Jesus answered him, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.. He said to him, "It is I. For to which of the angels did God ever say, You are my Son, today I have begotten you? And the oil stopped. For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. "When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' although the LORD your God was your king. But he did not tell his father. "But if I say to the youth, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you,' go, for the LORD has sent you away. "Behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king Also the Levites shall be officers before you Act resolutely, and the LORD be with the upright." And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground. And she said, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe " And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage. David swore to Saul. And you said to me, 'The word which I have heard is good.' 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. Then the king of Israel replied, "Tell him, 'Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off.'" They said, "You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand." It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. But he took Jehoahaz away and brought him to Egypt, and he died there. He said to the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, "Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal." Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Now the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we are still doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?" Turn behind me." 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. He also said, "Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of the wilderness of Jeruel. "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; 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. He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. Why will you still be struck down? David said to Ahimelech, "Now is there not a spear or a sword on hand? The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua the sons of Saul. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!, But Jesus said, Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.. But there was no voice and no one answered. He carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work. Then the prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself and observe and see what you have to do; for at the turn of the year the king of Aram will come up against you." "For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD." 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? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants? Let each of them return to his house in peace.'" Solomon said, "If he is a worthy man, not one of his hairs will fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found in him, he will die." None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. I will call to the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king." Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light. The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered it; and she took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it. When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, "Blessed be the LORD today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people." And one said this while another said that. "I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel." Now Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, "Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead. So none of the people tasted food. Yet David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved ' But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death." When Elisha came into the house, behold the lad was dead and laid on his bed. read more. It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Now 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 a friend of David. David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. And the people were very weary. Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab. For the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us." "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 heavens will eat." Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold. Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And he answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub. He said to her, "Give me your son." When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him. And the oil stopped. Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king. Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. Treason!" So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali. "Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully." So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. But the sons of the slayers he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin." Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomons reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the, Then Solomon began to build the house of the. He said to his lad, "Run, find now the arrows which I am about to shoot." They gave the money which was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the LORD; and to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the damages to the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive." As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah, Imla's son." But he said, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'" And Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of clothes and equipment which the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. "So shall their blood return on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever; but to David and his descendants and his house and his throne, may there be peace from the LORD forever." He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. I will also make the land drink the discharge of your blood. Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army. 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?" Tell me, what do you have in the house?" Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they." They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. So why should my father hide this thing from me? Davids Resum. They killed each his man; and the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life. The king also said to Shimei, "You know all the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore the LORD shall return your evil on your own head. 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.'" Now it came about in those days that the Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. 'Now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel. Josiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made provoking the LORD; and he did to them just as he had done in Bethel. Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." But Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her. "Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you But if there is iniquity in me, put me to death yourself; for why then should you bring me to your father?" Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here." "So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him'; but she has hidden her son." Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah. He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the LORD. These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 'I also gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things like these! So a horseman went to meet him and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. So Joram reined about and fled and said to Ahaziah, "There is treachery, O Ahaziah!" We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; But David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him, for, Then David said to him, How is it you were not afraid. He said, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, because you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and you have followed the Baals. "Two parts of you, even all who go out on the sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house of the LORD for the king. He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done. New King James Version Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other There they also offered sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. The king said to the man of God, "Please entreat the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me " So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before. Then he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken, 'Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ashes which are on it shall be poured out.'" And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Alas, my master! As the king passed by, he cried 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.' Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. 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. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house. It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me. He called Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 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 with you?" So Jehoshaphat grew greater and greater, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah. WebAnd unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. "The LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?" Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah. 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.'" Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. Now it came about in those days that the Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. David replied, "Behold the spear of the king! Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. Thus Saul was David's enemy continually. And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.' He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat." So Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed 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." Why are you then laying a snare for my life to bring about my death?" He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron. After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land. Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my enemy?" When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him 700 men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not. As he was talking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine from Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words; and David heard them. Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 men of the Arameans. Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse. So Saul took his sword and fell on it. Then he said to him, "Because you have not listened to the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you." And the raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual, and another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the border which overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.