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# The Bible (LSB)
* Genesis: [[Gen 1|1]] [[Gen 2|2]] [[Gen 3|3]] [[Gen 4|4]] [[Gen 5|5]] [[Gen 6|6]] [[Gen 7|7]] [[Gen 8|8]] [[Gen 9|9]] [[Gen 10|10]] [[Gen 11|11]] [[Gen 12|12]] [[Gen 13|13]] [[Gen 14|14]] [[Gen 15|15]] [[Gen 16|16]] [[Gen 17|17]] [[Gen 18|18]] [[Gen 19|19]] [[Gen 20|20]] [[Gen 21|21]] [[Gen 22|22]] [[Gen 23|23]] [[Gen 24|24]] [[Gen 25|25]] [[Gen 26|26]] [[Gen 27|27]] [[Gen 28|28]] [[Gen 29|29]] [[Gen 30|30]] [[Gen 31|31]] [[Gen 32|32]] [[Gen 33|33]] [[Gen 34|34]] [[Gen 35|35]] [[Gen 36|36]] [[Gen 37|37]] [[Gen 38|38]] [[Gen 39|39]] [[Gen 40|40]] [[Gen 41|41]] [[Gen 42|42]] [[Gen 43|43]] [[Gen 44|44]] [[Gen 45|45]] [[Gen 46|46]] [[Gen 47|47]] [[Gen 48|48]] [[Gen 49|49]] [[Gen 50|50]]
* Exodus: [[Exod 1|1]] [[Exod 2|2]] [[Exod 3|3]] [[Exod 4|4]] [[Exod 5|5]] [[Exod 6|6]] [[Exod 7|7]] [[Exod 8|8]] [[Exod 9|9]] [[Exod 10|10]] [[Exod 11|11]] [[Exod 12|12]] [[Exod 13|13]] [[Exod 14|14]] [[Exod 15|15]] [[Exod 16|16]] [[Exod 17|17]] [[Exod 18|18]] [[Exod 19|19]] [[Exod 20|20]] [[Exod 21|21]] [[Exod 22|22]] [[Exod 23|23]] [[Exod 24|24]] [[Exod 25|25]] [[Exod 26|26]] [[Exod 27|27]] [[Exod 28|28]] [[Exod 29|29]] [[Exod 30|30]] [[Exod 31|31]] [[Exod 32|32]] [[Exod 33|33]] [[Exod 34|34]] [[Exod 35|35]] [[Exod 36|36]] [[Exod 37|37]] [[Exod 38|38]] [[Exod 39|39]] [[Exod 40|40]]
* Leviticus: [[Lev 1|1]] [[Lev 2|2]] [[Lev 3|3]] [[Lev 4|4]] [[Lev 5|5]] [[Lev 6|6]] [[Lev 7|7]] [[Lev 8|8]] [[Lev 9|9]] [[Lev 10|10]] [[Lev 11|11]] [[Lev 12|12]] [[Lev 13|13]] [[Lev 14|14]] [[Lev 15|15]] [[Lev 16|16]] [[Lev 17|17]] [[Lev 18|18]] [[Lev 19|19]] [[Lev 20|20]] [[Lev 21|21]] [[Lev 22|22]] [[Lev 23|23]] [[Lev 24|24]] [[Lev 25|25]] [[Lev 26|26]] [[Lev 27|27]]
* Numbers: [[Num 1|1]] [[Num 2|2]] [[Num 3|3]] [[Num 4|4]] [[Num 5|5]] [[Num 6|6]] [[Num 7|7]] [[Num 8|8]] [[Num 9|9]] [[Num 10|10]] [[Num 11|11]] [[Num 12|12]] [[Num 13|13]] [[Num 14|14]] [[Num 15|15]] [[Num 16|16]] [[Num 17|17]] [[Num 18|18]] [[Num 19|19]] [[Num 20|20]] [[Num 21|21]] [[Num 22|22]] [[Num 23|23]] [[Num 24|24]] [[Num 25|25]] [[Num 26|26]] [[Num 27|27]] [[Num 28|28]] [[Num 29|29]] [[Num 30|30]] [[Num 31|31]] [[Num 32|32]] [[Num 33|33]] [[Num 34|34]] [[Num 35|35]] [[Num 36|36]]
* Deuteronomy: [[Deut 1|1]] [[Deut 2|2]] [[Deut 3|3]] [[Deut 4|4]] [[Deut 5|5]] [[Deut 6|6]] [[Deut 7|7]] [[Deut 8|8]] [[Deut 9|9]] [[Deut 10|10]] [[Deut 11|11]] [[Deut 12|12]] [[Deut 13|13]] [[Deut 14|14]] [[Deut 15|15]] [[Deut 16|16]] [[Deut 17|17]] [[Deut 18|18]] [[Deut 19|19]] [[Deut 20|20]] [[Deut 21|21]] [[Deut 22|22]] [[Deut 23|23]] [[Deut 24|24]] [[Deut 25|25]] [[Deut 26|26]] [[Deut 27|27]] [[Deut 28|28]] [[Deut 29|29]] [[Deut 30|30]] [[Deut 31|31]] [[Deut 32|32]] [[Deut 33|33]] [[Deut 34|34]]
* Joshua: [[Josh 1|1]] [[Josh 2|2]] [[Josh 3|3]] [[Josh 4|4]] [[Josh 5|5]] [[Josh 6|6]] [[Josh 7|7]] [[Josh 8|8]] [[Josh 9|9]] [[Josh 10|10]] [[Josh 11|11]] [[Josh 12|12]] [[Josh 13|13]] [[Josh 14|14]] [[Josh 15|15]] [[Josh 16|16]] [[Josh 17|17]] [[Josh 18|18]] [[Josh 19|19]] [[Josh 20|20]] [[Josh 21|21]] [[Josh 22|22]] [[Josh 23|23]] [[Josh 24|24]]
* Judges: [[Judg 1|1]] [[Judg 2|2]] [[Judg 3|3]] [[Judg 4|4]] [[Judg 5|5]] [[Judg 6|6]] [[Judg 7|7]] [[Judg 8|8]] [[Judg 9|9]] [[Judg 10|10]] [[Judg 11|11]] [[Judg 12|12]] [[Judg 13|13]] [[Judg 14|14]] [[Judg 15|15]] [[Judg 16|16]] [[Judg 17|17]] [[Judg 18|18]] [[Judg 19|19]] [[Judg 20|20]] [[Judg 21|21]]
* Ruth: [[Ruth 1|1]] [[Ruth 2|2]] [[Ruth 3|3]] [[Ruth 4|4]]
* 1 Samuel: [[1Sam 1|1]] [[1Sam 2|2]] [[1Sam 3|3]] [[1Sam 4|4]] [[1Sam 5|5]] [[1Sam 6|6]] [[1Sam 7|7]] [[1Sam 8|8]] [[1Sam 9|9]] [[1Sam 10|10]] [[1Sam 11|11]] [[1Sam 12|12]] [[1Sam 13|13]] [[1Sam 14|14]] [[1Sam 15|15]] [[1Sam 16|16]] [[1Sam 17|17]] [[1Sam 18|18]] [[1Sam 19|19]] [[1Sam 20|20]] [[1Sam 21|21]] [[1Sam 22|22]] [[1Sam 23|23]] [[1Sam 24|24]] [[1Sam 25|25]] [[1Sam 26|26]] [[1Sam 27|27]] [[1Sam 28|28]] [[1Sam 29|29]] [[1Sam 30|30]] [[1Sam 31|31]]
* 2 Samuel: [[2Sam 1|1]] [[2Sam 2|2]] [[2Sam 3|3]] [[2Sam 4|4]] [[2Sam 5|5]] [[2Sam 6|6]] [[2Sam 7|7]] [[2Sam 8|8]] [[2Sam 9|9]] [[2Sam 10|10]] [[2Sam 11|11]] [[2Sam 12|12]] [[2Sam 13|13]] [[2Sam 14|14]] [[2Sam 15|15]] [[2Sam 16|16]] [[2Sam 17|17]] [[2Sam 18|18]] [[2Sam 19|19]] [[2Sam 20|20]] [[2Sam 21|21]] [[2Sam 22|22]] [[2Sam 23|23]] [[2Sam 24|24]]
* 1 Kings: [[1Kgs 1|1]] [[1Kgs 2|2]] [[1Kgs 3|3]] [[1Kgs 4|4]] [[1Kgs 5|5]] [[1Kgs 6|6]] [[1Kgs 7|7]] [[1Kgs 8|8]] [[1Kgs 9|9]] [[1Kgs 10|10]] [[1Kgs 11|11]] [[1Kgs 12|12]] [[1Kgs 13|13]] [[1Kgs 14|14]] [[1Kgs 15|15]] [[1Kgs 16|16]] [[1Kgs 17|17]] [[1Kgs 18|18]] [[1Kgs 19|19]] [[1Kgs 20|20]] [[1Kgs 21|21]] [[1Kgs 22|22]]
* 2 Kings: [[2Kgs 1|1]] [[2Kgs 2|2]] [[2Kgs 3|3]] [[2Kgs 4|4]] [[2Kgs 5|5]] [[2Kgs 6|6]] [[2Kgs 7|7]] [[2Kgs 8|8]] [[2Kgs 9|9]] [[2Kgs 10|10]] [[2Kgs 11|11]] [[2Kgs 12|12]] [[2Kgs 13|13]] [[2Kgs 14|14]] [[2Kgs 15|15]] [[2Kgs 16|16]] [[2Kgs 17|17]] [[2Kgs 18|18]] [[2Kgs 19|19]] [[2Kgs 20|20]] [[2Kgs 21|21]] [[2Kgs 22|22]] [[2Kgs 23|23]] [[2Kgs 24|24]] [[2Kgs 25|25]]
* 1 Chronicles: [[1Chr 1|1]] [[1Chr 2|2]] [[1Chr 3|3]] [[1Chr 4|4]] [[1Chr 5|5]] [[1Chr 6|6]] [[1Chr 7|7]] [[1Chr 8|8]] [[1Chr 9|9]] [[1Chr 10|10]] [[1Chr 11|11]] [[1Chr 12|12]] [[1Chr 13|13]] [[1Chr 14|14]] [[1Chr 15|15]] [[1Chr 16|16]] [[1Chr 17|17]] [[1Chr 18|18]] [[1Chr 19|19]] [[1Chr 20|20]] [[1Chr 21|21]] [[1Chr 22|22]] [[1Chr 23|23]] [[1Chr 24|24]] [[1Chr 25|25]] [[1Chr 26|26]] [[1Chr 27|27]] [[1Chr 28|28]] [[1Chr 29|29]]
* 2 Chronicles: [[2Chr 1|1]] [[2Chr 2|2]] [[2Chr 3|3]] [[2Chr 4|4]] [[2Chr 5|5]] [[2Chr 6|6]] [[2Chr 7|7]] [[2Chr 8|8]] [[2Chr 9|9]] [[2Chr 10|10]] [[2Chr 11|11]] [[2Chr 12|12]] [[2Chr 13|13]] [[2Chr 14|14]] [[2Chr 15|15]] [[2Chr 16|16]] [[2Chr 17|17]] [[2Chr 18|18]] [[2Chr 19|19]] [[2Chr 20|20]] [[2Chr 21|21]] [[2Chr 22|22]] [[2Chr 23|23]] [[2Chr 24|24]] [[2Chr 25|25]] [[2Chr 26|26]] [[2Chr 27|27]] [[2Chr 28|28]] [[2Chr 29|29]] [[2Chr 30|30]] [[2Chr 31|31]] [[2Chr 32|32]] [[2Chr 33|33]] [[2Chr 34|34]] [[2Chr 35|35]] [[2Chr 36|36]]
* Ezra: [[Ezr 1|1]] [[Ezr 2|2]] [[Ezr 3|3]] [[Ezr 4|4]] [[Ezr 5|5]] [[Ezr 6|6]] [[Ezr 7|7]] [[Ezr 8|8]] [[Ezr 9|9]] [[Ezr 10|10]]
* Nehemiah: [[Neh 1|1]] [[Neh 2|2]] [[Neh 3|3]] [[Neh 4|4]] [[Neh 5|5]] [[Neh 6|6]] [[Neh 7|7]] [[Neh 8|8]] [[Neh 9|9]] [[Neh 10|10]] [[Neh 11|11]] [[Neh 12|12]] [[Neh 13|13]]
* Esther: [[Esth 1|1]] [[Esth 2|2]] [[Esth 3|3]] [[Esth 4|4]] [[Esth 5|5]] [[Esth 6|6]] [[Esth 7|7]] [[Esth 8|8]] [[Esth 9|9]] [[Esth 10|10]]
* Job: [[Job 1|1]] [[Job 2|2]] [[Job 3|3]] [[Job 4|4]] [[Job 5|5]] [[Job 6|6]] [[Job 7|7]] [[Job 8|8]] [[Job 9|9]] [[Job 10|10]] [[Job 11|11]] [[Job 12|12]] [[Job 13|13]] [[Job 14|14]] [[Job 15|15]] [[Job 16|16]] [[Job 17|17]] [[Job 18|18]] [[Job 19|19]] [[Job 20|20]] [[Job 21|21]] [[Job 22|22]] [[Job 23|23]] [[Job 24|24]] [[Job 25|25]] [[Job 26|26]] [[Job 27|27]] [[Job 28|28]] [[Job 29|29]] [[Job 30|30]] [[Job 31|31]] [[Job 32|32]] [[Job 33|33]] [[Job 34|34]] [[Job 35|35]] [[Job 36|36]] [[Job 37|37]] [[Job 38|38]] [[Job 39|39]] [[Job 40|40]] [[Job 41|41]] [[Job 42|42]]
* Psalms: [[Ps 1|1]] [[Ps 2|2]] [[Ps 3|3]] [[Ps 4|4]] [[Ps 5|5]] [[Ps 6|6]] [[Ps 7|7]] [[Ps 8|8]] [[Ps 9|9]] [[Ps 10|10]] [[Ps 11|11]] [[Ps 12|12]] [[Ps 13|13]] [[Ps 14|14]] [[Ps 15|15]] [[Ps 16|16]] [[Ps 17|17]] [[Ps 18|18]] [[Ps 19|19]] [[Ps 20|20]] [[Ps 21|21]] [[Ps 22|22]] [[Ps 23|23]] [[Ps 24|24]] [[Ps 25|25]] [[Ps 26|26]] [[Ps 27|27]] [[Ps 28|28]] [[Ps 29|29]] [[Ps 30|30]] [[Ps 31|31]] [[Ps 32|32]] [[Ps 33|33]] [[Ps 34|34]] [[Ps 35|35]] [[Ps 36|36]] [[Ps 37|37]] [[Ps 38|38]] [[Ps 39|39]] [[Ps 40|40]] [[Ps 41|41]] [[Ps 42|42]] [[Ps 43|43]] [[Ps 44|44]] [[Ps 45|45]] [[Ps 46|46]] [[Ps 47|47]] [[Ps 48|48]] [[Ps 49|49]] [[Ps 50|50]] [[Ps 51|51]] [[Ps 52|52]] [[Ps 53|53]] [[Ps 54|54]] [[Ps 55|55]] [[Ps 56|56]] [[Ps 57|57]] [[Ps 58|58]] [[Ps 59|59]] [[Ps 60|60]] [[Ps 61|61]] [[Ps 62|62]] [[Ps 63|63]] [[Ps 64|64]] [[Ps 65|65]] [[Ps 66|66]] [[Ps 67|67]] [[Ps 68|68]] [[Ps 69|69]] [[Ps 70|70]] [[Ps 71|71]] [[Ps 72|72]] [[Ps 73|73]] [[Ps 74|74]] [[Ps 75|75]] [[Ps 76|76]] [[Ps 77|77]] [[Ps 78|78]] [[Ps 79|79]] [[Ps 80|80]] [[Ps 81|81]] [[Ps 82|82]] [[Ps 83|83]] [[Ps 84|84]] [[Ps 85|85]] [[Ps 86|86]] [[Ps 87|87]] [[Ps 88|88]] [[Ps 89|89]] [[Ps 90|90]] [[Ps 91|91]] [[Ps 92|92]] [[Ps 93|93]] [[Ps 94|94]] [[Ps 95|95]] [[Ps 96|96]] [[Ps 97|97]] [[Ps 98|98]] [[Ps 99|99]] [[Ps 100|100]] [[Ps 101|101]] [[Ps 102|102]] [[Ps 103|103]] [[Ps 104|104]] [[Ps 105|105]] [[Ps 106|106]] [[Ps 107|107]] [[Ps 108|108]] [[Ps 109|109]] [[Ps 110|110]] [[Ps 111|111]] [[Ps 112|112]] [[Ps 113|113]] [[Ps 114|114]] [[Ps 115|115]] [[Ps 116|116]] [[Ps 117|117]] [[Ps 118|118]] [[Ps 119|119]] [[Ps 120|120]] [[Ps 121|121]] [[Ps 122|122]] [[Ps 123|123]] [[Ps 124|124]] [[Ps 125|125]] [[Ps 126|126]] [[Ps 127|127]] [[Ps 128|128]] [[Ps 129|129]] [[Ps 130|130]] [[Ps 131|131]] [[Ps 132|132]] [[Ps 133|133]] [[Ps 134|134]] [[Ps 135|135]] [[Ps 136|136]] [[Ps 137|137]] [[Ps 138|138]] [[Ps 139|139]] [[Ps 140|140]] [[Ps 141|141]] [[Ps 142|142]] [[Ps 143|143]] [[Ps 144|144]] [[Ps 145|145]] [[Ps 146|146]] [[Ps 147|147]] [[Ps 148|148]] [[Ps 149|149]] [[Ps 150|150]]
* Proverbs: [[Prov 1|1]] [[Prov 2|2]] [[Prov 3|3]] [[Prov 4|4]] [[Prov 5|5]] [[Prov 6|6]] [[Prov 7|7]] [[Prov 8|8]] [[Prov 9|9]] [[Prov 10|10]] [[Prov 11|11]] [[Prov 12|12]] [[Prov 13|13]] [[Prov 14|14]] [[Prov 15|15]] [[Prov 16|16]] [[Prov 17|17]] [[Prov 18|18]] [[Prov 19|19]] [[Prov 20|20]] [[Prov 21|21]] [[Prov 22|22]] [[Prov 23|23]] [[Prov 24|24]] [[Prov 25|25]] [[Prov 26|26]] [[Prov 27|27]] [[Prov 28|28]] [[Prov 29|29]] [[Prov 30|30]] [[Prov 31|31]]
* Ecclesiastes: [[Eccl 1|1]] [[Eccl 2|2]] [[Eccl 3|3]] [[Eccl 4|4]] [[Eccl 5|5]] [[Eccl 6|6]] [[Eccl 7|7]] [[Eccl 8|8]] [[Eccl 9|9]] [[Eccl 10|10]] [[Eccl 11|11]] [[Eccl 12|12]]
* Song of Solomon: [[Song 1|1]] [[Song 2|2]] [[Song 3|3]] [[Song 4|4]] [[Song 5|5]] [[Song 6|6]] [[Song 7|7]] [[Song 8|8]]
* Isaiah: [[Isa 1|1]] [[Isa 2|2]] [[Isa 3|3]] [[Isa 4|4]] [[Isa 5|5]] [[Isa 6|6]] [[Isa 7|7]] [[Isa 8|8]] [[Isa 9|9]] [[Isa 10|10]] [[Isa 11|11]] [[Isa 12|12]] [[Isa 13|13]] [[Isa 14|14]] [[Isa 15|15]] [[Isa 16|16]] [[Isa 17|17]] [[Isa 18|18]] [[Isa 19|19]] [[Isa 20|20]] [[Isa 21|21]] [[Isa 22|22]] [[Isa 23|23]] [[Isa 24|24]] [[Isa 25|25]] [[Isa 26|26]] [[Isa 27|27]] [[Isa 28|28]] [[Isa 29|29]] [[Isa 30|30]] [[Isa 31|31]] [[Isa 32|32]] [[Isa 33|33]] [[Isa 34|34]] [[Isa 35|35]] [[Isa 36|36]] [[Isa 37|37]] [[Isa 38|38]] [[Isa 39|39]] [[Isa 40|40]] [[Isa 41|41]] [[Isa 42|42]] [[Isa 43|43]] [[Isa 44|44]] [[Isa 45|45]] [[Isa 46|46]] [[Isa 47|47]] [[Isa 48|48]] [[Isa 49|49]] [[Isa 50|50]] [[Isa 51|51]] [[Isa 52|52]] [[Isa 53|53]] [[Isa 54|54]] [[Isa 55|55]] [[Isa 56|56]] [[Isa 57|57]] [[Isa 58|58]] [[Isa 59|59]] [[Isa 60|60]] [[Isa 61|61]] [[Isa 62|62]] [[Isa 63|63]] [[Isa 64|64]] [[Isa 65|65]] [[Isa 66|66]]
* Jeremiah: [[Jer 1|1]] [[Jer 2|2]] [[Jer 3|3]] [[Jer 4|4]] [[Jer 5|5]] [[Jer 6|6]] [[Jer 7|7]] [[Jer 8|8]] [[Jer 9|9]] [[Jer 10|10]] [[Jer 11|11]] [[Jer 12|12]] [[Jer 13|13]] [[Jer 14|14]] [[Jer 15|15]] [[Jer 16|16]] [[Jer 17|17]] [[Jer 18|18]] [[Jer 19|19]] [[Jer 20|20]] [[Jer 21|21]] [[Jer 22|22]] [[Jer 23|23]] [[Jer 24|24]] [[Jer 25|25]] [[Jer 26|26]] [[Jer 27|27]] [[Jer 28|28]] [[Jer 29|29]] [[Jer 30|30]] [[Jer 31|31]] [[Jer 32|32]] [[Jer 33|33]] [[Jer 34|34]] [[Jer 35|35]] [[Jer 36|36]] [[Jer 37|37]] [[Jer 38|38]] [[Jer 39|39]] [[Jer 40|40]] [[Jer 41|41]] [[Jer 42|42]] [[Jer 43|43]] [[Jer 44|44]] [[Jer 45|45]] [[Jer 46|46]] [[Jer 47|47]] [[Jer 48|48]] [[Jer 49|49]] [[Jer 50|50]] [[Jer 51|51]] [[Jer 52|52]]
* Lamentations: [[Lam 1|1]] [[Lam 2|2]] [[Lam 3|3]] [[Lam 4|4]] [[Lam 5|5]]
* Ezekiel: [[Ezek 1|1]] [[Ezek 2|2]] [[Ezek 3|3]] [[Ezek 4|4]] [[Ezek 5|5]] [[Ezek 6|6]] [[Ezek 7|7]] [[Ezek 8|8]] [[Ezek 9|9]] [[Ezek 10|10]] [[Ezek 11|11]] [[Ezek 12|12]] [[Ezek 13|13]] [[Ezek 14|14]] [[Ezek 15|15]] [[Ezek 16|16]] [[Ezek 17|17]] [[Ezek 18|18]] [[Ezek 19|19]] [[Ezek 20|20]] [[Ezek 21|21]] [[Ezek 22|22]] [[Ezek 23|23]] [[Ezek 24|24]] [[Ezek 25|25]] [[Ezek 26|26]] [[Ezek 27|27]] [[Ezek 28|28]] [[Ezek 29|29]] [[Ezek 30|30]] [[Ezek 31|31]] [[Ezek 32|32]] [[Ezek 33|33]] [[Ezek 34|34]] [[Ezek 35|35]] [[Ezek 36|36]] [[Ezek 37|37]] [[Ezek 38|38]] [[Ezek 39|39]] [[Ezek 40|40]] [[Ezek 41|41]] [[Ezek 42|42]] [[Ezek 43|43]] [[Ezek 44|44]] [[Ezek 45|45]] [[Ezek 46|46]] [[Ezek 47|47]] [[Ezek 48|48]]
* Daniel: [[Dan 1|1]] [[Dan 2|2]] [[Dan 3|3]] [[Dan 4|4]] [[Dan 5|5]] [[Dan 6|6]] [[Dan 7|7]] [[Dan 8|8]] [[Dan 9|9]] [[Dan 10|10]] [[Dan 11|11]] [[Dan 12|12]]
* Hosea: [[Hos 1|1]] [[Hos 2|2]] [[Hos 3|3]] [[Hos 4|4]] [[Hos 5|5]] [[Hos 6|6]] [[Hos 7|7]] [[Hos 8|8]] [[Hos 9|9]] [[Hos 10|10]] [[Hos 11|11]] [[Hos 12|12]] [[Hos 13|13]] [[Hos 14|14]]
* Joel: [[Joel 1|1]] [[Joel 2|2]] [[Joel 3|3]]
* Amos: [[Amos 1|1]] [[Amos 2|2]] [[Amos 3|3]] [[Amos 4|4]] [[Amos 5|5]] [[Amos 6|6]] [[Amos 7|7]] [[Amos 8|8]] [[Amos 9|9]]
* Obadiah: [[Obad 1|1]]
* Jonah: [[Jonah 1|1]] [[Jonah 2|2]] [[Jonah 3|3]] [[Jonah 4|4]]
* Micah: [[Mic 1|1]] [[Mic 2|2]] [[Mic 3|3]] [[Mic 4|4]] [[Mic 5|5]] [[Mic 6|6]] [[Mic 7|7]]
* Nahum: [[Nah 1|1]] [[Nah 2|2]] [[Nah 3|3]]
* Habakkuk: [[Hab 1|1]] [[Hab 2|2]] [[Hab 3|3]]
* Zephaniah: [[Zeph 1|1]] [[Zeph 2|2]] [[Zeph 3|3]]
* Haggai: [[Hag 1|1]] [[Hag 2|2]]
* Zechariah: [[Zech 1|1]] [[Zech 2|2]] [[Zech 3|3]] [[Zech 4|4]] [[Zech 5|5]] [[Zech 6|6]] [[Zech 7|7]] [[Zech 8|8]] [[Zech 9|9]] [[Zech 10|10]] [[Zech 11|11]] [[Zech 12|12]] [[Zech 13|13]] [[Zech 14|14]]
* Malachi: [[Mal 1|1]] [[Mal 2|2]] [[Mal 3|3]] [[Mal 4|4]]
* Matthew: [[Matt 1|1]] [[Matt 2|2]] [[Matt 3|3]] [[Matt 4|4]] [[Matt 5|5]] [[Matt 6|6]] [[Matt 7|7]] [[Matt 8|8]] [[Matt 9|9]] [[Matt 10|10]] [[Matt 11|11]] [[Matt 12|12]] [[Matt 13|13]] [[Matt 14|14]] [[Matt 15|15]] [[Matt 16|16]] [[Matt 17|17]] [[Matt 18|18]] [[Matt 19|19]] [[Matt 20|20]] [[Matt 21|21]] [[Matt 22|22]] [[Matt 23|23]] [[Matt 24|24]] [[Matt 25|25]] [[Matt 26|26]] [[Matt 27|27]] [[Matt 28|28]]
* Mark: [[Mark 1|1]] [[Mark 2|2]] [[Mark 3|3]] [[Mark 4|4]] [[Mark 5|5]] [[Mark 6|6]] [[Mark 7|7]] [[Mark 8|8]] [[Mark 9|9]] [[Mark 10|10]] [[Mark 11|11]] [[Mark 12|12]] [[Mark 13|13]] [[Mark 14|14]] [[Mark 15|15]] [[Mark 16|16]]
* Luke: [[Luke 1|1]] [[Luke 2|2]] [[Luke 3|3]] [[Luke 4|4]] [[Luke 5|5]] [[Luke 6|6]] [[Luke 7|7]] [[Luke 8|8]] [[Luke 9|9]] [[Luke 10|10]] [[Luke 11|11]] [[Luke 12|12]] [[Luke 13|13]] [[Luke 14|14]] [[Luke 15|15]] [[Luke 16|16]] [[Luke 17|17]] [[Luke 18|18]] [[Luke 19|19]] [[Luke 20|20]] [[Luke 21|21]] [[Luke 22|22]] [[Luke 23|23]] [[Luke 24|24]]
* John: [[John 1|1]] [[John 2|2]] [[John 3|3]] [[John 4|4]] [[John 5|5]] [[John 6|6]] [[John 7|7]] [[John 8|8]] [[John 9|9]] [[John 10|10]] [[John 11|11]] [[John 12|12]] [[John 13|13]] [[John 14|14]] [[John 15|15]] [[John 16|16]] [[John 17|17]] [[John 18|18]] [[John 19|19]] [[John 20|20]] [[John 21|21]]
* Acts: [[Acts 1|1]] [[Acts 2|2]] [[Acts 3|3]] [[Acts 4|4]] [[Acts 5|5]] [[Acts 6|6]] [[Acts 7|7]] [[Acts 8|8]] [[Acts 9|9]] [[Acts 10|10]] [[Acts 11|11]] [[Acts 12|12]] [[Acts 13|13]] [[Acts 14|14]] [[Acts 15|15]] [[Acts 16|16]] [[Acts 17|17]] [[Acts 18|18]] [[Acts 19|19]] [[Acts 20|20]] [[Acts 21|21]] [[Acts 22|22]] [[Acts 23|23]] [[Acts 24|24]] [[Acts 25|25]] [[Acts 26|26]] [[Acts 27|27]] [[Acts 28|28]]
* Romans: [[Rom 1|1]] [[Rom 2|2]] [[Rom 3|3]] [[Rom 4|4]] [[Rom 5|5]] [[Rom 6|6]] [[Rom 7|7]] [[Rom 8|8]] [[Rom 9|9]] [[Rom 10|10]] [[Rom 11|11]] [[Rom 12|12]] [[Rom 13|13]] [[Rom 14|14]] [[Rom 15|15]] [[Rom 16|16]]
* 1 Corinthians: [[1Cor 1|1]] [[1Cor 2|2]] [[1Cor 3|3]] [[1Cor 4|4]] [[1Cor 5|5]] [[1Cor 6|6]] [[1Cor 7|7]] [[1Cor 8|8]] [[1Cor 9|9]] [[1Cor 10|10]] [[1Cor 11|11]] [[1Cor 12|12]] [[1Cor 13|13]] [[1Cor 14|14]] [[1Cor 15|15]] [[1Cor 16|16]]
* 2 Corinthians: [[2Cor 1|1]] [[2Cor 2|2]] [[2Cor 3|3]] [[2Cor 4|4]] [[2Cor 5|5]] [[2Cor 6|6]] [[2Cor 7|7]] [[2Cor 8|8]] [[2Cor 9|9]] [[2Cor 10|10]] [[2Cor 11|11]] [[2Cor 12|12]] [[2Cor 13|13]]
* Galatians: [[Gal 1|1]] [[Gal 2|2]] [[Gal 3|3]] [[Gal 4|4]] [[Gal 5|5]] [[Gal 6|6]]
* Ephesians: [[Eph 1|1]] [[Eph 2|2]] [[Eph 3|3]] [[Eph 4|4]] [[Eph 5|5]] [[Eph 6|6]]
* Philippians: [[Phil 1|1]] [[Phil 2|2]] [[Phil 3|3]] [[Phil 4|4]]
* Colossians: [[Col 1|1]] [[Col 2|2]] [[Col 3|3]] [[Col 4|4]]
* 1 Thessalonians: [[1Thess 1|1]] [[1Thess 2|2]] [[1Thess 3|3]] [[1Thess 4|4]] [[1Thess 5|5]]
* 2 Thessalonians: [[2Thess 1|1]] [[2Thess 2|2]] [[2Thess 3|3]]
* 1 Timothy: [[1Tim 1|1]] [[1Tim 2|2]] [[1Tim 3|3]] [[1Tim 4|4]] [[1Tim 5|5]] [[1Tim 6|6]]
* 2 Timothy: [[2Tim 1|1]] [[2Tim 2|2]] [[2Tim 3|3]] [[2Tim 4|4]]
* Titus: [[Titus 1|1]] [[Titus 2|2]] [[Titus 3|3]]
* Philemon: [[Phlm 1|1]]
* Hebrews: [[Heb 1|1]] [[Heb 2|2]] [[Heb 3|3]] [[Heb 4|4]] [[Heb 5|5]] [[Heb 6|6]] [[Heb 7|7]] [[Heb 8|8]] [[Heb 9|9]] [[Heb 10|10]] [[Heb 11|11]] [[Heb 12|12]] [[Heb 13|13]]
* James: [[Jas 1|1]] [[test|2]] [[Jas 3|3]] [[Jas 4|4]] [[Jas 5|5]]
* 1 Peter: [[1Pet 1|1]] [[1Pet 2|2]] [[1Pet 3|3]] [[1Pet 4|4]] [[1Pet 5|5]]
* 2 Peter: [[2Pet 1|1]] [[2Pet 2|2]] [[2Pet 3|3]]
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## Generations from Adam to Abraham
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Adam, Seth, Enosh,
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Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
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Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
###### 5
The sons of Japheth _were_ Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
###### 6
The sons of Gomer _were_ Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.
###### 7
The sons of Javan _were_ Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
###### 8
The sons of Ham _were_ Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
###### 9
The sons of Cush _were_ Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raama _were_ Sheba and Dedan.
###### 10
Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
###### 11
Mizraim was the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,
###### 12
Pathrus, Casluh (from which came the Philistines), and Caphtor.
###### 13
Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth,
###### 14
and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
###### 15
the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
###### 16
the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
###### 17
The sons of Shem _were_ Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
###### 18
Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
###### 19
Two sons were born to Eber, the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.
###### 20
Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
###### 21
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
###### 22
Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
###### 23
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these _were_ the sons of Joktan.
###### 24
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
###### 25
Eber, Peleg, Reu,
###### 26
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
###### 27
Abram, that is Abraham.
## From Abraham to Jacob
###### 28
The sons of Abraham _were_ Isaac and Ishmael.
###### 29
These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael _was_ Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
###### 30
Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
###### 31
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah; these _were_ the sons of Ishmael.
###### 32
The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine, _whom_ she bore, _were_ Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan _were_ Sheba and Dedan.
###### 33
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
###### 34
Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac _were_ Esau and Israel.
###### 35
The sons of Esau _were_ Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
###### 36
The sons of Eliphaz _were_ Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
###### 37
The sons of Reuel _were_ Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
###### 38
The sons of Seir _were_ Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
###### 39
The sons of Lotan _were_ Hori and Homam; and Lotan's sister _was_ Timna.
###### 40
The sons of Shobal _were_ Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon _were_ Aiah and Anah.
###### 41
The son of Anah _was_ Dishon. And the sons of Dishon _were_ Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
###### 42
The sons of Ezer _were_ Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishon _were_ Uz and Aran.
###### 43
Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before _any_ king of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
###### 44
Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.
###### 45
Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place.
###### 46
Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck down Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city _was_ Avith.
###### 47
Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.
###### 48
Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River became king in his place.
###### 49
Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.
###### 50
Then Baal-hanan died, and Hadad became king in his place; and the name of his city was Pai, and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.
###### 51
Then Hadad died. Now the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,
###### 52
chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
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chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
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## The Death of Saul and His Sons
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Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
###### 2
And the Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
###### 3
And the battle became heavy against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was wounded by the archers.
###### 4
Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me." But his armor bearer was not willing, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.
###### 5
Then his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, so he also fell on his sword and died.
###### 6
Thus Saul died with his three sons, and all _those_ of his house died together.
###### 7
Then all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead. So they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
###### 8
Now it happened on the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
###### 9
So they stripped him and took his head and his weapons and sent _them_ all around the land of the Philistines, to proclaim the good news to their idols and to the people.
###### 10
And they placed his weapons in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
## Jabesh-gilead Buries Saul
###### 11
Then all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
###### 12
so all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh, and they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
###### 13
Thus Saul died for his unfaithfulness, which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry _of it_,
###### 14
and did not inquire of Yahweh. Therefore He put him to death and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

