He gathered men to himself and became leader of a marauding band, after David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and stayed there, and reigned in Damascus. When David came to the two hundred men who were too exhausted to follow David, who had also been left at the brook Besor, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him, then David approached the people and greeted them. Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." And he said, "I am." "For thus says the LORD, 'You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your beasts. When these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they entered one tent and ate and drank, and carried from there silver and gold and clothes, and went and hid them; and they returned and entered another tent and carried from there also, and went and hid them. He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. The people were then summoned to Saul at Gilgal. And they made his chariot ready. What then have they done in the rest of the kings provinces! "And when the LORD does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel, this will not cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having avenged himself. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. And He said to him, "Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all." He acted wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the territories of Judah and Benjamin to all the fortified cities, and he gave them food in abundance. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!" Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light. But the woman said to him, "Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who are mediums and spiritists from the land. And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float. He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt wickedly with you. Then he opened the door and fled. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. Now Saul's watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away; and they went here and there. Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn around and attack the priests." Three years passed without war between Aram and Israel. 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. But the servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Micaiah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day when you enter an inner room to hide yourself." 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." V So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it. So David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I ought to sit down to eat with the king But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening. Now afterward David arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And when Saul looked behind him, Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord, the king, in that the king has performed the. For if I should indeed learn that evil has been decided by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you about it?" So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them. 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. Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. In a multitude of people is a kings glory,But in the dearth of people is a princes ruin. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents. And he said, 'I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And he drew chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold. And it was told him, saying, "Behold, he is in Dothan." The God of Israel said,The Rock of Israel spoke to me,He who rules over men righteously,Who rules in the fear of God. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army; and Saul was lying in the circle of the camp, and the people were camped around him. Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying, "I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands " And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all night. There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. And he answered, "I shall go." He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, "Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." But Jehoshaphat was not willing. Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. WebIsaiah 32:15 - Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here." Isaiah and the Messianic King And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon. "Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling. And the watchman reported, "The messenger came to them, but he did not return." "Go now, make more sure, and investigate and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?" And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. King David also dedicated these to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued: 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. Then David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. This was their muster according to their fathers' households: of Judah, commanders of thousands, Adnah was the commander, and with him 300,000 valiant warriors; and next to him was Johanan the commander, and with him 280,000; and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who volunteered for the LORD, and with him 200,000 valiant warriors; and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 armed with bow and shield; and next to him Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 equipped for war. He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. "Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you But if there is iniquity in me, put me to death yourself; for why then should you bring me to your father?" And the people were very weary. These are they who served the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortified cities through all Judah. But he fled to Megiddo and died there. Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. "For as the LORD lives, who delivers Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." And all the people entered into the covenant. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you put on your robes." But he said, "As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will take nothing." Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do." 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." He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. "You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I designate to you." And the LORD anointed you king over Israel, and the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.' The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" When I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good feeling toward David, shall I not then send to you and make it known to you? When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. Now Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God that the LORD might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place. And Jotham slept with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place. Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul's robe secretly. So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the army which followed them. So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, even every kind of good thing of Damascus, forty camels' loads; and he came and stood before him and said, "Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" David was prospering in all his ways for the LORD was with him. And he sought many wives for them. "Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk before Me as you have walked.' Then Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house in Ramah And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower." Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria. So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. Ask for him also the kingdom--for he is my older brother--even for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!" But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules, so much year by year. They told the king, saying, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. So they ate and drank that day before the, And they made Solomon the son of David king, All these, being men of war who could draw up in battle formation, came to Hebron with. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might which he showed and how he warred, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Then they went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people. New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. Sunday Night | night | Sunday Night | By Historic Baptist Church and all the storage cities which Solomon had, even the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule. So the people departed. So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom. So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. "And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no one else. So he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. 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 King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. Who is this King of glory? He came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, 'Each one of you bring me his ox or his sheep, and slaughter it here and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.'" The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield. They arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Arameans; when they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there was no one there. He also sought Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death and buried him For they said, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." Then he said, "At this season next year you will embrace a son " And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant." So he put out his hand and took it. The man of God sent word to the king of Israel saying, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there." It came about on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. Click to switch to the standard King James Version of 1 Samuel Chapter 16. So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. He had large supplies in the cities of Judah, and warriors, valiant men, in Jerusalem. David said to Achish, "But what have I done? It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths. And the king bowed himself on the bed. Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it. For the sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir destroying them completely; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. They cut off his head and stripped off his weapons, and sent them throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people. Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they would be the LORD'S people, also between the king and the people. He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. Saul said, "Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and investigate and see how this sin has happened today. So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.'" Then he sent messengers to the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, "Thus says Ben-hadad, 'Your silver and your gold are mine; your most beautiful wives and children are also mine.'"

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