a Then they said, Behold, [there is] {a} feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in a place] which [is] on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. a Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And {a} certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. a Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was {a} famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. a And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, {a} mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz. a And Naomi had {a} kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz. a And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on {a} part of the field [belonging] unto Boaz, who [was] of the kindred of Elimelech. a And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried {a} little in the house. a Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] {a} stranger? a And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and [how] thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto {a} people which thou knewest not heretofore. a The LORD recompense thy work, and {a} full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. a And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, {a} woman lay at his feet. a And he said, Who [art] thou? And she answered, I [am] Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou [art] {a} near kinsman. a And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou [art] {a} virtuous woman. a And now it is true that I [am thy] near kinsman: howbeit there is {a} kinsman nearer than I. a Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, [that] if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of {a} kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, [as] the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning. a Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, [that] if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of {a} kinsman to thee, [as] the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning. a Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, [that] if he will perform unto thee the part of {a} kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, [as] the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning. a And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that {a} woman came into the floor. a Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such {a} one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. a And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth {a} parcel of land, which [was] our brother Elimelech's: a Now this [was the manner] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave [it] to his neighbour: and this [was] {a} testimony in Israel. a Now this [was the manner] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; {a} man plucked off his shoe, and gave [it] to his neighbour: and this [was] a testimony in Israel. a So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare {a} son. a And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without {a} kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. a And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and {a} nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. a And he shall be unto thee {a} restorer of [thy] life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. a And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is {a} son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David. a And the women her neighbours gave it {a} name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father of Jesse, the father of David. a <1SA1 -1> Now there was {a} certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: a <1SA1 -5> But unto Hannah he gave {a} worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. a <1SA1 -9> So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by {a} post of the temple of the LORD. a <1SA1 -9> So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon {a} seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. a <1SA1 -11> And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid {a} man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. a <1SA1 -11> And she vowed {a} vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. a <1SA1 -15> And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I [am] a woman of {a} sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. a <1SA1 -15> And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I [am] {a} woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. a <1SA1 -16> Count not thine handmaid for {a} daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. a <1SA1 -20> Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare {a} son, and called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of the LORD. a <1SA1 -24> And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and {a} bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child [was] young. a <1SA1 -25> And they slew {a} bullock, and brought the child to Eli. a <1SA2 -3> Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] {a} God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. a <1SA2 -13> And the priests' custom with the people [was, that], when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with {a} fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; a <1SA2 -18> But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with {a} linen ephod. a <1SA2 -18> But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] {a} child, girded with a linen ephod. a <1SA2 -19> Moreover his mother made him {a} little coat, and brought [it] to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. a <1SA2 -25> If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if {a} man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them. a <1SA2 -27> And there came {a} man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? a <1SA2 -34> And this [shall be] {a} sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. a <1SA2 -35> And I will raise me up a faithful priest, [that] shall do according to [that] which [is] in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him {a} sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. a <1SA2 -35> And I will raise me up {a} faithful priest, [that] shall do according to [that] which [is] in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. a <1SA2 -36> And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for a piece of silver and {a} morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. a <1SA2 -36> And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for {a} piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. a <1SA2 -36> And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat {a} piece of bread. a <1SA3 -11> And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do {a} thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. a <1SA3 -20> And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel [was] established [to be] {a} prophet of the LORD. a <1SA4 -5> And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with {a} great shout, so that the earth rang again. a <1SA4 -7> And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such {a} thing heretofore. a <1SA4 -10> And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was {a} very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. a <1SA4 -12> And there ran {a} man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. a <1SA4 -13> And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon {a} seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told [it], all the city cried out. a <1SA4 -17> And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also {a} great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. a <1SA4 -20> And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast borne {a} son. But she answered not, neither did she regard [it]. a <1SA5 -9> And it was [so], that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with {a} very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. a <1SA5 -11> So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was {a} deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. a <1SA6 -3> And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him {a} trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. a <1SA6 -7> Now therefore make {a} new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: a <1SA6 -8> And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in {a} coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. a <1SA6 -8> And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] {a} trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. a <1SA6 -9> And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [then] he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that [it is] not his hand [that] smote us: it [was] {a} chance [that] happened to us. a <1SA6 -14> And the cart came into the field of Joshua, {a} Bethshemite, and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. a <1SA6 -14> And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where [there was] {a} great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. a <1SA6 -14> And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine {a} burnt offering unto the LORD. a <1SA6 -17> And these [are] the golden emerods which the Philistines returned [for] {a} trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; a <1SA6 -19> And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten [many] of the people with {a} great slaughter. a <1SA7 -9> And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered [it for] {a} burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. a <1SA7 -9> And Samuel took {a} sucking lamb, and offered [it for] a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. a <1SA7 -10> And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with {a} great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. a <1SA7 -12> Then Samuel took {a} stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. a <1SA8 -5> And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us {a} king to judge us like all the nations. a <1SA8 -6> But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us {a} king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. a <1SA8 -10> And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him {a} king. a <1SA8 -19> Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have {a} king over us; a <1SA8 -22> And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them {a} king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. a <1SA9 -1> Now there was {a} man of Benjamin, whose name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. a <1SA9 -1> Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, {a} Benjamite, a mighty man of power. a <1SA9 -1> Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, {a} mighty man of power. a <1SA9 -2> And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, {a} choice young man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher than any of the people. a <1SA9 -2> And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a choice young man, and {a} goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher than any of the people. a <1SA9 -2> And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel {a} goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher than any of the people. a <1SA9 -2> And he had {a} son, whose name [was] Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward [he was] higher than any of the people. a <1SA9 -6> And he said unto him, Behold now, [there is] in this city {a} man of God, and [he is] an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way that we should go. a <1SA9 -7> Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, [if] we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and [there is] not {a} present to bring to the man of God: what have we? a <1SA9 -8> And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of {a} shekel of silver: [that] will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. a <1SA9 -9> Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for [he that is] now [called] {a} Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) a <1SA9 -9> Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for [he that is] now [called] a Prophet was beforetime called {a} Seer.) a <1SA9 -9> Beforetime in Israel, when {a} man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for [he that is] now [called] a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) a <1SA9 -12> And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for [there is] {a} sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: a <1SA9 -15> Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear {a} day before Saul came, saying, a <1SA9 -16> To morrow about this time I will send thee {a} man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him [to be] captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. a <1SA9 -21> And Saul answered and said, [Am] not I {a} Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? a <1SA9 -27> And] as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still {a} while, that I may show thee the word of God. a <1SA10 -1> Then Samuel took {a} vial of oil, and poured [it] upon his head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD hath anointed thee [to be] captain over his inheritance? a <1SA10 -3> Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying {a} bottle of wine: a <1SA10 -5> After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and {a} harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: a <1SA10 -5> After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and {a} pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: a <1SA10 -5> After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and {a} tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: a <1SA10 -5> After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet {a} company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: a <1SA10 -5> After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with {a} psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: a <1SA10 -10> And when they came thither to the hill, behold, {a} company of prophets met him; and the spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. a <1SA10 -12> And one of the same place answered and said, But who [is] their father? Therefore it became {a} proverb, [Is] Saul also among the prophets? a <1SA10 -19> And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, [Nay], but set {a} king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. a <1SA10 -25> Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote [it] in {a} book, and laid [it] up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. a <1SA10 -26> And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him {a} band of men, whose hearts God had touched. a <1SA11 -1> Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make {a} covenant with us, and we will serve thee. a <1SA11 -2> And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this [condition] will I make [a covenant] with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it [for] {a} reproach upon all Israel. a <1SA11 -2> And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this [condition] will I make [{a} covenant] with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it [for] a reproach upon all Israel. a <1SA11 -7> And he took {a} yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent [them] throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. a <1SA11 -13> And Saul said, There shall not {a} man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. a <1SA12 -1> And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made {a} king over you. a <1SA12 -12> And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but {a} king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God [was] your king. a <1SA12 -13> Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, [and] whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set {a} king over you. a <1SA12 -17> Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you {a} king. a <1SA12 -19> And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins [this] evil, to ask us {a} king. a <1SA13 -2> Saul chose him three thousand [men] of Israel; [whereof] two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and {a} thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. a <1SA13 -4> And all Israel heard say [that] Saul had smitten {a} garrison of the Philistines, and [that] Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. a <1SA13 -6> When the men of Israel saw that they were in {a} strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. a <1SA13 -9> And Saul said, Bring hither {a} burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. a <1SA13 -12> Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered {a} burnt offering. a <1SA13 -14> But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him {a} man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him [to be] captain over his people, because thou hast not kept [that] which the LORD commanded thee. a <1SA13 -21> Yet they had {a} file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. a <1SA14 -1> Now it came to pass upon {a} day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that [is] on the other side. But he told not his father. a <1SA14 -2> And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under {a} pomegranate tree which [is] in Migron: and the people that [were] with him [were] about six hundred men; a <1SA14 -4> And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, [there was] {a} sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one [was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. a <1SA14 -4> And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, [there was] a sharp rock on the one side, and {a} sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one [was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. a <1SA14 -10> But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this [shall be] {a} sign unto us. a <1SA14 -12> And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you {a} thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. a <1SA14 -14> And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, [which] {a} yoke [of oxen might plow]. a <1SA14 -15> And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was {a} very great trembling. a <1SA14 -20> And Saul and all the people that [were] with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, [and there was] {a} very great discomfiture. a <1SA14 -25> And all [they of] the land came to {a} wood; and there was honey upon the ground. a <1SA14 -29> Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted {a} little of this honey. a <1SA14 -30> How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now {a} much greater slaughter among the Philistines? a <1SA14 -33> Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll {a} great stone unto me this day. a <1SA14 -36> And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave {a} man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. a <1SA14 -39> For, [as] the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But [there was] not {a} man among all the people [that] answered him. a <1SA14 -41> Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give {a} perfect [lot]. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. a <1SA14 -43> Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste {a} little honey with the end of the rod that [was] in mine hand, [and], lo, I must die. a <1SA15 -5> And Saul came to {a} city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. a <1SA15 -12> And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up {a} place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. a <1SA15 -18> And the LORD sent thee on {a} journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. a <1SA15 -28> And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to {a} neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou. a <1SA15 -29> And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not {a} man, that he should repent. a <1SA16 -1> And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me {a} king among his sons. a <1SA16 -12> And he sent, and brought him in. Now he [was] ruddy, [and] withal of {a} beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this [is] he. a <1SA16 -16> Let our lord now command thy servants, [which are] before thee, to seek out {a} man, [who is] a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. a <1SA16 -16> Let our lord now command thy servants, [which are] before thee, to seek out a man, [who is] {a} cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. a <1SA16 -17> And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now {a} man that can play well, and bring [him] to me. a <1SA16 -18> Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen {a} son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him. a <1SA16 -18> Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and {a} man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him. a <1SA16 -18> Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and {a} mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD [is] with him. a <1SA16 -18> Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, [that is] cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and {a} comely person, and the LORD [is] with him. a <1SA16 -20> And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread, and {a} bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son unto Saul. a <1SA16 -20> And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread, and a bottle of wine, and {a} kid, and sent [them] by David his son unto Saul. a <1SA17 -3> And the Philistines stood on {a} mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and [there was] a valley between them. a <1SA17 -3> And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on {a} mountain on the other side: and [there was] a valley between them. a <1SA17 -3> And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and [there was] {a} valley between them. a <1SA17 -4> And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and {a} span. a <1SA17 -4> And there went out {a} champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span. a <1SA17 -5> And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with {a} coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass. a <1SA17 -6> And [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and {a} target of brass between his shoulders. a <1SA17 -7> And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing {a} shield went before him. a <1SA17 -7> And the staff of his spear [was] like {a} weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. a <1SA17 -8> And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set [your] battle in array? [am] not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you {a} man for you, and let him come down to me. a <1SA17 -8> And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set [your] battle in array? [am] not I {a} Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. a <1SA17 -10> And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me {a} man, that we may fight together. a <1SA17 -20> And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with {a} keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. a <1SA17 -29> And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not {a} cause? a <1SA17 -33> And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou [art but] {a} youth, and he a man of war from his youth. a <1SA17 -33> And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou [art but] a youth, and he {a} man of war from his youth. a <1SA17 -34> And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came {a} lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: a <1SA17 -34> And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took {a} lamb out of the flock: a <1SA17 -34> And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and {a} bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: a <1SA17 -38> And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with {a} coat of mail. a <1SA17 -40> And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in {a} shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling [was] in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. a <1SA17 -40> And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in {a} scrip; and his sling [was] in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. a <1SA17 -42> And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was [but] {a} youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. a <1SA17 -42> And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy, and of {a} fair countenance. a <1SA17 -43> And the Philistine said unto David, [Am] I {a} dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. a <1SA17 -45> Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with {a} spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. a <1SA17 -45> Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with {a} sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. a <1SA17 -45> Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with {a} shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. a <1SA17 -46> This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is {a} God in Israel. a <1SA17 -49> And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence {a} stone, and slang [it], and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. a <1SA17 -50> So David prevailed over the Philistine with {a} sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but [there was] no sword in the hand of David. a <1SA17 -50> So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with {a} stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but [there was] no sword in the hand of David. a <1SA18 -3> Then Jonathan and David made {a} covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. a <1SA18 -10> And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and [there was] {a} javelin in Saul's hand. a <1SA18 -13> Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over {a} thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. a <1SA18 -21> And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be {a} snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in [the one of] the twain. a <1SA18 -23> And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you [{a}] light [thing] to be a king's son in law, seeing that I [am] a poor man, and lightly esteemed? a <1SA18 -23> And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you [a] light [thing] to be a king's son in law, seeing that I [am] {a} poor man, and lightly esteemed? a <1SA18 -23> And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you [a] light [thing] to be {a} king's son in law, seeing that I [am] a poor man, and lightly esteemed? a <1SA19 -2> But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in {a} secret [place], and hide thyself: a <1SA19 -5> For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest [it], and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without {a} cause? a <1SA19 -5> For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought {a} great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest [it], and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? a <1SA19 -8> And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with {a} great slaughter; and they fled from him. a <1SA19 -12> So Michal let David down through {a} window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. a <1SA19 -13> And Michal took an image, and laid [it] in the bed, and put {a} pillow of goats' [hair] for his bolster, and covered [it] with a cloth. a <1SA19 -13> And Michal took an image, and laid [it] in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' [hair] for his bolster, and covered [it] with {a} cloth. a <1SA19 -16> And when the messengers were come in, behold, [there was] an image in the bed, with {a} pillow of goats' [hair] for his bolster. a <1SA19 -22> Then went he also to Ramah, and came to {a} great well that [is] in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where [are] Samuel and David? And [one] said, Behold, [they be] at Naioth in Ramah. a <1SA20 -3> And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, [there is] but {a} step between me and death. a <1SA20 -6> If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for [there is] {a} yearly sacrifice there for all the family. a <1SA20 -8> Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into {a} covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? a <1SA20 -16> So Jonathan made [{a} covenant] with the house of David, [saying], Let the LORD even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies. a <1SA20 -20> And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof], as though I shot at {a} mark. a <1SA20 -21> And, behold, I will send {a} lad, [saying], Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows [are] on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for [there is] peace to thee, and no hurt; [as] the LORD liveth. a <1SA20 -25> And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, [even] upon {a} seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. a <1SA20 -29> And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath {a} sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. a <1SA20 -33> And Saul cast {a} javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. a <1SA20 -35> And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and {a} little lad with him. a <1SA20 -41> And] as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of [{a} place] toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. a <1SA21 -2> And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed [my] servants to such and such {a} place. a <1SA21 -2> And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me {a} business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed [my] servants to such and such a place. a <1SA21 -5> And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of {a} truth women [have been] kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and [the bread is] in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. a <1SA21 -5> And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women [have been] kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and [the bread is] in {a} manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. a <1SA21 -7> Now {a} certain man of the servants of Saul [was] there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name [was] Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that [belonged] to Saul. a <1SA21 -9> And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it [is here] wrapped in {a} cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take [it]: for [there is] no other save that here. And David said, [There is] none like that; give it me. a <1SA22 -2> And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became {a} captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. a <1SA22 -6> When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that [were] with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under {a} tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants [were] standing about him;) a <1SA22 -8> That all of you have conspired against me, and [there is] none that showeth me that my son hath made {a} league with the son of Jesse, and [there is] none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? a <1SA22 -13> And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and {a} sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? a <1SA22 -18> And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear {a} linen ephod. a <1SA23 -5> So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with {a} great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. a <1SA23 -7> And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into {a} town that hath gates and bars. a <1SA23 -14> And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in {a} mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. a <1SA23 -15> And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in {a} wood. a <1SA23 -18> And they two made {a} covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. a <1SA23 -25> Saul also and his men went to seek [him]. And they told David: wherefore he came down into {a} rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. a <1SA23 -27> But there came {a} messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. a <1SA24 -3> And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where [was] {a} cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. a <1SA24 -14> After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after {a} dead dog, after a flea. a <1SA24 -14> After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after {a} flea. a <1SA24 -19> For if {a} man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. a <1SA25 -2> And [there was] {a} man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. a <1SA25 -2> And [there was] a man in Maon, whose possessions [were] in Carmel; and the man [was] very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and {a} thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. a <1SA25 -3> Now the name of the man [was] Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and [she was] {a} woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man [was] churlish and evil in his doings; and he [was] of the house of Caleb. a <1SA25 -3> Now the name of the man [was] Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and [she was] a woman of good understanding, and of {a} beautiful countenance: but the man [was] churlish and evil in his doings; and he [was] of the house of Caleb. a <1SA25 -8> Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in {a} good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. a <1SA25 -10> And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there be many servants now {a} days that break away every man from his master. a <1SA25 -16> They were {a} wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. a <1SA25 -17> Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] {a} son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to him. a <1SA25 -17> Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [{a} man] cannot speak to him. a <1SA25 -28> I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord {a} sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee [all] thy days. a <1SA25 -29> Yet {a} man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, [as out] of the middle of a sling. a <1SA25 -29> Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, [as out] of the middle of {a} sling. a <1SA25 -36> And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of {a} king; and Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. a <1SA25 -36> And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held {a} feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. a <1SA25 -37> But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became [as] {a} stone. a <1SA25 -41> And she arose, and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth, and said, Behold, [let] thine handmaid [be] {a} servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. a <1SA26 -12> So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw [it], nor knew [it], neither awaked: for they [were] all asleep; because {a} deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them. a <1SA26 -13> Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; {a} great space [being] between them: a <1SA26 -15> And David said to Abner, [Art] not thou {a} [valiant] man? and who [is] like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. a <1SA26 -20> Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek {a} flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. a <1SA26 -20> Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt {a} partridge in the mountains. a <1SA27 -5> And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me {a} place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? a <1SA27 -7> And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was {a} full year and four months. a <1SA27 -10> And Achish said, Whither have ye made {a} road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. a <1SA28 -7> Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] {a} woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. a <1SA28 -7> Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath {a} familiar spirit at Endor. a <1SA28 -7> Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me {a} woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. a <1SA28 -7> Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath {a} familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. a <1SA28 -9> And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou {a} snare for my life, to cause me to die? a <1SA28 -12> And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with {a} loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou [art] Saul. a <1SA28 -14> And he said unto her, What form [is] he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he [is] covered with {a} mantle. And Saul perceived that it [was] Samuel, and he stooped with [his] face to the ground, and bowed himself. a <1SA28 -22> Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set {a} morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. a <1SA28 -24> And the woman had {a} fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded [it], and did bake unleavened bread thereof: a <1SA29 -1> Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by {a} fountain which [is] in Jezreel. a <1SA30 -12> And they gave him a piece of {a} cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk [any] water, three days and three nights. a <1SA30 -12> And they gave him {a} piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk [any] water, three days and three nights. a <1SA30 -13> And David said unto him, To whom [belongest] thou? and whence [art] thou? And he said, I [am] {a} young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick. a <1SA30 -17> And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not {a} man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. a <1SA30 -25> And it was [so] from that day forward, that he made it {a} statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. a <1SA30 -26> And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, [even] to his friends, saying, Behold {a} present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; a <1SA31 -4> Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took {a} sword, and fell upon it. a <1SA31 -13> And they took their bones, and buried [them] under {a} tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. a <2SA1 -2> It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, {a} man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and [so] it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. a <2SA1 -13> And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of {a} stranger, an Amalekite. a <2SA2 -17> And there was {a} very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. a <2SA2 -18> And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel [was as] light of foot as {a} wild roe. a <2SA2 -28> So Joab blew {a} trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. a <2SA3 -7> And Saul had {a} concubine, whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? a <2SA3 -8> Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, [Am] I a dog's head, which against Judah do show kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with {a} fault concerning this woman? a <2SA3 -8> Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, [Am] I {a} dog's head, which against Judah do show kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman? a <2SA3 -11> And he could not answer Abner {a} word again, because he feared him. a <2SA3 -13> And he said, Well; I will make {a} league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. a <2SA3 -20> So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that [were] with him {a} feast. a <2SA3 -21> And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make {a} league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. a <2SA3 -22> And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from [pursuing] {a} troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner [was] not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. a <2SA3 -22> And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from [pursuing] a troop, and brought in {a} great spoil with them: but Abner [was] not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. a <2SA3 -29> Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is {a} leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. a <2SA3 -29> Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on {a} staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. a <2SA3 -33> And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as {a} fool dieth? a <2SA3 -34> Thy hands [were] not bound. nor thy feet put into fetters: as {a} man falleth before wicked men, [so] fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. a <2SA3 -38> And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is {a} prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? a <2SA3 -38> And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and {a} great man fallen this day in Israel? a <2SA4 -2> And Saul's son had two men [that were] captains of bands: the name of the one [was] Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon {a} Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin. a <2SA4 -4> And Jonathan, Saul's son, had {a} son [that was] lame of [his] feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name [was] Mephibosheth. a <2SA4 -5> And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on {a} bed at noon. a <2SA4 -10> When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who [thought] that I would have given him {a} reward for his tidings: a <2SA4 -11> How much more, when wicked men have slain {a} righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? a <2SA5 -2> Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be {a} captain over Israel. a <2SA5 -3> So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made {a} league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. a <2SA5 -23> And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; [but] fetch {a} compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. a <2SA5 -24> And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of {a} going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. a <2SA6 -3> And they set the ark of God upon {a} new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that [was] in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. a <2SA6 -8> And David was displeased, because the LORD had made {a} breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. a <2SA6 -14> And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with {a} linen ephod. a <2SA6 -16> And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through {a} window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. a <2SA6 -19> And he dealt among all the people, [even] among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and {a} good piece [of flesh], and a flagon [of wine]. So all the people departed every one to his house. a <2SA6 -19> And he dealt among all the people, [even] among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one {a} cake of bread, and a good piece [of flesh], and a flagon [of wine]. So all the people departed every one to his house. a <2SA6 -19> And he dealt among all the people, [even] among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece [of flesh], and {a} flagon [of wine]. So all the people departed every one to his house. a <2SA7 -6> Whereas I have not dwelt in [any] house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in {a} tent and in a tabernacle. a <2SA7 -6> Whereas I have not dwelt in [any] house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in {a} tabernacle. a <2SA7 -7> In all [the places] wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I {a} word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? a <2SA7 -9> And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee {a} great name, like unto the name of the great [men] that [are] in the earth. a <2SA7 -10> Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in {a} place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, a <2SA7 -10> Moreover I will appoint {a} place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, a <2SA7 -19> And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for {a} great while to come. And [is] this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? a <2SA7 -19> And this was yet {a} small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? a <2SA7 -23> And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people, [even] like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him {a} name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods? a <2SA7 -23> And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people, [even] like Israel, whom God went to redeem for {a} people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods? a <2SA7 -24> For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel [to be] {a} people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. a <2SA8 -2> And he smote Moab, and measured them with {a} line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And [so] the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts. a <2SA8 -4> And David took from him {a} thousand [chariots], and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them [for] an hundred chariots. a <2SA8 -13> And David gat [him] {a} name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, [being] eighteen thousand [men]. a <2SA9 -2> And [there was] of the house of Saul {a} servant whose name [was] Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, [Art] thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant [is he]. a <2SA9 -3> And the king said, [Is] there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet {a} son, [which is] lame on [his] feet. a <2SA9 -8> And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such {a} dead dog as I [am]? a <2SA9 -12> And Mephibosheth had {a} young son, whose name [was] Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba [were] servants unto Mephibosheth. a <2SA10 -6> And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah {a} thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. a <2SA11 -2> And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw {a} woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon. a <2SA11 -8> And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him {a} mess [of meat] from the king. a <2SA11 -14> And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote {a} letter to Joab, and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah. a <2SA11 -16> And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto {a} place where he knew that valiant men [were]. a <2SA11 -21> Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of {a} millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. a <2SA11 -21> Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not {a} woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. a <2SA11 -21> Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast {a} piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. a <2SA11 -27> And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him {a} son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. a <2SA12 -3> But the poor [man] had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as {a} daughter. a <2SA12 -4> And there came {a} traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. a <2SA12 -24> And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare {a} son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. a <2SA12 -30> And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof [was] {a} talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was [set] on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. a <2SA13 -1> And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had {a} fair sister, whose name [was] Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. a <2SA13 -2> And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she [was] {a} virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. a <2SA13 -3> But Amnon had {a} friend, whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab [was] a very subtle man. a <2SA13 -3> But Amnon had a friend, whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab [was] {a} very subtle man. a <2SA13 -6> So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me {a} couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. a <2SA13 -9> And she took {a} pan, and poured [them] out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. a <2SA13 -18> And [she had] {a} garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters [that were] virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. a <2SA14 -2> And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as {a} woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: a <2SA14 -2> And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence {a} wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: a <2SA14 -2> And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be {a} mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: a <2SA14 -2> And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had {a} long time mourned for the dead: a <2SA14 -5> And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am] indeed {a} widow woman, and mine husband is dead. a <2SA14 -13> And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such {a} thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. a <2SA14 -27> And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of {a} fair countenance. a <2SA14 -27> And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was {a} woman of a fair countenance. a <2SA15 -2> And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was [so], that when any man that had {a} controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city [art] thou? And he said, Thy servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel. a <2SA15 -8> For thy servant vowed {a} vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD. a <2SA15 -13> And there came {a} messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. a <2SA15 -17> And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in {a} place that was far off. a <2SA15 -19> Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou [art] {a} stranger, and also an exile. a <2SA15 -23> And all the country wept with {a} loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. a <2SA15 -27> The king said also unto Zadok the priest, [Art not] thou {a} seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. a <2SA15 -33> Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be {a} burden unto me: a <2SA16 -1> And when David was {a} little past the top [of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. a <2SA16 -1> And when David was a little past the top [of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with {a} couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. a <2SA16 -1> And when David was a little past the top [of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and {a} bottle of wine. a <2SA16 -5> And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out {a} man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. a <2SA16 -8> The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art] {a} bloody man. a <2SA16 -22> So they spread Absalom {a} tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. a <2SA16 -23> And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, [was] as if {a} man had inquired at the oracle of God: so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. a <2SA17 -8> For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they [be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in their minds, as {a} bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father [is] a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. a <2SA17 -8> For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they [be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father [is] {a} man of war, and will not lodge with the people. a <2SA17 -9> Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other] place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is {a} slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. a <2SA17 -10> And he also [that is] valiant, whose heart [is] as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father [is] {a} mighty man, and [they] which [be] with him [are] valiant men. a <2SA17 -10> And he also [that is] valiant, whose heart [is] as the heart of {a} lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father [is] a mighty man, and [they] which [be] with him [are] valiant men. a <2SA17 -13> Moreover, if he be gotten into {a} city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. a <2SA17 -17> Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and {a} wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. a <2SA17 -18> Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had {a} well in his court; whither they went down. a <2SA17 -18> Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to {a} man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down. a <2SA17 -18> Nevertheless {a} lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down. a <2SA17 -19> And the woman took and spread {a} covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. a <2SA17 -25> And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa [was] {a} man's son, whose name [was] Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. a <2SA18 -2> And David sent forth {a} third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. a <2SA18 -2> And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and {a} third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. a <2SA18 -2> And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and {a} third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. a <2SA18 -7> Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there {a} great slaughter that day of twenty thousand [men]. a <2SA18 -9> And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon {a} mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that [was] under him went away. a <2SA18 -9> And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of {a} great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that [was] under him went away. a <2SA18 -10> And {a} certain man saw [it], and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. a <2SA18 -11> And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest [him], and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? And I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver, and {a} girdle. a <2SA18 -12> And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive {a} thousand [shekels] of silver in mine hand, [yet] would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none [touch] the young man Absalom. a <2SA18 -17> And they took Absalom, and cast him into {a} great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. a <2SA18 -17> And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid {a} very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. a <2SA18 -18> Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself {a} pillar, which [is] in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place. a <2SA18 -24> And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold {a} man running alone. a <2SA18 -27> And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] {a} good man, and cometh with good tidings. a <2SA18 -29> And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and [me] thy servant, I saw {a} great tumult, but I knew not what [it was]. a <2SA19 -4> But the king covered his face, and the king cried with {a} loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! a <2SA19 -10> And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not {a} word of bringing the king back? a <2SA19 -16> And Shimei the son of Gera, {a} Benjamite, which [was] of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. a <2SA19 -17> And [there were] {a} thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. a <2SA19 -18> And there went over {a} ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; a <2SA19 -32> Now Barzillai was {a} very aged man, [even] fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he [was] a very great man. a <2SA19 -32> Now Barzillai was a very aged man, [even] fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he [was] {a} very great man. a <2SA19 -35> I [am] this day fourscore years old: [and] can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet {a} burden unto my lord the king? a <2SA19 -36> Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such {a} reward? a <2SA19 -36> Thy servant will go {a} little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? a <2SA20 -1> And there happened to be there {a} man of Belial, whose name [was] Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. a <2SA20 -1> And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name [was] Sheba, the son of Bichri, {a} Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. a <2SA20 -1> And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name [was] Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew {a} trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. a <2SA20 -8> When they [were] at the great stone which [is] in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it {a} girdle [with] a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. a <2SA20 -8> When they [were] at the great stone which [is] in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle [with] {a} sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. a <2SA20 -12> And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast {a} cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. a <2SA20 -15> And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up {a} bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that [were] with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. a <2SA20 -16> Then cried {a} wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. a <2SA20 -19> I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy {a} city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? a <2SA20 -19> I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and {a} mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? a <2SA20 -21> The matter [is] not so: but {a} man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. a <2SA20 -22> Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast [it] out to Joab. And he blew {a} trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. a <2SA20 -26> And Ira also the Jairite was {a} chief ruler about David. a <2SA21 -1> Then there was {a} famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, [It is] for Saul, and for [his] bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. a <2SA21 -16> And Ishbibenob, which [was] of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear [weighed] three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being girded with {a} new [sword], thought to have slain David. a <2SA21 -18> And it came to pass after this, that there was again {a} battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which [was] of the sons of the giant. a <2SA21 -19> And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, {a} Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam. a <2SA21 -19> And there was again {a} battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam. a <2SA21 -19> And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like {a} weaver's beam. a <2SA21 -20> And there was yet {a} battle in Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. a <2SA21 -20> And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was {a} man of [great] stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. a <2SA22 -9> There went up {a} smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. a <2SA22 -11> And he rode upon {a} cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. a <2SA22 -20> He brought me forth also into {a} large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. a <2SA22 -30> For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over {a} wall. a <2SA22 -30> For by thee I have run through {a} troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. a <2SA22 -31> As for] God, his way [is] perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] {a} buckler to all them that trust in him. a <2SA22 -32> For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] {a} rock, save our God? a <2SA22 -35> He teacheth my hands to war; so that {a} bow of steel is broken by mine arms. a <2SA22 -44> Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: {a} people [which] I knew not shall serve me. a <2SA23 -4> And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] {a} morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain. a <2SA23 -7> But the man [that] shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of {a} spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the [same] place. a <2SA23 -10> He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought {a} great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil. a <2SA23 -11> And after him [was] Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into {a} troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. a <2SA23 -11> And after him [was] Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was {a} piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. a <2SA23 -12> But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought {a} great victory. a <2SA23 -20> And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of {a} valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: a <2SA23 -20> And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew {a} lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: a <2SA23 -20> And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of {a} pit in time of snow: a <2SA23 -21> And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with {a} staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. a <2SA23 -21> And he slew an Egyptian, {a} goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. a <2SA23 -21> And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had {a} spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. a <2SA23 -29> Heleb the son of Baanah, {a} Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, a <2SA24 -14> And David said unto Gad, I am in {a} great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies [are] great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. a <2SA24 -15> So the LORD sent {a} pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. a <2SA24 -23> All these [things] did Araunah, [as] {a} king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. a <2SA24 -24> And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at {a} price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. a <1KI1 -2> Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king {a} young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. a <1KI1 -3> So they sought for {a} fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. a <1KI1 -3> So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag {a} Shunammite, and brought her to the king. a <1KI1 -6> And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also [was {a}] very goodly [man]; and [his mother] bare him after Absalom. a <1KI1 -42> And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou [art] {a} valiant man, and bringest good tidings. a <1KI1 -52> And Solomon said, If he will show himself {a} worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. a <1KI2 -2> I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself {a} man; a <1KI2 -4> That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) {a} man on the throne of Israel. a <1KI2 -8> And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with {a} grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. a <1KI2 -8> And, behold, [thou hast] with thee Shimei the son of Gera, {a} Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. a <1KI2 -9> Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou [art] {a} wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. a <1KI2 -19> Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused {a} seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. a <1KI2 -42> And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for {a} certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word [that] I have heard [is] good. a <1KI3 -4> And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that [was] the great high place: {a} thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. a <1KI3 -5> In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in {a} dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. a <1KI3 -6> And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him {a} son to sit on his throne, as [it is] this day. a <1KI3 -7> And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I [am but] {a} little child: I know not [how] to go out or come in. a <1KI3 -8> And thy servant [is] in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, {a} great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. a <1KI3 -9> Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great {a} people? a <1KI3 -12> Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee {a} wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. a <1KI3 -15> And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made {a} feast to all his servants. a <1KI3 -15> And Solomon awoke; and, behold, [it was] {a} dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. a <1KI3 -17> And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of {a} child with her in the house. a <1KI3 -24> And the king said, Bring me {a} sword. And they brought a sword before the king. a <1KI3 -24> And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought {a} sword before the king. a <1KI4 -7> And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in {a} year made provision. a <1KI4 -32> And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were {a} thousand and five. a <1KI5 -1> And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever {a} lover of David. a <1KI5 -7> And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed [be] the LORD this day, which hath given unto David {a} wise son over this great people. a <1KI5 -12> And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made {a} league together. a <1KI5 -13> And king Solomon raised {a} levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. a <1KI5 -14> And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: {a} month they were in Lebanon, [and] two months at home: and Adoniram [was] over the levy. a <1KI5 -14> And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand {a} month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, [and] two months at home: and Adoniram [was] over the levy. a <1KI6 -21> So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made {a} partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. a <1KI6 -31> And for the entering of the oracle he made doors [of] olive tree: the lintel [and] side posts [were] {a} fifth part [of the wall]. a <1KI6 -33> So also made he for the door of the temple posts [of] olive tree, {a} fourth part [of the wall]. a <1KI6 -36> And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and {a} row of cedar beams. a <1KI7 -3> And [it was] covered with cedar above upon the beams, that [lay] on forty five pillars, fifteen [in] {a} row. a <1KI7 -6> And he made {a} porch of pillars; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch [was] before them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] before them. a <1KI7 -7> Then he made {a} porch for the throne where he might judge, [even] the porch of judgment: and [it was] covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. a <1KI7 -12> And the great court round about [was] with three rows of hewed stones, and {a} row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. a <1KI7 -14> He [was] a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, {a} worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. a <1KI7 -14> He [was] a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] {a} man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. a <1KI7 -14> He [was] {a} widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. a <1KI7 -15> For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and {a} line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. a <1KI7 -23> And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: [it was] round all about, and his height [was] five cubits: and {a} line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. a <1KI7 -23> And he made {a} molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: [it was] round all about, and his height [was] five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. a <1KI7 -24> And under the brim of it round about [there were] knops compassing it, ten in {a} cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops [were] cast in two rows, when it was cast. a <1KI7 -26> And it [was] an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of {a} cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. a <1KI7 -29> And on the borders that [were] between the ledges [were] lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges [there was] {a} base above: and beneath the lions and oxen [were] certain additions made of thin work. a <1KI7 -31> And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above [was] {a} cubit: but the mouth thereof [was] round [after] the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it [were] gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. a <1KI7 -31> And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above [was] a cubit: but the mouth thereof [was] round [after] the work of the base, {a} cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it [were] gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. a <1KI7 -32> And under the borders [were] four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels [were joined] to the base: and the height of {a} wheel [was] a cubit and half a cubit. a <1KI7 -32> And under the borders [were] four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels [were joined] to the base: and the height of a wheel [was] a cubit and half {a} cubit. a <1KI7 -32> And under the borders [were] four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels [were joined] to the base: and the height of a wheel [was] {a} cubit and half a cubit. a <1KI7 -33> And the work of the wheels [was] like the work of {a} chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, [were] all molten. a <1KI7 -35> And in the top of the base [was there] {a} round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same. a <1KI7 -35> And in the top of the base [was there] a round compass of half {a} cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same. a <1KI8 -9> There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made [{a} covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. a <1KI8 -13> I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, {a} settled place for thee to abide in for ever. a <1KI8 -21> And I have set there {a} place for the ark, wherein [is] the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. a <1KI8 -25> Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee {a} man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. a <1KI8 -41> Moreover concerning {a} stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; a <1KI8 -41> Moreover concerning a stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of {a} far country for thy name's sake; a <1KI8 -55> And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with {a} loud voice, saying, a <1KI8 -63> And Solomon offered {a} sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. a <1KI8 -65> And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, {a} great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, [even] fourteen days. a <1KI8 -65> And at that time Solomon held {a} feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, [even] fourteen days. a <1KI9 -5> Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee {a} man upon the throne of Israel. a <1KI9 -7> Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and {a} byword among all people: a <1KI9 -7> Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be {a} proverb and a byword among all people: a <1KI9 -16> For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] {a} present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. a <1KI9 -21> Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy {a} tribute of bondservice unto this day. a <1KI9 -25> And three times in {a} year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that [was] before the LORD. So he finished the house. a <1KI9 -26> And king Solomon made {a} navy of ships in Eziongeber, which [is] beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. a <1KI10 -2> And she came to Jerusalem with {a} very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. a <1KI10 -6> And she said to the king, It was {a} true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. a <1KI10 -18> Moreover the king made {a} great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. a <1KI10 -22> For the king had at sea {a} navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. a <1KI10 -25> And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, {a} rate year by year. a <1KI10 -26> And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had {a} thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. a <1KI10 -28> And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at {a} price. a <1KI10 -29> And {a} chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring [them] out by their means. a <1KI11 -17> That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad [being] yet {a} little child. a <1KI11 -24> And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over {a} band, when David slew them [of Zobah]: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. a <1KI11 -26> And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name [was] Zeruah, {a} widow woman, even he lifted up [his] hand against the king. a <1KI11 -28> And the man Jeroboam [was] {a} mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. a <1KI11 -29> And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with {a} new garment; and they two [were] alone in the field: a <1KI11 -36> And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have {a} light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. a <1KI11 -38> And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do [that is] right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee {a} sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. a <1KI12 -7> And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be {a} servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. a <1KI12 -11> And now whereas my father did lade you with {a} heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. a <1KI12 -30> And this thing became {a} sin: for the people went [to worship] before the one, [even] unto Dan. a <1KI12 -32> And Jeroboam ordained {a} feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that [is] in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. a <1KI12 -33> So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, [even] in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained {a} feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. a <1KI13 -1> And, behold, there came {a} man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. a <1KI13 -2> And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, {a} child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. a <1KI13 -3> And he gave {a} sign the same day, saying, This [is] the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that [are] upon it shall be poured out. a <1KI13 -7> And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee {a} reward. a <1KI13 -18> He said unto him, I [am] {a} prophet also as thou [art]; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied unto him. a <1KI13 -24> And when he was gone, {a} lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. a <1KI14 -3> And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and {a} cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. a <1KI14 -5> And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask {a} thing of thee for her son; for he [is] sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself [to be] another [woman]. a <1KI14 -10> Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, [and] him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as {a} man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. a <1KI14 -14> Moreover the LORD shall raise him up {a} king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. a <1KI14 -15> For the LORD shall smite Israel, as {a} reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. a <1KI15 -4> Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him {a} lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: a <1KI15 -13> And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in {a} grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt [it] by the brook Kidron. a <1KI15 -19> There is] {a} league between me and thee, [and] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. a <1KI15 -19> There is] a league between me and thee, [and] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee {a} present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. a <1KI15 -22> Then king Asa made {a} proclamation throughout all Judah; none [was] exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. a <1KI16 -11> And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, [that] he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against {a} wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. a <1KI16 -31> And it came to pass, as if it had been {a} light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. a <1KI16 -33> And Ahab made {a} grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. a <1KI17 -7> And it came to pass after {a} while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. a <1KI17 -9> Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded {a} widow woman there to sustain thee. a <1KI17 -10> So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, {a} little water in a vessel, that I may drink. a <1KI17 -10> So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in {a} vessel, that I may drink. a <1KI17 -11> And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, {a} morsel of bread in thine hand. a <1KI17 -12> And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and {a} little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. a <1KI17 -12> And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in {a} barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. a <1KI17 -12> And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in {a} cruse: and, behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. a <1KI17 -12> And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not {a} cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. a <1KI17 -13> And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go [and] do as thou hast said: but make me thereof {a} little cake first, and bring [it] unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. a <1KI17 -19> And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into {a} loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. a <1KI17 -24> And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou [art] {a} man of God, [and] that the word of the LORD in thy mouth [is] truth. a <1KI18 -2> And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And [there was] {a} sore famine in Samaria. a <1KI18 -4> For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in {a} cave, and fed them with bread and water.) a <1KI18 -13> Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in {a} cave, and fed them with bread and water? a <1KI18 -21> And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not {a} word. a <1KI18 -22> Then said Elijah unto the people, I, [even] I only, remain {a} prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets [are] four hundred and fifty men. a <1KI18 -27> And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] {a} god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. a <1KI18 -27> And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in {a} journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. a <1KI18 -32> And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made {a} trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. a <1KI18 -41> And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] {a} sound of abundance of rain. a <1KI18 -44> And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth {a} little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. a <1KI18 -44> And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like {a} man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. a <1KI18 -45> And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was {a} great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. a <1KI19 -2> Then Jezebel sent {a} messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. a <1KI19 -4> But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under {a} juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I [am] not better than my fathers. a <1KI19 -4> But he himself went {a} day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I [am] not better than my fathers. a <1KI19 -5> And as he lay and slept under {a} juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise [and] eat. a <1KI19 -6> And he looked, and, behold, [there was] a cake baken on the coals, and {a} cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. a <1KI19 -6> And he looked, and, behold, [there was] {a} cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. a <1KI19 -9> And he came thither unto {a} cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD [came] to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? a <1KI19 -11> And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and {a} great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; [but] the LORD [was] not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; [but] the LORD [was] not in the earthquake: a <1KI19 -12> And after the earthquake {a} fire; [but] the LORD [was] not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. a <1KI19 -12> And after the earthquake a fire; [but] the LORD [was] not in the fire: and after the fire {a} still small voice. a <1KI19 -13> And it was [so], when Elijah heard [it] that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, [there came] {a} voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? a <1KI19 -21> And he returned back from him, and took {a} yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. a <1KI20 -13> And, behold, there came {a} prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD. a <1KI20 -21> And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with {a} great slaughter. a <1KI20 -28> And there came {a} man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD [is] God of the hills, but he [is] not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. a <1KI20 -30> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and [there] {a} wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men [that were] left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. a <1KI20 -34> And [Benhadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made {a} covenant with him, and sent him away. a <1KI20 -35> And {a} certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. a <1KI20 -36> Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, {a} lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. a <1KI20 -36> Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, {a} lion found him, and slew him. a <1KI20 -39> And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay {a} talent of silver. a <1KI20 -39> And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought {a} man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. a <1KI20 -39> And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, {a} man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. a <1KI20 -42> And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of [thy] hand {a} man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. a <1KI21 -1> And it came to pass after these things, [that] Naboth the Jezreelite had {a} vineyard, which [was] in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. a <1KI21 -2> And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it [is] near unto my house: and I will give thee for it {a} better vineyard than it; [or], if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. a <1KI21 -2> And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for {a} garden of herbs, because it [is] near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; [or], if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. a <1KI21 -9> And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim {a} fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: a <1KI21 -12> They proclaimed {a} fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. a <1KI22 -7> And Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here {a} prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him? a <1KI22 -10> And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in {a} void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. a <1KI22 -17> And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not {a} shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. a <1KI22 -21> And there came forth {a} spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. a <1KI22 -22> And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be {a} lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade [him], and prevail also: go forth, and do so. a <1KI22 -23> Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put {a} lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. a <1KI22 -34> And a [certain] man drew {a} bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. a <1KI22 -34> And a [certain] man drew a bow at {a} venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. a <1KI22 -34> And {a} [certain] man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. a <1KI22 -36> And there went {a} proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. a <1KI22 -47> There was] then no king in Edom: {a} deputy [was] king. a <2KI1 -2> And Ahaziah fell down through {a} lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. a <2KI1 -3> But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, [Is it] not because [there is] not {a} God in Israel, [that] ye go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? a <2KI1 -6> And they said unto him, There came {a} man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] thou sendest to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. a <2KI1 -6> And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, [Is it] not because [there is] not {a} God in Israel, [that] thou sendest to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. a <2KI1 -8> And they answered him, [He was] an hairy man, and girt with {a} girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It [is] Elijah the Tishbite. a <2KI1 -9> Then the king sent unto him {a} captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. a <2KI1 -10> And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I [be] {a} man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. a <2KI1 -12> And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I [be] {a} man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. a <2KI1 -13> And he sent again {a} captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. a <2KI2 -1> And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by {a} whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. a <2KI2 -9> And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let {a} double portion of thy spirit be upon me. a <2KI2 -10> And he said, Thou hast asked {a} hard thing: [nevertheless], if thou see me [when I am] taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be [so]. a <2KI2 -11> And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] {a} chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. a <2KI2 -11> And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by {a} whirlwind into heaven. a <2KI2 -20> And he said, Bring me {a} new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought [it] to him. a <2KI3 -4> And Mesha king of Moab was {a} sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. a <2KI3 -9> So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched {a} compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. a <2KI3 -11> But Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here {a} prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here [is] Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. a <2KI3 -15> But now bring me {a} minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. a <2KI3 -18> And this is [but] {a} light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. a <2KI3 -27> Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him [for] {a} burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to [their own] land. a <2KI4 -1> Now there cried {a} certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. a <2KI4 -2> And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save {a} pot of oil. a <2KI4 -3> Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not {a} few. a <2KI4 -6> And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet {a} vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. a <2KI4 -6> And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not {a} vessel more. And the oil stayed. a <2KI4 -8> And it fell on {a} day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where [was] a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And [so] it was, [that] as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. a <2KI4 -8> And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where [was] {a} great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And [so] it was, [that] as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. a <2KI4 -10> Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and {a} stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. a <2KI4 -10> Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and {a} candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. a <2KI4 -10> Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and {a} table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. a <2KI4 -10> Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there {a} bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. a <2KI4 -10> Let us make {a} little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. a <2KI4 -11> And it fell on {a} day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. a <2KI4 -16> And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace {a} son. And she said, Nay, my lord, [thou] man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. a <2KI4 -17> And the woman conceived, and bare {a} son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. a <2KI4 -18> And when the child was grown, it fell on {a} day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. a <2KI4 -19> And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to {a} lad, Carry him to his mother. a <2KI4 -28> Then she said, Did I desire {a} son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? a <2KI4 -38> And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and [there was] {a} dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets [were] sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. a <2KI4 -39> And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found {a} wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred [them] into the pot of pottage: for they knew [them] not. a <2KI4 -42> And there came {a} man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. a <2KI5 -1> Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also {a} mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper. a <2KI5 -1> Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] {a} leper. a <2KI5 -1> Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was {a} great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper. a <2KI5 -2> And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel {a} little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. a <2KI5 -5> And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send {a} letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of raiment. a <2KI5 -7> And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover {a} man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. a <2KI5 -7> And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh {a} quarrel against me. a <2KI5 -8> And it was [so], when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is {a} prophet in Israel. a <2KI5 -10> And Elisha sent {a} messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. a <2KI5 -12> Are] not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in {a} rage. a <2KI5 -14> Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of {a} little child, and he was clean. a <2KI5 -15> And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that [there is] no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take {a} blessing of thy servant. a <2KI5 -19> And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him {a} little way. a <2KI5 -22> And he said, All [is] well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, {a} talent of silver, and two changes of garments. a <2KI5 -26> And he said unto him, Went not mine heart [with thee], when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? [Is it] {a} time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? a <2KI5 -27> The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence {a} leper [as white] as snow. a <2KI6 -2> Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us {a} place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. a <2KI6 -2> Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man {a} beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. a <2KI6 -5> But as one was felling {a} beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. a <2KI6 -6> And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down {a} stick, and cast [it] in thither; and the iron did swim. a <2KI6 -8> Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such {a} place [shall be] my camp. a <2KI6 -9> And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such {a} place; for thither the Syrians are come down. a <2KI6 -14> Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and {a} great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. a <2KI6 -25> And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of {a} cab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver. a <2KI6 -25> And there was {a} great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver. a <2KI6 -26> And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried {a} woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. a <2KI6 -32> But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and [the king] sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of {a} murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: [is] not the sound of his master's feet behind him? a <2KI6 -32> But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and [the king] sent {a} man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: [is] not the sound of his master's feet behind him? a <2KI7 -1> Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time [shall] {a} measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. a <2KI7 -1> Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for {a} shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. a <2KI7 -1> Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for {a} shekel, in the gate of Samaria. a <2KI7 -2> Then {a} lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. a <2KI7 -6> For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear {a} noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. a <2KI7 -6> For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and {a} noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. a <2KI7 -6> For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of {a} great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. a <2KI7 -9> Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day [is] {a} day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. a <2KI7 -16> And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So {a} measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. a <2KI7 -16> And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for {a} shekel, according to the word of the LORD. a <2KI7 -16> And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for {a} shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. a <2KI7 -18> And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for {a} shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: a <2KI7 -18> And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and {a} measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: a <2KI7 -18> And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for {a} shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: a <2KI7 -19> And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such {a} thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. a <2KI8 -1> Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for {a} famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. a <2KI8 -5> And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored {a} dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisha restored to life. a <2KI8 -6> And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her {a} certain officer, saying, Restore all that [was] hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. a <2KI8 -8> And the king said unto Hazael, Take {a} present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? a <2KI8 -9> So Hazael went to meet him, and took {a} present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? a <2KI8 -13> And Hazael said, But what, [is] thy servant {a} dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath showed me that thou [shalt be] king over Syria. a <2KI8 -15> And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took {a} thick cloth, and dipped [it] in water, and spread [it] on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. a <2KI8 -19> Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway {a} light, [and] to his children. a <2KI8 -20> In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made {a} king over themselves. a <2KI9 -16> So Jehu rode in {a} chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. a <2KI9 -17> And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see {a} company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, [Is it] peace? a <2KI9 -17> And there stood {a} watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, [Is it] peace? a <2KI9 -19> Then he sent out {a} second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, [Is it] peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. a <2KI9 -24> And Jehu drew {a} bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. a <2KI9 -28> And his servants carried him in {a} chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. a <2KI9 -30> And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at {a} window. a <2KI9 -34> And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed [woman], and bury her: for she [is] {a} king's daughter. a <2KI10 -2> Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons [are] with you, and [there are] with you chariots and horses, {a} fenced city also, and armour; a <2KI10 -6> Then he wrote {a} letter the second time to them, saying, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, [being] seventy persons, [were] with the great men of the city, which brought them up. a <2KI10 -8> And there came {a} messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. a <2KI10 -18> And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal {a} little; [but] Jehu shall serve him much. a <2KI10 -19> Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have {a} great sacrifice [to do] to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did [it] in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. a <2KI10 -20> And Jehu said, Proclaim {a} solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed [it]. a <2KI10 -21> And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not {a} man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. a <2KI10 -27> And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it {a} draught house unto this day. a <2KI11 -4> And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made {a} covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son. A <2KI11 -5> And he commanded them, saying, This [is] the thing that ye shall do; {A} third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house; a <2KI11 -6> And {a} third part [shall be] at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. a <2KI11 -6> And a third part [shall be] at the gate of Sur; and {a} third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. a <2KI11 -14> And when she looked, behold, the king stood by {a} pillar, as the manner [was], and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. a <2KI11 -17> And Jehoiada made {a} covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people. a <2KI12 -9> But Jehoiada the priest took {a} chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money [that was] brought into the house of the LORD. a <2KI12 -9> But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored {a} hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money [that was] brought into the house of the LORD. a <2KI12 -20> And his servants arose, and made {a} conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. a <2KI13 -5> And the LORD gave Israel {a} saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. a <2KI13 -21> And it came to pass, as they were burying {a} man, that, behold, they spied a band [of men]; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. a <2KI13 -21> And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied {a} band [of men]; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. a <2KI14 -9> And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by {a} wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. a <2KI14 -19> Now they made {a} conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. a <2KI15 -5> And the LORD smote the king, so that he was {a} leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son [was] over the house, judging the people of the land. a <2KI15 -5> And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in {a} several house. And Jotham the king's son [was] over the house, judging the people of the land. a <2KI15 -13> Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned {a} full month in Samaria. a <2KI15 -19> And] Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul {a} thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. a <2KI15 -25> But Pekah the son of Remaliah, {a} captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. a <2KI15 -30> And Hoshea the son of Elah made {a} conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. a <2KI16 -8> And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent [it for] {a} present to the king of Assyria. a <2KI16 -17> And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that [were] under it, and put it upon {a} pavement of stones. a <2KI17 -16> And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, [even] two calves, and made {a} grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. a <2KI17 -21> For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin {a} great sin. a <2KI17 -35> With whom the LORD had made {a} covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: a <2KI17 -36> But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and {a} stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. a <2KI18 -17> And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with {a} great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller's field. a <2KI18 -21> Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if {a} man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. a <2KI18 -28> Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with {a} loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: a <2KI18 -31> Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make [an agreement] with me by {a} present, and come out to me, and [then] eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: a <2KI18 -32> Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, {a} land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. a <2KI18 -32> Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, {a} land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. a <2KI18 -32> Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, {a} land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. a <2KI18 -32> Until I come and take you away to {a} land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. a <2KI18 -36> But the people held their peace, and answered him not {a} word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. a <2KI19 -3> And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] {a} day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth. a <2KI19 -7> Behold, I will send {a} blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. a <2KI19 -7> Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear {a} rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. a <2KI19 -17> Of {a} truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, a <2KI19 -29> And this [shall be] {a} sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. a <2KI19 -31> For out of Jerusalem shall go forth {a} remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD [of hosts] shall do this. a <2KI19 -32> Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast {a} bank against it. a <2KI20 -3> I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with {a} perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. a <2KI20 -7> And Isaiah said, Take {a} lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered. a <2KI20 -10> And Hezekiah answered, It is {a} light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. a <2KI20 -12> At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and {a} present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. a <2KI20 -14> Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from {a} far country, [even] from Babylon. a <2KI20 -20> And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made {a} pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? a <2KI20 -20> And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and {a} conduit, and brought water into the city, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? a <2KI21 -3> For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made {a} grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. a <2KI21 -7> And he set {a} graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: a <2KI21 -13> And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as [a man] wipeth {a} dish, wiping [it], and turning [it] upside down. a <2KI21 -13> And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as [{a} man] wipeth a dish, wiping [it], and turning [it] upside down. a <2KI21 -14> And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become {a} prey and a spoil to all their enemies; a <2KI21 -14> And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and {a} spoil to all their enemies; a <2KI22 -10> And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me {a} book. And Shaphan read it before the king. a <2KI22 -12> And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah {a} servant of the king's, saying, a <2KI22 -19> Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become {a} desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard [thee], saith the LORD. a <2KI22 -19> Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and {a} curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard [thee], saith the LORD. a <2KI23 -3> And the king stood by {a} pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. a <2KI23 -3> And the king stood by a pillar, and made {a} covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. a <2KI23 -8> And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that [were] in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which [were] on {a} man's left hand at the gate of the city. a <2KI23 -22> Surely there was not holden such {a} passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; a <2KI23 -30> And his servants carried him in {a} chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. a <2KI23 -33> And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to {a} tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. a <2KI23 -33> And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and {a} talent of gold. a <2KI24 -16> And all the men of might, [even] seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths {a} thousand, all [that were] strong [and] apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. a <2KI25 -8> And in the fifth month, on the seventh [day] of the month, which [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, {a} servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: a <2KI25 -23> And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of {a} Maachathite, they and their men. a <2KI25 -30> And his allowance [was] {a} continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. a <2KI25 -30> And his allowance [was] a continual allowance given him of the king, {a} daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. a <1CH2 -34> Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had {a} servant, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Jarha. a <1CH5 -25> And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went {a} whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. a <1CH6 -33> And these [are] they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman {a} singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, a <1CH7 -16> And Maachah the wife of Machir bare {a} son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother [was] Sheresh; and his sons [were] Ulam and Rakem. a <1CH7 -23> And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare {a} son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. a <1CH9 -13> And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, {a} thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. a <1CH10 -4> Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took {a} sword, and fell upon it. a <1CH10 -13> So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] {a} familiar spirit, to inquire [of it]; a <1CH11 -3> Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made {a} covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel. a <1CH11 -13> He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was {a} parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. a <1CH11 -14> And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved [them] by {a} great deliverance. a <1CH11 -20> And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew [them], and had {a} name among the three. a <1CH11 -22> Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of {a} valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. a <1CH11 -22> Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in {a} pit in a snowy day. a <1CH11 -22> Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in {a} snowy day. a <1CH11 -22> Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew {a} lion in a pit in a snowy day. a <1CH11 -23> And he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand [was] a spear like {a} weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. a <1CH11 -23> And he slew an Egyptian, {a} man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand [was] a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. a <1CH11 -23> And he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand [was] a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with {a} staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. a <1CH11 -23> And he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand [was] {a} spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. a <1CH11 -42> Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, {a} captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, a <1CH12 -2> They were] armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in [hurling] stones and [shooting] arrows out of {a} bow, [even] of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. a <1CH12 -4> And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, {a} mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, a <1CH12 -14> These [were] of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least [was] over an hundred, and the greatest over {a} thousand. a <1CH12 -22> For at [that] time day by day there came to David to help him, until [it was] {a} great host, like the host of God. a <1CH12 -28> And Zadok, {a} young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. a <1CH12 -34> And of Naphtali {a} thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. a <1CH12 -38> All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with {a} perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel [were] of one heart to make David king. a <1CH13 -7> And they carried the ark of God in {a} new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. a <1CH13 -11> And David was displeased, because the LORD had made {a} breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. a <1CH14 -12> And when they had left their gods there, David gave {a} commandment, and they were burned with fire. a <1CH14 -15> And it shall be, when thou shalt hear {a} sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, [that] then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. a <1CH15 -1> And [David] made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it {a} tent. a <1CH15 -1> And [David] made him houses in the city of David, and prepared {a} place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. a <1CH15 -13> For because ye [did it] not at the first, the LORD our God made {a} breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. a <1CH15 -27> And David [was] clothed with {a} robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon him an ephod of linen. a <1CH15 -28> Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making {a} noise with psalteries and harps. a <1CH15 -29> And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at {a} window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. a <1CH16 -3> And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one {a} loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon [of wine]. a <1CH16 -3> And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and {a} flagon [of wine]. a <1CH16 -3> And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and {a} good piece of flesh, and a flagon [of wine]. a <1CH16 -5> Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made {a} sound with cymbals; a <1CH16 -15> Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word [which] he commanded to {a} thousand generations; a <1CH16 -17> And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for {a} law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant, a <1CH16 -19> When ye were but few, even {a} few, and strangers in it. a <1CH16 -42> And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make {a} sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun [were] porters. a <1CH17 -6> Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I {a} word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? a <1CH17 -8> And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee {a} name like the name of the great men that [are] in the earth. a <1CH17 -9> Also I will ordain {a} place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, a <1CH17 -17> And [yet] this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of {a} man of high degree, O LORD God. a <1CH17 -17> And [yet] this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] spoken of thy servant's house for {a} great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. a <1CH17 -17> And [yet] this was {a} small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. a <1CH17 -21> And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem [to be] his own people, to make thee {a} name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? a <1CH17 -24> Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God of Israel, [even] {a} God to Israel: and [let] the house of David thy servant [be] established before thee. a <1CH18 -4> And David took from him {a} thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also hocked all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them an hundred chariots. a <1CH19 -6> And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent {a} thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah. a <1CH20 -2> And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh {a} talent of gold, and [there were] precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. a <1CH20 -5> And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff [was] like {a} weaver's beam. a <1CH20 -6> And yet again there was war at Gath, where was {a} man of [great] stature, whose fingers and toes [were] four and twenty, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]: and he also was the son of the giant. a <1CH21 -3> And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be {a} cause of trespass to Israel? a <1CH21 -5> And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were {a} thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. a <1CH21 -13> And David said unto Gad, I am in {a} great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great [are] his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man. a <1CH21 -16> And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having {a} drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of Israel, who were] clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. a <1CH22 -9> Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be {a} man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. a <1CH22 -9> Behold, {a} son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. a <1CH22 -14> Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and {a} thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. a <1CH25 -3> Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with {a} harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. a <1CH26 -14> And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, {a} wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. a <1CH26 -17> Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four {a} day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two [and] two. a <1CH26 -17> Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four {a} day, and toward Asuppim two [and] two. a <1CH26 -30> And] of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, {a} thousand and seven hundred, [were] officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king. a <1CH27 -5> The third captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, {a} chief priest: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. a <1CH27 -32> Also Jonathan David's uncle was {a} counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king's sons: a <1CH27 -32> Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, {a} wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king's sons: a <1CH27 -32> Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and {a} scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king's sons: a <1CH28 -3> But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou [hast been] {a} man of war, and hast shed blood. a <1CH28 -9> And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with {a} willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. a <1CH28 -9> And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with {a} perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. a <1CH29 -15> For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as {a} shadow, and [there is] none abiding. a <1CH29 -19> And give unto Solomon my son {a} perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all [these things], and to build the palace, [for] the which I have made provision. a <1CH29 -21> And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, [even] a thousand bullocks, {a} thousand rams, [and] a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: a <1CH29 -21> And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, [even] a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, [and] {a} thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: a <1CH29 -21> And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, [even] {a} thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, [and] a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: a <1CH29 -28> And he died in {a} good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. a <2CH1 -4> But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to [the place which] David had prepared for it: for he had pitched {a} tent for it at Jerusalem. a <2CH1 -6> And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the LORD, which [was] at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered {a} thousand burnt offerings upon it. a <2CH1 -9> Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over {a} people like the dust of the earth in multitude. a <2CH1 -14> And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had {a} thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. a <2CH1 -16> And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at {a} price. a <2CH1 -17> And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt {a} chariot for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out [horses] for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. a <2CH2 -7> Send me now therefore {a} man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. a <2CH2 -12> Huram said moreover, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king {a} wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. a <2CH2 -13> And now I have sent {a} cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, a <2CH2 -14> The son of {a} woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. a <2CH2 -14> The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] {a} man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. a <2CH2 -18> And he set threescore and ten thousand of them [to be] bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand [to be] hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people {a} work. a <2CH4 -2> Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and {a} line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. a <2CH4 -2> Also he made {a} molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. a <2CH4 -3> And under it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in {a} cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast, when it was cast. a <2CH4 -5> And the thickness of it [was] an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of {a} cup, with flowers of lilies; [and] it received and held three thousand baths. a <2CH5 -10> There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put [therein] at Horeb, when the LORD made [{a} covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. a <2CH5 -13> It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers [were] as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up [their] voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: that [then] the house was filled with {a} cloud, [even] the house of the LORD; a <2CH6 -2> But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and {a} place for thy dwelling for ever. a <2CH6 -5> Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be {a} ruler over my people Israel: a <2CH6 -13> For Solomon had made {a} brazen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, a <2CH6 -16> Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee {a} man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. a <2CH6 -22> If {a} man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; a <2CH6 -32> Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from {a} far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; a <2CH6 -36> If they sin against thee, (for [there is] no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before [their] enemies, and they carry them away captives unto {a} land far off or near; a <2CH7 -5> And king Solomon offered {a} sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. a <2CH7 -8> Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, {a} very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. a <2CH7 -9> And in the eighth day they made {a} solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. a <2CH7 -18> Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee {a} man [to be] ruler in Israel. a <2CH7 -20> Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and {a} byword among all nations. a <2CH7 -20> Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] {a} proverb and a byword among all nations. a <2CH8 -13> Even after {a} certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. a <2CH9 -1> And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with {a} very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. a <2CH9 -5> And she said to the king, [It was] {a} true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: a <2CH9 -17> Moreover the king made {a} great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. a <2CH9 -18> And [there were] six steps to the throne, with {a} footstool of gold, [which were] fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: a <2CH9 -24> And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, {a} rate year by year. a <2CH10 -11> For whereas my father put {a} heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions. a <2CH13 -5> Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, [even] to him and to his sons by {a} covenant of salt? a <2CH13 -8> And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye [be] {a} great multitude, and [there are] with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. a <2CH13 -9> Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of [other] lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with {a} young bullock and seven rams, [the same] may be a priest of [them that are] no gods. a <2CH13 -9> Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of [other] lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, [the same] may be {a} priest of [them that are] no gods. a <2CH13 -15> Then the men of Judah gave {a} shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. a <2CH13 -17> And Abijah and his people slew them with {a} great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. a <2CH14 -9> And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of {a} thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. a <2CH15 -3> Now for a long season Israel [hath been] without the true God, and without {a} teaching priest, and without law. a <2CH15 -3> Now for {a} long season Israel [hath been] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. a <2CH15 -12> And they entered into {a} covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; a <2CH15 -14> And they sware unto the LORD with {a} loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. a <2CH15 -16> And also [concerning] Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in {a} grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron. a <2CH16 -3> There is] {a} league between me and thee, as [there was] between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. a <2CH16 -8> Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims {a} huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. a <2CH16 -10> Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for [he was] in {a} rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time. a <2CH16 -10> Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in {a} prison house; for [he was] in a rage with him because of this [thing]. And Asa oppressed [some] of the people the same time. a <2CH16 -14> And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds [of spices] prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made {a} very great burning for him. a <2CH17 -17> And of Benjamin; Eliada {a} mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. a <2CH18 -6> But Jehoshaphat said, [Is there] not here {a} prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him? a <2CH18 -9> And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in [their] robes, and they sat in {a} void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. a <2CH18 -20> Then there came out {a} spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? a <2CH18 -21> And he said, I will go out, and be {a} lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And [the LORD] said, Thou shalt entice [him], and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do [even] so. a <2CH18 -22> Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put {a} lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. a <2CH18 -33> And a [certain] man drew a bow at {a} venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. a <2CH18 -33> And {a} [certain] man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. a <2CH18 -33> And a [certain] man drew {a} bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. a <2CH19 -9> And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with {a} perfect heart. a <2CH20 -2> Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh {a} great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar, which [is] Engedi. a <2CH20 -3> And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed {a} fast throughout all Judah. a <2CH20 -8> And they dwelt therein, and have built thee {a} sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, a <2CH20 -14> Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, {a} Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; a <2CH20 -19> And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with {a} loud voice on high. a <2CH21 -7> Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give {a} light to him and to his sons for ever. a <2CH21 -8> In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves {a} king. a <2CH21 -12> And there came {a} writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, a <2CH21 -13> But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go {a} whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, [which were] better than thyself: a <2CH21 -14> Behold, with {a} great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: a <2CH21 -17> And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never {a} son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. a <2CH22 -11> But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in {a} bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. a <2CH23 -3> And all the congregation made {a} covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. A <2CH23 -4> This [is] the thing that ye shall do; {A} third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, [shall be] porters of the doors; a <2CH23 -5> And a third part [shall be] at the king's house; and {a} third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people [shall be] in the courts of the house of the LORD. a <2CH23 -5> And {a} third part [shall be] at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people [shall be] in the courts of the house of the LORD. a <2CH23 -16> And Jehoiada made {a} covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people. a <2CH24 -8> And at the king's commandment they made {a} chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. a <2CH24 -9> And they made {a} proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection [that] Moses the servant of God [laid] upon Israel in the wilderness. a <2CH24 -24> For the army of the Syrians came with {a} small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. a <2CH24 -24> For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered {a} very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. a <2CH24 -26> And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith {a} Moabitess. a <2CH25 -2> And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not with {a} perfect heart. a <2CH25 -7> But there came {a} man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD [is] not with Israel, [to wit, with] all the children of Ephraim. a <2CH25 -15> Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him {a} prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? a <2CH25 -18> And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent to the cedar that [was] in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by {a} wild beast that [was] in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. a <2CH25 -27> Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made {a} conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. a <2CH26 -19> Then Uzziah was wroth, and [had] {a} censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. a <2CH26 -21> And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in {a} several house, [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king's house, judging the people of the land. a <2CH26 -21> And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, [being] {a} leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king's house, judging the people of the land. a <2CH26 -21> And Uzziah the king was {a} leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, [being] a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son [was] over the king's house, judging the people of the land. a <2CH26 -23> So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which [belonged] to the kings; for they said, He [is] {a} leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. a <2CH28 -5> Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away {a} great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. a <2CH28 -5> Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with {a} great slaughter. a <2CH28 -7> And Zichri, {a} mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah [that was] next to the king. a <2CH28 -9> But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was] Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in {a} rage [that] reacheth up unto heaven. a <2CH28 -9> But {a} prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was] Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage [that] reacheth up unto heaven. a <2CH28 -21> For Ahaz took away {a} portion [out] of the house of the LORD, and [out] of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave [it] unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. a <2CH29 -10> Now [it is] in mine heart to make {a} covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. a <2CH29 -21> And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for {a} sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer [them] on the altar of the LORD. a <2CH29 -31> Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of {a} free heart burnt offerings. a <2CH29 -32> And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, [and] two hundred lambs: all these [were] for {a} burnt offering to the LORD. a <2CH30 -5> So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of {a} long [time in such sort] as it was written. a <2CH30 -5> So they established {a} decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in such sort] as it was written. a <2CH30 -13> And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, {a} very great congregation. a <2CH30 -18> For {a} multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one a <2CH30 -24> For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and {a} great number of priests sanctified themselves. a <2CH30 -24> For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation {a} thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. a <2CH30 -24> For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation {a} thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. a <2CH32 -18> Then they cried with {a} loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that [were] on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. a <2CH32 -24> In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him {a} sign. a <2CH33 -6> And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with {a} familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. a <2CH33 -7> And he set {a} carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: a <2CH33 -14> Now after this he built {a} wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. a <2CH33 -14> Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up {a} very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. a <2CH34 -14> And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found {a} book of the law of the LORD [given] by Moses. a <2CH34 -18> Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me {a} book. And Shaphan read it before the king. a <2CH34 -20> And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah {a} servant of the king's, saying, a <2CH34 -31> And the king stood in his place, and made {a} covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. a <2CH35 -1> Moreover Josiah kept {a} passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month. a <2CH35 -3> And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; [it shall] not [be] {a} burden upon [your] shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, a <2CH35 -18> And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such {a} passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. a <2CH36 -3> And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and {a} talent of gold. a <2CH36 -22> Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made {a} proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, a Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made {a} proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, a And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, {a} thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, a Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of {a} second [sort] four hundred and ten, [and] other vessels a thousand. a Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second [sort] four hundred and ten, [and] other vessels {a} thousand. a The children of Elam, {a} thousand two hundred fifty and four. a The children of Azgad, {a} thousand two hundred twenty and two. a The children of the other Elam, {a} thousand two hundred fifty and four. a The children of Immer, {a} thousand fifty and two. a The children of Pashur, {a} thousand two hundred forty and seven. a The children of Harim, {a} thousand and seventeen. a And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took {a} wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: a And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up {a} priest with Urim and with Thummim. a And afterward [offered] the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered {a} freewill offering unto the LORD. a And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because [he is] good, for his mercy [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with {a} great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. a But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, [who were] ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with {a} loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: a So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with {a} loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. a Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote {a} letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: a And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest [that are] on this side the river, and at such {a} time. a This [is] the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, [even] unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such {a} time. a That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city [is] {a} rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. a Then] sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and [to] Shimshai the scribe, and [to] the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and [unto] the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such {a} time. a They sent {a} letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. a And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which {a} great king of Israel builded and set up. a But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king Cyrus made {a} decree to build this house of God. a Now therefore, if [it seem] good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which [is] there at Babylon, whether it be [so], that {a} decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. a Then Darius the king made {a} decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. a And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes, {a} roll, and therein [was] a record thus written: a And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein [was] {a} record thus written: a In the first year of Cyrus the king [the same] Cyrus the king made {a} decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof threescore cubits; a With] three rows of great stones, and {a} row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: a Moreover I make {a} decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, [even] of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. a Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made {a} dunghill for this. a Also I have made {a} decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. a And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter [and] to destroy this house of God which [is] at Jerusalem. I Darius have made {a} decree; let it be done with speed. a And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for {a} sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. a This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he [was] {a} ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. a Now this [is] the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, [even] {a} scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. a Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect [peace], and at such {a} time. a Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, {a} scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect [peace], and at such a time. a I make {a} decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and [of] his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. a And I, [even] I Artaxerxes the king, do make {a} decree to all the treasurers which [are] beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, a Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put [such {a} thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem: a And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us {a} man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; a Then I proclaimed {a} fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. a Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him {a} right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. a For I was ashamed to require of the king {a} band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath [is] against all them that forsake him. a Also twenty basins of gold, of {a} thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. a And I said unto them, Ye [are] holy unto the LORD; the vessels [are] holy also; and the silver and the gold [are] {a} freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. a Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for] {a} sin offering: all [this was] a burnt offering unto the LORD. a Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for] a sin offering: all [this was] {a} burnt offering unto the LORD. a Since the days of our fathers [have] we [been] in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, [and] our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to {a} spoil, and to confusion of face, as [it is] this day. a Since the days of our fathers [have] we [been] in {a} great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, [and] our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as [it is] this day. a And now for a little space grace hath been [showed] from the LORD our God, to leave us {a} remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. a And now for a little space grace hath been [showed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us {a} little reviving in our bondage. a And now for a little space grace hath been [showed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us {a} nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. a And now for {a} little space grace hath been [showed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. a For we [were] bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us {a} reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. a For we [were] bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us {a} wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. a Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel {a} very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. a Now therefore let us make {a} covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. a Then all the congregation answered and said with {a} loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. a But the people [are] many, and [it is] a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither [is this] {a} work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. a But the people [are] many, and [it is] {a} time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither [is this] a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. a And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and [being] guilty, [they offered] {a} ram of the flock for their trespass. a And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him {a} time. a And {a} letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [appertained] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. a When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there was come {a} man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. a Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more {a} reproach. a The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and {a} thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate. a And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in {a} day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? a Now Tobiah the Ammonite [was] by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if {a} fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. a Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for {a} prey in the land of captivity: a So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had {a} mind to work. a Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set {a} watch against them day and night, because of them. a They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, [every one] with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other [hand] held {a} weapon. a Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be {a} guard to us, and labour on the day. a And there was {a} great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. a Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set {a} great assembly against them. a And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing {a} great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? a And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, [There is] {a} king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. a And I said, Should such {a} man as I flee? and who [is there], that, [being] as I [am], would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. a That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he [was] {a} faithful man, and feared God above many. a And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found {a} register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, a The children of Elam, {a} thousand two hundred fifty and four. a The children of the other Elam, {a} thousand two hundred fifty and four. a The children of Immer, {a} thousand fifty and two. a The children of Pashur, {a} thousand two hundred forty and seven. a The children of Harim, {a} thousand and seventeen. a And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood [up] {a} priest with Urim and Thummim. a And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure {a} thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. a And Ezra the scribe stood upon {a} pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, [and] Meshullam. a Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day [was] {a} solemn assembly, according unto the manner. a Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with {a} loud voice unto the LORD their God. a And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest {a} covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give [it, I say], to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou [art] righteous: a And showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee {a} name, as [it is] this day. a And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as {a} stone into the mighty waters. a Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by {a} pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. a Moreover thou leddest them in the day by {a} cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. a And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] {a} God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. a And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed {a} captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. a Yea, when they had made them {a} molten calf, and said, This [is] thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; a And they took strong cities, and {a} fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. a And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if {a} man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. a Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou [art] {a} gracious and merciful God. a And because of all this we make {a} sure [covenant], and write [it]; and our princes, Levites, [and] priests, seal [unto it]. a They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into {a} curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; a Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of {a} shekel for the service of the house of our God; a For [it was] the king's commandment concerning them, that {a} certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. a Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into {a} blessing. a And he had prepared for him {a} great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded [to be given] to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. a And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him {a} chamber in the courts of the house of God. a In the third year of his reign, he made {a} feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him: a And when these days were expired, the king made {a} feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; a Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon {a} pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. a Also Vashti the queen made {a} feast for the women [in] the royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus. a If it please the king, let there go {a} royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. a Now] in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name [was] Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, {a} Benjamite; a Now] in Shushan the palace there was {a} certain Jew, whose name [was] Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; a Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, [even] Esther's feast; and he made {a} release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. a Then the king made {a} great feast unto all his princes and his servants, [even] Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. a And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on {a} tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king. a Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he [was] {a} Jew. a And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is {a} certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it [is] not for the king's profit to suffer them. a And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, [even] upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for {a} prey. a The copy of the