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## David Anointed King over All Israel
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Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
###### 2
Previously, even when Saul was king, you _were_ the one who led out and brought in Israel; and Yahweh your God said to you, 'You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over My people Israel.'"
###### 3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David cut a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; then they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh through Samuel.
## David Captures Jerusalem
###### 4
Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, _were_ there.
###### 5
Then the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, "You shall not come in here." Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, that is, the city of David.
###### 6
And David said, "Whoever strikes down a Jebusite first shall be chief and commander." Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief.
###### 7
Then David lived in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.
###### 8
And he built the city all around, from the Millo even to the surrounding area; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
###### 9
And David became greater and greater, and Yahweh of hosts _was_ with him.
## David's Mighty Men
###### 10
Now these are the heads of the mighty men whom David had, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Yahweh concerning Israel.
###### 11
These _constitute_ the list of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain _by him_ at one time.
###### 12
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who _was_ one of the three mighty men.
###### 13
He was with David at Pasdammim. Now the Philistines had gathered together there to battle, and there was a portion of the field full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
###### 14
But they took their stand in the midst of that portion and delivered it, and struck down the Philistines. So Yahweh saved them by a great salvation.
###### 15
Then three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, while the camp of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.
###### 16
And David was then in the fortress, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
###### 17
Then David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!"
###### 18
So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and carried _it_ and brought _it_ to David. Nevertheless, David was not willing to drink it, but poured it out to Yahweh;
###### 19
and he said, "Be it far from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men _who went_ at the risk of their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it." Therefore he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
###### 20
Now Abshai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred _who were_ slain _by him_; and he had a name as well as the thirty.
###### 21
Of the three in the second _rank_ he was the most honored and became their commander; however, he did not attain to the _first_ three.
###### 22
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the two _sons of_ Ariel of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
###### 23
He had also struck down an Egyptian, an impressive man, five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.
###### 24
These _things_ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men.
###### 25
Behold, he was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard.
###### 26
Now the mighty men of the military forces _were_ Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
###### 27
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
###### 28
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
###### 29
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
###### 30
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
###### 31
Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
###### 32
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
###### 33
Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
###### 34
the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite,
###### 35
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
###### 36
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
###### 37
Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
###### 38
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
###### 39
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
###### 40
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
###### 41
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
###### 42
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
###### 43
Hanan the son of Maacah and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
###### 44
Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
###### 45
Jediael the son of Shimri and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
###### 46
Eliel the Mahavite and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
###### 47
Eliel and Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

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## David's Mighty Men
###### 1
Now these are the ones who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still restricted because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped _him_ in war.
###### 2
They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left _to sling_ stones and _to shoot_ arrows from the bow; _they were_ Saul's relatives from Benjamin.
###### 3
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite,
###### 4
and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty. Then Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,
###### 5
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite,
###### 6
Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam, the Korahites,
###### 7
and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
###### 8
From the Gadites, mighty men of valor separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men of war _who had gone out for military_ duty, who could handle large shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and _they were_ as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.
###### 9
Ezer _was_ the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
###### 10
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
###### 11
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
###### 12
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
###### 13
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
###### 14
These of the sons of Gad were chiefs of the army; he who was least was equal to one hundred and the greatest to one thousand.
###### 15
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks and they made all those in the valleys flee, both to the east and to the west.
###### 16
Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.
###### 17
David went out before them, and he answered and said to them, "If you come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no violence in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on _it_ and reprove."
###### 18
And the Spirit clothed Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, _and he said_, "_We_ are yours, O David, And with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, And peace to him who helps you; Indeed, your God helps you!" Then David received them and made them chiefs of the band.
###### 19
Now from Manasseh also some defected to David when he was about to go to battle with the Philistines against Saul. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after counsel sent him away, saying, "At _the cost of_ our heads he may defect to his master Saul."
###### 20
As he went to Ziklag there defected to him from Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands who belonged to Manasseh.
###### 21
They helped David against the marauding band, for they were all mighty men of valor, and were commanders in the army.
###### 22
For day by day _men_ came to David to help him, until there was a great camp like the camp of God.
## David's Military Companies in Hebron
###### 23
Now these are the numbers of the companies equipped for _military_ duty, who came to David at Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the command of Yahweh.
###### 24
The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear _were_ 6,800, equipped for _military_ duty.
###### 25
Of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor for _military_ duty, 7,100.
###### 26
Of the sons of Levi 4,600.
###### 27
Now Jehoiada was the leader of _the house of_ Aaron, and with him were 3,700,
###### 28
also Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house 22 commanders.
###### 29
Of the sons of Benjamin, Saul's relatives, 3,000; for until now the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
###### 30
Of the sons of Ephraim 20,800, mighty men of valor, men who had a name in their fathers' households.
###### 31
Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king.
###### 32
Of the sons of Issachar, men who knew _how to_ discern the times, to know what Israel should do, their chiefs _were_ two hundred; and all their relatives _were_ at their command.
###### 33
Of Zebulun, there were 50,000 who went out in the army, who could arrange _themselves_ for battle with all kinds of weapons of war and helped _David_ with an undivided heart.
###### 34
Of Naphtali _there were_ 1,000 commanders, and with them 37,000 with large shield and spear.
###### 35
Of the Danites who could arrange _themselves_ for battle, _there were_ 28,600.
###### 36
Of Asher _there were_ 40,000 who went out in the army to arrange _themselves_ for battle.
###### 37
From the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites and the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, _there were_ 120,000 with all _kinds_ of weapons for the army for battle.
###### 38
All these, being men of war who could draw up in battle lines, came to Hebron with _their_ whole heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
###### 39
They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their relatives had prepared for them.
###### 40
Moreover those who were near to them, _even_ as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and on oxen, great provisions _of_ flour, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep. There was gladness indeed in Israel.

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## Uzza Dies from Touching the Ark
###### 1
Then David took counsel with the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader.
###### 2
And David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is from Yahweh our God, let us send everywhere to our relatives who remain in all the lands of Israel, also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they may gather with us;
###### 3
and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul."
###### 4
Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
###### 5
So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor of Egypt even to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
###### 6
And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, _that is_, to Kiriath-jearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, Yahweh, who is enthroned _above_ the cherubim, where His name is called.
###### 7
And they drove the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio were leading the cart.
###### 8
Now David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all _their_ strength, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and with trumpets.
###### 9
Then they came to the threshing floor of Chidon. And Uzza reached out with his hand to take hold of the ark, because the oxen nearly upset _it_.
###### 10
And the anger of Yahweh burned against Uzza, and He struck him down because he reached out with his hand to the ark; and he died there before God.
###### 11
And David became angry because of Yahweh's breaking out against Uzza; and that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
###### 12
So David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God _back_ to me?"
###### 13
And David did not move the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
###### 14
Thus the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months; and Yahweh blessed the household of Obed-edom with all that he had.

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## David Takes More Wives
###### 1
Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of walls and craftsmen of wood, to build a house for him.
###### 2
Thus David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel, _and_ that his kingdom was lifted up, for the sake of His people Israel.
###### 3
Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.
###### 4
These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
###### 5
Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
###### 6
Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
###### 7
Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet.
## David Strikes Down the Philistines
###### 8
Then the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, so all the Philistines went up to seek out David. And David heard _of it_ and went out against them.
###### 9
Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.
###### 10
Then David asked of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You give them into my hand?" And Yahweh said to him, "Go up, for I will give them into your hand."
###### 11
So they came up to Baal-perazim, and there David struck them down; and David said, "God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough of waters." Therefore they named that place Baal-perazim.
###### 12
And they forsook their gods there; so David said _the word_, and they were burned with fire.
###### 13
Then the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.
###### 14
So David again asked of God, and God said to him, "You shall not go _directly_ up after them; circle around from behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.
###### 15
And it will be that when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God will have gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines."
###### 16
Then David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon even as far as Gezer.
###### 17
Then the name of David went out into all the lands; and Yahweh brought the dread of him on all the nations.

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## The Ark Is Brought to Jerusalem
###### 1
Then _David_ made houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
###### 2
And David said, "No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for Yahweh chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever."
###### 3
Then David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of Yahweh to its place which he had prepared for it.
###### 4
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
###### 5
of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and 120 of his relatives;
###### 6
of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 of his relatives;
###### 7
of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and 130 of his relatives;
###### 8
of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and 200 of his relatives;
###### 9
of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and 80 of his relatives;
###### 10
of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and 112 of his relatives.
###### 11
Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab,
###### 12
and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' _households_ of the Levites; set yourselves apart as holy, both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to _the place_ that I have prepared for it.
###### 13
Because you did not _carry it_ at the first, Yahweh our God broke out against us, for we did not seek Him according to the _legal_ judgment."
###### 14
So the priests and the Levites set themselves apart as holy to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
###### 15
And the sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of Yahweh.
###### 16
Then David said to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise a sound of gladness.
###### 17
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah,
###### 18
and with them their relatives of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.
###### 19
So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan _were appointed_ to sound aloud cymbals of bronze;
###### 20
and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with harps _set_ according to alamoth;
###### 21
and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to lead with lyres _set_ according to the sheminith.
###### 22
Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was _in charge of_ the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he had understanding.
###### 23
Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.
###### 24
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also _were_ gatekeepers for the ark.
###### 25
So _it was_ David, with the elders of Israel and the commanders over thousands, who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the house of Obed-edom with gladness.
###### 26
Now this happened because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. And they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
###### 27
Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen with all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the singing _with_ the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
###### 28
Thus all Israel was bringing up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps, and lyres.
###### 29
Now it happened _as_ the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart.

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## A Tent for the Ark
###### 1
And they brought in the ark of God and placed it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they brought burnt offerings and peace offerings near before God.
###### 2
Then David completed offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings. And he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.
###### 3
And he apportioned to everyone of Israel, both men and women, to everyone a loaf of bread and a portion _of meat_ and a raisin cake.
###### 4
And he made some of the Levites ministers before the ark of Yahweh, even to bring remembrance and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:
###### 5
Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, _then_ Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, lyres; also Asaph _played_ loud-sounding cymbals,
###### 6
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests _blew_ trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
###### 7
Then on that day David first assigned Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to Yahweh.
## Song of Thanksgiving
###### 8
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, call upon His name; Make known His acts among the peoples.
###### 9
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Muse on all His wondrous deeds.
###### 10
Boast in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh be glad.
###### 11
Inquire of Yahweh and His strength; Seek His face continually.
###### 12
Remember His wondrous deeds which He has done, His miraculous signs and the judgments uttered by His mouth,
###### 13
O seed of Israel His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
###### 14
He is Yahweh our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
###### 15
Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded for a thousand generations,
###### 16
which He cut with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.
###### 17
Then He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
###### 18
Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, As the portion of your inheritance,"
###### 19
When you were only a few men in number, Of little account, and sojourners in it,
###### 20
And they wandered about from nation to nation, And from _one_ kingdom to another people,
###### 21
He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes,
###### 22
"Do not touch My anointed ones, And against My prophets do no evil."
###### 23
Sing to Yahweh, all the earth; Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.
###### 24
Recount His glory among the nations, His wondrous deeds among all the peoples.
###### 25
For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised; And He is more fearsome than all gods.
###### 26
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But Yahweh made the heavens.
###### 27
Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place.
###### 28
Ascribe to Yahweh, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
###### 29
Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name; Lift up an offering, and come before Him; Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness.
###### 30
Tremble before Him, all the earth; Indeed, the world is established, it will not be shaken.
###### 31
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; And let them say among the nations, "Yahweh reigns."
###### 32
Let the sea roar, as well as its fullness; Let the field exult, and all that is in it.
###### 33
Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh; For He is coming to judge the earth.
###### 34
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good, For His lovingkindness endures forever.
###### 35
Then say, "Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us and deliver us from among the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name And revel in Your praise."
###### 36
Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Then all the people said, "Amen," and praised Yahweh.
## Ministering Before the Ark
###### 37
So he left behind Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required;
###### 38
and Obed-edom with his 68 relatives; Obed-edom, also the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah as gatekeepers.
###### 39
Now _he left behind_ Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the tabernacle of Yahweh in the high place, which _was_ at Gibeon,
###### 40
to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Yahweh, which He commanded Israel.
###### 41
And with them _were_ Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because His lovingkindness endures forever.
###### 42
And with them _were_ Heman and Jeduthun _with_ trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound aloud, and _with_ instruments _for_ the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate.
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## The Ark of God Inhabits a Tent
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Now it happened when David inhabited his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I inhabit a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under _tent_ curtains."
###### 2
So Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you."
###### 3
Now it happened in the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
###### 4
"Go and say to David My servant, 'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not build Me a house to inhabit;
###### 5
for I have not inhabited a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have been from tent to tent and from _one_ dwelling place _to another_.
###### 6
Wherever I have gone about with all Israel, did I speak a word with _even_ one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, 'Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?'"'
## David's House Will Be Established Forever
###### 7
So now, thus shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.
###### 8
And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
###### 9
And I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and not be disturbed again; and the unrighteous will not waste them anymore as formerly,
###### 10
even from the day that I commanded judges _to be_ over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. And I tell you that Yahweh will build a house for you.
###### 11
And it will be that when your days are fulfilled to go _to be_ with your fathers, I will raise up _one of_ your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
###### 12
He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
###### 13
I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; and I will not remove My lovingkindness from him, as I removed _it_ from him who was before you.
###### 14
But I will cause him to stand in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever."'"
###### 15
According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
## David Magnifies Yahweh's Name
###### 16
Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh and said, "Who am I, O Yahweh God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far?
###### 17
And this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of the house of Your slave concerning the distant future, and have regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O Yahweh God.
###### 18
Again what more can David _say_ to You concerning the glory _bestowed_ on Your slave? You know Your slave.
###### 19
O Yahweh, for the sake of Your slave, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
###### 20
O Yahweh, there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
###### 21
And what one nation in the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself _as_ a people, to make You a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?
###### 22
Yet You gave Your people Israel _to be_ Your own people forever, and You, O Yahweh, have become their God.
###### 23
"So now, O Yahweh, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your slave and concerning his house endure forever, and do as You have spoken,
###### 24
that Your name endure and be magnified forever, by saying, 'Yahweh of hosts is the God of Israel, _even_ a God to Israel; and the house of David Your servant is established before You.'
###### 25
For You, O my God, have revealed in the hearing of Your slave that You will build for him a house; therefore Your slave has found _courage_ to pray before You.
###### 26
So now, O Yahweh, You are God, and You have promised this good thing to Your slave.
###### 27
So now, You have been pleased to bless the house of Your slave, that it may be forever before You. For You, O Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed forever."

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## David Strikes Down Nations
###### 1
Now it happened afterwards, that David struck the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.
###### 2
He also struck Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.
###### 3
Then David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah _as far as_ Hamath, as he went to set up his power at the Euphrates River.
###### 4
And David captured from him 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left _enough_ of them for 100 chariots.
###### 5
Then the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah. And David struck down 22,000 men of the Arameans.
###### 6
Then David placed _garrisons_ among the Arameans of Damascus; and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And Yahweh granted salvation to David wherever he went.
###### 7
And David took the small shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
###### 8
Also from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a very large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the bronze utensils.
###### 9
Then Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck down all the military force of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
###### 10
so he sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. And _Hadoram brought_ all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze.
###### 11
King David also set these apart as holy to Yahweh with the silver and the gold which he had carried away from all the nations: from Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, and from Amalek.
###### 12
Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote 18,000 of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
###### 13
Then he placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Yahweh granted salvation to David wherever he went.
###### 14
So David reigned over all Israel; and he was doing justice and righteousness for all his people.
###### 15
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah _was_ over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud _was_ recorder;
###### 16
and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar _were_ priests, and Shavsha _was_ scribe;
###### 17
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada _was_ over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David _were_ chiefs at the king's side.

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## The Ammonites Dishonor David's Men
###### 1
Now it happened afterwards, that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son became king in his place.
###### 2
So David said, "I will show lovingkindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed lovingkindness to me." So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him.
###### 3
But the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, "In your eyes, is David honoring your father because he has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?"
###### 4
So Hanun took David's servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.
###### 5
Then _certain persons_ went and told David about the men. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly dishonored. And the king said, "Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and _then_ return."
###### 6
Then the sons of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David. So Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent 1,000 talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from Zobah.
###### 7
So they hired for themselves 32,000 chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and camped before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon gathered together from their cities and came to battle.
###### 8
Then David heard _of it_, and he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men.
###### 9
And the sons of Ammon came out and arranged _themselves_ for battle at the entrance of the city. But the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
## David Defeats Ammon and Aram
###### 10
Then Joab saw that the battle was set against him in front and in the rear. So he chose from all the choice men of Israel and they arranged _themselves_ to meet the Arameans.
###### 11
But the remainder of the people he put in the hand of Abshai his brother; and they arranged themselves to meet the sons of Ammon.
###### 12
And he said, "If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall save me; but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will save you.
###### 13
Be strong, and let us show strength for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what is good in His sight."
###### 14
So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Arameans for the battle, and they fled before him.
###### 15
Now the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled. So they themselves also fled before Abshai his brother and came into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
###### 16
Then the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel. So they sent messengers and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the River, and Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer led them.
###### 17
And it was told to David, so he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came upon them and arranged for battle against them. So David arranged _them_ in battle to meet the Arameans. And they fought against him.
###### 18
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed of the Arameans 7,000 charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers, and put to death Shophach the commander of the army.
###### 19
Then the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel. So they made peace with David and served him. And the Arameans were not willing to save the sons of Ammon anymore.

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## Generations of David
###### 1
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
###### 2
Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
###### 3
The sons of Judah _were_ Er, Onan, and Shelah; _these_ three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of Yahweh, so He put him to death.
###### 4
Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
###### 5
The sons of Perez _were_ Hezron and Hamul.
###### 6
The sons of Zerah _were_ Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
###### 7
The son of Carmi _was_ Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated what was devoted to destruction.
###### 8
The son of Ethan _was_ Azariah.
###### 9
Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him _were_ Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
###### 10
Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah;
###### 11
Nahshon became the father of Salma, Salma became the father of Boaz,
###### 12
Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;
###### 13
and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
###### 14
Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
###### 15
Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
###### 16
and their sisters _were_ Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah _were_ Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.
###### 17
Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
###### 18
Now Caleb the son of Hezron became a father by Azubah _his_ wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
###### 19
Then Azubah died, and Caleb took for himself Ephrath _as a wife_, and she bore him Hur.
###### 20
Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
###### 21
Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took _as a wife_ when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
###### 22
Segub became the father of Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
###### 23
But Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, _even_ sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
###### 24
After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
###### 25
And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron _were_ Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem, _and_ Ahijah.
###### 26
Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
###### 27
The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
###### 28
The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai _were_ Nadab and Abishur.
###### 29
The name of Abishur's wife _was_ Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
###### 30
The sons of Nadab _were_ Seled and Appaim, and Seled died without sons.
###### 31
The son of Appaim _was_ Ishi. And the son of Ishi _was_ Sheshan. And the son of Sheshan _was_ Ahlai.
###### 32
The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai _were_ Jether and Jonathan, and Jether died without sons.
###### 33
The sons of Jonathan _were_ Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
###### 34
Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha.
###### 35
Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as a wife, and she bore him Attai.
###### 36
Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,
###### 37
and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,
###### 38
and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,
###### 39
and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,
###### 40
and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,
###### 41
and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.
###### 42
Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, _were_ Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.
###### 43
The sons of Hebron _were_ Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.
###### 44
Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
###### 45
The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon _was_ the father of Bethzur.
###### 46
Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.
###### 47
The sons of Jahdai _were_ Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
###### 48
Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
###### 49
She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb _was_ Achsah.
###### 50
These were the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, _were_ Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
###### 51
Salma the father of Bethlehem _and_ Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
###### 52
Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,
###### 53
and the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
###### 54
The sons of Salma _were_ Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
###### 55
The families of scribes who lived at Jabez _were_ the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, _and_ the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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## War with Philistine Giants
###### 1
Now it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out _to battle_, that Joab led out the force of the military and brought the land of the sons of Ammon to ruin, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and tore it down.
###### 2
Then David took the crown of their king from his head; and he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and in it _was_ a precious stone; and it was _placed_ on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city _in_ a very great amount.
###### 3
He also brought out the people who were in it and made _them_ work with saws and with sharp iron instruments and with axes. And thus David used to do to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned _to_ Jerusalem.
###### 4
Now it happened afterwards, that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, _one_ among those born of the giants, and they were subdued.
###### 5
And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
###### 6
Then there was war at Gath again, and there was a man of _great_ stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six _fingers on each hand_ and six _toes on each foot_; and he also had been born to the giants.
###### 7
And he reproached Israel, so Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.
###### 8
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## David Sins by Numbering Israel
###### 1
Then Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to number Israel.
###### 2
So David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, "Go, count Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me _word_ that I may know their _total_ count."
###### 3
But Joab said, "May Yahweh add to His people a hundred times as many as they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why does my lord seek this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?"
###### 4
Nevertheless, the king's word _stood_ strong against Joab. So, Joab went out and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
###### 5
And Joab gave the _total_ count of the census of the people to David. And all Israel were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword; and Judah _was_ 470,000 men who drew the sword.
###### 6
But he did not number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king's command was abominable to Joab.
###### 7
And this thing was displeasing in the sight of God, so He struck Israel.
###### 8
Then David said to God, "I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of Your slave, for I have acted very foolishly."
###### 9
And Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
###### 10
"Go and speak to David, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, and I will do _that_ to you."'"
###### 11
So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Take for yourself
###### 12
either three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your adversaries, while the sword of your enemies overtakes _you_, or else three days of the sword of Yahweh, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.' So now, see what word I should return to Him who sent me."
###### 13
Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let me now fall into the hand of Yahweh, for His compassions are exceedingly abundant. But do not let me fall into the hand of man."
###### 14
So Yahweh sent a pestilence against Israel; and 70,000 men of Israel fell.
###### 15
And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was about to destroy _it_, Yahweh saw and relented concerning the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, "It is enough! Now relax your hand." And the angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
###### 16
Then David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.
###### 17
And David said to God, "Is it not I who commanded to number the people? Indeed, I am the one who has sinned and done a great evil; but these sheep, what have they done? O Yahweh my God, please let Your hand be against me and my father's household, but not against Your people that they should be plagued."
## David Erects an Altar
###### 18
Then the angel of Yahweh said to Gad to say to David, that David should go up and erect an altar to Yahweh on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
###### 19
So David went up at the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of Yahweh.
###### 20
Now Ornan turned back and saw the angel, and his four sons _who were_ with him hid themselves. And Ornan was threshing wheat.
###### 21
Then David came to Ornan, and Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor and bowed his face to the ground before David.
###### 22
Then David said to Ornan, "Give me the site of _this_ threshing floor, that I may build on it an altar to Yahweh; for the full price you shall give it to me, that the plague may be checked from _being_ upon the people."
###### 23
And Ornan said to David, "Take _it_ for yourself; and let my lord the king do what is good in his sight. See, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood and the wheat for the grain offering; I will give everything."
###### 24
However, King David said to Ornan, "No, but I will surely buy _it_ for the full price; for I will not lift up what is yours to Yahweh, or offer a burnt offering which costs me nothing."
###### 25
So David gave Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site.
###### 26
Then David built there an altar to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to Yahweh and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
###### 27
Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and he returned his sword to its sheath.
###### 28
At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.
###### 29
Now the tabernacle of Yahweh, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering _were_ in the high place at Gibeon at that time.
###### 30
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## Preparation to Build Yahweh's House
###### 1
Then David said, "This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel."
###### 2
So David said to gather the sojourners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God.
###### 3
And David prepared large quantities of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps, and more bronze than could be weighed;
###### 4
and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David.
###### 5
And David said, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh shall be highly exalted, for a name and beauty throughout all lands. _Therefore_ now I will make preparation for it." So David made ample preparations before his death.
## Solomon to Build Yahweh's House
###### 6
Then he called for his son Solomon, and commanded him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.
###### 7
And David said to Solomon, "My son, I had it within my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
###### 8
But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed _so_ much blood on the earth before Me.
###### 9
Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
###### 10
He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be a son to Me and I will be a father to him; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'
###### 11
Now, my son, Yahweh be with you that you may be successful, and build the house of Yahweh your God just as He has spoken concerning you.
###### 12
Only Yahweh give you insight and understanding, and give you command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.
###### 13
Then you will succeed, if you are careful to do the statutes and the judgments which Yahweh commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous, do not fear nor be dismayed.
###### 14
Now behold, with great pains I have prepared for the house of Yahweh 100,000 talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them.
###### 15
Moreover, there are many of those who do the work with you, hewers _of stone_ and craftsmen of stone and wood, and all men who are wise in every kind of work.
###### 16
Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no number. Arise and work, and may Yahweh be with you."
###### 17
David also commanded all the officials of Israel to help his son Solomon, _saying_,
###### 18
"Is not Yahweh your God with you? And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before Yahweh and before His people.
###### 19
Now give your heart and your soul to seek Yahweh your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of Yahweh."

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## Solomon Made King over Israel
###### 1
Now David became old and full of days, and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
###### 2
And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.
## The Work of the Levites
###### 3
And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by census of men was 38,000.
###### 4
Of these, 24,000 were to direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 _were_ officers and judges,
###### 5
and 4,000 _were_ gatekeepers, and 4,000 _were_ praising Yahweh with the instruments which David made for giving praise.
###### 6
And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
## The Sons of Gershon
###### 7
Of the Gershonites _were_ Ladan and Shimei.
###### 8
The sons of Ladan _were_ Jehiel the first and Zetham and Joel, three.
###### 9
The sons of Shimei _were_ Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' _households_ of Ladan.
###### 10
The sons of Shimei _were_ Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four _were_ the sons of Shimei.
###### 11
Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father's household, one unit.
## The Sons of Kohath
###### 12
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
###### 13
The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated in order to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, to offer _offerings_ up in smoke before Yahweh, to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever.
###### 14
But _as for_ Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
###### 15
The sons of Moses _were_ Gershom and Eliezer.
###### 16
The son of Gershom _was_ Shebuel the chief.
###### 17
The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
###### 18
The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.
###### 19
The sons of Hebron _were_ Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
###### 20
The sons of Uzziel _were_ Micah the first and Isshiah the second.
## The Sons of Merari
###### 21
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli _were_ Eleazar and Kish.
###### 22
And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them up _as wives_.
###### 23
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
## The Service of the Levites
###### 24
These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' households, _even_ the heads of the fathers' _households_ of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.
###### 25
For David said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.
###### 26
Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings for its service."
###### 27
For by the last words of David the sons of Levi _were_ numbered from twenty years old and upward.
###### 28
For their station is to be on hand for the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts and in the chambers and in the cleansing of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God,
###### 29
and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or _what is made on_ the griddle, or what is _well_ stirred, and all measures of volume and size.
###### 30
And they are to stand every morning to thank and to praise Yahweh, and likewise at evening,
###### 31
and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the appointed times in the number _set_ by the judgments concerning them, continually before Yahweh.
###### 32
Thus they shall keep responsibility of the tent of meeting, and responsibility of the holy place, and responsibility of the sons of Aaron their relatives, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

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## Divisions of Levites
###### 1
Now the divisions of the sons of Aaron _were these_: the sons of Aaron _were_ Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
###### 2
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests.
###### 3
And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their assignments for their service.
###### 4
And more chief men were found from the sons of Eleazar than the sons of Ithamar, so they divided them thus: _there were_ sixteen heads of fathers' households of the sons of Eleazar and eight of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' households.
###### 5
Thus they were divided by lot, the one as the other; for they were leaders for the sanctuary and leaders for God, both from the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
###### 6
Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, wrote them down in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' _households_ of the priests and of the Levites; one father's household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.
###### 7
Now the first lot came out for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,
###### 8
the third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim,
###### 9
the fifth for Malchijah, the sixth for Mijamin,
###### 10
the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah,
###### 11
the ninth for Jeshua, the tenth for Shecaniah,
###### 12
the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim,
###### 13
the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,
###### 14
the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,
###### 15
the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizzez,
###### 16
the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Jehezkel,
###### 17
the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul,
###### 18
the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.
###### 19
These were their assignments for their service when _they_ came in to the house of Yahweh according to the _legal_ judgment _rendered_ to them by the hand of Aaron their father, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
###### 20
Now for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
###### 21
Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the first.
###### 22
Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
###### 23
The sons _of Hebron_: Jeriah _the first_, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
###### 24
The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
###### 25
The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
###### 26
The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, Beno.
###### 27
The sons of Merari: by Jaaziah _were_ Beno, Shoham, Zaccur and Ibri.
###### 28
By Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
###### 29
By Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.
###### 30
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth. These _were_ the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
###### 31
These also cast lots alongside their relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' _households_ of the priests and of the Levites--the head of fathers' _households_ alongside those of his younger brother.

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## Number and Services of Musicians
###### 1
Moreover, David and the commanders of the army separated for the service _some_ of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who _were_ to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals; and the number of those who performed their service was:
###### 2
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph _were_ under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
###### 3
Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
###### 4
Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
###### 5
All these _were_ the sons of Heman the king's seer to exalt him according to the words of God. So God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman.
###### 6
All these were under the direction of their father to sing in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman _were_ under the direction of the king.
###### 7
And their number who were trained in singing to Yahweh, with their relatives, all who were skillful, _was_ 288.
## Responsibilities of the Musicians
###### 8
They cast lots for their responsibilities, _each_ alongside _the other_, the small as well as the great, the teacher _as well_ as the pupil.
###### 9
Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph, the second for Gedaliah, he with his relatives and sons _were_ twelve;
###### 10
the third to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 11
the fourth to Izri, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 12
the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 13
the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 14
the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 15
the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 16
the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 17
the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 18
the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 19
the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 20
for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 21
for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 22
for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 23
for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 24
for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 25
for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 26
for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 27
for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 28
for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 29
for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 30
for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, twelve;
###### 31
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## Divisions of the Gatekeepers
###### 1
For the divisions of the gatekeepers _there were_ of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
###### 2
Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
###### 3
Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
###### 4
Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
###### 5
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh _and_ Peullethai the eighth; God had indeed blessed him.
###### 6
Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor.
###### 7
The sons of Shemaiah _were_ Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers, Elihu and Semachiah, were men of valor.
###### 8
All these _were_ of the sons of Obed-edom; they and their sons and their relatives _were_ valiant men with strength for the service, sixty-two from Obed-edom.
###### 9
Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, eighteen men of valor.
###### 10
Also Hosah, _one_ of the sons of Merari had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him first),
###### 11
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and relatives of Hosah _were_ thirteen.
###### 12
To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, _were given_ responsibilities like their relatives to minister in the house of Yahweh.
###### 13
And they cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers' households, for every gate.
###### 14
And the lot to the east fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots _for_ his son Zechariah, a counselor with insight, and his lot came out to the north.
###### 15
For Obed-edom _it fell_ to the south, and to his sons went the house of storerooms.
###### 16
For Shuppim and Hosah _it was_ to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard.
###### 17
On the east there were six Levites, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the storerooms two by two.
###### 18
At the Parbar on the west _there were_ four at the highway and two at the Parbar.
###### 19
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.
## Caring for the Holy Treasure
###### 20
As for the Levites, Ahijhah was over the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the holy gifts.
###### 21
The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, _namely_, the Jehielites, _were_ the heads of the fathers' _households_, belonging to Ladan the Gershonite.
###### 22
The sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and Joel his brother, were over the treasures of the house of Yahweh.
###### 23
As for the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites and the Uzzielites,
###### 24
Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was officer over the treasures.
###### 25
And his relatives by Eliezer _were_ Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.
###### 26
This Shelomoth and his relatives were over all the treasures of the holy gifts which King David and the heads of the fathers' _households_, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had set apart as holy.
###### 27
They set apart as holy part of what was won in battles and part of the spoil to repair the house of Yahweh.
###### 28
And all that Samuel the seer had set apart as holy and Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, everyone who had set apart _anything_ as holy, _all of this_ was in the care of Shelomoth and his relatives.
## Administrators of Outside Work
###### 29
As for the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were _assigned_ to the outside work for Israel, as officers and judges.
###### 30
As for the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 men of valor, were over the administration of Israel across the Jordan to the west, for all the work of Yahweh and the service of the king.
###### 31
As for the Hebronites, Jerijah the chief (these Hebronites were investigated according to their generations and fathers' _households_, in the fortieth year of David's reign, and mighty men of valor were found among them at Jazer of Gilead)
###### 32
and his relatives, men of valor, _were_ 2,700 in number, heads of fathers' _households_. And King David made them overseers of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites concerning all the affairs of God and of the king.

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## Commanders of the Divisions
###### 1
Now _this is_ the _total_ count of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers' _households_, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who ministered to the king in each matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division _numbering_ 24,000:
###### 2
Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel _was_ over the first division for the first month; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 3
_He was_ from the sons of Perez, _and was_ chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.
###### 4
Dodai the Ahohite and his division _were_ over the division for the second month, Mikloth _being_ the chief officer; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 5
The third commander of the army for the third month _was_ Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, _as_ chief; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 6
This Benaiah _was_ the mighty man of the thirty, and _was_ over thirty; and over his division was Ammizabad his son.
###### 7
The fourth for the fourth month _was_ Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 8
The fifth for the fifth month _was_ the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 9
The sixth for the sixth month _was_ Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 10
The seventh for the seventh month _was_ Helez the Pelonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 11
The eighth for the eighth month _was_ Sibbecai the Hushathite of the Zerahites; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 12
The ninth for the ninth month _was_ Abiezer the Anathothite of the Benjamites; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 13
The tenth for the tenth month _was_ Maharai the Netophathite of the Zerahites; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 14
The eleventh for the eleventh month _was_ Benaiah the Pirathonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
###### 15
The twelfth for the twelfth month _was_ Heldai the Netophathite of Othniel; and in his division _were_ 24,000.
## Chief Officers of the Tribes
###### 16
Now _those_ over the tribes of Israel: chief officer for the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah;
###### 17
for Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;
###### 18
for Judah, Elihu, _one_ of David's brothers; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
###### 19
for Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel;
###### 20
for the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; for the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;
###### 21
for the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner;
###### 22
for Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These _were_ the princes of the tribes of Israel.
###### 23
But David did not take up a count of those twenty years of age and under, because Yahweh had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.
###### 24
Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to number _them_, but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and this count was not included in the _total_ count of the chronicles of King David.
## Officials over David's Possessions
###### 25
Now Azmaveth the son of Adiel _was_ over the king's storehouses. And Jonathan the son of Uzziah _was_ over the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages and in the towers.
###### 26
Ezri the son of Chelub _was_ over the workers of the field who cultivated the soil.
###### 27
Shimei the Ramathite _was_ over the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite _was_ over the produce of the vineyards _stored_ in the wine cellars.
###### 28
Baal-hanan the Gederite _was_ over the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah; and Joash had charge of the stores of oil.
###### 29
Shitrai the Sharonite _was_ over the cattle which were grazing in Sharon; and Shaphat the son of Adlai _was_ over the cattle in the valleys.
###### 30
Obil the Ishmaelite _was_ over the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite _was_ over the donkeys.
###### 31
Jaziz the Hagrite _was_ over the flocks. All these were officials over the possessions which belonged to King David.
## Counselors
###### 32
Also Jonathan, David's uncle, _was_ a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons.
###### 33
Ahithophel _was_ counselor to the king; and Hushai the Archite _was_ the king's friend.
###### 34
Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar succeeded Ahithophel; and Joab was the commander of the king's army.

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## David Assembles His Commanders
###### 1
And David assembled at Jerusalem all the commanders of Israel, the commanders of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that ministered to the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the commanders over all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor.
###### 2
Then King David rose to his feet and said, "Listen to me, my brothers and my people; I _had it_ within my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and for the footstool of the feet of our God. So I had made preparations to build _it_.
###### 3
But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.'
###### 4
Yet, Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a ruler; and in the house of Judah, my father's house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make _me_ king over all Israel.
###### 5
Now of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel.
###### 6
And He said to me, 'Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him.
###### 7
And I will establish his kingdom forever if he will be strong to do My commandments and My judgments, as is done now.'
###### 8
So now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek after all the commandments of Yahweh your God so that you may possess the good land and cause your sons after you to inherit _it_ forever.
###### 9
"As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a delighted soul; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
###### 10
See now, for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong and act."
###### 11
Then David gave to his son Solomon the pattern of the porch _of the temple_, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat;
###### 12
and the pattern of all that he had in mind, for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding chambers, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the holy things;
###### 13
also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites and for all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh and for all the utensils of service in the house of Yahweh;
###### 14
for the golden _utensils_, the weight of gold for all utensils for every kind of service; for the silver utensils, the weight _of silver_ for all utensils for every kind of service;
###### 15
and the weight _of gold_ for the golden lampstands and their golden lamps, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; and _the weight of silver_ for the silver lampstands, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps according to the service of each lampstand;
###### 16
and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for each table; and silver for the silver tables;
###### 17
and the flesh hooks, the bowls, and the jars of pure gold; and for the golden bowls with the weight for each bowl; and for the silver bowls with the weight for each bowl;
###### 18
and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, _even_ the cherubim that spread out _their wings_ and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
###### 19
"All _this_," _said David_, "has been granted to me as insight in writing by the hand of Yahweh, all the details of this pattern."
###### 20
Then David said to his son Solomon, "Be strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor be dismayed, for Yahweh God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you until all the work for the service of the house of Yahweh is completed.
###### 21
Now behold, _there are_ the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man with wisdom will be with you in all the work for all the service. The officials also and all the people will be entirely at your command."

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## Offerings for the Temple
###### 1
Then King David said to the entire assembly, "My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for Yahweh God.
###### 2
Now with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God the gold for the _things of_ gold, and the silver for the _things of_ silver, and the bronze for the _things of_ bronze, the iron for the _things of_ iron, and wood for the _things of_ wood, onyx stones and inlaid _stones_, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.
###### 3
Moreover, in my pleasure in the house of my God, the treasure I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, over and above all that I have already prepared for the holy house,
###### 4
_namely_, 3,000 talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings;
###### 5
of gold for the _things of_ gold and of silver for the _things of_ silver, that is, for all the work _done_ by the hand of craftsmen. Who then would offer willingly to ordain himself this day to Yahweh?"
###### 6
Then the commanders of the fathers' _households_, and the commanders of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with the commanders of the king's work, offered willingly;
###### 7
and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron.
###### 8
And whoever possessed _precious_ stones gave them to the treasury of the house of Yahweh, in the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
###### 9
Then the people were glad because they had offered so willingly, for they made their freewill offering to Yahweh with a whole heart, and King David also was exceedingly glad.
## David Blesses Yahweh
###### 10
So David blessed Yahweh in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, "Blessed are You, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, from everlasting to everlasting.
###### 11
Yours, O Yahweh, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the kingdom, O Yahweh, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.
###### 12
Both riches and honor _come_ from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.
###### 13
So now, our God, we are thanking You and praising Your glorious name.
###### 14
"But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as willingly as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.
###### 15
For we are sojourners before You, and foreign residents, like all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.
###### 16
O Yahweh our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours.
###### 17
And I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these _things_. So now with gladness I have seen Your people, who are present here, make _their_ offerings willingly to You.
###### 18
O Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intentions of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart to You;
###### 19
and give to my son Solomon a whole heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do _them_ all, and to build the temple, for which I have made preparation."
###### 20
Then David said to all the assembly, "Now bless Yahweh your God." And all the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed low and prostrated themselves to Yahweh and to the king.
## Sacrifices to Yahweh
###### 21
And on the next day they made sacrifices to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings to Yahweh, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, _and_ 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
###### 22
So they ate and drank that day before Yahweh with great gladness.
## David's Officials and Sons Pledge Allegiance And they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and they anointed _him_ as ruler for Yahweh and Zadok as priest.
###### 23
Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king instead of David his father; and he succeeded, and all Israel obeyed him.
###### 24
And all the officials, the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David pledged allegiance to King Solomon.
###### 25
And Yahweh highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and granted to him royal majesty which had not been on any king before him in Israel.
###### 26
Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
###### 27
And the time which he reigned over Israel _was_ forty years; in Hebron he reigned seven years and in Jerusalem thirty-three _years_.
## Death of David
###### 28
Then he died in a good old age, full of days, riches and glory; and his son Solomon became king in his place.
###### 29
Now the acts of King David, from first to last, behold, they are written in the chronicles of Samuel the seer, in the chronicles of Nathan the prophet and in the chronicles of Gad the seer,
###### 30
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## Sons of David
###### 1
Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn _was_ Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second _was_ Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;
###### 2
the third _was_ Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth _was_ Adonijah the son of Haggith;
###### 3
the fifth _was_ Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth _was_ Ithream, by his wife Eglah.
###### 4
Six were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
###### 5
These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four, by Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;
###### 6
and Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,
###### 7
Nogah, Nepheg, and Japhia,
###### 8
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
###### 9
All _these were_ the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar _was_ their sister.
###### 10
Now Solomon's son _was_ Rehoboam, Abijah _was_ his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
###### 11
Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
###### 12
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
###### 13
Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
###### 14
Amon his son, Josiah his son.
###### 15
The sons of Josiah _were_ Johanan the firstborn, and the second _was_ Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
###### 16
The sons of Jehoiakim _were_ Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
###### 17
The sons of Jeconiah, the prisoner, _were_ Shealtiel his son,
###### 18
and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
###### 19
The sons of Pedaiah _were_ Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel _were_ Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith _was_ their sister;
###### 20
and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed, five.
###### 21
The sons of Hananiah _were_ Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.
###### 22
The sons of Shecaniah _were_ Shemaiah, and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
###### 23
The sons of Neariah _were_ Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
###### 24
The sons of Elioenai _were_ Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

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## Sons of Judah
###### 1
The sons of Judah _were_ Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
###### 2
Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These _were_ the families of the Zorathites.
###### 3
These _were_ the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister _was_ Hazzelelponi.
###### 4
Penuel _was_ the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These _were_ the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
###### 5
Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
###### 6
Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
###### 7
The sons of Helah _were_ Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
###### 8
Koz became the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
###### 9
Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, "Because I bore _him_ with pain."
###### 10
Then Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep _me_ from harm that _it_ may not pain me!" And God brought about what he asked.
###### 11
Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
###### 12
Eshton became the father of Beth-rapha and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.
###### 13
Now the sons of Kenaz _were_ Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel _were_ Hathath and Meonothai.
###### 14
Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.
###### 15
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh _were_ Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah _was_ Kenaz.
###### 16
The sons of Jehallelel _were_ Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.
###### 17
The sons of Ezrah _were_ Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. (And these are the sons of Bithia the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took) and she conceived _and bore_ Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
###### 18
His Jewish wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
###### 19
The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, _were_ the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
###### 20
The sons of Shimon _were_ Amnon and Rinnah, Benhanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi _were_ Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
###### 21
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah _were_ Er the father of Lecah and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the fine linen workers at Beth-ashbea;
###### 22
and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient.
###### 23
These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.
## Sons of Simeon
###### 24
The sons of Simeon _were_ Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
###### 25
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
###### 26
The sons of Mishma _were_ Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
###### 27
Now Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah.
###### 28
They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
###### 29
at Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
###### 30
Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
###### 31
Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These _were_ their cities until the reign of David.
###### 32
Their villages _were_ Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
###### 33
and all their villages that _were_ all around these cities as far as Baal. These _were_ their settlements, and they have their genealogy.
###### 34
Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
###### 35
and Joel and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
###### 36
and Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
###### 37
Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
###### 38
these, who came _into the record_ by name, _were_ leaders in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
###### 39
They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
###### 40
They found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly _were_ Hamites.
###### 41
And these, recorded by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck down their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and devoted them to destruction to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
###### 42
From them, from the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to Mount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their chiefs.
###### 43
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## Sons of Reuben
###### 1
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he profaned his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; so that he is not recorded in the genealogy according to the birthright.
###### 2
Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him _came_ the ruler, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
###### 3
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel _were_ Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
###### 4
The sons of Joel _were_ Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
###### 5
Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
###### 6
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria took away into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites.
###### 7
His relatives by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, _were_ Jeiel the chief, then Zechariah,
###### 8
and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal-meon.
###### 9
To the east he lived as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle had increased in the land of Gilead.
###### 10
In the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, and they fell by their hand. So they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.
## Sons of Gad
###### 11
Now the sons of Gad lived opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah.
###### 12
Joel _was_ the chief and Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.
###### 13
Their relatives of their fathers' households _were_ Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.
###### 14
These _were_ the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
###### 15
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, _was_ head of their fathers' households.
###### 16
They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon, as far as their borders.
###### 17
All of these were recorded in the genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
###### 18
The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, _consisting_ of men of valor, men who bore shield and sword and shot with bow and _were_ learned in _the ways of_ battle, _were_ 44,760, who went out for _military_ duty.
###### 19
They made war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
###### 20
They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who _were_ with them were given into their hand; for they cried out to God in the battle, and He was moved by their entreaty because they trusted in Him.
###### 21
They took captive their cattle: their 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys; and 100,000 men.
###### 22
For many fell slain, because the war _was_ of God. And they lived in their place until the exile.
## Sons of the Half-Tribe of Manasseh
###### 23
Now the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land; from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon they were numerous.
###### 24
These were the heads of their fathers' households, even Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, men of renown, heads of their fathers' households.
###### 25
But they acted unfaithfully against the God of their fathers and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
###### 26
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, even the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser, king of Assyria, and he took them away into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

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## Sons of Levi
###### 1
The sons of Levi _were_ Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
###### 2
The sons of Kohath _were_ Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
###### 3
The children of Amram _were_ Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron _were_ Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
###### 4
Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, _and_ Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
###### 5
and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi,
###### 6
and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth,
###### 7
Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,
###### 8
and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz,
###### 9
and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan,
###### 10
and Johanan became the father of Azariah (it was he who ministered as the priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem),
###### 11
and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,
###### 12
and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum,
###### 13
and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of Azariah,
###### 14
and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak;
###### 15
and Jehozadak went _along_ when Yahweh took Judah and Jerusalem away into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
###### 16
The sons of Levi _were_ Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
###### 17
These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
###### 18
The sons of Kohath _were_ Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
###### 19
The sons of Merari _were_ Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' _households_.
###### 20
Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
###### 21
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
###### 22
The sons of Kohath _were_ Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
###### 23
Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
###### 24
Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
###### 25
The sons of Elkanah _were_ Amasai and Ahimoth.
###### 26
_As for_ Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah _were_ Zophai his son and Nahath his son,
###### 27
Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
###### 28
The sons of Samuel _were_ Joel the firstborn, and Abijah the second.
###### 29
The sons of Merari _were_ Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
###### 30
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
###### 31
Now these are those whom David caused to stand over the service of song in the house of Yahweh, after the ark rested _there_.
###### 32
And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem; and they stood for their service according to their custom.
###### 33
These are those who stood _for service_ with their sons: From the sons of the Kohathites _were_ Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
###### 34
the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
###### 35
the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
###### 36
the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
###### 37
the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
###### 38
the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
###### 39
_Heman's_ brother Asaph stood at his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
###### 40
the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
###### 41
the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
###### 42
the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
###### 43
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
###### 44
On the left hand _were_ their relatives the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
###### 45
the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
###### 46
the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
###### 47
the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
###### 48
Their relatives the Levites were given over unto all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
###### 49
But Aaron and his sons offered _offerings_ up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Holy of Holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
###### 50
These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
###### 51
Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
###### 52
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
###### 53
Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
###### 54
Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders. To the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for the lot was theirs _first_),
###### 55
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, with its pasture lands all around it;
###### 56
but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
###### 57
To the sons of Aaron they gave the _following_ cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
###### 58
Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
###### 59
Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands;
###### 60
from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
###### 61
Now to the rest of the sons of Kohath _were given_ by lot, from the family of the tribe, from the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
###### 62
And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, _were given_ from the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the tribe of Manasseh, thirteen cities in Bashan.
###### 63
To the sons of Merari _were given_ by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
###### 64
So the sons of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their pasture lands.
###### 65
They also gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned _here_ by name.
###### 66
Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.
###### 67
And they gave to them the _following_ cities of refuge: Shechem, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
###### 68
Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth-horon with its pasture lands,
###### 69
Aijalon with its pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands;
###### 70
and from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasture lands and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the family of the rest of the sons of Kohath.
###### 71
To the sons of Gershom _were given_, from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
###### 72
and from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
###### 73
and Ramoth with its pasture lands, Anem with its pasture lands;
###### 74
and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
###### 75
Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;
###### 76
and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
###### 77
To the sons of Merari, the rest _of the Levites_, _were given_, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands;
###### 78
and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, _were given them_, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
###### 79
Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands;
###### 80
and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
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Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.

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## Sons of Issachar
###### 1
Now the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
###### 2
The sons of Tola _were_ Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their fathers' households. _The sons_ of Tola _were_ mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600.
###### 3
The son of Uzzi _was_ Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah _were_ Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them _were_ chief men.
###### 4
With them by their generations according to their fathers' households were 36,000 troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons.
###### 5
Their relatives among all the families of Issachar _were_ mighty men of valor, recorded by genealogy, in all 87,000.
## Sons of Benjamin
###### 6
_The sons of_ Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.
###### 7
The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five. They _were_ heads of fathers' households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 recorded by genealogy.
###### 8
The sons of Becher _were_ Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these _were_ the sons of Becher.
###### 9
They were recorded by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,200 mighty men of valor.
###### 10
The son of Jediael _was_ Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan _were_ Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
###### 11
All these _were_ sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' _households_, 17,200 mighty men of valor, who went out with the army to war.
###### 12
Shuppim and Huppim _were_ the sons of Ir; Hushim _was_ the son of Aher.
## Sons of Naphtali
###### 13
The sons of Naphtali _were_ Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
## Sons of Manasseh
###### 14
The sons of Manasseh _were_ Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
###### 15
Now Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.
###### 16
And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother _was_ Sheresh, and his sons _were_ Ulam and Rakem.
###### 17
The son of Ulam _was_ Bedan. These _were_ the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
###### 18
And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.
###### 19
The sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.
## Sons of Ephraim
###### 20
The sons of Ephraim _were_ Shuthelah and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
###### 21
Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take their livestock.
###### 22
And their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
###### 23
Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because calamity had come upon his house.
###### 24
And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah.
###### 25
Rephah was his son _along_ with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
###### 26
Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
###### 27
Non his son and Joshua his son.
###### 28
Now their possessions and settlements _were_ Bethel with its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns as far as Ayyah with its towns,
###### 29
and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, Dor with its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.
## Sons of Asher
###### 30
The sons of Asher _were_ Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
###### 31
The sons of Beriah _were_ Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
###### 32
Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
###### 33
The sons of Japhlet _were_ Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet.
###### 34
The sons of Shemer _were_ Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram.
###### 35
The sons of his brother Helem _were_ Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
###### 36
The sons of Zophah _were_ Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, and Imrah,
###### 37
Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
###### 38
The sons of Jether _were_ Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
###### 39
The sons of Ulla _were_ Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
###### 40
All these _were_ the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them recorded by genealogy for the army in war was 26,000 men.

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## Generations of Saul
###### 1
And Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,
###### 2
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
###### 3
Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,
###### 4
Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,
###### 5
Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
###### 6
These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' _households_ of the inhabitants of Geba, and they took them away into exile to Manahath,
###### 7
namely, Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera--he took them away into exile; and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
###### 8
Shaharaim became the father of children in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.
###### 9
By Hodesh his wife he became the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,
###### 10
Jeuz, Sachia, Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' _households_.
###### 11
By Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.
###### 12
The sons of Elpaal _were_ Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns;
###### 13
and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers' _households_ of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who made the inhabitants of Gath flee;
###### 14
and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth.
###### 15
Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,
###### 16
Michael, Ishpah, and Joha _were_ the sons of Beriah.
###### 17
Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,
###### 18
Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab _were_ the sons of Elpaal.
###### 19
Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,
###### 20
Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
###### 21
Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath _were_ the sons of Shimei.
###### 22
Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,
###### 23
Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,
###### 24
Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
###### 25
Iphdeiah and Penuel _were_ the sons of Shashak.
###### 26
Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
###### 27
Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri _were_ the sons of Jeroham.
###### 28
These were heads of the fathers' _households_ according to their generations, _the_ heads who lived in Jerusalem.
###### 29
Now in Gibeon, _Jeiel_ the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife's name was Maacah;
###### 30
and his firstborn son _was_ Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
###### 31
Gedor, Ahio, and Zecher.
###### 32
Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their _other_ relatives.
###### 33
Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
###### 34
The son of Jonathan _was_ Merib-baal, and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.
###### 35
The sons of Micah _were_ Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
###### 36
Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza.
###### 37
Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah _was_ his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
###### 38
Azel had six sons, and these _were_ their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these _were_ the sons of Azel.
###### 39
The sons of Eshek his brother _were_ Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
###### 40
The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons and grandsons, 150 _of them_. All these _were_ of the sons of Benjamin.

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## Generations of Returned Exiles
###### 1
So all Israel was recorded by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken away into exile to Babylon for their unfaithfulness.
###### 2
Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities _were_ Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
###### 3
And some of the sons of Judah, of the sons of Benjamin and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:
###### 4
Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the son of Judah.
###### 5
From the Shilonites _were_ Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
###### 6
From the sons of Zerah _were_ Jeuel and their relatives, 690 _of them_.
###### 7
From the sons of Benjamin _were_ Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,
###### 8
and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
###### 9
and their relatives according to their generations, 956. All these _were_ heads of fathers' _households_ according to their fathers' houses.
###### 10
From the priests _were_ Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,
###### 11
and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God;
###### 12
and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
###### 13
and their relatives, heads of their fathers' households, 1,760 mighty men of valor for the work of the service of the house of God.
###### 14
Of the Levites _were_ Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
###### 15
and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,
###### 16
and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
###### 17
Now the gatekeepers _were_ Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief
###### 18
_being stationed_ until now at the king's gate to the east). These _were_ the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi.
###### 19
Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father's house, the Korahites, _were_ over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entrance.
###### 20
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them previously, _and_ Yahweh was with him.
###### 21
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the tent of meeting.
###### 22
All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. These were recorded by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer established in their office of trust.
###### 23
So they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Yahweh, _even_ the house of the tent, as those who kept watch.
###### 24
The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
###### 25
And their relatives in their villages _were_ to come in every seven days from time to time _to be_ with them;
###### 26
for the four chief gatekeepers who _were_ Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
###### 27
And they spent the night all around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they _were_ over opening _it_ morning by morning.
###### 28
Now some of them were over the utensils of service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out.
###### 29
Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.
###### 30
Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.
###### 31
And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things which were baked in pans.
###### 32
Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites _were_ over the showbread to prepare it every sabbath.
###### 33
Now these are the singers, heads of fathers' _households_ of the Levites, _who lived_ in the chambers _of the temple_ free _from other service_; for they were over them in their work day and night.
###### 34
These were heads of fathers' _households_ of the Levites according to their generations, the heads who lived in Jerusalem.
## Generations of Saul
###### 35
Now in Gibeon, Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife's name was Maacah,
###### 36
and his firstborn son _was_ Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
###### 37
Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
###### 38
Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their _other_ relatives.
###### 39
Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
###### 40
The son of Jonathan _was_ Merib-baal, and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.
###### 41
The sons of Micah _were_ Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, _and Ahaz_.
###### 42
Ahaz became the father of Jarah, and Jarah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza.
###### 43
Moza became the father of Binea and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
###### 44
Azel had six sons, and these _were_ their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These _were_ the sons of Azel.

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## Christ Is Undivided
###### 1
Paul, called _as_ an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
###### 2
To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called as saints, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their _Lord_ and ours:
###### 3
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
###### 4
I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,
###### 5
that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all word and all knowledge,
###### 6
even as the witness about Christ was confirmed in you,
###### 7
so that you are not lacking in any gift, eagerly awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
###### 8
who will also confirm you to the end, beyond reproach in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
###### 9
God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
###### 10
Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.
###### 11
For I have been informed concerning you, my brothers, by Chloe's _people_, that there are quarrels among you.
###### 12
Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ."
###### 13
Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
###### 14
I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,
###### 15
so that no one would say you were baptized in my name.
###### 16
Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other.
###### 17
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not in wisdom of word, so that the cross of Christ will not be made empty.
## Christ the Power and Wisdom of God
###### 18
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.
###### 19
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside."
###### 20
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
###### 21
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not _come to_ know God, God was well-pleased, through the foolishness of the message preached, to save those who believe.
###### 22
For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
###### 23
but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,
###### 24
but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
###### 25
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
###### 26
For consider your calling, brothers, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble.
###### 27
But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,
###### 28
and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may abolish the things that are,
###### 29
so that no flesh may boast before God.
###### 30
But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
###### 31
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## Temptation and God's Faithfulness
###### 1
For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea;
###### 2
and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
###### 3
and all ate the same spiritual food;
###### 4
and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them, and the rock was Christ.
###### 5
Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased. For they were struck down in the wilderness.
###### 6
Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved.
###### 7
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play."
###### 8
Nor let us act in sexual immorality, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.
###### 9
Nor let us put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents.
###### 10
Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
###### 11
Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have arrived.
###### 12
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.
###### 13
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.
###### 14
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
###### 15
I speak as to prudent people. You judge what I say.
###### 16
Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ?
###### 17
Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
###### 18
Look at the nation Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?
###### 19
What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
###### 20
_No_, but _I say_ that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. And I do not want you to become sharers in demons.
###### 21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
###### 22
Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
###### 23
All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things build up.
###### 24
Let no one seek his own _good_, but that of the other person.
###### 25
Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience' sake.
###### 26
For the earth is the LORD's, as well as its fullness.
###### 27
If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, eat anything that is set before you without asking questions for conscience' sake.
###### 28
But if anyone says to you, "This is meat consecrated to idols," do not eat _it_, for the sake of the one who informed _you_, and for conscience' sake.
###### 29
I do not mean your own conscience, but the other _person's_. For why is my freedom judged by another's conscience?
###### 30
If I partake with gratefulness, why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks?
###### 31
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
###### 32
Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God;
###### 33
just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the _profit_ of the many, so that they may be saved.

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###### 1
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
## Head Coverings
###### 2
Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.
###### 3
But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.
###### 4
Every man who has _something_ on his head while praying or prophesying, shames his head.
###### 5
But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying, shames her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved.
###### 6
For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut short. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut short or her head shaved, let her cover her head.
###### 7
For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of man.
###### 8
For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man.
###### 9
For indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but woman for the man's sake.
###### 10
Therefore the woman ought to have _a symbol of_ authority on her head, because of the angels.
###### 11
Nevertheless, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
###### 12
For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man _has his birth_ through the woman, but all things originate from God.
###### 13
Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God _with her head_ uncovered?
###### 14
Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,
###### 15
but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
###### 16
But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God.
## The Lord's Supper
###### 17
But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
###### 18
For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and in part I believe it.
###### 19
For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.
###### 20
Therefore when you meet together in the same _place_, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper,
###### 21
for in your eating each one takes his own supper first, and one is hungry and another is drunk.
###### 22
For do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.
###### 23
For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was being betrayed took bread,
###### 24
and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, **"This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me."**
###### 25
In the same way _He took_ the cup also after supper, saying, **"This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink _it_, in remembrance of Me."**
###### 26
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes.
###### 27
Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
###### 28
But a man must test himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
###### 29
For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly.
###### 30
For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep.
###### 31
But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
###### 32
But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
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So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
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If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will direct when I come.

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## Concerning Spiritual Gifts
###### 1
Now concerning spiritual _gifts_, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
###### 2
You know that when you were pagans, _you were_ being led astray to the mute idols, however you were led.
###### 3
Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is accursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
###### 4
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
###### 5
And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.
###### 6
And there are varieties of workings, but the same God who works everything in everyone.
###### 7
But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is profitable.
###### 8
For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;
###### 9
to someone else faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
###### 10
and to another the workings of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to someone else _various_ kinds of tongues, and to another the translation of tongues.
###### 11
But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
###### 12
For even as the body is one and _yet_ has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
###### 13
For also by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
###### 14
For also the body is not one member, but many.
###### 15
If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not _a part_ of the body," it is not for this reason any the less _a part_ of the body.
###### 16
And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not _a part_ of the body," it is not for this reason any the less _a part_ of the body.
###### 17
If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
###### 18
But now God has appointed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.
###### 19
And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
###### 20
But now there are many members, but one body.
###### 21
And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."
###### 22
On the contrary, _how_ much more is it that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary,
###### 23
and those _members_ of the body which we think as less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable,
###### 24
whereas our more presentable members have no _such_ need. But God has _so_ composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that _member_ which lacked,
###### 25
so that there may be no division in the body, but _that_ the members may have the same care for one another.
###### 26
And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if _one_ member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
###### 27
Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it.
###### 28
And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, _various_ kinds of tongues.
###### 29
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all _workers of_ miracles?
###### 30
Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all translate?
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## The Excellence of Love
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If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
###### 2
And if I have _the gift of_ prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
###### 3
And if I give all my possessions to feed _the poor_, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
###### 4
Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous, does not brag, is not puffed up;
###### 5
it does not act unbecomingly, does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong _suffered_;
###### 6
it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
###### 7
it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
###### 8
Love never fails, but if _there are gifts of_ prophecy, they will be done away; if _there are_ tongues, they will cease; if _there is_ knowledge, it will be done away.
###### 9
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
###### 10
but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
###### 11
When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child. When I became a man, I did away with childish things.
###### 12
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
###### 13
But now abide faith, hope, love--these three; but the greatest of these is love.

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## Prophecy and Tongues
###### 1
Pursue love, yet earnestly desire spiritual _gifts_, but especially that you may prophesy.
###### 2
For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands, but in _his_ spirit he speaks mysteries.
###### 3
But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and encouragement.
###### 4
One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church.
###### 5
But I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but _even_ more that you would prophesy. And greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he translates, so that the church may receive edification.
###### 6
But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation or of knowledge or of prophecy or of teaching?
###### 7
Yet _even_ lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp?
###### 8
For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
###### 9
So also you, unless you utter by the tongue a word that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.
###### 10
There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of sounds in the world, and none is without meaning.
###### 11
If then I do not know the meaning of the sound, I will be to the one who speaks a barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a barbarian to me.
###### 12
So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual _gifts_, seek to abound for the edification of the church.
###### 13
Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may translate.
###### 14
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
###### 15
What is _the outcome_ then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.
###### 16
Otherwise if you bless in the spirit _only_, how will the one who fills the place of the uninformed say the "Amen" at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?
###### 17
For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified.
###### 18
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than you all;
###### 19
however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
###### 20
Brothers, do not be children in your thinking; rather in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
###### 21
In the Law it is written, "By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me," says the Lord.
###### 22
So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophecy _is for a sign_ not to unbelievers but to those who believe.
###### 23
Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and uninformed men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?
###### 24
But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed man enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all;
###### 25
the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that surely God is among you.
## Orderly Worship
###### 26
What is _the outcome_ then, brothers? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has a translation. Let all things be done for edification.
###### 27
If anyone speaks in a tongue, _it should be_ by two or at the most three, and _each_ in turn, and one must translate;
###### 28
but if there is no translator, he must keep silent in the church, and let him speak to himself and to God.
###### 29
And let two or three prophets speak, and let the others pass judgment.
###### 30
But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first one must keep silent.
###### 31
For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted.
###### 32
And the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets;
###### 33
for God is not _a God_ of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
###### 34
The women are to keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says.
###### 35
But if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.
###### 36
Was it from you that the word of God _first_ went forth? Or has it arrived to you only?
###### 37
If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord's commandment.
###### 38
But if anyone remains ignorant about _this_, he is ignored _by God_.
###### 39
Therefore, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues.
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## The Resurrection of Christ
###### 1
Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed as good news to you, which also you received, in which also you stand,
###### 2
by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I proclaimed to you as good news, unless you believed for nothing.
###### 3
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
###### 4
and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
###### 5
and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
###### 6
After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.
###### 7
After that, He appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
###### 8
and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.
###### 9
For I am the least of the apostles, and not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
###### 10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
###### 11
Whether then _it was_ I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
## The Resurrection of the Dead
###### 12
Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
###### 13
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised.
###### 14
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.
###### 15
Moreover we are even found _to be_ false witnesses of God, because we bore witness against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.
###### 16
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
###### 17
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
###### 18
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
###### 19
If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
###### 20
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
###### 21
For since by a man _came_ death, by a man also _came_ the resurrection of the dead.
###### 22
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
###### 23
But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming.
###### 24
Then _comes_ the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
###### 25
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
###### 26
The last enemy to be abolished is death.
###### 27
For He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him.
###### 28
And when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all.
###### 29
Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
###### 30
Why are we also in danger every hour?
###### 31
I affirm, brothers, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
###### 32
If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
###### 33
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
###### 34
Become righteously sober-minded, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak _this_ to your shame.
## The Resurrection Body
###### 35
But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?"
###### 36
You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies;
###### 37
and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else.
###### 38
But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.
###### 39
All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one _flesh_ of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish.
###### 40
There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the _glory_ of the earthly is another.
###### 41
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
###### 42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a corruptible _body_, it is raised an incorruptible _body_;
###### 43
it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
###### 44
it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual _body_.
###### 45
So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam _became_ a life-giving spirit.
###### 46
However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.
###### 47
The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.
###### 48
As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly.
###### 49
And just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
###### 50
Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the corruptible inherit the incorruptible.
###### 51
Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
###### 52
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
###### 53
For this corruptible must put on the incorruptible, and this mortal must put on immortality.
###### 54
But when this corruptible puts on the incorruptible, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the word that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory.
###### 55
O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
###### 56
Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;
###### 57
but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
###### 58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not _in_ vain in the Lord.

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## The Collection of Gifts
###### 1
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also.
###### 2
On the first day of every week each one of you is to set _something_ aside, saving whatever he has prospered, so that no collections be made when I come.
###### 3
And when I arrive, whomever you may approve, I will send them with letters to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem,
###### 4
and if it is fitting for me to go also, they will go with me.
###### 5
But I will come to you after I go through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia;
###### 6
and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I may go.
###### 7
For I do not wish to see you now _just_ in passing, for I hope to remain with you for some time, if the Lord permits.
###### 8
But I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost,
###### 9
for a wide and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
###### 10
Now if Timothy comes, take care that he is with you without fear, for he is doing the Lord's work, as I also am.
###### 11
So let no one despise him. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brothers.
###### 12
Now concerning Apollos our brother, I encouraged him greatly to come to you with the brothers, and it was not at all _his_ desire to come now, but he will come when he has opportunity.
## Final Instructions and Greetings
###### 13
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
###### 14
Let all that you do be done in love.
###### 15
Now I exhort you, brothers (you know the household of Stephanas, that they were the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves for service to the saints),
###### 16
that you also be in subjection to such men and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.
###### 17
And I rejoice over the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have supplied what was lacking on your part.
###### 18
For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore recognize such men.
###### 19
The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
###### 20
All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
###### 21
The greeting is in my own hand--Paul.
###### 22
If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha.
###### 23
The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
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My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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## Paul's Reliance upon the Spirit
###### 1
And when I came to you, brothers, I did not come with superiority of word or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the witness of God.
###### 2
For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
###### 3
And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,
###### 4
and my word and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
###### 5
so that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
###### 6
Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature, a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are being abolished.
###### 7
But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the _wisdom_ which has been hidden, which God predestined before the ages to our glory,
###### 8
which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
###### 9
But just as it is written, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And _which_ have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him."
###### 10
But to us God revealed _them_ through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.
###### 11
For who among men knows the _depths_ of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the _depths_ of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.
###### 12
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the _depths_ graciously given to us by God,
###### 13
of which _depths_ we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual _depths_ with spiritual _words_.
###### 14
But a natural man does not accept the _depths_ of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually examined.
###### 15
But he who is spiritual examines all things, yet he himself is examined by no one.
###### 16
For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will direct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.

