"For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines." Now Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise and go with your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn; for the LORD has called for a famine, and it will even come on the land for seven years." Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold. Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, nor is this the city; follow me and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." So each man girded on his sword. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. WebGenesis 1:1-31 ESV / 5 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. They put his weapons in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. Tell me, what do you have in the house?" So all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. Then the king of Israel when he saw them, said to Elisha, "My father, shall I kill them? For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our lawgiver; the Lord is our king; he will save us. When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed. When they began singing and praising, the LORD set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were routed. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent. When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, with those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the Philistines came and lived in them. So He said, "Go forth and stand on the mountain before the LORD " And behold, the LORD was passing by! After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day." Then he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inner and outer sanctuaries. He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. So he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his rule to the Euphrates River.read more.David took from him 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots. Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were secretaries; with three layers of huge stones and one layer of timbers. read more. So he was seven years in building it. Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king " So he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him. They said, "It is a lie, tell us now." And the LORD said, "They will surrender you." But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent. Will You give them into the hand of Israel?" "Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever." And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 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. 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. You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon. As he was talking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine from Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words; and David heard them. The king is not saved by a mighty army;A warrior is not delivered by great strength. And the king bowed himself on the bed. "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. 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.' read more. 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. Thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah. Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes." Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD." The king also said to Shimei, "You know all the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore the LORD shall return your evil on your own head. She looked and behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom, with the captains and the trumpeters beside the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason! The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. Now Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. "Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David now stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight." But the poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; they are there to this day. Moreover, Josiah removed the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring. So Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?" It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened." Then Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth." At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. Now King Solomon was king over all Israel. "But now bring me a minstrel " And it came about, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. Will Saul come down just as Your servant has heard? Who?" So Joram reined about and fled and said to Ahaziah, "There is treachery, O Ahaziah!" And all who were able to put on armor and older were summoned and stood on the border. 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. The priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the LORD. He is Micaiah, son of Imla." He took the captains of hundreds and the Carites and the guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guards to the kings house. 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. 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. Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" "Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail, that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming. David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine." Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. Then he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." And the. Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash. At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word. And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son became king in his place. "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." "Here I am; bear witness against me before the LORD and His anointed Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded?