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The First Book of the Kings Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings
The First Book of the Kings Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings
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And it came to pass
after
many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
2
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And
there was
a sore famine in Samaria.
3
And Ahab called Obadiah, which
was
the governor of
his
house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
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.)
5
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
6
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said,
Art
thou that my lord Elijah?
8
And he answered him, I
am:
go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah
is here.
9
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
10
As
the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said,
He is
not
there;
he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
11
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah
is here.
12
And it shall come to pass,
as soon as
I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
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?
14
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah
is here:
and he shall slay me.
15
And Elijah said,
As
the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
16
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him,
Art
thou he that troubleth Israel?
18
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
19
Now therefore send,
and
gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
20
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
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.
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.
23
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay
it
on wood, and put no fire
under:
and I will dress the other bullock, and lay
it
on wood, and put no fire
under:
24
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
25
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress
it
first; for ye
are
many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire
under.
26
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed
it,
and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But
there was
no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
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.
28
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
29
And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the
time
of the offering of the
evening
sacrifice, that
there was
neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
30
And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD
that was
broken down.
31
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
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.
33
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid
him
on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour
it
on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
34
And he said, Do
it
the second time. And they did
it
the second time. And he said, Do
it
the third time. And they did
it
the third time.
35
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
36
And it came to pass at
the time of
the offering of the
evening
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and
that
I
am
thy servant, and
that
I have done all these things at thy word.
37
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou
art
the LORD God, and
that
thou hast turned their heart back again.
38
Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that
was
in the trench.
39
And when all the people saw
it,
they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he
is
the God; the LORD, he
is
the God.
40
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
41
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for
there is
a sound of abundance of rain.
42
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said,
There is
nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
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.
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.
46
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
19
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
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.
3
And when he saw
that,
he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which
belongeth
to Judah, and left his servant there.
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.
5
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise
and
eat.
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.
7
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise
and
eat; because the journey
is
too great for thee.
8
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
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?
10
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I,
even
I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
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:
12
And after the earthquake a fire;
but
the LORD
was
not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
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?
14
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I,
even
I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
15
And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael
to be
king over Syria:
16
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint
to be
king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint
to be
prophet in thy room.
17
And it shall come to pass,
that
him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18
Yet I have left
me
seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
19
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who
was
plowing
with
twelve yoke
of oxen
before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
20
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and
then
I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
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.
20
And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and
there were
thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
2
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
3
Thy silver and thy gold
is
mine; thy wives also and thy children,
even
the goodliest,
are
mine.
4
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I
am
thine, and all that I have.
5
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
6
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be,
that
whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put
it
in their hand, and take
it
away.
7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this
man
seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
8
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not
unto him,
nor consent.
9
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
10
And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
11
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell
him,
Let not him that girdeth on
his harness
boast himself as he that putteth it off.
12
And it came to pass, when
Ben-hadad
heard this message, as he
was
drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set
yourselves in array.
And they set
themselves in array
against the city.
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.
14
And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD,
Even
by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
15
Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people,
even
all the children of Israel,
being
seven thousand.
16
And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad
was
drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
17
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
18
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
19
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
20
And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
21
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22
And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
23
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods
are
gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
24
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
25
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain,
and
surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
26
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
27
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
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.
29
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
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 Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
31
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel
are
merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
32
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and
put
ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said,
Is
he yet alive? he is my brother.
33
Now the men did diligently observe whether
any thing would come
from him, and did hastily catch
it:
and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
34
And
Ben-hadad
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.
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.
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.
37
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded
him.
38
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
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.
40
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So
shall
thy judgment
be;
thyself hast decided
it.
41
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he
was
of the prophets.
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.
43
And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
21
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.
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.
3
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
4
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
5
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
6
And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee
another
vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
7
And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise,
and
eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
8
So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed
them
with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that
were
in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
9
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
10
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And
then
carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
11
And the men of his city,
even
the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them,
and
as it
was
written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
12
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him,
even
against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
14
Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
15
And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
16
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
17
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18
Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which
is
in Samaria: behold,
he is
in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
19
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
20
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found
thee:
because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
21
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
22
And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked
me
to anger, and made Israel to sin.
23
And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
24
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
25
But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
26
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all
things
as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
27
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
28
And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
29
Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days:
but
in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
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