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## Jesus Christ, Our Foundation
###### 1
And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to fleshly men, as to infants in Christ.
###### 2
I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not yet able _to receive it_. Indeed, even now you are still not able,
###### 3
for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?
###### 4
For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not _mere_ men?
###### 5
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to each one.
###### 6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.
###### 7
So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.
###### 8
Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
###### 9
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
###### 10
According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.
###### 11
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
###### 12
Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
###### 13
each man's work will become evident, for the day will indicate it because it is revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work.
###### 14
If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward.
###### 15
If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
###### 16
Do you not know that you are a sanctuary of God and _that_ the Spirit of God dwells in you?
###### 17
If any man destroys the sanctuary of God, God will destroy him, for the sanctuary of God is holy, and that is what you are.
###### 18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.
###### 19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "_He is_ the one who catches the wise in their craftiness";
###### 20
and again, "The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are useless."
###### 21
So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you,
###### 22
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,
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## Servants of Christ
###### 1
Let a man consider us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
###### 2
In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found faithful.
###### 3
But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by _any_ human court. In fact, I do not even examine myself.
###### 4
For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted. But the one who examines me is the Lord.
###### 5
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, _but wait_ until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and make manifest the motives of hearts. And then each one's praise will come to him from God.
###### 6
Now these things, brothers, I have applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to go beyond what is written, so that no one of you will become puffed up on behalf of one against the other.
###### 7
For who regards you as superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
###### 8
You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have ruled without us--and _how I_ wish that you had ruled indeed so that we also might rule with you.
###### 9
For, I think that God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
###### 10
We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are glorious, but we are without honor!
###### 11
To this present hour we hunger and thirst, and are poorly clothed, and roughly treated, and homeless;
###### 12
and we labor, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
###### 13
when we are slandered, we try to plead; we have become as the scum of the world, the grime of all things, _even_ until now.
###### 14
I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
###### 15
For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet _you would_ not _have_ many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
###### 16
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me.
###### 17
For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.
###### 18
Now some have become puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
###### 19
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I shall know, not the words of those who are puffed up but their power.
###### 20
For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.
###### 21
What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

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## Sexual Immorality in the Church
###### 1
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife.
###### 2
And you have become puffed up and have not mourned instead, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst.
###### 3
For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so committed this, as though I were present:
###### 4
in the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
###### 5
deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
###### 6
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
###### 7
Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are _in fact_ unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, also was sacrificed.
###### 8
Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
###### 9
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people;
###### 10
I _did_ not at all _mean_ with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the greedy and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.
###### 11
But now I am writing to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is a sexually immoral person, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler--not even to eat with such a one.
###### 12
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Are you not to judge those who are within _the church_?
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## Lawsuits Among Believers
###### 1
Does any one of you, when he has a case against another, dare to be tried before the unrighteous and not before the saints?
###### 2
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not worthy _to_ _constitute_ the smallest law courts?
###### 3
Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life?
###### 4
So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint those who are of no account in the church as judges?
###### 5
I say _this_ to your shame. _Is it really_ this way: there is not one wise man among you who will be able to pass judgment between his brothers?
###### 6
On the contrary, brother is tried with brother, and that before unbelievers!
###### 7
Actually, then, it is already a failure for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
###### 8
On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. _You do_ this even to _your_ brothers.
###### 9
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither _the_ sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,
###### 10
nor thieves, nor _the_ greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
###### 11
And such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
## Flee Sexual Immorality
###### 12
All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.
###### 13
Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
###### 14
Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power.
###### 15
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!
###### 16
Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body _with her_? For He says, "The two shall become one flesh."
###### 17
But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit _with Him_.
###### 18
Flee sexual immorality. Every _other_ sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral man sins against his own body.
###### 19
Or do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
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## Concerning Marriage and Singleness
###### 1
Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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But because of sexual immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
###### 3
The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
###### 4
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband _does_; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife _does_.
###### 5
Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
###### 6
But this I say as a concession, not as a command.
###### 7
Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one this way, and another that.
###### 8
But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I.
###### 9
But if they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn _with passion_.
###### 10
But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband
###### 11
(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.
###### 12
But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.
###### 13
And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not divorce her husband.
###### 14
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. For otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
###### 15
Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave. The brother or the sister is not enslaved in such _cases_, but God has called us to peace.
###### 16
For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
###### 17
Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches.
###### 18
Was any man called _when he was already_ circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised.
###### 19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but _what matters is_ the keeping of the commandments of God.
###### 20
Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called.
###### 21
Were you called while a slave? Do not worry about it. But if you are able also to become free, rather do that.
###### 22
For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord's freedman. Likewise he who was called while free, is Christ's slave.
###### 23
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
###### 24
Brothers, each one is to remain with God in that _condition_ in which he was called.
###### 25
Now concerning virgins I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy.
###### 26
I think then that this is good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
###### 27
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
###### 28
But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
###### 29
But this I say, brothers, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;
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and those who cry, as though they did not cry; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess;
###### 31
and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it. For the form of this world is passing away.
###### 32
But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.
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But one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
###### 34
and _his interests_ have been divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit. But one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
###### 35
Now this I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote propriety and undistracted devotion to the Lord.
###### 36
But if any man thinks that he is acting unbecomingly toward his virgin _daughter_, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let her marry.
###### 37
But he who stands firm in his heart, being under no compulsion, but has authority over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin _daughter_, he will do well.
###### 38
So then both he who gives his own virgin _daughter_ in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
###### 39
A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband has fallen asleep, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
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## Take Care with Your Liberty
###### 1
Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
###### 2
If anyone thinks that he has known anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know;
###### 3
but if anyone loves God, he has been known by Him.
###### 4
Therefore, concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
###### 5
For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords,
###### 6
yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we _exist_ for Him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we _exist_ through Him.
###### 7
However, not all men have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat _food_ as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
###### 8
But food will not commend us to God. We neither lack if we do not eat, nor abound if we do eat.
###### 9
But see _to it_ that this authority of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
###### 10
For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be built up to eat things sacrificed to idols?
###### 11
For through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
###### 12
And in that way, by sinning against the brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
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Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again--ever, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.

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## Paul Gives Up His Rights
###### 1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
###### 2
If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
###### 3
My defense to those who examine me is this:
###### 4
Do we not have authority to eat and drink?
###### 5
Do we not have authority to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?
###### 6
Or do only Barnabas and I not have authority to refrain from working?
###### 7
Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not consume the fruit of it? Or who shepherds a flock and does not consume the milk of the flock?
###### 8
Am I speaking these things according to human judgment? Or does not the Law also say these things?
###### 9
For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing." Is God _merely_ concerned about oxen?
###### 10
Or is He speaking altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher _to thresh_ in hope of sharing _the crops_.
###### 11
If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?
###### 12
If others share this authority over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this authority, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
###### 13
Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the _food_ of the temple, _and_ those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?
###### 14
So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.
###### 15
But I have used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case, for it would be better for me to die than have anyone make my boast an empty one.
###### 16
For if I proclaim the gospel, I have nothing to boast, for I am under compulsion. For woe is me if I do not proclaim the gospel.
###### 17
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
###### 18
What then is my reward? That, when I proclaim the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my authority in the gospel.
###### 19
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.
###### 20
And to the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews. To those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law.
###### 21
To those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law.
###### 22
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.
###### 23
So I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.
###### 24
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but _only_ one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.
###### 25
Now everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then _do it_ to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
###### 26
Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air;
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but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

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## The Word of Life
###### 1
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we beheld and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life--
###### 2
and the life was manifested, and we have seen and bear witness and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us--
###### 3
what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
###### 4
And these things we are writing, so that our joy may be made complete.
## God Is Light
###### 5
And this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
###### 6
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and _yet_ walk in the darkness, we lie and do not do the truth;
###### 7
but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
###### 8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
###### 9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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## Jesus Christ Our Advocate
###### 1
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
###### 2
and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for _those of_ the whole world.
###### 3
And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.
###### 4
The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
###### 5
but whoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him:
###### 6
the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
###### 7
Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
###### 8
On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.
###### 9
The one who says he is in the Light and _yet_ hates his brother is in the darkness until now.
###### 10
The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
###### 11
But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness blinded his eyes.
###### 12
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake.
###### 13
I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father.
###### 14
I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
## Do Not Love the World
###### 15
Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
###### 16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
###### 17
And the world is passing away, and _also_ its lusts, but the one who does the will of God abides forever.
###### 18
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared. From this we know that it is the last hour.
###### 19
They went out from us, but they were not _really_ of us; for if they were of us, they would have remained with us; but _they went out_, so that it would be manifested that they all are not of us.
###### 20
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.
###### 21
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
###### 22
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
###### 23
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
###### 24
As for you, let that which you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.
###### 25
And this is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.
###### 26
These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
###### 27
And as for you, the anointing whom you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as He has taught you, abide in Him.
###### 28
And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He is manifested, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.
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## Children of God, Love One Another
###### 1
See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we would be called children of God; and we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
###### 2
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not been manifested as yet what we will be. We know that when He is manifested, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
###### 3
And everyone who has this hope _fixed_ on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
###### 4
Everyone who does sin also does lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
###### 5
And you know that He was manifested in order to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
###### 6
No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or has come to know Him.
###### 7
Little children, let no one deceive you. The one who does righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
###### 8
The one who does sin is of the devil, because the devil sins from the beginning. The Son of God was manifested for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
###### 9
Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
###### 10
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifested: everyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, as well as the one who does not love his brother.
###### 11
For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
###### 12
not as Cain, _who_ was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous.
###### 13
Do not marvel, brothers, if the world hates you.
###### 14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. The one who does not love abides in death.
###### 15
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
###### 16
By this we have known love, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
###### 17
But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
###### 18
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.
###### 19
And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him
###### 20
in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.
###### 21
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
###### 22
and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
###### 23
And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He gave a commandment to us.
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And the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He gave us.

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## Test the Spirits
###### 1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
###### 2
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
###### 3
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the _spirit_ of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.
###### 4
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
###### 5
They are from the world; therefore they speak _as_ from the world, and the world hears them.
###### 6
We are from God. The one who knows God hears us; the one who is not from God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
## God Is Love
###### 7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
###### 8
The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
###### 9
By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
###### 10
In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son _to be_ the propitiation for our sins.
###### 11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
###### 12
No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
###### 13
By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
###### 14
We have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son _to be_ the Savior of the world.
###### 15
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
###### 16
And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
###### 17
By this, love has been perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because as He is, so also are we in this world.
###### 18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.
###### 19
We love, because He first loved us.
###### 20
If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
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## Overcoming the World
###### 1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the One who gives _new_ birth loves also the one who has been born of Him.
###### 2
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do His commandments.
###### 3
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.
###### 4
For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the overcoming that has overcome the world--our faith.
###### 5
Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
###### 6
This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
###### 7
For there are three that bear witness:
###### 8
the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
###### 9
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for the witness of God is this, that He has borne witness about His Son.
###### 10
The one who believes in the Son of God has this witness in himself. The one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has borne witness about His Son.
###### 11
And the witness is this, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
###### 12
He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have that life.
## That You May Know
###### 13
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
###### 14
And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
###### 15
And if we know that He hears us _in_ whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.
###### 16
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not _leading_ to death, he shall ask and _God_ will for him give life to those who commit sin not _leading_ to death. There is a sin _leading_ to death; I do not say that he should make request for this.
###### 17
All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not _leading_ to death.
###### 18
We know that no one who has been born of God sins; but He who was begotten of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
###### 19
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in _the power of_ the evil one.
###### 20
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
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## David in Old Age
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Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm.
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So his servants said to him, "Let them seek a young virgin for my lord the king, and let her stand before the king and become his nurse; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm."
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So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
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Now the young woman was very beautiful; and she became the king's nurse and attended him, but the king did not know her.
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Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." So he prepared for himself a chariot and horsemen and fifty men as runners before him.
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But his father had never grieved him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" And he was also a very handsome man in form, and he was born after Absalom.
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And he had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah, they helped him.
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But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
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And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants.
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But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.
## Nathan Speaks to Bathsheba
###### 11
Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know _it_?
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So now come, please let me give you counsel and provide escape for your life and the life of your son Solomon.
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Go at once to King David and say to him, 'Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, "Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne"? Why then has Adonijah become king?'
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Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and fully confirm your words."
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So Bathsheba went in to the king in the bedroom. Now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.
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Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?"
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And she said to him, "My lord, you swore to your maidservant by Yahweh your God, _saying_, 'Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.'
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But now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know _it_.
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And he has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
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As for you now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
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Otherwise it will be, as soon as my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered offenders."
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Behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
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Then they told the king, saying, "Here is Nathan the prophet." And then he came in before the king and prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground.
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Then Nathan said, "My lord the king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne'?
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For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons and the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest, and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they say, '_Long_ live King Adonijah!'
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But me, _even_ me your servant, and Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and your servant Solomon, he has not invited.
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Has this thing happened by my lord the king, and you have not made known to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
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Then King David answered and said, "Call Bathsheba to me." And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king.
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And the king swore and said, "As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
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surely as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, 'Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place'; I will surely do so this day."
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Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, "May my lord King David live forever."
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Then King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." And they came into the king's presence.
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And the king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
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And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet shall anoint him there as king over Israel and blow the trumpet and say, '_Long_ live King Solomon!'
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Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne. And he shall be king in my place; for I have commanded him to be ruler over Israel and Judah."
###### 36
Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, "Amen! Thus may Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say.
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As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!"
## Solomon Anointed King
###### 38
So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
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Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "_Long_ live King Solomon!"
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And all the people went up after him, and the people were playing on flutes and were glad with great gladness, so that the earth shook at their sound.
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And Adonijah and all the guests who _were_ with him heard _it_ as they finished eating. Then Joab heard the sound of the trumpet and said, "Why is the sound of the city such an uproar?"
###### 42
While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. Then Adonijah said, "Come in, for you are a valiant man and bring good news."
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But Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, "No! Our lord King David has made Solomon king.
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The king has also sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king's mule.
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And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there with gladness, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the sound which you have heard.
###### 46
And also, Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom.
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And also, 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!' And the king bowed himself on the bed.
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And also, the king said thus, 'Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne today while my own eyes see _it_.'"
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Then all the guests of Adonijah trembled; and they arose and each went on his way.
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And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went, and took hold of the horns of the altar.
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Then it was told to Solomon, saying, "Behold, Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon, and behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.'"
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And Solomon said, "If he is a worthy man, not one of his hairs will fall to the ground; but if evil is found in him, he will die."
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So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and prostrated himself before King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."

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## The Queen of Sheba
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Now the queen of Sheba heard the report about Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh. So she came to test him with riddles.
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She came to Jerusalem with a very glorious retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him about all that was in her heart.
###### 3
And Solomon declared to her _the answer_ to all her matters; there was not a matter which was hidden from the king which he did not declare to her.
###### 4
Then the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
###### 5
the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the disposition of his attendants and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of Yahweh, so that there was no more spirit in her.
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Then she said to the king, "The word is true which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.
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Nevertheless I did not believe _those_ words, until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not declared to me. You exceed, _in_ wisdom and prosperity, the report which I heard.
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How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually _and_ hear your wisdom.
###### 9
Blessed be Yahweh your God who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel; because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness."
###### 10
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very great _amount of_ spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
###### 11
Also, the ships of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great _number of_ almug trees and precious stones.
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And the king made of the almug trees supports for the house of Yahweh and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come in _again_ nor have they been seen to this day.
###### 13
Thus King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she asked, besides what he gave her according to his royal bounty. Then she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.
## Solomon's Riches and Wisdom
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Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
###### 15
besides _that_ from the traders and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country.
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And King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 _shekels of_ gold on each large shield.
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And _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.
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Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.
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_There were_ six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.
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Twelve lions were also standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like _it_ was made for all the _other_ kingdoms.
###### 21
Now all King Solomon's drinking vessels _were_ of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon _were_ of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
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For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came carrying gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.
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So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
###### 24
And all the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
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And they brought every man his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, a set amount year by year.
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And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen and stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
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The king also made silver _as plentiful_ as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the Shephelah.
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Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue; the king's merchants procured _them_ from Kue for a price.
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And a chariot was imported from Egypt for 600 _shekels_ of silver, and a horse for 150; and by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

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## Solomon Turns from Yahweh
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Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,
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from the nations concerning which Yahweh had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not go along with them, nor shall they go along with you, _for_ they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love.
###### 3
And he had 700 wives--princesses--and 300 concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
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Now it happened at the time that Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father _had been_.
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For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites.
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And Solomon did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and did not follow Yahweh fully, as David his father _had done_.
###### 7
Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon.
###### 8
Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
###### 9
Now Yahweh was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned away from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
###### 10
and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not walk after other gods; but he did not keep what Yahweh had commanded.
###### 11
So Yahweh said to Solomon, "Because this has happened with you: you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, _so_ I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.
###### 12
Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, _but_ I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
###### 13
However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, _but_ I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen."
## Yahweh Raises Up Adversaries
###### 14
Then Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the seed of the king in Edom.
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Now it happened that when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom
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(for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),
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that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, while Hadad _was_ a young boy.
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Then they arose from Midian and came to Paran; and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he gave him a house and assigned him food and gave him land.
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And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh. So he gave him as a wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
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And the sister of Tahpenes bore his son Genubath. And Tahpenes weaned him in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh.
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But Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army had died. So Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Send me away, that I may go to my own country."
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Then Pharaoh said to him, "But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you are seeking to go to your own country?" And he answered, "Nothing; nevertheless you must surely let me go."
###### 23
And God raised up _another_ adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
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And he gathered men to himself and became commander of a marauding band, after David killed _some of_ them; and they went to Damascus and stayed there, and reigned in Damascus.
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So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad _did_; and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram.
###### 26
Now Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also raised his hand against the king.
###### 27
Now this was the reason why he raised his hand against the king: Solomon built the Millo, _and_ closed up the breach of the city of his father David.
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Now the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And Solomon saw that the young man was industrious and appointed him over all the load-bearers of the house of Joseph.
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Now it happened at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now he had covered himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field.
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Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.
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And he said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes,
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but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel,
###### 33
because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My sight and _to keep_ My statutes and My judgments, as his father David _did_.
###### 34
Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who kept My commandments and My statutes;
###### 35
but I will take the kingdom from his son's hand and give it to you--the ten tribes.
###### 36
But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.
###### 37
And I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.
###### 38
Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build you an enduring house as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
###### 39
Thus I will afflict the seed of David for this, but not always.'"
###### 40
Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
## The Death of Solomon
###### 41
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
###### 42
Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
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And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam became king in his place.

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## Rehoboam Forsakes the Elders' Counsel
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Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
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And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard _of it_, he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon).
###### 3
Then they sent and called for him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
###### 4
"Your father made our yoke harsh; but you, now, lighten the harsh service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you."
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Then he said to them, "Go for three days, then return to me." So the people went away.
###### 6
Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had stood before his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel _me_ to respond to this people?"
###### 7
And they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
###### 8
But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had counseled him, and took counsel with the young men who grew up with him and stood before him.
###### 9
So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may respond to this people who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke which your father put on us'?"
###### 10
Then the young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!' Thus you shall speak to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins!
###### 11
So now, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'"
###### 12
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had spoken, saying, "Return to me on the third day."
###### 13
And the king answered the people harshly, and he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him,
###### 14
and he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."
###### 15
So the king did not listen to the people; for it was a turn _of events_ from Yahweh, that He might establish His word, which Yahweh spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
## Israel Rebels Against Judah
###### 16
Then all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them. So the people responded to the king _with this_ word, saying, "What portion do we have in David? _We have_ no inheritance in the son of Jesse; To your tents, O Israel! Now see to your own house, David!" So Israel went to their tents.
###### 17
But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
###### 18
Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who _was_ over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him and he died. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.
###### 19
So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.
###### 20
Now it happened when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation and made him king over all Israel. None but the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
###### 21
Then Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen men who could wage war, to fight against the house of Israel to return the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
###### 22
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
###### 23
"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the rest of the people, saying,
###### 24
'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not go up and fight against your brothers, the sons of Israel; return every man to his house, for this thing is from Me."'" So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned to go _their way_ according to the word of Yahweh.
## Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves
###### 25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.
###### 26
And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.
###### 27
If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will return to their lord, _even_ to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah."
###### 28
So the king took counsel, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt."
###### 29
And he set one in Bethel, and one he put in Dan.
###### 30
Now this thing became a sin, for the people went _to worship_ before the one as far as Dan.
###### 31
And he made houses on high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi.
###### 32
And Jeroboam made 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, to sacrifice to the calves which he had made. And he had the priests of the high places, which he had made, stand in Bethel.
###### 33
Then he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised in his own heart; and he made a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense.

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## The Altar Shall Be Torn Apart
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Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of Yahweh, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
###### 2
And he cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says Yahweh, 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah is his 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.'"
###### 3
Then he gave a miraculous sign the same day, saying, "This is the miraculous sign which Yahweh has spoken, 'Behold, the altar shall be torn apart and the ashes which are on it shall be poured out.'"
###### 4
Now it happened that when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.
###### 5
The altar also was torn apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the miraculous sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.
###### 6
Then the king answered and said to the man of God, "Please entreat Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." So the man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.
###### 7
Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a gift."
###### 8
But the man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
###### 9
For so it was commanded me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.'"
###### 10
So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel.
## The Prophet Rebels Against Yahweh
###### 11
Now an old prophet was living in Bethel; and his sons came and recounted to him all the work which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king, these also they recounted to their father.
###### 12
And their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons had seen the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone.
###### 13
Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it.
###### 14
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?" And he said, "I am."
###### 15
Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread."
###### 16
And he said, "I cannot return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
###### 17
For a word _came_ to me by the word of Yahweh, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way which you came.'"
###### 18
And he said to him, "I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.'" _But_ he dealt falsely with him.
###### 19
So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water.
###### 20
Now it happened as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who had brought him back;
###### 21
and he called out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have rebelled against the word of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,
###### 22
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.'"
###### 23
Now it happened after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
###### 24
Then he went and on the way a lion met him and put him to death, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body.
###### 25
And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and spoke _about it_ in the city where the old prophet lived.
###### 26
Then the prophet, who brought him back from the way, heard _it_ and said, "It is the man of God, who rebelled against the command of Yahweh; therefore Yahweh has given him to the lion, which has mauled him and put him to death, according to the word of Yahweh which He spoke to him."
###### 27
Then he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." And they saddled _it_.
###### 28
And 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 mauled the donkey.
###### 29
So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.
###### 30
He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, _saying_, "Alas, my brother!"
###### 31
Now it happened after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I die, you shall bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
###### 32
For the word shall surely happen which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria."
###### 33
After this event Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but he returned and made priests of the high places from among all the people; any who delighted _to be so_, he ordained. So they became priests of the high places.
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## The House of Jeroboam Is Cut Off
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At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
###### 2
And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise now, and disguise yourself so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who spoke concerning me _that I would be_ king over this people.
###### 3
And take ten loaves with you, _some_ cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy."
###### 4
Then Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes had set because of his old age.
###### 5
Now Yahweh had said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that she will pretend to be another woman."
###### 6
Now it happened as Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, that he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend to be another woman? For I am sent to you _with_ a harsh _message_.
###### 7
Go, say to Jeroboam, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "Because I exalted you from among the people and made you ruler over My people Israel,
###### 8
and tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you--yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who walked after Me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in My sight;
###### 9
you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back--
###### 10
therefore behold, I am bringing evil on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male person, both bond and free in Israel, and I will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone.
###### 11
Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs will eat. And he who dies in the field the birds of the sky will eat; for Yahweh has spoken _it_."'
###### 12
But you, arise, go to your house. When your feet enter the city the child will die.
###### 13
And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam's _family_ will come to the grave, because in him something good was found toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
###### 14
Moreover, Yahweh will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam this day and from now on.
###### 15
"So Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Yahweh to anger.
###### 16
And He will give Israel over on account of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and with which he made Israel to sin."
###### 17
Then Jeroboam's wife arose and went away and came to Tirzah. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died.
###### 18
And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of Yahweh which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet.
## The Death of Jeroboam
###### 19
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
###### 20
Now the time that Jeroboam reigned _was_ twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.
## Rehoboam Reigns over Judah
###### 21
Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon became king in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
###### 22
And Judah did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and they provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with the sins which they sinned.
###### 23
They also built for themselves high places and _sacred_ pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every green tree.
###### 24
There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel.
###### 25
Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.
###### 26
And he took the treasures of the house of Yahweh and the treasures of the king's house. And he took everything; he even took all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
###### 27
Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them into the hand of the commanders of the guard who kept the door of the king's house.
###### 28
Now it happened as often as the king entered the house of Yahweh, that the guards would carry them and would bring them back into the guards' room.
## The Death of Rehoboam
###### 29
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
###### 30
Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all _their_ days.
###### 31
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. And Abijam his son became king in his place.

