Josiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made provoking the LORD; and he did to them just as he had done in Bethel. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me." So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, "This is David's spoil." "If we say, 'We will enter the city,' then the famine is in the city and we will die there; and if we sit here, we die also. So Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place. He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,Hallelujah! The servants of Saul reported to him according to these words which David spoke. So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father's household heard of it, they went down there to him. Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together." Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Then the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. The one crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba. He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey. Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king. Labs And all the people entered into the covenant. Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim. WebThis is the text and a scan of the actual, original, first printing of the 1611 King James Version, the 'HE' Bible, for 1 Samuel Chapter 16. Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines. And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son became king in his place. Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab and the name of the younger Michal. The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. It came about as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; so she met them. So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place. It happened in the morning about the time of offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. Then he said, "I have sinned; but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, that I may worship the LORD your God." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith. Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah and all that he did, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal's prophets are 450 men. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, Treason! She said to her young men, "Go on before me; behold, I am coming after you." Then the king of Israel replied, "Tell him, 'Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off.'" "Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, "I have anointed you king over Israel."' Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived there And he went out from there and built Penuel. Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? D "May the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who attempts to change it, so as to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. Or again, I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son? Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you hesitate between two opinions? For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. "Leave this work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site. Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. When the LORD deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant." Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and, So David reigned over all Israel; and David. Three years passed without war between Aram and Israel. How much more then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?" Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the wood. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.' So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. Turn behind me." It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. The guards stood each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, around the king. Samuel said, Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And there came great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land. Isaiah 15:6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. And they leaped about the altar which they made. "Now let them give us two oxen; and let them choose one ox for themselves and cut it up, and place it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other ox and lay it on the wood, and I will not put a fire under it. When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil The LORD has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head " Then David sent a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife. So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. Now it came about, as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back; and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have disobeyed the command of the LORD, and have not observed the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you, but have returned and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which He said to you, "Eat no bread and drink no water"; your body shall not come to the grave of your fathers.'" And Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the camp, you and your men." The Lord said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them. And Saul answered, "I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do." They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? So they seized her, and when she arrived at the horses' entrance of the king's house, she was put to death there. Saul said to the people who were with him, "Number now and see who has gone from us." David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes." The time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son." "But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. Then Hazael said, "But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known. And they said, "He is witness." All the prophets were prophesying thus, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king." In a multitude of people is a kings glory. Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, besides that from the traders and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country. The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers.read more.Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold. So the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, "Come up to us and we will tell you something " And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hands of Israel." Then she said to the king, "It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. They struck among the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. Then the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, "Behold now, the words of the prophets are uniformly favorable to the king. "Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD?" Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. "The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat.". Then the messengers returned and said, "Thus says Ben-hadad, 'Surely, I sent to you saying, "You shall give me your silver and your gold and your wives and your children," but about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants; and whatever is desirable in your eyes, they will take in their hand and carry away.'" And he came to the circle of the camp while the army was going out in battle array shouting the war cry. And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. The watchman reported, "He came even to them, and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously." For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hand, saying, 'Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, but I chose David to be over My people Israel.' The other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form. Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?" So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Then they brought him on horses and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. "Of Jezebel also has the LORD spoken, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.'