All verses of the KJV bible in a single array

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[{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:1 (KJV)","text":"Adam, Sheth, Enosh,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:2 (KJV)","text":"Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:3 (KJV)","text":"Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:4 (KJV)","text":"Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:5 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:6 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:7 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:8 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:9 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:10 (KJV)","text":"And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:11 (KJV)","text":"And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:12 (KJV)","text":"And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:13 (KJV)","text":"And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:14 (KJV)","text":"The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:15 (KJV)","text":"And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:16 (KJV)","text":"And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:17 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:18 (KJV)","text":"And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:19 (KJV)","text":"And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:20 (KJV)","text":"And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:21 (KJV)","text":"Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:22 (KJV)","text":"And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:23 (KJV)","text":"And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:24 (KJV)","text":"Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:25 (KJV)","text":"Eber, Peleg, Reu,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:26 (KJV)","text":"Serug, Nahor, Terah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:27 (KJV)","text":"Abram; the same is Abraham."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:28 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:29 (KJV)","text":"These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:30 (KJV)","text":"Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:31 (KJV)","text":"Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:32 (KJV)","text":"Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:33 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:34 (KJV)","text":"And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:35 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:36 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:37 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:38 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:39 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan’s sister."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:40 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:41 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:42 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:43 (KJV)","text":"Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:44 (KJV)","text":"And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:45 (KJV)","text":"And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:46 (KJV)","text":"And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:47 (KJV)","text":"And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:48 (KJV)","text":"And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:49 (KJV)","text":"And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:50 (KJV)","text":"And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:51 (KJV)","text":"Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:52 (KJV)","text":"Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:53 (KJV)","text":"Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 1:54 (KJV)","text":"Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:1 (KJV)","text":"These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:2 (KJV)","text":"Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:3 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:4 (KJV)","text":"And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:5 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:6 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:7 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:8 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Ethan; Azariah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:9 (KJV)","text":"The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:10 (KJV)","text":"And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:11 (KJV)","text":"And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:12 (KJV)","text":"And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:13 (KJV)","text":"And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:14 (KJV)","text":"Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:15 (KJV)","text":"Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:16 (KJV)","text":"Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:17 (KJV)","text":"And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:18 (KJV)","text":"And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:19 (KJV)","text":"And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:20 (KJV)","text":"And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:21 (KJV)","text":"And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:22 (KJV)","text":"And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:23 (KJV)","text":"And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:24 (KJV)","text":"And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:25 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:26 (KJV)","text":"Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:27 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:28 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:29 (KJV)","text":"And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:30 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:31 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:32 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:33 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:34 (KJV)","text":"Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:35 (KJV)","text":"And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:36 (KJV)","text":"And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:37 (KJV)","text":"And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:38 (KJV)","text":"And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:39 (KJV)","text":"And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:40 (KJV)","text":"And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:41 (KJV)","text":"And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:42 (KJV)","text":"Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:43 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:44 (KJV)","text":"And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:45 (KJV)","text":"And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:46 (KJV)","text":"And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:47 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:48 (KJV)","text":"Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:49 (KJV)","text":"She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:50 (KJV)","text":"These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:51 (KJV)","text":"Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:52 (KJV)","text":"And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:53 (KJV)","text":"And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:54 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 2:55 (KJV)","text":"And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:1 (KJV)","text":"Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:2 (KJV)","text":"The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:3 (KJV)","text":"The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:4 (KJV)","text":"These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:5 (KJV)","text":"And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:6 (KJV)","text":"Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:7 (KJV)","text":"And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:8 (KJV)","text":"And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:9 (KJV)","text":"These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:10 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:11 (KJV)","text":"Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:12 (KJV)","text":"Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:13 (KJV)","text":"Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:14 (KJV)","text":"Amon his son, Josiah his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:15 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:16 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:17 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:18 (KJV)","text":"Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:19 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:20 (KJV)","text":"And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:21 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:22 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:23 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 3:24 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:1 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:2 (KJV)","text":"And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:3 (KJV)","text":"And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:4 (KJV)","text":"And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:5 (KJV)","text":"And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:6 (KJV)","text":"And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:7 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:8 (KJV)","text":"And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:9 (KJV)","text":"And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV)","text":"And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:11 (KJV)","text":"And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:12 (KJV)","text":"And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:13 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:14 (KJV)","text":"And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:15 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:16 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:17 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:18 (KJV)","text":"And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:19 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:20 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:21 (KJV)","text":"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 them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:22 (KJV)","text":"And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:23 (KJV)","text":"These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:24 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:25 (KJV)","text":"Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:26 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:27 (KJV)","text":"And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:28 (KJV)","text":"And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:29 (KJV)","text":"And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:30 (KJV)","text":"And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:31 (KJV)","text":"And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:32 (KJV)","text":"And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:33 (KJV)","text":"And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:34 (KJV)","text":"And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:35 (KJV)","text":"And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:36 (KJV)","text":"And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:37 (KJV)","text":"And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:38 (KJV)","text":"These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:39 (KJV)","text":"And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:40 (KJV)","text":"And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:41 (KJV)","text":"And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:42 (KJV)","text":"And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 4:43 (KJV)","text":"And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:1 (KJV)","text":"Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:2 (KJV)","text":"For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:3 (KJV)","text":"The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:4 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:5 (KJV)","text":"Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:6 (KJV)","text":"Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:7 (KJV)","text":"And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:8 (KJV)","text":"And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:9 (KJV)","text":"And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:10 (KJV)","text":"And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:11 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:12 (KJV)","text":"Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:13 (KJV)","text":"And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:14 (KJV)","text":"These are the children 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;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:15 (KJV)","text":"Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:16 (KJV)","text":"And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:17 (KJV)","text":"All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:18 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:19 (KJV)","text":"And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:20 (KJV)","text":"And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:21 (KJV)","text":"And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:22 (KJV)","text":"For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:23 (KJV)","text":"And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:24 (KJV)","text":"And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:25 (KJV)","text":"And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 5:26 (KJV)","text":"And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:1 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:2 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:3 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:4 (KJV)","text":"Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:5 (KJV)","text":"And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:6 (KJV)","text":"And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:7 (KJV)","text":"Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:8 (KJV)","text":"And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:9 (KJV)","text":"And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:10 (KJV)","text":"And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:11 (KJV)","text":"And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:12 (KJV)","text":"And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:13 (KJV)","text":"And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:14 (KJV)","text":"And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:15 (KJV)","text":"And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:16 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:17 (KJV)","text":"And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:18 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:19 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:20 (KJV)","text":"Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:21 (KJV)","text":"Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:22 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:23 (KJV)","text":"Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:24 (KJV)","text":"Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:25 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:26 (KJV)","text":"As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:27 (KJV)","text":"Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:28 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:29 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:30 (KJV)","text":"Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:31 (KJV)","text":"And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:32 (KJV)","text":"And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:33 (KJV)","text":"And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:34 (KJV)","text":"The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:35 (KJV)","text":"The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:36 (KJV)","text":"The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:37 (KJV)","text":"The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:38 (KJV)","text":"The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:39 (KJV)","text":"And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:40 (KJV)","text":"The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:41 (KJV)","text":"The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:42 (KJV)","text":"The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:43 (KJV)","text":"The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:44 (KJV)","text":"And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:45 (KJV)","text":"The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:46 (KJV)","text":"The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:47 (KJV)","text":"The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:48 (KJV)","text":"Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:49 (KJV)","text":"But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:50 (KJV)","text":"And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:51 (KJV)","text":"Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:52 (KJV)","text":"Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:53 (KJV)","text":"Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:54 (KJV)","text":"Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:55 (KJV)","text":"And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:56 (KJV)","text":"But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:57 (KJV)","text":"And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:58 (KJV)","text":"And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:59 (KJV)","text":"And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:60 (KJV)","text":"And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:61 (KJV)","text":"And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:62 (KJV)","text":"And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:63 (KJV)","text":"Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:64 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:65 (KJV)","text":"And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:66 (KJV)","text":"And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:67 (KJV)","text":"And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:68 (KJV)","text":"And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:69 (KJV)","text":"And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:70 (KJV)","text":"And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:71 (KJV)","text":"Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:72 (KJV)","text":"And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:73 (KJV)","text":"And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:74 (KJV)","text":"And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:75 (KJV)","text":"And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:76 (KJV)","text":"And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:77 (KJV)","text":"Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:78 (KJV)","text":"And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:79 (KJV)","text":"Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:80 (KJV)","text":"And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 6:81 (KJV)","text":"And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:1 (KJV)","text":"Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:2 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:3 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:4 (KJV)","text":"And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:5 (KJV)","text":"And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:6 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:7 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:8 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:9 (KJV)","text":"And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:10 (KJV)","text":"The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:11 (KJV)","text":"All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:12 (KJV)","text":"Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:13 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:15 (KJV)","text":"And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:16 (KJV)","text":"And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:17 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:18 (KJV)","text":"And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:19 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:20 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:21 (KJV)","text":"And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:22 (KJV)","text":"And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:23 (KJV)","text":"And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:24 (KJV)","text":"(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:25 (KJV)","text":"And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:26 (KJV)","text":"Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:27 (KJV)","text":"Non his son, Jehoshuah his son,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:28 (KJV)","text":"And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:29 (KJV)","text":"And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:30 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:31 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:32 (KJV)","text":"And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:33 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:34 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:35 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:36 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:37 (KJV)","text":"Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:38 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:39 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 7:40 (KJV)","text":"All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:1 (KJV)","text":"Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:2 (KJV)","text":"Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:3 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:4 (KJV)","text":"And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:5 (KJV)","text":"And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:6 (KJV)","text":"And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:7 (KJV)","text":"And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:8 (KJV)","text":"And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:9 (KJV)","text":"And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:10 (KJV)","text":"And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:11 (KJV)","text":"And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:12 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:13 (KJV)","text":"Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:14 (KJV)","text":"And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:15 (KJV)","text":"And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:16 (KJV)","text":"And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:17 (KJV)","text":"And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:18 (KJV)","text":"Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:19 (KJV)","text":"And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:20 (KJV)","text":"And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:21 (KJV)","text":"And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:22 (KJV)","text":"And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:23 (KJV)","text":"And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:24 (KJV)","text":"And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:25 (KJV)","text":"And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:26 (KJV)","text":"And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:27 (KJV)","text":"And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:28 (KJV)","text":"These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:29 (KJV)","text":"And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:30 (KJV)","text":"And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:31 (KJV)","text":"And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:32 (KJV)","text":"And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:33 (KJV)","text":"And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:34 (KJV)","text":"And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:35 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:36 (KJV)","text":"And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:37 (KJV)","text":"And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:38 (KJV)","text":"And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:39 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 8:40 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:1 (KJV)","text":"So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:2 (KJV)","text":"Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:3 (KJV)","text":"And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:4 (KJV)","text":"Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:5 (KJV)","text":"And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:6 (KJV)","text":"And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:7 (KJV)","text":"And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:8 (KJV)","text":"And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:9 (KJV)","text":"And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:10 (KJV)","text":"And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:11 (KJV)","text":"And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:12 (KJV)","text":"And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:13 (KJV)","text":"And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:14 (KJV)","text":"And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:15 (KJV)","text":"And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:16 (KJV)","text":"And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:17 (KJV)","text":"And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:18 (KJV)","text":"Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:19 (KJV)","text":"And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:20 (KJV)","text":"And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:21 (KJV)","text":"And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:22 (KJV)","text":"All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:23 (KJV)","text":"So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:24 (KJV)","text":"In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:25 (KJV)","text":"And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:26 (KJV)","text":"For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:27 (KJV)","text":"And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:28 (KJV)","text":"And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:29 (KJV)","text":"Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:30 (KJV)","text":"And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:31 (KJV)","text":"And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:32 (KJV)","text":"And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:33 (KJV)","text":"And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:34 (KJV)","text":"These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:35 (KJV)","text":"And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:36 (KJV)","text":"And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:37 (KJV)","text":"And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:38 (KJV)","text":"And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:39 (KJV)","text":"And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:40 (KJV)","text":"And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:41 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:42 (KJV)","text":"And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:43 (KJV)","text":"And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 9:44 (KJV)","text":"And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:1 (KJV)","text":"Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:2 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:3 (KJV)","text":"And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:4 (KJV)","text":"Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:5 (KJV)","text":"And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:6 (KJV)","text":"So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:7 (KJV)","text":"And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:8 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:9 (KJV)","text":"And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:10 (KJV)","text":"And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:11 (KJV)","text":"And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:12 (KJV)","text":"They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:13 (KJV)","text":"So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 10:14 (KJV)","text":"And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:1 (KJV)","text":"Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:2 (KJV)","text":"And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:3 (KJV)","text":"Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:4 (KJV)","text":"And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:5 (KJV)","text":"And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:6 (KJV)","text":"And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:7 (KJV)","text":"And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:8 (KJV)","text":"And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:9 (KJV)","text":"So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:10 (KJV)","text":"These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:11 (KJV)","text":"And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:12 (KJV)","text":"And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:13 (KJV)","text":"He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:14 (KJV)","text":"And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:15 (KJV)","text":"Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:16 (KJV)","text":"And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Bethlehem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:17 (KJV)","text":"And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:18 (KJV)","text":"And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:19 (KJV)","text":"And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:20 (KJV)","text":"And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:21 (KJV)","text":"Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:22 (KJV)","text":"Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:23 (KJV)","text":"And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:24 (KJV)","text":"These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:25 (KJV)","text":"Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:26 (KJV)","text":"Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:27 (KJV)","text":"Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:28 (KJV)","text":"Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:29 (KJV)","text":"Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:30 (KJV)","text":"Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:31 (KJV)","text":"Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:32 (KJV)","text":"Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:33 (KJV)","text":"Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:34 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:35 (KJV)","text":"Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:36 (KJV)","text":"Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:37 (KJV)","text":"Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:38 (KJV)","text":"Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:39 (KJV)","text":"Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:40 (KJV)","text":"Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:41 (KJV)","text":"Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:42 (KJV)","text":"Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:43 (KJV)","text":"Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:44 (KJV)","text":"Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:45 (KJV)","text":"Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:46 (KJV)","text":"Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 11:47 (KJV)","text":"Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:1 (KJV)","text":"Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:2 (KJV)","text":"They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:3 (KJV)","text":"The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:4 (KJV)","text":"And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:5 (KJV)","text":"Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:6 (KJV)","text":"Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:7 (KJV)","text":"And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:8 (KJV)","text":"And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:9 (KJV)","text":"Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:10 (KJV)","text":"Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:11 (KJV)","text":"Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:12 (KJV)","text":"Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:13 (KJV)","text":"Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:14 (KJV)","text":"These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:15 (KJV)","text":"These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:16 (KJV)","text":"And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:17 (KJV)","text":"And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:18 (KJV)","text":"Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:19 (KJV)","text":"And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:20 (KJV)","text":"As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:21 (KJV)","text":"And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:22 (KJV)","text":"For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:23 (KJV)","text":"And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:24 (KJV)","text":"The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:25 (KJV)","text":"Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:26 (KJV)","text":"Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:27 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:28 (KJV)","text":"And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:29 (KJV)","text":"And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:30 (KJV)","text":"And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:31 (KJV)","text":"And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:32 (KJV)","text":"And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:33 (KJV)","text":"Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:34 (KJV)","text":"And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:35 (KJV)","text":"And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:36 (KJV)","text":"And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:37 (KJV)","text":"And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:38 (KJV)","text":"All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:39 (KJV)","text":"And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 12:40 (KJV)","text":"Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:1 (KJV)","text":"And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:2 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:3 (KJV)","text":"And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:4 (KJV)","text":"And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:5 (KJV)","text":"So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:6 (KJV)","text":"And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:7 (KJV)","text":"And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:8 (KJV)","text":"And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:9 (KJV)","text":"And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:10 (KJV)","text":"And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:11 (KJV)","text":"And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:12 (KJV)","text":"And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:13 (KJV)","text":"So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 13:14 (KJV)","text":"And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:1 (KJV)","text":"Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:2 (KJV)","text":"And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:3 (KJV)","text":"And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:4 (KJV)","text":"Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:5 (KJV)","text":"And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:6 (KJV)","text":"And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:7 (KJV)","text":"And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:8 (KJV)","text":"And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:9 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:10 (KJV)","text":"And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:11 (KJV)","text":"So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:12 (KJV)","text":"And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:13 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:14 (KJV)","text":"Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:15 (KJV)","text":"And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:16 (KJV)","text":"David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 14:17 (KJV)","text":"And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:1 (KJV)","text":"And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:2 (KJV)","text":"Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:3 (KJV)","text":"And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:4 (KJV)","text":"And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:5 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:6 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:7 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:8 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:9 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:10 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:11 (KJV)","text":"And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:12 (KJV)","text":"And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:13 (KJV)","text":"For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:14 (KJV)","text":"So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:15 (KJV)","text":"And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:16 (KJV)","text":"And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:17 (KJV)","text":"So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:18 (KJV)","text":"And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:19 (KJV)","text":"So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:20 (KJV)","text":"And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:21 (KJV)","text":"And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:22 (KJV)","text":"And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:23 (KJV)","text":"And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:24 (KJV)","text":"And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:25 (KJV)","text":"So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:26 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:27 (KJV)","text":"And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:28 (KJV)","text":"Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 15:29 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:1 (KJV)","text":"So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:2 (KJV)","text":"And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:3 (KJV)","text":"And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:4 (KJV)","text":"And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:5 (KJV)","text":"Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:6 (KJV)","text":"Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:7 (KJV)","text":"Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:8 (KJV)","text":"Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV)","text":"Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:10 (KJV)","text":"Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:11 (KJV)","text":"Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:12 (KJV)","text":"Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:13 (KJV)","text":"O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:14 (KJV)","text":"He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:15 (KJV)","text":"Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:16 (KJV)","text":"Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:17 (KJV)","text":"And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:18 (KJV)","text":"Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:19 (KJV)","text":"When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:20 (KJV)","text":"And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:21 (KJV)","text":"He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:22 (KJV)","text":"Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:23 (KJV)","text":"Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:24 (KJV)","text":"Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:25 (KJV)","text":"For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:26 (KJV)","text":"For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:27 (KJV)","text":"Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:28 (KJV)","text":"Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:29 (KJV)","text":"Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:30 (KJV)","text":"Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:31 (KJV)","text":"Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:32 (KJV)","text":"Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:33 (KJV)","text":"Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:34 (KJV)","text":"O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:35 (KJV)","text":"And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:36 (KJV)","text":"Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:37 (KJV)","text":"So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:38 (KJV)","text":"And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:39 (KJV)","text":"And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:40 (KJV)","text":"To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:41 (KJV)","text":"And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:42 (KJV)","text":"And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 16:43 (KJV)","text":"And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:1 (KJV)","text":"Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:2 (KJV)","text":"Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:3 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:4 (KJV)","text":"Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:5 (KJV)","text":"For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:6 (KJV)","text":"Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:7 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:8 (KJV)","text":"And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:9 (KJV)","text":"Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:10 (KJV)","text":"And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:11 (KJV)","text":"And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:12 (KJV)","text":"He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:13 (KJV)","text":"I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:14 (KJV)","text":"But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:15 (KJV)","text":"According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:16 (KJV)","text":"And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:17 (KJV)","text":"And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:18 (KJV)","text":"What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:19 (KJV)","text":"O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:20 (KJV)","text":"O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:21 (KJV)","text":"And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:22 (KJV)","text":"For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:23 (KJV)","text":"Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:24 (KJV)","text":"Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:25 (KJV)","text":"For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:26 (KJV)","text":"And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 17:27 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:1 (KJV)","text":"Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:2 (KJV)","text":"And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:3 (KJV)","text":"And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:4 (KJV)","text":"And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:5 (KJV)","text":"And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:6 (KJV)","text":"Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:7 (KJV)","text":"And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:8 (KJV)","text":"Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:9 (KJV)","text":"Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:10 (KJV)","text":"He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:11 (KJV)","text":"Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:12 (KJV)","text":"Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:13 (KJV)","text":"And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:14 (KJV)","text":"So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:15 (KJV)","text":"And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:16 (KJV)","text":"And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 18:17 (KJV)","text":"And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:1 (KJV)","text":"Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:2 (KJV)","text":"And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:3 (KJV)","text":"But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:4 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:5 (KJV)","text":"Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:6 (KJV)","text":"And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:7 (KJV)","text":"So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:8 (KJV)","text":"And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:9 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:10 (KJV)","text":"Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:11 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:12 (KJV)","text":"And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:13 (KJV)","text":"Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:14 (KJV)","text":"So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:15 (KJV)","text":"And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:16 (KJV)","text":"And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:17 (KJV)","text":"And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:18 (KJV)","text":"But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 19:19 (KJV)","text":"And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 20:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 20:2 (KJV)","text":"And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 20:3 (KJV)","text":"And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 20:4 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 20:5 (KJV)","text":"And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 20:6 (KJV)","text":"And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 20:7 (KJV)","text":"But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 20:8 (KJV)","text":"These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:1 (KJV)","text":"And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:2 (KJV)","text":"And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:3 (KJV)","text":"And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:4 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:5 (KJV)","text":"And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:6 (KJV)","text":"But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:7 (KJV)","text":"And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:8 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:9 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:10 (KJV)","text":"Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:11 (KJV)","text":"So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:12 (KJV)","text":"Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:13 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:14 (KJV)","text":"So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:15 (KJV)","text":"And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:16 (KJV)","text":"And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:17 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:18 (KJV)","text":"Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:19 (KJV)","text":"And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:20 (KJV)","text":"And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:21 (KJV)","text":"And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:22 (KJV)","text":"Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:23 (KJV)","text":"And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:24 (KJV)","text":"And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:25 (KJV)","text":"So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:26 (KJV)","text":"And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:27 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:28 (KJV)","text":"At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:29 (KJV)","text":"For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 21:30 (KJV)","text":"But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:1 (KJV)","text":"Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:2 (KJV)","text":"And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:3 (KJV)","text":"And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:4 (KJV)","text":"Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:5 (KJV)","text":"And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:6 (KJV)","text":"Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:7 (KJV)","text":"And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:8 (KJV)","text":"But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:9 (KJV)","text":"Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:10 (KJV)","text":"He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:11 (KJV)","text":"Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:12 (KJV)","text":"Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:13 (KJV)","text":"Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:14 (KJV)","text":"Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:15 (KJV)","text":"Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:16 (KJV)","text":"Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:17 (KJV)","text":"David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:18 (KJV)","text":"Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 22:19 (KJV)","text":"Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:1 (KJV)","text":"So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:2 (KJV)","text":"And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:3 (KJV)","text":"Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:4 (KJV)","text":"Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:5 (KJV)","text":"Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:6 (KJV)","text":"And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:7 (KJV)","text":"Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:8 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:9 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:10 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:11 (KJV)","text":"And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:12 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:13 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:14 (KJV)","text":"Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:15 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:16 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:17 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:18 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:19 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:20 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:21 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:22 (KJV)","text":"And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:23 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:24 (KJV)","text":"These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:25 (KJV)","text":"For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:26 (KJV)","text":"And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:27 (KJV)","text":"For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:28 (KJV)","text":"Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:29 (KJV)","text":"Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:30 (KJV)","text":"And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:31 (KJV)","text":"And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 23:32 (KJV)","text":"And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:1 (KJV)","text":"Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:2 (KJV)","text":"But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:3 (KJV)","text":"And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:4 (KJV)","text":"And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:5 (KJV)","text":"Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:6 (KJV)","text":"And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:7 (KJV)","text":"Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:8 (KJV)","text":"The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:9 (KJV)","text":"The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:10 (KJV)","text":"The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:11 (KJV)","text":"The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:12 (KJV)","text":"The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:13 (KJV)","text":"The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:14 (KJV)","text":"The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:15 (KJV)","text":"The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:16 (KJV)","text":"The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:17 (KJV)","text":"The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:18 (KJV)","text":"The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:19 (KJV)","text":"These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:20 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:21 (KJV)","text":"Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:22 (KJV)","text":"Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:23 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:24 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:25 (KJV)","text":"The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:26 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:27 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:28 (KJV)","text":"Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:29 (KJV)","text":"Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:30 (KJV)","text":"The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 24:31 (KJV)","text":"These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:1 (KJV)","text":"Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:2 (KJV)","text":"Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:3 (KJV)","text":"Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:4 (KJV)","text":"Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:5 (KJV)","text":"All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:6 (KJV)","text":"All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:7 (KJV)","text":"So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:8 (KJV)","text":"And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:9 (KJV)","text":"Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:10 (KJV)","text":"The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:11 (KJV)","text":"The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:12 (KJV)","text":"The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:13 (KJV)","text":"The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:14 (KJV)","text":"The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:15 (KJV)","text":"The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:16 (KJV)","text":"The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:17 (KJV)","text":"The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:18 (KJV)","text":"The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:19 (KJV)","text":"The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:20 (KJV)","text":"The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:21 (KJV)","text":"The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:22 (KJV)","text":"The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:23 (KJV)","text":"The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:24 (KJV)","text":"The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:25 (KJV)","text":"The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:26 (KJV)","text":"The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:27 (KJV)","text":"The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:28 (KJV)","text":"The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:29 (KJV)","text":"The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:30 (KJV)","text":"The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 25:31 (KJV)","text":"The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:1 (KJV)","text":"Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:2 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:3 (KJV)","text":"Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:4 (KJV)","text":"Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:5 (KJV)","text":"Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:6 (KJV)","text":"Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:7 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:8 (KJV)","text":"All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:9 (KJV)","text":"And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:10 (KJV)","text":"Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:11 (KJV)","text":"Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:12 (KJV)","text":"Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:13 (KJV)","text":"And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:14 (KJV)","text":"And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:15 (KJV)","text":"To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:16 (KJV)","text":"To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:17 (KJV)","text":"Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:18 (KJV)","text":"At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:19 (KJV)","text":"These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:20 (KJV)","text":"And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:21 (KJV)","text":"As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:22 (KJV)","text":"The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:23 (KJV)","text":"Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:24 (KJV)","text":"And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:25 (KJV)","text":"And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:26 (KJV)","text":"Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:27 (KJV)","text":"Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:28 (KJV)","text":"And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:29 (KJV)","text":"Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:30 (KJV)","text":"And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:31 (KJV)","text":"Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 26:32 (KJV)","text":"And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:1 (KJV)","text":"Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:2 (KJV)","text":"Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:3 (KJV)","text":"Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:4 (KJV)","text":"And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:5 (KJV)","text":"The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:6 (KJV)","text":"This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:7 (KJV)","text":"The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:8 (KJV)","text":"The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:9 (KJV)","text":"The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:10 (KJV)","text":"The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:11 (KJV)","text":"The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:12 (KJV)","text":"The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:13 (KJV)","text":"The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:14 (KJV)","text":"The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:15 (KJV)","text":"The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:16 (KJV)","text":"Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:17 (KJV)","text":"Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:18 (KJV)","text":"Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:19 (KJV)","text":"Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:20 (KJV)","text":"Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:21 (KJV)","text":"Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:22 (KJV)","text":"Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:23 (KJV)","text":"But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:24 (KJV)","text":"Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:25 (KJV)","text":"And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:26 (KJV)","text":"And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:27 (KJV)","text":"And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:28 (KJV)","text":"And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:29 (KJV)","text":"And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:30 (KJV)","text":"Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:31 (KJV)","text":"And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:32 (KJV)","text":"Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:33 (KJV)","text":"And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 27:34 (KJV)","text":"And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:1 (KJV)","text":"And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:2 (KJV)","text":"Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:3 (KJV)","text":"But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:4 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:5 (KJV)","text":"And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:6 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:7 (KJV)","text":"Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:8 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:9 (KJV)","text":"And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:10 (KJV)","text":"Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:11 (KJV)","text":"Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:12 (KJV)","text":"And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:13 (KJV)","text":"Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:14 (KJV)","text":"He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:15 (KJV)","text":"Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:16 (KJV)","text":"And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:17 (KJV)","text":"Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:18 (KJV)","text":"And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:19 (KJV)","text":"All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:20 (KJV)","text":"And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 28:21 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:1 (KJV)","text":"Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:2 (KJV)","text":"Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:3 (KJV)","text":"Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:4 (KJV)","text":"Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:5 (KJV)","text":"The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:6 (KJV)","text":"Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:7 (KJV)","text":"And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:8 (KJV)","text":"And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:9 (KJV)","text":"Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:10 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:11 (KJV)","text":"Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:12 (KJV)","text":"Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:13 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:14 (KJV)","text":"But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:15 (KJV)","text":"For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:16 (KJV)","text":"O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:17 (KJV)","text":"I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:18 (KJV)","text":"O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:19 (KJV)","text":"And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:20 (KJV)","text":"And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:21 (KJV)","text":"And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:22 (KJV)","text":"And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:23 (KJV)","text":"Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:24 (KJV)","text":"And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:25 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:26 (KJV)","text":"Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:27 (KJV)","text":"And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:28 (KJV)","text":"And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:29 (KJV)","text":"Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,"},{"verse":"1 Chronicles 29:30 (KJV)","text":"With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:1 (KJV)","text":"Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:2 (KJV)","text":"Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:3 (KJV)","text":"Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:4 (KJV)","text":"I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:5 (KJV)","text":"That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:6 (KJV)","text":"Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:7 (KJV)","text":"So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:8 (KJV)","text":"Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:9 (KJV)","text":"God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:10 (KJV)","text":"Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:11 (KJV)","text":"For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:12 (KJV)","text":"Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:13 (KJV)","text":"Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:14 (KJV)","text":"I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:15 (KJV)","text":"Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:16 (KJV)","text":"And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:17 (KJV)","text":"For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:18 (KJV)","text":"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:19 (KJV)","text":"For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:20 (KJV)","text":"Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:21 (KJV)","text":"For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:22 (KJV)","text":"For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:23 (KJV)","text":"But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:24 (KJV)","text":"But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:25 (KJV)","text":"Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:26 (KJV)","text":"For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:27 (KJV)","text":"But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:28 (KJV)","text":"And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:29 (KJV)","text":"That no flesh should glory in his presence."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:30 (KJV)","text":"But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 1:31 (KJV)","text":"That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:1 (KJV)","text":"And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:2 (KJV)","text":"For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:3 (KJV)","text":"And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:4 (KJV)","text":"And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:5 (KJV)","text":"That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:6 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:7 (KJV)","text":"But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:8 (KJV)","text":"Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:9 (KJV)","text":"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:10 (KJV)","text":"But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:11 (KJV)","text":"For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:12 (KJV)","text":"Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:13 (KJV)","text":"Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV)","text":"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:15 (KJV)","text":"But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 2:16 (KJV)","text":"For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:1 (KJV)","text":"And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:2 (KJV)","text":"I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:3 (KJV)","text":"For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:4 (KJV)","text":"For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:5 (KJV)","text":"Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:6 (KJV)","text":"I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:7 (KJV)","text":"So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:8 (KJV)","text":"Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:9 (KJV)","text":"For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:10 (KJV)","text":"According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:11 (KJV)","text":"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:12 (KJV)","text":"Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:13 (KJV)","text":"Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:14 (KJV)","text":"If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:15 (KJV)","text":"If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:16 (KJV)","text":"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:17 (KJV)","text":"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)","text":"Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:19 (KJV)","text":"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:20 (KJV)","text":"And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:21 (KJV)","text":"Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:22 (KJV)","text":"Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 3:23 (KJV)","text":"And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:1 (KJV)","text":"Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:2 (KJV)","text":"Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:3 (KJV)","text":"But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV)","text":"For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:5 (KJV)","text":"Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:6 (KJV)","text":"And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:7 (KJV)","text":"For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:8 (KJV)","text":"Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:9 (KJV)","text":"For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:10 (KJV)","text":"We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:11 (KJV)","text":"Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:12 (KJV)","text":"And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:13 (KJV)","text":"Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:14 (KJV)","text":"I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:15 (KJV)","text":"For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:16 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:17 (KJV)","text":"For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:18 (KJV)","text":"Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:19 (KJV)","text":"But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:20 (KJV)","text":"For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 4:21 (KJV)","text":"What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:1 (KJV)","text":"It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:2 (KJV)","text":"And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:3 (KJV)","text":"For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:4 (KJV)","text":"In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:5 (KJV)","text":"To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:6 (KJV)","text":"Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)","text":"Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:8 (KJV)","text":"Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:9 (KJV)","text":"I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:10 (KJV)","text":"Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:11 (KJV)","text":"But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:12 (KJV)","text":"For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 5:13 (KJV)","text":"But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:1 (KJV)","text":"Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:2 (KJV)","text":"Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:3 (KJV)","text":"Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:4 (KJV)","text":"If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:5 (KJV)","text":"I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:6 (KJV)","text":"But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:7 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:8 (KJV)","text":"Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:9 (KJV)","text":"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:10 (KJV)","text":"Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:11 (KJV)","text":"And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:12 (KJV)","text":"All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:13 (KJV)","text":"Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:14 (KJV)","text":"And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:15 (KJV)","text":"Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:16 (KJV)","text":"What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:17 (KJV)","text":"But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:18 (KJV)","text":"Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:19 (KJV)","text":"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 6:20 (KJV)","text":"For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:1 (KJV)","text":"Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:2 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:3 (KJV)","text":"Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:4 (KJV)","text":"The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:5 (KJV)","text":"Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:6 (KJV)","text":"But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:7 (KJV)","text":"For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:8 (KJV)","text":"I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:9 (KJV)","text":"But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:10 (KJV)","text":"And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:11 (KJV)","text":"But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:12 (KJV)","text":"But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:13 (KJV)","text":"And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:14 (KJV)","text":"For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:15 (KJV)","text":"But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:16 (KJV)","text":"For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:17 (KJV)","text":"But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:18 (KJV)","text":"Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:19 (KJV)","text":"Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:20 (KJV)","text":"Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:21 (KJV)","text":"Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:22 (KJV)","text":"For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:23 (KJV)","text":"Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:24 (KJV)","text":"Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:25 (KJV)","text":"Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:26 (KJV)","text":"I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:27 (KJV)","text":"Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:28 (KJV)","text":"But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:29 (KJV)","text":"But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:30 (KJV)","text":"And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:31 (KJV)","text":"And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:32 (KJV)","text":"But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:33 (KJV)","text":"But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:34 (KJV)","text":"There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:35 (KJV)","text":"And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:36 (KJV)","text":"But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:37 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:38 (KJV)","text":"So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:39 (KJV)","text":"The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 7:40 (KJV)","text":"But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:1 (KJV)","text":"Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:2 (KJV)","text":"And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:3 (KJV)","text":"But if any man love God, the same is known of him."