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## Abijam Reigns over Judah
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Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.
###### 2
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
###### 3
And he walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to Yahweh his God, like the heart of his father David.
###### 4
But for David's sake Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;
###### 5
because David did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
###### 6
Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
###### 7
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
###### 8
And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son became king in his place.
## Asa Reigns over Judah
###### 9
Now in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah.
###### 10
And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
###### 11
And Asa did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, like David his father.
###### 12
He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.
###### 13
He also removed Maacah his mother from _being_ queen mother, because she had made a horrid image for Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned _it_ at the brook Kidron.
###### 14
But the high places were not removed; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to Yahweh all his days.
###### 15
And he brought into the house of Yahweh the holy things of his father and his own holy things: silver and gold and utensils.
## Asa Wars Against Baasha
###### 16
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
###### 17
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built up Ramah in order to prevent _anyone_ from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.
###### 18
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold which were left in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh and the treasuries of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,
###### 19
"_Let there be_ a covenant between you and me, _as_ between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold; go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me."
###### 20
So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his military force against the cities of Israel, and struck down Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali.
###### 21
Now it happened that when Baasha heard _of it_, he ceased building up Ramah and remained in Tirzah.
###### 22
Then King Asa caused _an announcement_ to be heard throughout all Judah--none was exempt--and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building. And King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.
###### 23
Now the rest of all the acts of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
###### 24
And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
## Nadab Reigns over Israel
###### 25
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.
###### 26
And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin.
###### 27
Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
###### 28
So Baasha put him to death in the third year of Asa king of Judah and became king in his place.
###### 29
Now it happened that as soon as he was king, he struck down all the household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone _who drew_ breath, until he had destroyed them, according to the word of Yahweh, which He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
###### 30
_and_ because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.
###### 31
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
###### 32
Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
## Baasha Reigns over Israel
###### 33
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah, _and reigned_ twenty-four years.
###### 34
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Now the word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
###### 2
"Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins,
###### 3
behold, I am going to sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
###### 4
Anyone of Baasha who dies in the city the dogs will eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the sky will eat."
###### 5
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?
###### 6
And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place.
###### 7
Moreover, the word of Yahweh through the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came about against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck it.
## Elah Reigns over Israel
###### 8
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, _and reigned_ two years.
###### 9
And his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he _was_ at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who _was_ over the household at Tirzah.
###### 10
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.
###### 11
Now it happened when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he struck down all the household of Baasha; he did not leave a single male--not _even any of_ his kinsman redeemers or his friends.
###### 12
Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of Yahweh, which He spoke against Baasha by the hand of Jehu the prophet,
###### 13
for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, provoking Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their idols.
###### 14
Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
## Zimri Reigns over Israel
###### 15
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
###### 16
And the people who were camped heard it said, "Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king." Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
###### 17
Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah.
###### 18
Now it happened that when Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died,
###### 19
because of his sins which he sinned, doing what is evil in the sight of Yahweh, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin.
###### 20
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
## Omri Reigns over Israel
###### 21
Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; the _other_ half followed Omri.
###### 22
But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri became king.
###### 23
In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel _and reigned_ twelve years; he reigned six years at Tirzah.
###### 24
And he bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
###### 25
And Omri did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and acted more wickedly than all who _were_ before him.
###### 26
For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he made Israel sin, provoking Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their idols.
###### 27
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?
###### 28
So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place.
## Ahab Reigns over Israel
###### 29
Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
###### 30
And Ahab the son of Omri did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh more than all who were before him.
###### 31
Now it happened, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians as a wife, and went and served Baal and worshiped him.
###### 32
So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria.
###### 33
Ahab also made the Asherah. Thus Ahab did more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
###### 34
In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the _loss of_ Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the _loss of_ his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.

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## A Widow Sustains Elijah
###### 1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word."
###### 2
Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
###### 3
"Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
###### 4
And it will be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there."
###### 5
So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
###### 6
And the ravens were bringing him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.
###### 7
Now it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
###### 8
Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
###### 9
"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and remain there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you."
###### 10
So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink."
###### 11
So she went to get _it_, and he called to her and said, "Please get me a piece of bread in your hand."
###### 12
But she said, "As Yahweh your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die."
###### 13
Then Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring _it_ out to me, and afterward you may make _one_ for yourself and for your son.
###### 14
For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the face of the earth.'"
###### 15
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for _many_ days.
###### 16
The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of Yahweh which He spoke by the hand of Elijah.
## Yahweh Returns Life to the Widow's Son
###### 17
Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
###### 18
So she said to Elijah, "What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance and to put my son to death!"
###### 19
And he said to her, "Give me your son." Then he took him from her bosom and carried him up to the upper room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed.
###### 20
Then he called to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh my God, have You also brought calamity to the widow with whom I am sojourning, by causing her son to die?"
###### 21
Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh my God, I pray You, let this child's life return to him."
###### 22
And Yahweh heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him and he became alive.
###### 23
Then Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, "See, your son is alive."
###### 24
Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know this: that you are a man of God and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth."

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## Obadiah Meets Elijah
###### 1
Now it happened _after_ many days that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth."
###### 2
So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine _was_ severe in Samaria.
###### 3
And Ahab called Obadiah who _was_ over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly.
###### 4
And it happened that when Jezebel was cutting down the prophets of Yahweh, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water.)
###### 5
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to cut down some of the cattle."
###### 6
So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself.
###### 7
Now it happened that 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?"
###### 8
And he said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, 'Behold, Elijah _is here_.'"
###### 9
And he said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?
###### 10
As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and if they said, 'He is not _here_,' he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.
###### 11
And now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah _is here_."'
###### 12
And it will be that _when_ I leave you, the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you where I do not know; and I will come and tell Ahab, and he will not find you, and he will kill me, although _I_ your servant have feared Yahweh from my youth.
###### 13
Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, that I hid one hundred prophets of Yahweh by fifties in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?
###### 14
So now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah _is here_"'; he will then kill me."
###### 15
And Elijah said, "As Yahweh of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today."
###### 16
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
###### 17
Now it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is this you, you troubler of Israel?"
###### 18
And he said, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house _have_, because you have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh and you have followed the Baals.
###### 19
So now then send _and_ gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, _together_ with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."
## Yahweh or Baal on Mount Carmel
###### 20
So Ahab sent _a message_ among all the sons of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
###### 21
And Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long _will_ you be limping between two opinions? If Yahweh is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people did not answer him a word.
###### 22
Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of Yahweh, but Baal's prophets are 450 men.
###### 23
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 place no fire _under it_; and I will prepare the other ox and put it on the wood, and I will not place fire _under it_.
###### 24
Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh, and the God who answers by fire, He is God." And all the people answered and said, "That is a good word."
###### 25
So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one ox for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many, and call on the name of your god, but place no fire _under it_."
###### 26
Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, "O Baal, answer us." But there was no voice and no one answered. And they limped about the altar which they had made.
###### 27
Now it happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or relieving himself, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened."
###### 28
So they cried with a loud voice and gashed themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
###### 29
Now it happened when noon had passed, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the _evening_ sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention.
###### 30
Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of Yahweh which had been pulled down.
###### 31
Then Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh had come, saying, "Israel shall be your name."
###### 32
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
###### 33
Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and placed _it_ on the wood.
###### 34
And he said, "Fill four pitchers with water and pour _it_ on the burnt offering and on the wood." And he said, "Do it a second time," and they did it a second time. And he said, "Do it a third time," and they did it a third time.
###### 35
And the water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water.
## Yahweh Answers, He Is God
###### 36
Now it happened at the time of the offering of the _evening_ sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your slave and I have done all these things at Your word.
###### 37
Answer me, O Yahweh, answer me, that this people may know that You, O Yahweh, are God, and _that_ You have turned their heart back again."
###### 38
Then the fire of Yahweh fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
###### 39
And all the people saw it and fell on their faces and said, "Yahweh, He is God; Yahweh, He is God."
###### 40
Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape." So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there.
## Yahweh Sends Rain
###### 41
Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the tumult of rain."
###### 42
So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he stretched himself down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.
###### 43
And he said to his young man, "Go up now, look toward the sea." So he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And he said, "Go back" seven times.
###### 44
Now it happened at the seventh _time_, that he said, "Behold, a cloud as small as a man's hand is coming up from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare _your chariot_ and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.'"
###### 45
Now it happened that in a little while the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
###### 46
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## Elijah Runs from Jezebel
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Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
###### 2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by about this time tomorrow."
###### 3
And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his young man there.
###### 4
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers."
###### 5
Then he lay down and slept under a broom tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat."
###### 6
Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake _baked on_ hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
###### 7
And the angel of Yahweh came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you."
###### 8
So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.
## Elijah at Horeb
###### 9
Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of Yahweh _came_ to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
###### 10
And he said, "I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."
###### 11
So He said, "Go forth and stand on the mountain before Yahweh." And behold, Yahweh was passing by! And a great and strong wind was tearing up the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; _but_ Yahweh _was_ not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, _but_ Yahweh _was_ not in the earthquake.
###### 12
Then after the earthquake a fire, _but_ Yahweh _was_ not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a thin gentle whisper.
###### 13
Now it happened that when Elijah heard _it_, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice _came_ to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
###### 14
Then he said, "I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."
###### 15
And Yahweh said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and you will arrive and anoint Hazael king over Aram;
###### 16
and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.
###### 17
And it will be that the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death.
###### 18
Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him."
## Elijah Puts the Mantle on Elisha
###### 19
So he went 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. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him.
###### 20
So he forsook the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"
###### 21
So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave _it_ to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.

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## David's Command to Solomon
###### 1
Then David's time to die drew near, so he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
###### 2
"I am going the way of all the earth. So you shall be strong, and be a man.
###### 3
And you shall keep the responsibility _given by_ Yahweh your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may be prosperous in all that you do and wherever you turn,
###### 4
so that Yahweh may establish His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons keep their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, He said, you shall not have a man cut off from the throne of Israel.'
###### 5
"Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt about his waist, and on his sandals on his feet.
###### 6
So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
###### 7
But show lovingkindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
###### 8
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 Yahweh, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'
###### 9
So now, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood."
## The Death of David
###### 10
Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
###### 11
And the time which David reigned over Israel _was_ forty years; in Hebron he reigned seven years and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
###### 12
And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.
## Adonijah's Request
###### 13
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" And he said, "Peacefully."
###### 14
Then he said, "I have something _to say_ to you." And she said, "Speak."
###### 15
So he said, "You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel expected me to be king; however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, for it was his from Yahweh.
###### 16
So now, I am making one request of you; do not turn me away." And she said to him, "Speak."
###### 17
Then he said, "Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not turn you away, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife."
###### 18
And Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak to the king for you."
## Adonijah Put to Death
###### 19
So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king arose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat on his throne; then he had a throne set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right.
###### 20
Then she said, "I am making one small request of you; do not turn me away." And the king said to her, "Ask, my mother, for I will not turn you away."
###### 21
So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife."
###### 22
Then King Solomon answered and said to his mother, "And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? 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!"
###### 23
Then King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, "May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
###### 24
So now, as Yahweh lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and who has made me a house as He promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today."
###### 25
So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died.
###### 26
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 Lord Yahweh before my father David, and because you were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted."
###### 27
So Solomon drove Abiathar away from being priest to Yahweh, in order to fulfill the word of Yahweh, which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
## Joab Put to Death
###### 28
Now the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of Yahweh and took hold of the horns of the altar.
###### 29
And it was told to King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, fall upon him."
###### 30
So Benaiah came to the tent of Yahweh and said to him, "Thus the king has said, 'Come out.'" But he said, "No, for I will die here." And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me."
###### 31
And the king said to him, "Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father's house the blood which Joab shed without cause.
###### 32
And Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, but my father David did not know _it_: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
###### 33
So shall their blood return on the head of Joab and on the head of his seed forever; but to David and his seed and his house and his throne, may there be peace from Yahweh forever."
###### 34
Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and put him to death, and he was buried at his own house in the wilderness.
###### 35
And the king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
## Shimei Put to Death
###### 36
Then the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, "Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place.
###### 37
Now it will be on the day you go out and cross over the brook Kidron, that you will know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head."
###### 38
Shimei then said to the king, "The word is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.
###### 39
But it happened at the end of three years, that two of the slaves of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, "Behold, your slaves are in Gath."
###### 40
Then Shimei arose and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to search for his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.
###### 41
And it was told to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.
###### 42
So the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by Yahweh and solemnly warn you, saying, 'You will know for certain that on the day you go out and go anywhere, you shall surely die'? And you said to me, 'The word which I have heard is good.'
###### 43
Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the command which I have commanded you?"
###### 44
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 Yahweh shall return your evil on your own head.
###### 45
But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever."
###### 46
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.

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## Ahab Wars with Aram
###### 1
Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his military force, and there _were_ thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.
###### 2
Then he sent messengers to the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, "Thus says Ben-hadad,
###### 3
'Your silver and your gold are mine; your most beautiful wives and children are also mine.'"
###### 4
Then the king of Israel answered and said, "It is according to your word, my lord, O king; I am yours, and all that I have."
###### 5
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,"
###### 6
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 put in their hand and carry away.'"
###### 7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, "Please know and see how this man is looking for trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children and my silver and my gold, and I withheld nothing from him."
###### 8
And all the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent."
###### 9
So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, "Say to my lord the king, 'All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.'" And the messengers departed and brought him word again.
###### 10
Then Ben-hadad sent to him and said, "May the gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be sufficient for a handful for all the people who follow me."
###### 11
Then the king of Israel answered and said, "Speak _to him_, 'Let not him who girds on _his armor_ boast like him who takes _it_ off.'"
###### 12
Now it happened that when _Ben-hadad_ heard this message, as he was drinking with the kings in the booths, he said to his servants, "Station _yourselves_." So they stationed _themselves_ against the city.
###### 13
Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver them into your hand today, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.'"
###### 14
And Ahab said, "By whom?" So he said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'By the young men of the rulers of the provinces.'" Then he said, "Who shall begin the battle?" And he said, "You."
###### 15
Then he mustered the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and there were 232; and after them he mustered all the people, _even_ all the sons of Israel, 7,000.
###### 16
And they went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths with the thirty-two kings who helped him.
###### 17
And the young men of the rulers of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out and they told him, saying, "Men have come out from Samaria."
###### 18
Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive."
###### 19
So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the military force which followed them.
###### 20
And they each struck his man; and the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen.
###### 21
And the king of Israel went out and struck down the horses and chariots, and struck the Arameans with a great slaughter.
###### 22
Then the prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself and know and see what you have to do; for at the turn of the year the king of Aram will come up against you."
###### 23
Now the servants of the king of Aram said to him, "Their gods are gods of the mountains, therefore they were stronger than we; but rather let us fight against them in the plain, _and_ surely we will be stronger than they.
###### 24
Do this thing: remove the kings, each from his place, and put captains in their place,
###### 25
and you shall number a military force like the military force that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they." And he listened to their voice and did so.
## Israel Fights the Arameans
###### 26
Now it happened at the turn of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
###### 27
Now the sons of Israel were mustered and were provided for and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the land.
###### 28
Then a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because the Arameans have said, "Yahweh is a god of _the_ mountains, but He is not a god of _the_ valleys," therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.'"
###### 29
So they camped one opposite the other seven days. Now it happened that on the seventh day the battle was joined, and the sons of Israel struck down _of_ the Arameans 100,000 foot soldiers in one day.
###### 30
But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber.
###### 31
Then his servants said to him, "Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kings of lovingkindness, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will preserve your life."
###### 32
So they girded sackcloth on their loins and _put_ ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please let me live.'" And he said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."
###### 33
Now the men interpreted this as an omen, and hastily catching his word said, "Your brother Ben-hadad." Then he said, "Go, bring him." Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he took him up into the chariot.
###### 34
And _Ben-hadad_ said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will return, and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria." _Ahab said_, "And I will let you go with this covenant." So he cut a covenant with him and let him go.
## A Prophesy Enrages Ahab
###### 35
Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of Yahweh, "Please strike me." But the man refused to strike him.
###### 36
Then he said to him, "Because you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you walk away from me, a lion will strike you down." And as soon as he had walked away from him, a lion found him and struck him down.
###### 37
Then he found another man and said, "Please strike me." And the man struck him, wounding him.
###### 38
So the prophet walked away and stood by, for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.
###### 39
Now it happened that as the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.'
###### 40
Now it happened that while your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." And the king of Israel said to him, "So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided _it_."
###### 41
Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was of the prophets.
###### 42
And he said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Because you have let go out of _your_ hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.'"
###### 43
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## Ahab Takes Possession of Naboth's Vineyard
###### 1
Now it happened after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which _was_ in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
###### 2
And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden because it is close beside my house, and I will give you a better vineyard than it in its place; if it is good in your sight, I will give you the price of it in money."
###### 3
But Naboth said to Ahab, "Yahweh forbid me that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers."
###### 4
So Ahab came into his house sullen and enraged because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and ate no food.
###### 5
But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "How is it that your spirit is so sullen that you are not eating food?"
###### 6
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.' But he said, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'"
###### 7
And Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now exercise kingship over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be merry; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
###### 8
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city.
###### 9
And she wrote in the letters, saying, "Call for a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;
###### 10
and seat two vile men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him so that he will die."
###### 11
So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent _word_ to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent them.
###### 12
They called for a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.
###### 13
Then the two vile men came in and sat before him; and the vile men testified against him, against Naboth, before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones and he died.
###### 14
Then they sent _word_ to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead."
###### 15
Now it happened that when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, "Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead."
###### 16
Now it happened that when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
## Yahweh Speaks Against Ahab
###### 17
Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
###### 18
"Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth where he has gone down to take possession of it.
###### 19
And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Have you murdered and also taken possession?"' And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'"
###### 20
And Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my enemy?" And he answered, "I have found _you_, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh.
###### 21
Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel;
###### 22
and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked _Me_ to anger, and _because_ you have made Israel sin.
###### 23
Of Jezebel also has Yahweh spoken, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.'
###### 24
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 the sky will eat."
## Ahab Humbles Himself
###### 25
Surely there was no one who sold himself to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.
###### 26
And he acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom Yahweh dispossessed before the sons of Israel.
###### 27
Now it happened when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.
###### 28
Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
###### 29
"Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, _but_ I will bring the evil upon his house in his son's days."

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## Ahab Battles Against Aram
###### 1
So they lived for three years without war between Aram and Israel.
###### 2
Now it happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
###### 3
Then the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, but we are _sitting_ still so as not to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?"
###### 4
So he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?" And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
## Ahab Hates Micaiah
###### 5
Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of Yahweh."
###### 6
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?" And they said, "Go up, for the Lord will give _it_ into the hand of the king."
###### 7
But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not yet a prophet of Yahweh here that we may inquire of him?"
###### 8
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. _He is_ Micaiah son of Imlah." But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."
###### 9
Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Hasten _to bring_ Micaiah son of Imlah."
###### 10
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, clothed in _their royal_ garments, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
###### 11
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'With these you will gore the Arameans until they are consumed.'"
###### 12
All the prophets were also prophesying thus, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, and Yahweh will give _it_ into the hand of the king."
## Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab
###### 13
Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, "Behold now, the words of the prophets, _as if_ from one mouth, are good towards the king. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak _that which is_ good."
###### 14
But Micaiah said, "As Yahweh lives, what Yahweh says to me, that I shall speak."
###### 15
Then he came to the king, and the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?" And he said to him, "Go up and succeed, and Yahweh will give _it_ into the hand of the king."
###### 16
Then the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear that you will speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?"
###### 17
So he said, "I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd. And Yahweh said, 'These have no master. Let each of them return to his house in peace.'"
###### 18
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not say to you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?"
###### 19
Then Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of Yahweh. I saw Yahweh sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
###### 20
And Yahweh said, 'Who will entice Ahab so that he will go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said this while another said that.
###### 21
Then a spirit came forward and stood before Yahweh and said, 'I will entice him.'
###### 22
And Yahweh said to him, 'How?' And he said, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Then He said, 'You shall entice _him_ and also prevail. Go out and do so.'
###### 23
So now, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; but Yahweh has spoken calamity against you."
###### 24
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of Yahweh pass from me to speak to you?"
###### 25
And Micaiah said, "Behold, you will see on that day when you enter an inner room to hide."
###### 26
Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the commander of the city and to Joash the king's son;
###### 27
and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this _man_ in prison and feed him sparingly with bread and water until I come _back_ safely."'"
###### 28
And Micaiah said, "If you indeed return safely, Yahweh has not spoken by me." And he said, "Listen, all you people."
## The Death of Ahab
###### 29
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up _against_ Ramoth-gilead.
###### 30
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your garments." So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.
###### 31
Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two commanders of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone."
###### 32
Now it happened that when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "Surely it is the king of Israel," and they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.
###### 33
So it happened that when the commanders of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
###### 34
Now a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the fight, for I am severely wounded."
###### 35
Now the battle raged that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot in front of the Arameans, and died at evening, and the blood from the wound ran into the bottom of the chariot.
###### 36
Then a shout of lament passed throughout the camp close to sunset, saying, "Every man to his city and every man to his land."
###### 37
So the king died and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria.
###### 38
And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots bathed themselves _there_), according to the word of Yahweh which He spoke.
###### 39
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
###### 40
So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
## Jehoshaphat Reigns over Judah
###### 41
Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
###### 42
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
###### 43
And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn away from it, doing what is right in the sight of Yahweh. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
###### 44
Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
###### 45
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?
###### 46
And the remnant of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa, he purged from the land.
###### 47
Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.
###### 48
Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
###### 49
Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." But Jehoshaphat was not willing.
###### 50
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.
## Ahaziah Reigns over Israel
###### 51
Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
###### 52
And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
###### 53
So he served Baal and worshiped him and provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger, according to all that his father had done.

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## Solomon's Marriage and Sacrifices
###### 1
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 completed building his own house and the house of Yahweh and the wall around Jerusalem.
###### 2
The people were still sacrificing on the high places because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.
###### 3
And Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
###### 4
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered one thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
###### 5
In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, "Ask what I should give to you."
## God Gives Wisdom to Solomon
###### 6
Then Solomon said, "You have shown great lovingkindness to Your slave David my father, according to how he walked before You in truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have kept for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as _it is_ this day.
###### 7
So now, O Yahweh my God, You have made Your slave king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.
###### 8
And Your slave is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a numerous people who are too many to be numbered or counted.
###### 9
So give Your slave a listening heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this glorious people of Yours?"
###### 10
And it was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing.
###### 11
And God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to listen to justice,
###### 12
behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.
###### 13
I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days.
###### 14
Now if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days."
###### 15
Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.
## Solomon Wisely Judges
###### 16
Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.
###### 17
And the one woman said, "Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she _was_ in the house.
###### 18
And it happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house.
###### 19
And this woman's son died in the night because she lay on him.
###### 20
So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.
###### 21
When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne."
###### 22
Then the other woman said, "No! For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son." But the first woman said, "No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son." Thus they spoke before the king.
###### 23
Then the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one'; and the other says, 'No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'"
###### 24
And the king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king.
###### 25
Then the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other."
###### 26
Then the woman whose son _was_ the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred with compassion over her son and said, "Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death." But the other said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide _him_!"
###### 27
Then the king said, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means put him to death. She is his mother."
###### 28
Then all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

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## Solomon's Officials
###### 1
So King Solomon was king over all Israel.
###### 2
These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok _was_ the priest;
###### 3
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha _were_ scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud _was_ the recorder;
###### 4
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada _was_ over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar _were_ priests;
###### 5
and Azariah the son of Nathan _was_ over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, _was_ the king's friend;
###### 6
and Ahishar _was_ over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda _was_ over the men subject to forced labor.
###### 7
Now Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who sustained the king and his household; each man had to sustain _them_ for a month in the year.
###### 8
These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
###### 9
Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan;
###### 10
Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh _was_ his and all the land of Hepher);
###### 11
Ben-abinadab, _in_ all the height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife);
###### 12
Baana the son of Ahilud, _in_ Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;
###### 13
Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (_now_ Havvoth-Jair--_Jair being_ the son of Manasseh--which is in Gilead was his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars _were_ his);
###### 14
Ahinadab the son of Iddo, _in_ Mahanaim;
###### 15
Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon);
###### 16
Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
###### 17
Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
###### 18
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
###### 19
Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and _he was_ the only deputy who _was_ in the land.
## Judah's and Israel's Abundance and Security
###### 20
Judah and Israel _were_ as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; _they_ were eating and drinking and being glad.
###### 21
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.
###### 22
And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal,
###### 23
ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, one hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
###### 24
For he had dominion over everything west of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had peace on all sides around about him.
###### 25
So Judah and Israel lived in security, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
###### 26
Solomon had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.
###### 27
And these deputies sustained King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon's table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking.
###### 28
They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to the _legal_ judgment for him.
###### 29
And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of _understanding_ in _his_ heart, like the sand that is on the seashore.
###### 30
And Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
###### 31
And he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and _the renown of_ his name was in all the surrounding nations.
###### 32
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.
###### 33
And he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.
###### 34
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## Covenant with Hiram King of Tyre
###### 1
Then Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been one who loved David.
###### 2
And Solomon sent _word_ to Hiram, saying,
###### 3
"You know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of Yahweh his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until Yahweh put them under the soles of his feet.
###### 4
But now Yahweh my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor calamity.
###### 5
So behold, I intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.'
###### 6
So now, 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."
###### 7
Now it happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he was very glad and said, "Blessed be Yahweh today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people."
###### 8
So Hiram sent _word_ to Solomon, saying, "I have heard _the message_ which you have sent me; I will do what you desire concerning the cedar and cypress timber.
###### 9
My servants will bring _them_ down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts _to go_ by sea to the place where you direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry _them_ away. Then you shall accomplish my desire by giving food to my household."
###### 10
So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber.
###### 11
Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and 20 kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year.
###### 12
Now Yahweh gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them cut a covenant.
###### 13
And King Solomon raised up forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,000 men.
###### 14
And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts; they were in Lebanon a month _and_ two months at home. And Adoniram _was_ over the forced laborers.
###### 15
And Solomon had 70,000 who carried loads, and 80,000 hewers _of stone_ in the mountains,
###### 16
besides Solomon's 3,300 chief deputies who _were_ over the project _and_ who ruled over the people who were doing the work.
###### 17
Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, precious stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones.
###### 18
So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites carved them out, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.

