Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. "He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants. And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float. The Levites, from the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel, with a very loud voice. Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found." So he said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.' Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived. "Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD, and the God who answers by fire, He is God." Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. Selah. Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines previously, who went up with them all around in the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth to your own field, for you deserve to die; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and because you were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted." And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place. Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? Then the other woman said, "No! 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. For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great." "Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!' Then he charged them saying, "Thus you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully and wholeheartedly. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together. All the officials, the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David pledged allegiance to King Solomon. He said, "I cannot return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place. "He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. All the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his officers, he brought them all to Babylon. And the messengers departed and brought him word again. Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim. For you are Saul." Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son; and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this man in prison and feed him sparingly with bread and water until I return safely."'" the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her. Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? "I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; if I find out anything, then I will tell you." "Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, that I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water? And it came about in King Rehoboam's fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem with 1,200 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. "Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today; that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. "Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.' When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him. The King in the Field - Chabad.org As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, "I am going the way of all the earth Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man. 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. Jeroboam instituted a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made And he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. Teach and urge these things. So he sent and brought him in. WebTwo verses earlier at Matthew 6:26 Jesus told his followers not to worry about food, because even the birds are provided for by God. But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Alas, my master! So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king, nor in your bedroom curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it. WebKing James Version 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; Read full chapter Matthew 13:38 in all English translations Matthew 12 Matthew 14 1 John 3:8 King James Version 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' So they sent and summoned him. David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, 'Behold, David seeks to harm you'? Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?" He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. His armor bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart; turn yourself, and here I am with you according to your desire." Then Pharaoh said to him, "But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you are seeking to go to your own country?" "Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal. And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place. Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Thus the land became Pharaohs. "Please run now to meet her and say to her, 'Is it well with you? Now Saul told Jonathan his son and all his servants to put David to death But Jonathan, Saul's son, greatly delighted in David. Now Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and exalted him greatly. He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt 10,000 and took Sela by war, and named it Joktheel to this day. And all who were able to put on armor and older were summoned and stood on the border. And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and encouraged him in God. Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets. A warrior is not delivered by great strength. "But now bring me a minstrel " And it came about, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. He said to her, "What is his form?" And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. 20 Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands." When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army. He makes me lie down in green pastures. [Their idols] are like pillars of turned work [as upright and stationary and immobile as a palm tree], like scarecrows in a cucumber field; they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk.Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it possible for them to do good [and it is not in them]. While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him and he said, "Behold, this evil is from the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?" And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. WebMatthew 13:44-46 King James Version 44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah. But he did not tell his father. Elisha died, and they buried him. Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt." "For thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the face of the earth.'" Now Saul's watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away; and they went here and there. Then he put the carved image of 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 from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law, the statutes and the ordinances given through Moses." And made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place. The period which he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years and in Jerusalem thirty-three years. So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and fell upon him so that he died Thus the kingdom was established in the hands of Solomon. but sought the God of his father, followed His commandments, and did not act as Israel did. The king stood by the 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 his heart and all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. "So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. 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 would not put him to death. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead. After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land. Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. from Aram and Moab and the sons of Ammon and the Philistines and Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. He also defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech. Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him; and he became captain over them. So they camped one over against the other seven days. But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became as a stone. "While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." And they answered, "We are the relatives of Ahaziah; and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother." So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. He said to him, "Far from it, you shall not die. So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house. He had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people. When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance. So Joram reined about and fled and said to Ahaziah, "There is treachery, O Ahaziah!" Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem. And he said to him, "Speak!" Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. When the lad was gone, David rose from the south side and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed three times And they kissed each other and wept together, but David wept the more. But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul; and it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded on down to Gilgal." The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans with a great slaughter. Now it happened after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth." Now there was an evil spirit from the LORD on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand. Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Please bring me the ephod." He put garrisons in Edom. The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house. Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. W They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the LORD with them; and they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." "When Jacob went into Egypt and your fathers cried out to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place. When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. "Now therefore, command that they cut for me cedars from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians." Now the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. This is the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." "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. "The LORD therefore be judge and decide between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand." Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent. When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, "They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak. And he said, "Bring up Samuel for me." He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith. "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 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.'" David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives. Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" When Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground, and no one had escaped. Say among the nations, The Lord reigns;Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved;He will judge the peoples with equity.. Jonathan then answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem, for he said, 'Please let me go, since our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. Now the bands of the Moabites would invade the land in the spring of the year. Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. When the people entered the forest, behold, there was a flow of honey; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as formerly. In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel sin; he did not turn from them. Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? And they leaped about the altar which they made. Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; To your tents, O Israel! For the Lord Most High is to be feared,A great King over all the earth. And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? He cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'" And Abijam his son became king in his place. Now his sons had seen the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone. Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you. King James Bible with "Go To Verse" Kindle Edition by Deep Field Publishing (Author, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition 518 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $3.99 Read with Our Free App Imitation Leather $13.99 5 Used from $9.99 A breakthrough for Kindle Bibles. So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. When Elisha became sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the LORD with them; and they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people. But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, , She looked and behold, the king was standing, Again he prostrated himself and said, What is your servant, that you should regard, They told the king, saying, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he prostrated himself. And you said to me, 'The word which I have heard is good.' "And they will say, 'Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the LORD has brought all this adversity on them.'" Ish-bosheth, Sauls son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. read more. He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. And he said, "I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago. "He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine." Finally his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his own house. And where are you from?" Now as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, "Is this you, Elijah my master?" Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. "Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? David said to Achish, "But what have I done? David persuaded his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? So he took a bow and arrows. "Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn, so that the LORD may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons are careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.' So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. Thus he said to him, "Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you will be king over Israel and I will be next to you; and Saul my father knows that also." I will restore it to you." So Jehu said, "If this is your mind, then let no one escape or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel." Then there was no harm in the pot. Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly warn them and tell them of the procedure of the king who will reign over them., Thereafter Samuel called the people together to the, and he said to the sons of Israel, Thus says the, But you have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, No, but set a king over us! Now therefore, present yourselves before the, Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the, If you will not listen to the voice of the. Publication date: Feb 20, 2023. And he said, "The LORD'S arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Aram; for you will defeat the Arameans at Aphek until you have destroyed them." One of his servants said, "No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom." Then He said, 'You are to entice him and prevail also. 'Why have you despised the word of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? So they poured it out for the men to eat. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. So he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured. Then Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king. Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all that Solomon desired to do, that the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 'You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem ' Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the LORD is with you."