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:4 (KJV)","text":"As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:5 (KJV)","text":"For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:6 (KJV)","text":"But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:7 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:8 (KJV)","text":"But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:9 (KJV)","text":"But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:10 (KJV)","text":"For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:11 (KJV)","text":"And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:12 (KJV)","text":"But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 8:13 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:1 (KJV)","text":"Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:2 (KJV)","text":"If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:3 (KJV)","text":"Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:4 (KJV)","text":"Have we not power to eat and to drink?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:5 (KJV)","text":"Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:6 (KJV)","text":"Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:7 (KJV)","text":"Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:8 (KJV)","text":"Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:9 (KJV)","text":"For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:10 (KJV)","text":"Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:11 (KJV)","text":"If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:12 (KJV)","text":"If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:13 (KJV)","text":"Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:14 (KJV)","text":"Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:15 (KJV)","text":"But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:16 (KJV)","text":"For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:17 (KJV)","text":"For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:18 (KJV)","text":"What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:19 (KJV)","text":"For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:20 (KJV)","text":"And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:21 (KJV)","text":"To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:22 (KJV)","text":"To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:23 (KJV)","text":"And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:24 (KJV)","text":"Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:25 (KJV)","text":"And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:26 (KJV)","text":"I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 9:27 (KJV)","text":"But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:1 (KJV)","text":"Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:2 (KJV)","text":"And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:3 (KJV)","text":"And did all eat the same spiritual meat;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:4 (KJV)","text":"And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:5 (KJV)","text":"But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:6 (KJV)","text":"Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:7 (KJV)","text":"Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:8 (KJV)","text":"Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:9 (KJV)","text":"Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:10 (KJV)","text":"Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:11 (KJV)","text":"Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:12 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV)","text":"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:14 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:15 (KJV)","text":"I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:16 (KJV)","text":"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:17 (KJV)","text":"For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:18 (KJV)","text":"Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:19 (KJV)","text":"What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:20 (KJV)","text":"But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:21 (KJV)","text":"Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:22 (KJV)","text":"Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:23 (KJV)","text":"All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:24 (KJV)","text":"Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:25 (KJV)","text":"Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:26 (KJV)","text":"For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:27 (KJV)","text":"If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:28 (KJV)","text":"But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:29 (KJV)","text":"Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:30 (KJV)","text":"For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:31 (KJV)","text":"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:32 (KJV)","text":"Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 10:33 (KJV)","text":"Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:1 (KJV)","text":"Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:2 (KJV)","text":"Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:3 (KJV)","text":"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:4 (KJV)","text":"Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:5 (KJV)","text":"But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:6 (KJV)","text":"For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:7 (KJV)","text":"For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:8 (KJV)","text":"For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:9 (KJV)","text":"Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:10 (KJV)","text":"For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:11 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:12 (KJV)","text":"For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:13 (KJV)","text":"Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV)","text":"Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:15 (KJV)","text":"But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:16 (KJV)","text":"But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:17 (KJV)","text":"Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:18 (KJV)","text":"For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:19 (KJV)","text":"For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:20 (KJV)","text":"When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:21 (KJV)","text":"For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:22 (KJV)","text":"What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:23 (KJV)","text":"For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:24 (KJV)","text":"And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:25 (KJV)","text":"After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:26 (KJV)","text":"For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:27 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:28 (KJV)","text":"But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:29 (KJV)","text":"For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:30 (KJV)","text":"For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:31 (KJV)","text":"For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:32 (KJV)","text":"But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:33 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 11:34 (KJV)","text":"And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:1 (KJV)","text":"Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:2 (KJV)","text":"Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:3 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:4 (KJV)","text":"Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:5 (KJV)","text":"And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:6 (KJV)","text":"And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:7 (KJV)","text":"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:8 (KJV)","text":"For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)","text":"To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)","text":"To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:11 (KJV)","text":"But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:12 (KJV)","text":"For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:13 (KJV)","text":"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:14 (KJV)","text":"For the body is not one member, but many."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:15 (KJV)","text":"If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:16 (KJV)","text":"And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:17 (KJV)","text":"If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:18 (KJV)","text":"But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:19 (KJV)","text":"And if they were all one member, where were the body?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:20 (KJV)","text":"But now are they many members, yet but one body."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:21 (KJV)","text":"And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:22 (KJV)","text":"Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:23 (KJV)","text":"And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:24 (KJV)","text":"For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:25 (KJV)","text":"That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:26 (KJV)","text":"And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:27 (KJV)","text":"Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:28 (KJV)","text":"And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:29 (KJV)","text":"Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:30 (KJV)","text":"Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 12:31 (KJV)","text":"But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:1 (KJV)","text":"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:2 (KJV)","text":"And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:3 (KJV)","text":"And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:4 (KJV)","text":"Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:5 (KJV)","text":"Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:6 (KJV)","text":"Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:7 (KJV)","text":"Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:8 (KJV)","text":"Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:9 (KJV)","text":"For we know in part, and we prophesy in part."