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## The House Solomon Built for Yahweh
###### 1
Now it happened 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 Yahweh.
###### 2
As for the house which King Solomon built for Yahweh, its length _was_ sixty cubits and its width twenty _cubits_ and its height thirty cubits.
###### 3
And the porch in front of the nave of the house _was_ twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, _and_ its depth along the front of the house _was_ ten cubits.
###### 4
Also for the house he made windows with _artistic_ frames.
###### 5
And he built, against the wall of the house, stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all around.
###### 6
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.
###### 7
The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built.
###### 8
The doorway for the lowest side chamber _was_ on the right side of the house; and they would go up by winding stairs to the middle _story_, and from the middle to the third.
###### 9
So he built the house and completed it; and he paneled the house with beams and planks of cedar.
###### 10
He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.
###### 11
And the word of Yahweh came to Solomon saying,
###### 12
"_Concerning_ this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and do My judgments and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will establish My word with you which I spoke to David your father.
###### 13
And I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel."
###### 14
So Solomon built the house and completed it.
###### 15
Then he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid _the walls_ on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress.
###### 16
And he built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling; he built _them_ for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, as the Holy of Holies.
###### 17
And the house, that is, the nave in front of _the inner sanctuary_, was forty cubits _long_.
###### 18
And there was cedar on the house within, carved _in the shape_ of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen.
###### 19
Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
###### 20
Now the inner sanctuary _was_ twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.
###### 21
So Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold. And he drew chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.
###### 22
So he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
###### 23
Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
###### 24
And five cubits _was_ the one wing of the cherub and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing _were_ ten cubits.
###### 25
The other cherub _was_ also ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form.
###### 26
The height of the one cherub _was_ ten cubits, and so _was_ the other cherub.
###### 27
And he put the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and the wings of the cherubim were spread out, so that the wing of the one was touching the _one_ wall, and the wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall. And their wings were touching each other in the center of the house.
###### 28
He also overlaid the cherubim with gold.
###### 29
Then he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, from _within_ the inner and outer _sanctuaries_.
###### 30
And he overlaid the floor of the house with gold, in the inner and outer _sanctuaries_.
###### 31
For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel, _and_ five-sided doorposts.
###### 32
So _he made_ two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.
###### 33
So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive wood
###### 34
and two doors of cypress wood; the two leaves of the one door turned on pivots, and the two leaves of the other door turned on pivots.
###### 35
And he carved _on it_ cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid _them_ with gold evenly applied on the engraved work.
###### 36
And he built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams.
###### 37
In the fourth year the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid, in the month of Ziv.
###### 38
Now in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was completed throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he built it in seven years.

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## Solomon Builds His Own House
###### 1
Now Solomon built his own house thirteen years, and he completed all his house.
###### 2
And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars.
###### 3
And it was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row.
###### 4
_Now there were artistic window_ frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks.
###### 5
And all the doorways and doorposts _had_ squared _artistic_ frames, and window was opposite window in three ranks.
###### 6
Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was 50 cubits and its width 30 cubits, and a porch _was_ in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them.
###### 7
And he made the hall of the throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.
###### 8
Now his house where he was to live, the other court inward from the hall, was of the same workmanship. He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had married.
###### 9
All these were of precious stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.
###### 10
And the foundation was of precious stones, _even_ large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
###### 11
And above were precious stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar.
###### 12
So the great court all around _had_ three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and the porch of the house.
## Hiram's Work in the House of Yahweh
###### 13
Then King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
###### 14
He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and discernment and knowledge to do any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.
###### 15
And he fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.
###### 16
He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
###### 17
_There were_ nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital.
###### 18
So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital.
###### 19
Now the capitals which _were_ on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits.
###### 20
_And there were_ capitals on the two pillars, even right above the rounded projection which was on the one side of the network; and the pomegranates _numbered_ two hundred in rows around both capitals.
###### 21
Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz.
###### 22
And on the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished.
###### 23
And 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 its circumference.
###### 24
Now under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, entirely encircling the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast _with the Sea_ when it was cast.
###### 25
It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea _was set_ on top of them, and all their rear parts _turned_ inward.
###### 26
And 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.
###### 27
Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits.
###### 28
Now this was the workmanship of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the frames,
###### 29
and on the borders which were between the frames _were_ lions, oxen, and cherubim; and on the frames there _was_ a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen _were_ wreaths of hanging work.
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Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the laver _were_ cast supports with wreaths at each side.
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And its opening inside the capital at the top _was_ a cubit, and its opening _was_ round like the workmanship of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening _there were_ engravings, and their borders were square, not round.
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And the four wheels _were_ underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels _were_ on the stand. And the height of a wheel _was_ a cubit and a half.
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Now the workmanship of the wheels _was_ like the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs _were_ all cast.
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Now _there were_ four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports _were_ part of the stand itself.
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And on the top of the stand _there was_ a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders _were_ part of it.
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And he engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths _all_ around.
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He made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form.
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He also made ten lavers of bronze, one laver held forty baths; each laver _was_ four cubits, _and_ on each of the ten stands _was_ one laver.
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Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea _of cast metal_ on the right side of the house eastward toward the south.
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And Hiram made the lavers and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram completed doing all the work that he did for King Solomon _in_ the house of Yahweh:
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the two pillars and the _two_ bowls of the capitals which _were_ on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars,
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and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars;
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and the ten stands with the ten lavers on the stands;
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and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea;
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and the pots and the shovels and the bowls; and all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon _in_ the house of Yahweh _were_ of polished bronze.
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On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
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And Solomon left all the utensils _unweighed_, because _they were_ too many; the weight of the bronze could not be found out.
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Solomon also made all the furniture which _was in_ the house of Yahweh: the golden altar and the golden table on which _was_ the bread of the Presence;
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and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, of gold;
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and the cups and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the Holy of Holies, _and_ for the doors of the house, _that is_, of the nave, of gold.
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Thus all the work that King Solomon did _in_ the house of Yahweh was finished. And Solomon brought in the things set apart as holy by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, _and_ he put _them_ in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

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## The Ark Brought into the House of Yahweh
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Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' _households_ of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion.
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And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
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Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark.
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And they brought up the ark of Yahweh and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils, which were in the tent, and the priests and the Levites brought them up.
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And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who congregated to him being with him before the ark, were sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
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Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim.
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For the cherubim spread _their_ wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles from above.
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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; and they are there to this day.
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There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses laid there at Horeb, where Yahweh cut a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
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Now it happened that when the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,
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so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
## Solomon Blesses the People
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Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the _cloud of_ dense gloom.
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I have surely built You a lofty house, A place for Your dwelling forever."
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Then the king turned his face around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
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And he said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled _it_ by His hand, saying,
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'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 have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'
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And it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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But Yahweh said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.
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Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come forth from your loins, he shall build the house for My name.'
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And Yahweh has established His word which He spoke; and I have been established in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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And there I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which He cut with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt."
## Solomon's Prayer for Israel
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Then Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh before all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.
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And he said, "O Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven above or upon earth beneath, keeping covenant and lovingkindness to Your slaves who walk before You with all their heart,
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who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have promised with Your mouth and have fulfilled it by Your hand as it is this day.
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So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, 'You shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons keep their way to walk as you have walked before Me.'
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So now, O God of Israel, let Your word truly endure which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
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"But will God truly dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!
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Yet have regard to the prayer of Your slave and to his supplication, O Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your slave prays before You today;
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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 slave shall pray toward this place.
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And listen to the supplication of Your slave and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; listen in heaven Your dwelling place; listen and forgive.
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"If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes _and_ takes an oath before Your altar in this house,
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then listen in heaven and act and judge Your slaves, condemning the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by bringing him _reward_ according to his righteousness.
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"When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, if they turn to You again and confess Your name and pray and make supplication to You in this house,
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then listen in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers.
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"When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them,
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then listen in heaven and forgive the sin of Your slaves and of Your people Israel; indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.
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"If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is scorching wind _or_ mildew, locust _or_ grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness _there is_,
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whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man _or_ by all Your people Israel, each of whom knows the affliction of his own heart, and spreads his hands toward this house;
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then listen in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and give to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men,
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that they may fear You all the days that they live upon the face of the land which You have given to our fathers.
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"Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, if he comes from a far country for Your name's sake
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(for they will hear of Your great name and Your strong hand, and of Your outstretched arm); so if he comes and prays toward this house,
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listen in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name to fear You, as _do_ Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is called upon this house which I have built.
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"When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,
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then listen in heaven to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice.
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"When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and give them over to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
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and if they cause _these things_ to return to their heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and return and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly';
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and if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name;
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then listen in heaven Your dwelling place to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice for them,
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and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and give them over as _objects of_ compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them
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(for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace),
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that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your slave and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.
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For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke by the hand of Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord Yahweh."
## Solomon Blesses Yahweh
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Now it happened that when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven.
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And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:
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"Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one promise has failed of all His good promises, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant.
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May Yahweh our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not forsake us or abandon us,
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that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
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And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that He may do justice for His slave and justice for His people Israel, as each day requires,
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so that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh is God; there is no one else.
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Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to Yahweh our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day."
## The Offering for the House of Yahweh
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Now the king and all Israel with him were offering sacrifices before Yahweh.
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And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.
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On the same day the king set apart as holy the middle of the court that _was_ before the house of Yahweh, because there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings; for the bronze altar that _was_ before Yahweh _was_ too small to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings.
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So Solomon celebrated the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from Lebo-hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, for seven days and seven _more_ days, _even_ fourteen days.
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On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Then they went to their tents with gladness and goodness of heart because of all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people.

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## Yahweh Appears to Solomon
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Now it happened when Solomon had completed building the house of Yahweh, and the king's house, and all that Solomon desired to do,
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that Yahweh appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
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And Yahweh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have set apart as holy this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.
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As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you _and_ will keep My statutes and My judgments,
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then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, 'You shall not have a man cut off from the throne of Israel.'
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"But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments _and_ My statutes which I have given before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
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then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have set apart as holy for My name, I will cast out of My presence. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
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And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will _feel_ desolate and hiss and say, 'Why has Yahweh done thus to this land and to this house?'
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And they will say, 'Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and took hold of other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore Yahweh has brought all this calamity on them.'"
## Cities Given to Hiram
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Now it happened that at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the king's house
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(Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), that King Solomon then gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
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So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they were not right in his eyes.
###### 13
And he said, "What are these cities which you have given me, my brother?" So they were called the land of Cabul to this day.
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And Hiram sent to the king 120 talents of gold.
## Solomon Builds Cities and Ships
###### 15
Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon raised up to build the house of Yahweh, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
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_For_ Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it _as_ a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
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So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon
###### 18
and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land _of Judah_,
###### 19
and all the storage cities which Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.
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_As for_ all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel,
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_namely_, their sons who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were unable to devote to destruction, _from_ them Solomon raised up forced laborers to this day.
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But Solomon did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen.
###### 23
These _were_ the chief deputies who _were_ over Solomon's work, 550, who had dominion over the people doing the work.
###### 24
As soon as Pharaoh's daughter came up from the city of David to her house which _Solomon_ had built for her, then he built the Millo.
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And three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to Yahweh, burning incense with them _on the altar_ which _was_ before Yahweh. So he finished the house.
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King Solomon also made a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
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And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet of ships, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon.
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## A Living Hope
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Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as exiles, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen
###### 2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to the obedience of Jesus Christ and the sprinkling of His blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
###### 3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
###### 4
to _obtain_ an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, having been kept in heaven for you,
###### 5
who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
###### 6
In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
###### 7
so that the proof of your faith, _being_ more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
###### 8
And though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
###### 9
receiving as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.
###### 10
Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who prophesied of the grace that _would come_ to you, made careful searches and inquiries,
###### 11
inquiring to know what _time_ or what kind of time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He was predicting the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
###### 12
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been declared to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things into which angels long to look.
###### 13
Therefore, having girded your minds for action, being sober _in spirit_, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
###### 14
As obedient children, not being conformed to the former lusts _which were yours_ in your ignorance,
###### 15
but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all _your_ conduct;
###### 16
because it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."
###### 17
And if you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your sojourn,
###### 18
knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things like silver or gold from your futile conduct inherited from your forefathers,
###### 19
but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, _the blood_ of Christ.
###### 20
He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but appeared in these last times for the sake of you
###### 21
who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
###### 22
Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a love of the brothers without hypocrisy, fervently love one another from the heart,
###### 23
for you have been born again not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, _that is_, through the living and enduring word of God.
###### 24
For, "All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the flower falls off,
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But the word of the Lord endures forever." And this is the word which was proclaimed to you as good news.

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## As Living Stones, God's Chosen Family
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Therefore, laying aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
###### 2
like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
###### 3
if you have tasted the kindness of the LORD.
###### 4
_And_ coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God,
###### 5
you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
###### 6
For _this_ is contained in Scripture: "Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner _stone_, And he who believes upon Him will not be put to shame."
###### 7
This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, "The stone which the builders rejected, This became the very corner _stone_,"
###### 8
and, "A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense." They stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this _stumbling_ they were also appointed.
###### 9
But you are a chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for _God's_ own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
###### 10
for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
###### 11
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul,
###### 12
by keeping your conduct excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good works, as they observe _them_, glorify God in the day of visitation.
## Be Subject to Authority
###### 13
Be subject for the sake of the Lord to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,
###### 14
or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do good.
###### 15
For such is the will of God that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
###### 16
_Act_ as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but _use it_ as slaves of God.
###### 17
Honor all people, love the brethren, fear God, honor the king.
###### 18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are crooked.
###### 19
For this _finds_ favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unrighteously.
###### 20
For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer _for it_, you endure, this _finds_ favor with God.
## Christ, Our Example
###### 21
For to this you have been called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in His steps,
###### 22
who did no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;
###### 23
who being reviled, was not reviling in return; while suffering, He was uttering no threats, but kept entrusting _Himself_ to Him who judges righteously.
###### 24
Who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that having died to sin, we might live to righteousness; by His wounds you were healed.
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For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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## Wives and Husbands
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In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands so that even if any _of them_ are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,
###### 2
as they observe your pure conduct with fear.
###### 3
Your adornment must not be _merely_ external--braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on garments;
###### 4
but _let it be_ the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible quality of a lowly and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
###### 5
For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being subject to their own husbands,
###### 6
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children if you do good, not fearing any intimidation.
###### 7
You husbands in the same way, live with _your wives_ in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
###### 8
Now to sum up, all of you be like-minded, sympathetic, brotherly, tender-hearted, and humble in spirit;
###### 9
not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but giving a blessing instead, for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.
###### 10
For, "The one who desires life, to love and see good days, Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
###### 11
He must turn away from evil and do good; He must seek peace and pursue it.
###### 12
For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears attend to their prayer, But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
## Suffering for Righteousness
###### 13
And who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good?
###### 14
But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their fear, and do not be troubled,
###### 15
but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always _being_ ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and fear,
###### 16
having a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.
###### 17
For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing good rather than for doing wrong.
###### 18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, _the_ righteous for _the_ unrighteous, so that He might bring you to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
###### 19
in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits _now_ in prison,
###### 20
who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through _the_ water.
###### 21
Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal of a good conscience to God--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
###### 22
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## Keep Fervent in Your Love
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Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose--because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin--
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so as to no longer live the rest of the time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
###### 3
For the time already past is sufficient _for you_ to have worked out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
###### 4
In _all_ this, they are surprised that you do not run with _them_ into the same excesses of dissipation, maligning _you_,
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but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
###### 6
For to this the gospel has been proclaimed even to those who are _now_ dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh as men, they live in the spirit according to _the will of_ God.
###### 7
The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be of sound thinking and sober _spirit_ for the purpose of prayer.
###### 8
Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
###### 9
Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
###### 10
As each one has received a gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God--
###### 11
whoever speaks, as one _speaking_ the oracles of God; whoever serves, as one _serving_ by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and might forever and ever. Amen.
## Sharing the Suffering of Christ
###### 12
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you.
###### 13
But to the degree you are sharing the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.
###### 14
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
###### 15
Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler;
###### 16
but if _anyone suffers_ as a Christian, he is not to be put to shame, but is to glorify God in this name.
###### 17
For _it is_ time for judgment to begin with the house of God; and if _it_ _begins_ with us first, what _will be_ the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
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And if it is with difficulty that the righteous is saved, what will become of the godless man and the sinner?
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Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God must entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good.

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## Shepherd the Flock of God
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Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as _your_ fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed,
###### 2
shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not under compulsion, but willingly, according to God; and not for dishonest gain, but with eagerness;
###### 3
nor yet as lording it over those allotted to you, but being examples to the flock.
###### 4
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
###### 5
You younger men, likewise, be subject to _your_ elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
###### 6
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,
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casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
###### 8
Be of sober _spirit_, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
###### 9
But resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished among your brethren who are in the world.
###### 10
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, strengthen, confirm, _and_ ground you.
###### 11
To Him _be_ might forever and ever. Amen.
###### 12
Through Silvanus, our faithful brother as I regard _him_, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and bearing witness that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!
###### 13
She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, and _so does_ my son, Mark.
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Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ.

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## Elkanah and His Wives
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Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
###### 2
Now he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
###### 3
Now that man would go up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to Yahweh there.
###### 4
And the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, and he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;
###### 5
but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had closed her womb.
###### 6
Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her because Yahweh had closed her womb.
###### 7
And so it would happen year after year, as often as she went up to the house of Yahweh, she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.
###### 8
Then Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"
###### 9
Then Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of Yahweh.
###### 10
And she, bitter of soul, prayed to Yahweh and wept despondently.
###### 11
And she made a vow and said, "O Yahweh of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a seed amongst men, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head."
###### 12
Now it happened, as she multiplied her praying before Yahweh, that Eli was watching her mouth.
###### 13
As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart; only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
###### 14
Then Eli said to her, "How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you."
###### 15
But Hannah answered and said, "No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before Yahweh.
###### 16
Do not consider your maidservant as a vile woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great complaint and provocation."
###### 17
Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of Him."
###### 18
And she said, "Let your servant-woman find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer _sad_.
## The Birth of Samuel
###### 19
Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before Yahweh and turned back and came to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her.
###### 20
Now it happened in due time that Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, _saying_, "Because I have asked him of Yahweh."
###### 21
Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice and _pay_ his vow.
###### 22
But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "_I will not go up_ until the young boy is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh and stay there forever."
###### 23
And Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what is good in your eyes. Remain until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish His word." So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.
###### 24
Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one ephah of flour and a jug of wine and brought him to the house of Yahweh in Shiloh, although the boy was young.
###### 25
Then they slaughtered the bull and brought the young boy to Eli.
###### 26
And she said, "Oh, my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to Yahweh.
###### 27
For this young boy I prayed, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of Him.
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So I have also dedicated him to Yahweh; as long as he lives, he is dedicated to Yahweh." So he worshiped Yahweh there.

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## Saul Among the Prophets
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Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him, and said, "Has not Yahweh anointed you a ruler over His inheritance?
###### 2
When you go from me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, 'The donkeys which you went to search for have been found. Now behold, your father has ceased to be concerned about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"'
###### 3
Then you will go on further from there, and you will come as far as the oak of Tabor, and there three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine;
###### 4
and they will greet you and give you two _loaves_ of bread. And you will take _them_ from their hand.
###### 5
Afterward you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying.
###### 6
Then the Spirit of Yahweh will come upon you mightily, and you shall prophesy with them and be changed into another man.
###### 7
Now it will be when these signs come to you, do for yourself whatever your hand finds _to do_, for God is with you.
###### 8
And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and make you know what you should do."
###### 9
Then it happened when he turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart; and all those signs came about on that day.
###### 10
And they came to the hill there, and behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him mightily, so that he prophesied among them.
###### 11
Now it happened that all who knew him previously saw, and behold, he was prophesying with the prophets, so the people said to one another, "What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?"
###### 12
And a man there answered and said, "Now, who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb: "Is Saul also among the prophets?"
###### 13
Then he finished prophesying and came to the high place.
###### 14
Now Saul's uncle said to him and his young man, "Where did you go?" And he said, "To look for the donkeys. And we saw that they were not _anywhere_, so we went to Samuel."
###### 15
And Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."
###### 16
So Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found." But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel had said.
## Saul the King
###### 17
Then Samuel called the people together to Yahweh at Mizpah;
###### 18
and he said to the sons of Israel, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.'
###### 19
But you have today rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, 'No, but set a king over us!' So now, take your stand before Yahweh by your tribes and by your clans."
###### 20
Thus Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken _by lot_.
###### 21
Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the Matrite family was taken. And Saul the son of Kish was taken; but they looked for him, and he could not be found.
###### 22
Therefore they inquired further of Yahweh, "Has the man come here yet?" So Yahweh said, "Behold, he is hiding himself by the baggage."
###### 23
So they ran and took him from there, and he stood among the people. And he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.
###### 24
And Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people." So all the people shouted and said, "_Long_ live the king!"
###### 25
Then Samuel spoke with the people about the _legal_ judgments of the kingdom and wrote _them_ in the book and placed _it_ before Yahweh. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.
###### 26
Saul also went to his house at Gibeah; and the valiant _men_ whose hearts God had touched went with him.
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But certain vile men said, "How can this one save us?" And they despised him and did not bring him any present. But he kept silent.

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## Saul Strikes Down the Ammonites
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And Nahash the Ammonite came up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Cut a covenant with us, and we will serve you."
###### 2
But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "I will cut _it_ with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel."
###### 3
Then the elders of Jabesh said to him, "Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you."
###### 4
Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.
###### 5
Now behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen, and he said, "What is _the matter_ with the people that they weep?" So they recounted to him the words of the men of Jabesh.
###### 6
Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he burned with anger exceedingly.
###### 7
Then he took a pair of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent _them_ throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, "Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." Then the dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
###### 8
And he numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were 300,000, and the men of Judah 30,000.
###### 9
And they said to the messengers who had come, "Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have salvation.'" So the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
###### 10
Then the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good in your eyes."
###### 11
Then the next morning Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
###### 12
Then the people said to Samuel, "Who is he that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring the men, that we may put them to death."
###### 13
But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today Yahweh has accomplished salvation in Israel."
###### 14
Then Samuel said to the people, "Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there."
###### 15
So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they also offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were exceedingly glad.

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## Samuel Speaks to Israel
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Then Samuel said to all Israel, "Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and I have appointed a king over you.
###### 2
So now, here is the king walking before you, but I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth even to this day.
###### 3
Here I am; bear witness against me before Yahweh and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore _it_ to you."
###### 4
And they said, "You have not extorted us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand."
###### 5
So he said to them, "Yahweh is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day that you have found nothing in my hand." And they said, "_He is_ witness."
###### 6
Then Samuel said to the people, "It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.
###### 7
So now, take your stand, that I may judge you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh which He did for you and your fathers.
###### 8
When Jacob went into Egypt and your fathers cried out to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
###### 9
But they forgot Yahweh their God, so He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
###### 10
And they cried out to Yahweh and said, 'We have sinned because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.'
###### 11
Then Yahweh sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security.
###### 12
But you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, and you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' although Yahweh your God _was_ your king.
###### 13
So now, behold, the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.
###### 14
If you will fear Yahweh and serve Him and listen to His voice and not rebel against the command of Yahweh, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow Yahweh your God.
###### 15
But if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the command of Yahweh, then the hand of Yahweh will be against you, _as it was_ against your fathers.
###### 16
Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
###### 17
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the eyes of Yahweh by asking for yourselves a king."
###### 18
So Samuel called to Yahweh, and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.
###### 19
Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins _this_ evil by asking for ourselves a king."
###### 20
And Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart.
###### 21
And you must not turn aside, for _then you would go_ after meaningless things which cannot profit and cannot deliver, because they are meaningless.
###### 22
For Yahweh will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because Yahweh has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
###### 23
Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and upright way.
###### 24
Only fear Yahweh and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for see what great things He has done for you.
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## Saul Strikes Down the Philistines
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Saul was _thirty_ years old when he began to reign, and he reigned _forty-_two years over Israel.
###### 2
And Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent.
###### 3
And Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of _it_. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear."
###### 4
Then all Israel heard the news that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. The people were then summoned to Saul at Gilgal.
###### 5
Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
###### 6
Now the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed). Then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits.
###### 7
Also _some of_ the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he _was_ still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
## Saul Doesn't Keep Yahweh's Commandment
###### 8
So 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.
###### 9
So Saul said, "Bring near to me the burnt offering and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering.
###### 10
And as soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him _and_ to greet him.
###### 11
But Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,
###### 12
therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of Yahweh.' So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering."
###### 13
And Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which He commanded you, for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
###### 14
But now your kingdom shall not endure. Yahweh has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him as ruler over His people because you have not kept what Yahweh commanded you."
###### 15
Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
###### 16
Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, and the Philistines camped at Michmash.
###### 17
And the raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual,
###### 18
and another company turned to the way of Beth-horon, and another company turned to the way of the border which overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
###### 19
Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears."
###### 20
So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his goad.
###### 21
And the charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the goad.
###### 22
So it happened on the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who _were_ with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan.
###### 23
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## Jonathan Slaughters the Philistines
###### 1
Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was carrying his armor, "Come and let us cross over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side." But he did not tell his father.
###### 2
And Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron. And the people who _were_ with him _were_ about six hundred men,
###### 3
and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh at Shiloh, was wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
###### 4
Now between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp crag on the one side and a sharp crag on the other side, and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
###### 5
The one crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba.
###### 6
Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, "Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps Yahweh will work for us, for Yahweh is not restrained to save by many or by few."
###### 7
And his armor bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart; turn yourself, _and_ here I am with you according to your heart."
###### 8
Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them.
###### 9
If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand in our place and not go up to them.
###### 10
But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for Yahweh has given them into our hands; and this shall be the sign to us."
###### 11
So both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, and the Philistines said, "Behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves."
###### 12
So the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, "Come up to us, and we will make you know something." And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me, for Yahweh has given them into the hands of Israel."
###### 13
Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer behind him; and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer put some to death after him.
###### 14
And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made was about twenty men within about half a furrow in an acre of land.
###### 15
And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and the raiders trembled, and the earth quaked so that it became a great trembling.
###### 16
Then Saul's watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away; and they went here and _there_.
###### 17
So Saul said to the people who _were_ with him, "Number now and see who has gone from us." And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not _there_.
###### 18
Then Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." For the ark of God was at that time with the sons of Israel.
###### 19
And it happened that while Saul talked to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand."
###### 20
Then Saul and all the people who _were_ with him rallied and came to the battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, _and there was_ very great confusion.
###### 21
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.
###### 22
Now all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, and they pursued them closely in the battle.
###### 23
So Yahweh saved Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven.
## Saul's Oath Makes the People Weary
###### 24
Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day. And Saul had put the people under oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats food before evening and until I have avenged myself on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.
###### 25
Now all _the people of_ the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.
###### 26
So the people entered the forest, and behold, _there was_ a flow of honey; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the sworn oath.
###### 27
But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under a sworn oath; therefore, he put out the end of the staff that _was_ in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
###### 28
Then one of the people answered and said, "Your father strictly put the people under a sworn oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today.'" And the people were weary.
###### 29
Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. See now, how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
###### 30
How much more, if only the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great."
###### 31
Then they struck among the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very weary.
###### 32
So the people rushed greedily upon the spoil, and they took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered _them_ on the ground; and the people ate _them_ with the blood.
###### 33
Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against Yahweh by eating with the blood." And he said, "You have acted treacherously; roll a great stone to me today."
###### 34
And Saul said, "Scatter 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 Yahweh by eating with the blood.'" So all the people that night brought each one his ox with him and slaughtered _it_ there.
###### 35
And Saul built an altar to Yahweh; it was the first altar that he built to Yahweh.
###### 36
Then Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them." And they said, "Do whatever seems good in your eyes." So the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."
###### 37
And Saul asked of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?" But He did not answer him on that day.
###### 38
And Saul said, "Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and know and see how this sin has happened today.
###### 39
For as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not one of all the people answered him.
###### 40
Then he said to all Israel, "You shall be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good in your eyes."
###### 41
Therefore, Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, "Give a perfect _lot_." And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.
###### 42
And Saul said, "Cast _lots_ between me and Jonathan my son." And Jonathan was taken.
###### 43
Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." So Jonathan told him and said, "I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am; I must die!"
###### 44
And Saul said, "May God do this _to me_ and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan."
###### 45
But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who has brought about this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die.
###### 46
Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.
## Saul Fights Against His Enemies
###### 47
Now Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, and he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment.
###### 48
And he acted valiantly and struck down the Amalekites and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them.
###### 49
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.
###### 50
And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
###### 51
And Kish _was_ the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner _was_ the son of Abiel.
###### 52
Now the war against the Philistines was severe all the days of Saul; and Saul would see any mighty man or any man of valor and would gather him to his staff.