writing for {a} commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day. a When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and {a} bitter cry; a When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with {a} loud and a bitter cry; a Then called Esther for Hatach, [one] of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him {a} commandment to Mordecai, to know what it [was], and why it [was]. a For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for [such] {a} time as this? a Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with {a} glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. a Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let {a} gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. a Wherein the king granted the Jews which [were] in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [both] little ones and women, and [to take] the spoil of them for {a} prey, a The copy of the writing for {a} commandment to be given in every province [was] published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. a And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with {a} great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. a And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with {a} garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. a And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and {a} good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. a And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, {a} feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. a On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it {a} day of feasting and gladness. a But the Jews that [were] at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth [day] of the same they rested, and made it {a} day of feasting and gladness. a Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [{a} day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. a Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and {a} good day, and of sending portions one to another. a As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into {a} good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. a And the king Ahasuerus laid {a} tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea. a There was {a} man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. a His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and {a} very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. a Now there was {a} day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. a And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, {a} perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? a And there was {a} day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: a And there came {a} messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: a And, behold, there came {a} great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. a Again there was {a} day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. a And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, {a} perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. a And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that {a} man hath will he give for his life. a And he took him {a} potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. a So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake {a} word unto him: for they saw that [his] grief was very great. a Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is {a} man child conceived. a Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let {a} cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. a Why is light given] to {a} man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? a Now {a} thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. a Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received {a} little thereof. a Then {a} spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: a It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image [was] before mine eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard {a} voice, [saying], a Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall {a} man be more pure than his maker? a Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as {a} shock of corn cometh in in his season. a Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in {a} full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. a My brethren have dealt deceitfully as {a} brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away; a Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give {a} reward for me of your substance? a Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [{a} pit] for your friend. a As {a} servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work: a My days are swifter than {a} weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. a Am] I a sea, or {a} whale, that thou settest a watch over me? a Am] I {a} sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? a Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest {a} watch over me? a I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am {a} burden to myself? a I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as {a} mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? a How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] {a} strong wind? a For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] {a} shadow:) a Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] {a} spider's web. a Behold, God will not cast away {a} perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers: a I know [it is] so of {a} truth: but how should man be just with God? a If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of {a} thousand. a For he breaketh me with {a} tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. a If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me {a} time [to plead]? a Now my days are swifter than {a} post: they flee away, they see no good. a For [he is] not {a} man, as I [am, that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment. a For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as {a} fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. a Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort {a} little, A {A} land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness. a Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should {a} man full of talk be justified? a For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] {a} wild ass's colt. a He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] {a} lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. a Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up {a} man, and there can be no opening. a He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with {a} girdle. a He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in {a} wilderness [where there is] no way. a They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [{a}] drunken [man]. a Wilt thou break {a} leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? a Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest {a} print upon the heels of my feet. a And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as {a} garment that is moth eaten. a And he, as {a} rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. a Man [that is] born of {a} woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble. a He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as {a} shadow, and continueth not. a He cometh forth like {a} flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. a Who can bring {a} clean [thing] out of an unclean? not one. a For there is hope of {a} tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. a Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like {a} plant. a O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me {a} set time, and remember me! a If {a} man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. a Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have {a} desire to the work of thine hands. a My transgression [is] sealed up in {a} bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. a Should {a} wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? a What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of {a} woman, that he should be righteous? A {A} dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. a Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as {a} king ready to the battle. a And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is {a} witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. a He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like {a} giant. a O that one might plead for a man with God, as {a} man [pleadeth] for his neighbour! a O that one might plead for {a} man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour! a When {a} few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return. a Lay down now, put me in {a} surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me? a He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as {a} tabret. a He hath made me also {a} byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. a Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as {a} shadow. a For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon {a} snare. a For he is cast into {a} net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. a The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and {a} trap for him in the way. a He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like {a} tree. a They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for {a} stranger: I am an alien in their sight. a Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in {a} book! a Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] {a} judgment. a That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for {a} moment? a He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as {a} vision of the night. a He shall fly away as {a} dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. a All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: {a} fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. a This [is] the portion of {a} wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. a They send forth their little ones like {a} flock, and their children dance. a They spend their days in wealth, and in {a} moment go down to the grave. a Can {a} man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? a For thou hast taken {a} pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. a Thick clouds [are] {a} covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. a Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with {a} flood: a Thou shalt also decree {a} thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. a They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for {a} pledge. a Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for {a} prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children. a They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of {a} shelter. a They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take {a} pledge of the poor. a The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as {a} thief. a The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as {a} tree. a They are exalted for {a} little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. a And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me {a} liar, and make my speech nothing worth? a How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean [that is] born of {a} woman? a How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] {a} worm? a How much less man, [that is] {a} worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm? a Lo, these [are] parts of his ways: but how little {a} portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? a This [is] the portion of {a} wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty. a He buildeth his house as a moth, and as {a} booth [that] the keeper maketh. a He buildeth his house as {a} moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh. a Terrors take hold on him as waters, {a} tempest stealeth him away in the night. a The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as {a} storm hurleth him out of his place. a Surely there is a vein for the silver, and {a} place for gold [where] they fine [it]. a Surely there is {a} vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it]. a There is] {a} path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: a When he made a decree for the rain, and {a} way for the lightning of the thunder: a When he made {a} decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: a I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and {a} diadem. a I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as {a} robe and a diadem. a I [was] {a} father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out. a I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as {a} king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners. a They were driven forth from among [men], (they cried after them as [after] {a} thief;) a They came [upon me] as {a} wide breaking in [of waters]: in the desolation they rolled themselves [upon me]. a Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as {a} cloud. a I am a brother to dragons, and {a} companion to owls. a I am {a} brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. a I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon {a} maid? a I made {a} covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? a Is] not destruction to the wicked? and {a} strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity? a If mine heart have been deceived by {a} woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; a For it [is] {a} fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. a For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] {a} father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) a For destruction [from] God [was] {a} terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. a Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing {a} curse to his soul. a Did I fear {a} great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door? a Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written {a} book. a Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] {a} crown to me. a I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as {a} prince would I go near unto him. a But [there is] {a} spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. a In a dream, in {a} vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; a In {a} dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; a If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among {a} thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: a If there be {a} messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: a Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found {a} ransom. a His flesh shall be fresher than {a} child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: a For he hath said, It profiteth {a} man nothing that he should delight himself with God. a For the work of {a} man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways. a Who hath given him {a} charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? a Is it fit] to say to {a} king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly? a In {a} moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. a When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against {a} nation, or against a man only: a When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against {a} man only: a Let men of understanding tell me, and let {a} wise man hearken unto me. a Thy wickedness [may hurt] {a} man as thou [art]; and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man. a Suffer me {a} little, and I will show thee that [I have] yet to speak on God's behalf. a Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait [into] {a} broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table [should be] full of fatness. a Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then {a} great ransom cannot deliver thee. a After it {a} voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. a Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as {a} molten looking glass? a Shall it be told him that I speak? if {a} man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. a Gird up now thy loins like {a} man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. a When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness {a} swaddlingband for it, a It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as {a} garment. a Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or {a} way for the lightning of thunder; a Who hath divided {a} watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; a Hath the rain {a} father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? a The waters are hid as [with] {a} stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. a Canst thou make him afraid as {a} grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils [is] terrible. a Gird up thy loins now like {a} man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. a Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with {a} voice like him? a He moveth his tail like {a} cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. a Behold, he drinketh up {a} river, [and] hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. a Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with {a} cord [which] thou lettest down? a Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with {a} thorn? a Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for {a} servant for ever? a Will he make {a} covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? a Wilt thou play with him as [with] {a} bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? a Shall the companions make {a} banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? a His] scales [are his] pride, shut up together [as with] {a} close seal. a By his neesings {a} light doth shine, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning. a Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of {a} seething pot or caldron. a His breath kindleth coals, and {a} flame goeth out of his mouth. a His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as {a} piece of the nether [millstone]. a His heart is as firm as {a} stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone]. a Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of {a} spear. a He maketh the deep to boil like {a} pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. a He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like {a} pot of ointment. a He maketh {a} path to shine after him; [one] would think the deep [to be] hoary. a He beholdeth all high [things]: he [is] {a} king over all the children of pride. a Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves {a} burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my servant Job. a Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him {a} piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. a So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and {a} thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. a So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and {a} thousand she asses. a And he shall be like {a} tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. a Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine {a} vain thing? a Thou shalt break them with {a} rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. a Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like {a} potter's vessel. a Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but {a} little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him. A {A} Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me. a But thou, O LORD, [art] {a} shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. A To the chief Musician on Neginoth, {A} Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. A To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, {A} Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. a For thou [art] not {a} God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. a For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] {a} shield. A To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, {A} Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. a Lest he tear my soul like {a} lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver. a He made {a} pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made. A To the chief Musician upon Gittith, {A} Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. a For thou hast made him {a} little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. A To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, {A} Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works. a O thou enemy, destructions are come to {a} perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. a The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, {a} refuge in times of trouble. a The LORD also will be {a} refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. a He lieth in wait secretly as {a} lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. a To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] {a} bird to your mountain? A To the chief Musician, [{A} Psalm] of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain? A To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, {A} Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. a They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with {a} double heart do they speak. a The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in {a} furnace of earth, purified seven times. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? A To the chief Musician, [{A} Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good. A {A} Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? a He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up {a} reproach against his neighbour. a In whose eyes {a} vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not. a The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have {a} goodly heritage. A {A} prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips. a Like as {a} lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. a Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were {a} young lion lurking in secret places. A To the chief Musician, [{A} Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. a There went up {a} smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. a And he rode upon {a} cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. a He brought me forth also into {a} large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. a For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over {a} wall. a For by thee I have run through {a} troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. a As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] {a} buckler to all those that trust in him. a For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] {a} rock save our God? a He teacheth my hands to war, so that {a} bow of steel is broken by mine arms. a Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: {a} people [whom] I have not known shall serve me. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork. a Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set {a} tabernacle for the sun, a Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as {a} strong man to run a race. a Which [is] as {a} bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. a Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run {a} race. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! a For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest {a} crown of pure gold on his head. a Thou shalt make them as {a} fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. a For they intended evil against thee: they imagined {a} mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform]. A To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, {A} Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring? a But I [am] a worm, and no man; {a} reproach of men, and despised of the people. a But I [am] {a} worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. a They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] {a} ravening and a roaring lion. a They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and {a} roaring lion. a My strength is dried up like {a} potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. a A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for {a} generation. A {A} seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. a They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto {a} people that shall be born, that he hath done [this]. A {A} Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want. a Thou preparest {a} table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. A {A} Psalm of David. The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. a He that hath clean hands, and {a} pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. A {A} Psalm] of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. A {A} Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide. A {A} Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? a For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon {a} rock. a Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in {a} plain path, because of mine enemies. A {A} Psalm] of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. A {A} Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. a He maketh them also to skip like {a} calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. a He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like {a} young unicorn. A {A} Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the house of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. a For his anger [endureth but] {a} moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning. a For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for {a} night, but joy [cometh] in the morning. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. a And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in {a} large room. a I was {a} reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. a I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and {a} fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. a I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like {a} broken vessel. a I am forgotten as {a} dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. a Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in {a} pavilion from the strife of tongues. a Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness in {a} strong city. A {A} Psalm] of David, Maschil. Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered. a For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in {a} time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. a Sing unto him {a} new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. a Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with {a} loud noise. a There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: {a} mighty man is not delivered by much strength. a An horse [is] {a} vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength. A {A} Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth. a The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of {a} broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. a The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of {a} contrite spirit. A {A} Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. a For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] {a} pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul. a Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without {a} cause. A To the chief Musician, [{A} Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes. a He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in {a} way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil. a Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] {a} great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. A {A} Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. a For yet {a} little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be]. A {A} little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked. a A little that {a} righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked. a The steps of {a} [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. a I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like {a} green bay tree. A {A} Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. a For my loins are filled with {a} loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh. a But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as {a} dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth. a But I, as {a} deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth. a Thus I was as {a} man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs. a To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with {a} bridle, while the wicked is before me. A To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, {A} Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. a Surely every man walketh in {a} vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them. a When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like {a} moth: surely every man [is] vanity. Selah. a Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] {a} sojourner, as all my fathers [were]. a Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] {a} stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were]. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. a He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon {a} rock, [and] established my goings. a And he hath put {a} new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. a Let them be desolate for {a} reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. a When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with {a} multitude that kept holyday. a As] with {a} sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God? a For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst {a} favour unto them. a Thou makest us {a} reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. a Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and {a} derision to them that are round about us. a Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, {a} scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. a Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, {a} shaking of the head among the people. a Thou makest us {a} byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. a If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to {a} strange god; a To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing {a} good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer. a To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of {a} ready writer. A To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, {A} Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer. a Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] {a} right sceptre. a And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with {a} gift; [even] the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour. A To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, {A} Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. a To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, {a} very present help in trouble. a There is] {a} river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. a For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] {a} great King over all the earth. a God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of {a} trumpet. a God is gone up with {a} shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. A {A} Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness. a God is known in her palaces for {a} refuge. a Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of {a} woman in travail. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world: a I will incline mine ear to {a} parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. a None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God {a} ransom for him: A {A} Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. a Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: {a} fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. a Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made {a} covenant with me by sacrifice. a For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon {a} thousand hills. a When thou sawest {a} thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot outmy transgressions. a Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew {a} right spirit within me. a Create in me {a} clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. a The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and {a} contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. a The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: {a} broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. a The sacrifices of God [are] {a} broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. A To the chief Musician, Maschil, [{A} Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually. a Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like {a} sharp razor, working deceitfully. a But I [am] like {a} green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. A To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [{A} Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good. A To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [{A} Psalm] of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. A To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [{A} Psalm] of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. a Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make {a} noise; a And I said, Oh that I had wings like {a} dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest. a But [it was] thou, {a} man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. a My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue {a} sharp sword. a They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged {a} pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah. a They have prepared {a} net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah. a Their poison [is] like the poison of {a} serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear; a As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of {a} woman, [that] they may not see the sun. a As {a} snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun. a Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with {a} whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath. a So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] {a} reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. a So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is {a} God that judgeth in the earth. a So that {a} man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. a They return at evening: they make {a} noise like a dog, and go round about the city. a They return at evening: they make a noise like {a} dog, and go round about the city. a And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like {a} dog, and go round about the city. a And at evening let them return; [and] let them make {a} noise like a dog, and go round about the city. a Thou hast given {a} banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. A To the chief Musician upon Neginah, [{A} Psalm] of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. a For thou hast been {a} shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy. a For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] {a} strong tower from the enemy. A To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, {A} Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my salvation. a How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] {a} tottering fence. a How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as {a} bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence. a How long will ye imagine mischief against {a} man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence. a Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] {a} refuge for us. Selah. a Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] {a} lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity. a A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in {a} dry and thirsty land, where no water is; A {A} Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; a They shall fall by the sword: they shall be {a} portion for foxes. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. a Who whet their tongue like {a} sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words: a They search out iniquities; they accomplish {a} diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm [and] Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. a To the chief Musician, A Song [or] Psalm. Make {a} joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: A To the chief Musician, {A} Song [or] Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: a Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into {a} wealthy [place]. A To the chief Musician on Neginoth, {A} Psalm [or] Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm [or] Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. a A father of the fatherless, and {a} judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation. A {A} father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation. a God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in {a} dry [land]. a Thou, O God, didst send {a} plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. a Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of {a} dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. a To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, [which were] of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, [and that] {a} mighty voice. A To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [{A} Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul. a They that hate me without {a} cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away. a I am become {a} stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. a I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became {a} proverb to them. a Let their table become {a} snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap. a Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] {a} trap. a I will praise the name of God with {a} song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. A To the chief Musician, [{A} Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. a Let them be turned back for {a} reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. a I am as {a} wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge. A {A} Psalm] for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. a A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of {a} clean heart. A {A} Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart. a Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] {a} garment. a Therefore pride compasseth them about as {a} chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment. a Therefore his people return hither: and waters of {a} full [cup] are wrung out to them. a How are they [brought] into desolation, as in {a} moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. a As {a} dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. a So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] {a} beast before thee. a For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go {a} whoring from thee. A {A} man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. A To the chief Musician, Altaschith, {A} Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. a Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] {a} stiff neck. a For in the hand of the LORD [there is] {a} cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them]. A To the chief Musician on Neginoth, {A} Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel. a At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into {a} dead sleep. A To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, {A} Psalm of Asaph. I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. a Thy way, O God, [is] in the sanctuary: who [is so] great {a} God as [our] God? a The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out {a} sound: thine arrows also went abroad. a Thou leddest thy people like {a} flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. a I will open my mouth in {a} parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: a For he established {a} testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: a For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed {a} law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: a And might not be as their fathers, {a} stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. a And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; {a} generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. a In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with {a} light of fire. a In the daytime also he led them with {a} cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. a Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish {a} table in the wilderness? a Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so {a} fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; a But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many {a} time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. a For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; {a} wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. a He made {a} way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; a But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like {a} flock. a But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like {a} deceitful bow. a Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, [and] like {a} mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. a And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to {a} perpetual reproach. A {A} Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. a We are become {a} reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. a We are become a reproach to our neighbours, {a} scorn and derision to them that are round about us. a To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like {a} flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth. A To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, {A} Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth. a Thou makest us {a} strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. a Thou hast brought {a} vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. A To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [{A} Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. a To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make {a} joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. a Take {a} psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. a For this [was] {a} statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of Jacob. a For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] {a} law of the God of Jacob. a This he ordained in Joseph [for] {a} testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not. a This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard {a} language [that] I understood not. A {A} Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. A {A} Song [or] Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. a For, lo, thine enemies make {a} tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. a They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] {a} nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. a O my God, make them like {a} wheel; as the stubble before the wind. a As the fire burneth {a} wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; A To the chief Musician upon Gittith, {A} Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! a Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow {a} nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. a Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it {a} well; the rain also filleth the pools. a For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be {a} doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. a For a day in thy courts [is] better than {a} thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. a For {a} day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. a For the LORD God [is] {a} sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. A To the chief Musician, {A} Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. A {A} Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy. a But thou, O Lord, [art] {a} God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. a Show me {a} token for good; that they which hate me may see [it], and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. A {A} Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation [is] in the holy mountains. A {A} Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee: a I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as {a} man [that hath] no strength: a I have made {a} covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, a O LORD God of hosts, who [is] {a} strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? a Thou hast {a} mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand. a It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] {a} faithful witness in heaven. Selah. a All that pass by the way spoil him: he is {a} reproach to his neighbours. A {A} Prayer of Moses the man of God. LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. a For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] {a} watch in the night. a For {a} thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night. a Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] {a} sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up. a Thou carriest them away as with {a} flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up. a For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as {a} tale [that is told]. A {A} thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee. a They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against {a} stone. a A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is {a}] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: A {A} Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: a Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with {a} solemn sound. a A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth {a} fool understand this. A {A} brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. a The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like {a} cedar in Lebanon. a Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render {a} reward to the proud. a Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by {a} law? a O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make {a} joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. a Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make {a} joyful noise unto him with psalms. a For the LORD [is] {a} great God, and a great King above all gods. a For the LORD [is] a great God, and {a} great King above all gods. a Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] {a} people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: a O sing unto the LORD {a} new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. A {A} fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. a A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD {a} new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. A {A} Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. a Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make {a} loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. a Make {a} joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. a Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of {a} psalm. a With trumpets and sound of cornet make {a} joyful noise before the LORD, the King. a Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast {a} God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. a A Psalm of praise. Make {a} joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. A {A} Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. A {A} Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. a I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with {a} perfect heart. a I will behave myself wisely in {a} perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. a A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know {a} wicked [person]. A {A} froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person]. a Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and {a} proud heart will not I suffer. a Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in {a} perfect way, he shall serve me. A {A} Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. a I am like {a} pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. a I watch, and am as {a} sparrow alone upon the house top. a My days [are] like {a} shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. a They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like {a} garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: a They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as {a} vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: A {A} Psalm] of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name. a Like as {a} father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him. a As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as {a} flower of the field, so he flourisheth. a Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like {a} curtain: a Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] {a} garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: a Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers {a} flaming fire: a Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] {a} garment: the waters stood above the mountains. a Thou hast set {a} bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. a The high hills [are] {a} refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies. a He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to {a} thousand generations. a And confirmed the same unto Jacob for {a} law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant: a When they were [but] {a} few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. a Moreover he called for {a} famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. a He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for {a} servant: a He sent {a} man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for a servant: a He spread {a} cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. a He spread a cloud for {a} covering; and fire to give light in the night. a He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] {a} river. a And {a} fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. a They made {a} calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. a And they served their idols: which were {a} snare unto them. ~~~~~~