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## Saul's Disobedience
###### 1
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Yahweh sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; so now, obey the voice of the words of Yahweh.
###### 2
Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'I will punish Amalek _for_ what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt.
###### 3
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"
###### 4
Then Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
###### 5
And Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley.
###### 6
And Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; you showed lovingkindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
###### 7
So Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
###### 8
And he seized Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword.
###### 9
But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and they were not willing to devote them to destruction; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.
## Yahweh Regrets He Made Saul King
###### 10
Then the word of Yahweh came to Samuel, saying,
###### 11
"I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not established My words." And Samuel became angry and cried out to Yahweh all night.
###### 12
Then Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul; and it was told to Samuel, saying, "Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded on down to Gilgal."
###### 13
And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of Yahweh! I have established the word of Yahweh."
###### 14
But Samuel said, "What then is this sound of the sheep in my ears and the sound of the oxen which I am hearing?"
###### 15
And Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; but the rest we have devoted to destruction."
###### 16
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait, and let me tell you what Yahweh spoke to me last night." And he said to him, "Speak!"
###### 17
And 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 Yahweh anointed you king over Israel,
###### 18
and Yahweh sent you on a mission and said, 'Go and devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.'
###### 19
Why then did you not obey the voice of Yahweh, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh?"
###### 20
Then Saul said to Samuel, "I did obey the voice of Yahweh and went on the way on which Yahweh sent me and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek and have devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
###### 21
But the people took _some_ of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God at Gilgal."
###### 22
And Samuel said, "Has Yahweh as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, _And_ to heed than the fat of rams.
###### 23
For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, He has also rejected you from _being_ king."
###### 24
Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; I have indeed trespassed against the command of Yahweh and your words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
###### 25
So now, please forgive my sin and return with me, that I may worship Yahweh."
###### 26
But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel."
###### 27
Then Samuel turned to go, but _Saul_ seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.
###### 28
So Samuel said to him, "Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.
###### 29
Also the Eternal One of Israel will not lie or have regret; for He is not a man that He should have regret."
###### 30
Then he said, "I have sinned; _but_ please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God."
###### 31
So Samuel returned, following after Saul, and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
###### 32
Then Samuel said, "Bring Agag near to me, the king of the Amalekites." And Agag came to him in chains. And Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death has departed."
###### 33
But Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before Yahweh at Gilgal.
###### 34
Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul.
###### 35
So Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And Yahweh regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

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## David Anointed King
###### 1
Then Yahweh said to Samuel, "How long will you be grieving over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I see among his sons a king for Me."
###### 2
But Samuel said, "How can I go? Saul will hear _of it_ and will kill me." Then Yahweh said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.'
###### 3
And you shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will make you know what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I say to you."
###### 4
So Samuel did what Yahweh said and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, "Do you come in peace?"
###### 5
And he said, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Set yourselves apart as holy and come with me to the sacrifice." He also set apart Jesse and his sons as holy and invited them to the sacrifice.
###### 6
Now it happened, when they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, "Surely the anointed of Yahweh is before Him."
###### 7
But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God _sees_ not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
###### 8
Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Yahweh has not chosen this one either."
###### 9
Next Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Yahweh has not chosen this one either."
###### 10
Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, "Yahweh has not chosen these."
###### 11
And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are these all the young men?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is shepherding the sheep." Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him, for we will not turn around until he comes here."
###### 12
So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And Yahweh said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he."
###### 13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
## David Becomes Saul's Armor Bearer
###### 14
Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh terrorized him.
###### 15
Saul's servants then said to him, "Behold now, an evil spirit from God is terrorizing you.
###### 16
Let our lord now speak to your servants who are before you. Let them seek a man who is a skillful musician on the harp; and it shall be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he shall play _the harp_ with his hand, and you will be well."
###### 17
So Saul said to his servants, "Provide for me now a man who can play well and bring _him_ to me."
###### 18
Then one of the young men answered and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one who is understanding in speech, and man of fine form; and Yahweh is with him."
###### 19
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David who is with the flock."
###### 20
And Jesse took a donkey _loaded with_ bread and a wineskin of wine and a young goat and sent _them_ to Saul by David his son.
###### 21
Then David came to Saul and stood before him; and Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer.
###### 22
So Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David now stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight."
###### 23
Thus it happened that whenever the _evil_ spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play _it_ with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him.

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## Goliath Challenges Israel
###### 1
Now the Philistines gathered their camps for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
###### 2
But Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and camped in the valley of Elah and arranged _themselves_ for battle to meet the Philistines.
###### 3
Now the Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them.
###### 4
Then a champion came out from the camps of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
###### 5
_And he had_ a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor, and the weight of that scale-armor was five thousand shekels of bronze.
###### 6
_He_ also _had_ bronze greaves on his legs and a bronze javelin _slung_ between his shoulders.
###### 7
And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his spear _weighed_ six hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him.
###### 8
And he stood and called out to the battle lines of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to arrange _yourselves_ for battle? Am I not the Philistine and you slaves of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.
###### 9
If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, then we will become your slaves; but if I prevail against him and strike him down, then you shall become our slaves and serve us."
###### 10
Again the Philistine said, "I _openly_ reproach the battle lines of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together."
###### 11
When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
###### 12
Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced _in years_ among men.
###### 13
And the three older sons of Jesse had gone. They had gone after Saul to the battle. 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.
###### 14
But David was the youngest. Now the three oldest had gone after Saul,
###### 15
but David went back and forth from Saul to shepherd his father's flock at Bethlehem.
###### 16
Then the Philistine approached, morning and evening, for forty days and took his stand.
###### 17
Then Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers.
###### 18
You shall also bring these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of _their_ thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back a token from them.
###### 19
And Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."
###### 20
So David arose early in the morning and left the flock with a keeper and carried _the supplies_ and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the circle of the camp while the military force was going out in battle lines shouting the war cry.
###### 21
And Israel and the Philistines arranged themselves in battle lines, battle line against battle line.
###### 22
Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper and ran to the battle line and entered in order to greet his brothers.
###### 23
As he was speaking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine from Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words; and David heard _them_.
###### 24
Now all the men of Israel saw the man, and they fled from him and were greatly afraid.
###### 25
And the men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to reproach Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who strikes him down with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel."
###### 26
Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, "What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should reproach the battle lines of the living God?"
###### 27
And the people spoke to him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who strikes him down."
###### 28
Then Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I myself know your arrogance and the wickedness of your heart, for you have come down in order to see the battle."
###### 29
But David said, "What have I done now? Was it not just a word?"
###### 30
Then he turned away from him to another and said the same word; and the people responded to him _with_ the same word as before.
## David Puts Goliath to Death
###### 31
Then the words which David spoke were heard. And they told _them_ to Saul, and he sent for him.
###### 32
And David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."
###### 33
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."
###### 34
But David said to Saul, "Your servant was shepherding his father's sheep. And a lion and a bear would come and take a lamb from the flock,
###### 35
and I would go out after it and strike it and rescue _the lamb_ from its mouth. Then it rose up against me, and I would seize _it_ by its beard and strike it down and put it to death.
###### 36
Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has reproached the battle lines of the living God."
###### 37
And David said, "Yahweh, who delivered me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and may Yahweh be with you."
###### 38
Then Saul clothed David with his robes and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor.
###### 39
And David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested _them_. So David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these, for I have not tested _them_." And David took them off.
###### 40
Then he took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in _his_ pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.
###### 41
Then the Philistine came on and drew near to David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.
###### 42
And the Philistine looked and saw David. And he despised him; for he was _but_ a youth and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.
###### 43
And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
###### 44
The Philistine also said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field."
###### 45
Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have reproached.
###### 46
This day Yahweh will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the camp of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
###### 47
and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh does not save by sword or by spear; for the battle is Yahweh's, and He will give you into our hands."
###### 48
Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.
###### 49
And David sent his hand down into his bag and took from it a stone and slung _it_ and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.
###### 50
Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and put him to death; but there was no sword in David's hand.
###### 51
Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and put him to death and cut off his head with it. Then the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, so they fled.
###### 52
But the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the slain Philistines _lay_ fallen along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.
###### 53
Then the sons of Israel returned from hotly pursuing the Philistines and plundered their camps.
###### 54
And David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent.
###### 55
Now when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" And Abner said, "By your life, O king, I do not know."
###### 56
And the king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is."
###### 57
So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand.
###### 58
And Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" And David answered, "_I am_ the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."

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## Jonathan Cuts a Covenant with David
###### 1
Now it happened when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
###### 2
And Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father's house.
###### 3
Then Jonathan cut a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul.
###### 4
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even his sword and his bow and his belt.
###### 5
So David went out wherever Saul sent him _and_ prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. And it was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of Saul's servants.
## Saul Looks at David with Suspicion
###### 6
And it happened as they were coming, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with gladness, and with musical instruments.
###### 7
And the women sang as they were merry and said, "Saul has struck his thousands, And David his ten thousands."
###### 8
Then Saul became very angry, for this saying was displeasing in his eyes; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?"
###### 9
So Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on.
###### 10
Now it happened on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house. Now David was playing _the harp_ with his hand, as usual; and a spear _was_ in Saul's hand.
###### 11
Then Saul hurled the spear for he thought, "I will pin David to the wall." But David escaped from his presence twice.
###### 12
And Saul was afraid of David, for Yahweh was with him but had turned away from Saul.
###### 13
Therefore Saul turned him away from his presence and appointed him as his commander of one thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
###### 14
And David was prospering in all his ways, and Yahweh _was_ with him.
###### 15
Then Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, so he dreaded him.
###### 16
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
###### 17
Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife; only be a man of valor for me and fight Yahweh's battles." For Saul thought, "My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him."
###### 18
But David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life _or_ my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law?"
###### 19
So it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
## Saul's Daughter Given to David
###### 20
And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. So they told Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes.
###### 21
And Saul said, "I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." Therefore Saul said to David, "For a second time you may be my son-in-law today."
###### 22
Then Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David secretly, saying, 'Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; so now, become the king's son-in-law.'"
###### 23
So Saul's servants spoke these words in David's hearing. But David said, "Is it trivial in your eyes to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?"
###### 24
And the servants of Saul told to him according to these words _which_ David spoke.
###### 25
Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies.'" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
###### 26
Then his servants told David these words, and it was right in the eyes of David to become the king's son-in-law. So before the days had expired,
###### 27
David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.
###### 28
Then Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David, and _that_ Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,
###### 29
so Saul was even more afraid of David. So Saul was David's enemy continually.
###### 30
Then the commanders of the Philistines went out _to battle_, and it happened as often as they went out, that David behaved himself more insightfully than all the servants of Saul. So his name was highly esteemed.

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## David Escapes from Saul
###### 1
Then Saul spoke with Jonathan his son and all his servants to put David to death. But Jonathan, Saul's son, greatly delighted in David.
###### 2
So Jonathan told David saying, "Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. So now, please be careful in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself.
###### 3
And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; what I perceive, I will tell you."
###### 4
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, "Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his works _have been_ very good for you.
###### 5
For he took his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh brought about a great salvation for all Israel; you saw _it_ and were glad. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death without a cause?"
###### 6
And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, "As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death."
###### 7
Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as formerly.
###### 8
Then there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines and struck them with a great slaughter, so that they fled before him.
###### 9
Now there was an evil spirit from Yahweh on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing _the harp_ with _his_ hand.
###### 10
And Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, so that he stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
###### 11
Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to keep watch over him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you do not make an escape for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death."
###### 12
So Michal let David down through a window, and he went out and fled and escaped.
###### 13
Then Michal took the household idol and laid _it_ on the bed and put a quilt of goats' _hair_ at its head and covered _it_ with clothes.
###### 14
Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but she said, "He is sick."
###### 15
So Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me on his bed, that I may put him to death."
###### 16
The messengers came, and behold, the household idol _was_ on the bed with the quilt of goats' _hair_ at its head.
###### 17
So Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?" And Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! Why should I put you to death?'"
###### 18
Now David fled and escaped and came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.
###### 19
And it was told to Saul, saying, "Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah."
###### 20
Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing _and_ presiding over them. And the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul; and they also prophesied.
###### 21
This was told to Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.
###### 22
Then he himself went to Ramah and came as far as the large well that is in Secu; and he asked and said, "Where are Samuel and David?" And _someone_ said, "Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah."
###### 23
So he went there, to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
###### 24
He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

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## Hannah's Song of Thanksgiving
###### 1
Then Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in Yahweh; My horn is exalted in Yahweh; My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I am glad in Your salvation.
###### 2
There is no one holy like Yahweh; Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
###### 3
Do not multiply speaking so very proudly; Let arrogance not come out of your mouth; For Yahweh is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed.
###### 4
The bows of the mighty are shattered, But those who stumble gird on strength.
###### 5
Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease _to hunger_. Even the barren gives birth to seven, But she who has many children languishes.
###### 6
Yahweh puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
###### 7
Yahweh makes poor and rich; He brings low; He also exalts.
###### 8
He raises the poor from the dust; He exalts the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's, And He set the world on them.
###### 9
He keeps the feet of His holy ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness, For not by power shall a man prevail.
###### 10
Those who contend with Yahweh will be dismayed; Against them He will thunder in the heavens; Yahweh will render justice to the ends of the earth, And He will give strength to His king, And He will exalt the horn of His anointed."
###### 11
Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the young boy ministered to Yahweh before Eli the priest.
## The Sin of Eli's Sons
###### 12
Now the sons of Eli were vile men; they did not know Yahweh.
###### 13
And _this was_ the _legal_ judgment for the priests with the people: when any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest's young man would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand.
###### 14
Then he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot; all that the fork would bring up the priest would take for himself. Thus they would do in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
###### 15
Also, before they offered up the fat in smoke, the priest's young man would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest meat for roasting; he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw."
###### 16
Then the man _would_ say to him, "They must surely offer up the fat in smoke first, and then take as much as your soul desires," then he would say, "No, you shall give _it_ now; and if not, I will take it by force."
###### 17
Thus the sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh, for the men spurned the offering of Yahweh.
## Samuel Before Yahweh as a Boy
###### 18
Now Samuel was ministering before Yahweh, _as_ a young boy girded with a linen ephod.
###### 19
And his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
###### 20
Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "May Yahweh establish for you a seed from this woman in place of the one she dedicated to Yahweh." And they went to their own home.
###### 21
Yahweh indeed visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young boy Samuel grew before Yahweh.
## Eli Hears About His Sons' Evils
###### 22
Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
###### 23
So he said to them, "Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people?
###### 24
No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the people of Yahweh passing about.
###### 25
If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who can pray for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for Yahweh desired to put them to death.
###### 26
Now the young boy Samuel was growing in stature and in favor both with Yahweh and with men.
## Eli Honors His Sons above Yahweh
###### 27
Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Did I _not_ indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt, _enslaved_ to Pharaoh's house?
###### 28
And did I _not_ choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me; and did I _not_ give to the house of your father all the fire _offerings_ of the sons of Israel?
###### 29
Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded _in My_ habitation, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every offering of My people Israel?'
###### 30
Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, declares, 'I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever'; but now Yahweh declares, 'Far be it from Me--for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be cursed.
###### 31
Behold, the days are coming, and I will break your strength and the strength of your father's house so that there will not be an old man in your house.
###### 32
And you will look upon the distress of _My_ habitation, in _spite of_ all the good that I do for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house all the days.
###### 33
Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar so that your eyes will fail _from weeping_ and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will be put to death in the prime of life.
###### 34
Now this will be the sign to you which will come concerning your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on the same day both of them will be put to death.
###### 35
But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him a faithful house, and he will walk before My anointed always.
###### 36
And it will be that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, "Please assign me to one of the priest's offices so that I may eat a piece of bread."'"

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## David and Jonathan's Covenant
###### 1
Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?"
###### 2
And he said to him, "Far from it, you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without revealing it in my ear. So why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!"
###### 3
Yet David swore again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.' But truly as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death."
###### 4
Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever your soul says, I will do for you."
###### 5
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.
###### 6
If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked _leave_ of me to run to Bethlehem his city because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.'
###### 7
If he says, 'It is good,' your servant will have peace; but if he is very angry, know that he has decided on evil.
###### 8
Therefore show lovingkindness to your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you. But if there is iniquity in me, put me to death yourself; for why then should you bring me to your father?"
###### 9
And Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! For if I should indeed come to know that evil has been decided by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you about it?"
###### 10
Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"
###### 11
And Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field." So both of them went out to the field.
###### 12
Then Jonathan said to David, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, _be witness_! When I have examined 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 reveal it in your ear?
###### 13
If it please my father _to do_ you harm, may Yahweh do so to Jonathan and more also, if I do not reveal it in your ear and send you away, that you may go in peace. And may Yahweh be with you as He has been with my father.
###### 14
And if I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness of Yahweh, that I may not die?
###### 15
You shall not cut off your lovingkindness from my house forever, not even when Yahweh cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth."
###### 16
So Jonathan cut a _covenant_ with the house of David, _saying_, "May Yahweh require _it_ at the hands of David's enemies."
###### 17
And Jonathan made David swear again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own soul.
###### 18
Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed because your seat will be missing.
###### 19
When you have stayed for three days, you shall go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself on that eventful day, and you shall remain by the stone Ezel.
###### 20
And I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though I sent them towards a target.
###### 21
And behold, I will send the young man, _saying_, 'Go, find the arrows.' If I specifically say to the young man, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,' then come, for there is peace for you and no harm, as Yahweh lives.
###### 22
But if I say to the youth, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you,' go, for Yahweh has sent you away.
###### 23
As for the agreement of which you and I have spoken, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever."
###### 24
So David hid in the field; and when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.
###### 25
And the king sat on his seat as usual, the seat by the wall; then Jonathan rose up, and Abner sat down by Saul's side, but David's place was missing.
###### 26
Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he said, "It is an accident; he is not clean; surely _he is_ not clean."
###### 27
Now it happened the next day, the second _day_ of the new moon, that David's place was missing; so Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why has the son of Jesse not come to the meal, either yesterday or today?"
###### 28
Jonathan then answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me _to go_ to Bethlehem,
###### 29
and he said, 'Please send me _on my way_, since our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. So now, if I have found favor in your sight, please let me get away that I may see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table."
## Saul Is Angry with Jonathan
###### 30
Then Saul's anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, "You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
###### 31
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. So now, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die."
###### 32
But Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
###### 33
Then Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him down; so Jonathan knew that his father had decided to put David to death.
###### 34
Then Jonathan arose from the table in burning anger and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved over David because his father had dishonored him.
###### 35
Now it happened in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field for the appointment with David, and a very young man _was_ with him.
###### 36
And he said to his young man, "Run, find now the arrows which I am about to shoot." As the young man was running, he shot an arrow past him.
###### 37
When the young man reached the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the lad and said, "Is not the arrow beyond you?"
###### 38
And Jonathan called after the young man, "Hurry, be quick, do not stay!" And Jonathan's young man gathered up the arrow and came to his master.
###### 39
But the young man did not know of anything; only Jonathan and David knew about the matter.
###### 40
Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his young man and said to him, "Go, bring _them_ to the city."
###### 41
When the young man 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_ more.
###### 42
And Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of Yahweh, saying, 'Yahweh will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed forever.'" Then he rose and departed, while Jonathan went into the city.

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## David Takes Consecrated Bread
###### 1
Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one is with you?"
###### 2
And David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has commanded me with a matter and has said to me, 'Let no one know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commanded you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.'
###### 3
So now, what do you have on hand? Give five loaves of bread into my hand, or whatever can be found."
###### 4
And the priest answered David and said, "There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women."
###### 5
And David answered the priest and said to him, "Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy?"
###### 6
So the priest gave him consecrated _bread_; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to put hot bread _in its place_ when it was taken away.
###### 7
Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's shepherds.
###### 8
And David said to Ahimelech, "Now is there not a spear or a sword on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons in my hand because the king's matter was urgent."
###### 9
Then the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take _it_. For there is no other except it here." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me."
## David Flees to Gath
###### 10
Then David arose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
###### 11
But the servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying, 'Saul has struck his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?"
###### 12
And David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath.
###### 13
So he disguised his sanity in their sight and acted insanely in their hands and scribbled on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down into his beard.
###### 14
Then Achish said to his servants, "Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me?
###### 15
Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this one to act the madman before me? Shall this one come into my house?"

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## David at the Cave of Adullam
###### 1
So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's household heard _of it_ and went down there to him.
###### 2
Then everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter of soul, gathered to him; and he became a commander over them. Now there were about four hundred men with him.
###### 3
And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother come _and stay_ with you until I know what God will do for me."
###### 4
Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the fortress.
###### 5
And the prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the fortress; go, and enter into the land of Judah." So David went and entered into the forest of Hereth.
## Saul Puts the Priests at Nob to Death
###### 6
Then Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him.
###### 7
And Saul said to his servants who were standing around him, "Hear now, O Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse also give to all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?
###### 8
For all of you have conspired against me so that there is no one who reveals in my ear when my son cuts _a covenant_ with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me or reveals in my ear that my son has caused my servant to rise up against me to lie in ambush, as _it is_ this day."
###### 9
Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
###### 10
And he asked of Yahweh for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."
###### 11
Then the king sent someone to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's household, the priests who were in Nob; and all of them came to the king.
###### 12
And Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." And he answered, "Here I am, my lord."
###### 13
Saul then said to him, "Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have asked of God on his behalf, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as _it is_ this day?"
###### 14
Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king's son-in-law, who is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house?
###### 15
Did I _just_ begin to ask of God on his behalf today? Far be it from me! Do not let the king impute anything to his servant _or_ to any of the household of my father, for your servant knows nothing small or great of this whole affair."
###### 16
But the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's household!"
###### 17
And the king said to the guards who were standing by him, "Turn around and put the priests of Yahweh to death because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it in my ears." But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to fall upon the priests of Yahweh.
###### 18
Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn around and attack the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he put to death that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
###### 19
So he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and nursing babies; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep _he struck_ with the edge of the sword.
###### 20
But one son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
###### 21
And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of Yahweh.
###### 22
Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. It is I who have turned against every person in your father's household.
###### 23
Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life, for you are safe with me."

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## David Saves Keilah
###### 1
Then they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are pillaging the threshing floors."
###### 2
So David asked of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go and strike these Philistines?" And Yahweh said to David, "Go and strike the Philistines and save Keilah."
###### 3
But David's men said to him, "Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the battle lines of the Philistines?"
###### 4
Then David asked of Yahweh once more. And Yahweh answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand."
###### 5
So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines; and he led away their livestock and struck them with a great slaughter. Thus David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
###### 6
Now it happened when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, _that_ he came down _with_ an ephod in his hand.
###### 7
Then it was told to Saul that David had come to Keilah, so Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars."
###### 8
Then Saul summoned all the people for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men.
###### 9
But David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here."
###### 10
Then David said, "O Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your slave has heard for certain that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to make the city a ruin on my account.
###### 11
Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your slave has heard? O Yahweh, the God of Israel, I pray, tell Your slave." And Yahweh said, "He will come down."
###### 12
Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And Yahweh said, "They will surrender you."
###### 13
Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. Now it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, so he ceased going out _in pursuit_.
###### 14
And David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
## Saul Pursues David
###### 15
Then David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. Now David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.
###### 16
So Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David at Horesh and strengthened his hand in God.
###### 17
And 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 second to you; and Saul my father knows that also."
###### 18
So the two of them cut a covenant before Yahweh; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house.
###### 19
Then Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
###### 20
So now, O king, according to all the desire of your soul to come down, come down _here_; and our part _shall be_ to surrender him into the king's hand."
###### 21
And Saul said, "May you be blessed of Yahweh, for you have had compassion on me.
###### 22
Go now, make more sure, and know and see his place--where his _very_ foot is--_and_ who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very crafty.
###### 23
So see and know about all the hiding places where he hides himself and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah."
###### 24
Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. Now David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.
###### 25
So Saul and his men went to seek _him_, and they told David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard _it_ and pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
###### 26
And Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize them.
###### 27
But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land."
###### 28
So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.
###### 29
Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi.

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