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:10 (KJV)","text":"But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:11 (KJV)","text":"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV)","text":"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 13:13 (KJV)","text":"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:1 (KJV)","text":"Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:2 (KJV)","text":"For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:3 (KJV)","text":"But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:4 (KJV)","text":"He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:5 (KJV)","text":"I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:6 (KJV)","text":"Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:7 (KJV)","text":"And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:8 (KJV)","text":"For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:9 (KJV)","text":"So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:10 (KJV)","text":"There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:11 (KJV)","text":"Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:12 (KJV)","text":"Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:13 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:14 (KJV)","text":"For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:15 (KJV)","text":"What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:16 (KJV)","text":"Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:17 (KJV)","text":"For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:18 (KJV)","text":"I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:19 (KJV)","text":"Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:20 (KJV)","text":"Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:21 (KJV)","text":"In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:22 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:23 (KJV)","text":"If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:24 (KJV)","text":"But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:25 (KJV)","text":"And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:26 (KJV)","text":"How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:27 (KJV)","text":"If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:28 (KJV)","text":"But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:29 (KJV)","text":"Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:30 (KJV)","text":"If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:31 (KJV)","text":"For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:32 (KJV)","text":"And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:33 (KJV)","text":"For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:34 (KJV)","text":"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:35 (KJV)","text":"And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:36 (KJV)","text":"What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:37 (KJV)","text":"If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:38 (KJV)","text":"But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:39 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 14:40 (KJV)","text":"Let all things be done decently and in order."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:1 (KJV)","text":"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:2 (KJV)","text":"By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:3 (KJV)","text":"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:4 (KJV)","text":"And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:5 (KJV)","text":"And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:6 (KJV)","text":"After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:7 (KJV)","text":"After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:8 (KJV)","text":"And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:9 (KJV)","text":"For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:10 (KJV)","text":"But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:11 (KJV)","text":"Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:12 (KJV)","text":"Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:13 (KJV)","text":"But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:14 (KJV)","text":"And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:15 (KJV)","text":"Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:16 (KJV)","text":"For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:17 (KJV)","text":"And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:18 (KJV)","text":"Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:19 (KJV)","text":"If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:20 (KJV)","text":"But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:21 (KJV)","text":"For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJV)","text":"For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:23 (KJV)","text":"But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:24 (KJV)","text":"Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:25 (KJV)","text":"For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:26 (KJV)","text":"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:27 (KJV)","text":"For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:28 (KJV)","text":"And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:29 (KJV)","text":"Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:30 (KJV)","text":"And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:31 (KJV)","text":"I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:32 (KJV)","text":"If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:33 (KJV)","text":"Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:34 (KJV)","text":"Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:35 (KJV)","text":"But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:36 (KJV)","text":"Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:37 (KJV)","text":"And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:38 (KJV)","text":"But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:39 (KJV)","text":"All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:40 (KJV)","text":"There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:41 (KJV)","text":"There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:42 (KJV)","text":"So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:43 (KJV)","text":"It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:44 (KJV)","text":"It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:45 (KJV)","text":"And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:46 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:47 (KJV)","text":"The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:48 (KJV)","text":"As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:49 (KJV)","text":"And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:50 (KJV)","text":"Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:51 (KJV)","text":"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:52 (KJV)","text":"In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:53 (KJV)","text":"For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:54 (KJV)","text":"So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:55 (KJV)","text":"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:56 (KJV)","text":"The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:57 (KJV)","text":"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 15:58 (KJV)","text":"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:1 (KJV)","text":"Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:2 (KJV)","text":"Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:3 (KJV)","text":"And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:4 (KJV)","text":"And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:5 (KJV)","text":"Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:6 (KJV)","text":"And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:7 (KJV)","text":"For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:8 (KJV)","text":"But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:9 (KJV)","text":"For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:10 (KJV)","text":"Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:11 (KJV)","text":"Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:12 (KJV)","text":"As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:13 (KJV)","text":"Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:14 (KJV)","text":"Let all your things be done with charity."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:15 (KJV)","text":"I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)"},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:16 (KJV)","text":"That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:17 (KJV)","text":"I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:18 (KJV)","text":"For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:19 (KJV)","text":"The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:20 (KJV)","text":"All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:21 (KJV)","text":"The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:22 (KJV)","text":"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:23 (KJV)","text":"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you."},{"verse":"1 Corinthians 16:24 (KJV)","text":"My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen."},{"verse":"1 John 1:1 (KJV)","text":"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;"},{"verse":"1 John 1:2 (KJV)","text":"(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)"},{"verse":"1 John 1:3 (KJV)","text":"That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ."},{"verse":"1 John 1:4 (KJV)","text":"And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full."},{"verse":"1 John 1:5 (KJV)","text":"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all."},{"verse":"1 John 1:6 (KJV)","text":"If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:"},{"verse":"1 John 1:7 (KJV)","text":"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."},{"verse":"1 John 1:8 (KJV)","text":"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."},{"verse":"1 John 1:9 (KJV)","text":"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."},{"verse":"1 John 1:10 (KJV)","text":"If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."},{"verse":"1 John 2:1 (KJV)","text":"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:"},{"verse":"1 John 2:2 (KJV)","text":"And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."},{"verse":"1 John 2:3 (KJV)","text":"And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments."},{"verse":"1 John 2:4 (KJV)","text":"He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."},{"verse":"1 John 2:5 (KJV)","text":"But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him."},{"verse":"1 John 2:6 (KJV)","text":"He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."},{"verse":"1 John 2:7 (KJV)","text":"Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning."},{"verse":"1 John 2:8 (KJV)","text":"Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth."},{"verse":"1 John 2:9 (KJV)","text":"He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now."},{"verse":"1 John 2:10 (KJV)","text":"He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him."},{"verse":"1 John 2:11 (KJV)","text":"But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes."},{"verse":"1 John 2:12 (KJV)","text":"I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake."},{"verse":"1 John 2:13 (KJV)","text":"I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father."},{"verse":"1 John 2:14 (KJV)","text":"I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one."},{"verse":"1 John 2:15 (KJV)","text":"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."},{"verse":"1 John 2:16 (KJV)","text":"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."},{"verse":"1 John 2:17 (KJV)","text":"And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."},{"verse":"1 John 2:18 (KJV)","text":"Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time."},{"verse":"1 John 2:19 (KJV)","text":"They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us."},{"verse":"1 John 2:20 (KJV)","text":"But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things."},{"verse":"1 John 2:21 (KJV)","text":"I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth."},{"verse":"1 John 2:22 (KJV)","text":"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son."},{"verse":"1 John 2:23 (KJV)","text":"Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also."},{"verse":"1 John 2:24 (KJV)","text":"Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father."},{"verse":"1 John 2:25 (KJV)","text":"And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life."},{"verse":"1 John 2:26 (KJV)","text":"These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you."},{"verse":"1 John 2:27 (KJV)","text":"But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him."},{"verse":"1 John 2:28 (KJV)","text":"And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming."},{"verse":"1 John 2:29 (KJV)","text":"If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him."},{"verse":"1 John 3:1 (KJV)","text":"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."},{"verse":"1 John 3:2 (KJV)","text":"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."},{"verse":"1 John 3:3 (KJV)","text":"And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure."},{"verse":"1 John 3:4 (KJV)","text":"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law."},{"verse":"1 John 3:5 (KJV)","text":"And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin."},{"verse":"1 John 3:6 (KJV)","text":"Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him."},{"verse":"1 John 3:7 (KJV)","text":"Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous."},{"verse":"1 John 3:8 (KJV)","text":"He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."},{"verse":"1 John 3:9 (KJV)","text":"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God."},{"verse":"1 John 3:10 (KJV)","text":"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."},{"verse":"1 John 3:11 (KJV)","text":"For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another."},{"verse":"1 John 3:12 (KJV)","text":"Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous."},{"verse":"1 John 3:13 (KJV)","text":"Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you."},{"verse":"1 John 3:14 (KJV)","text":"We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death."},{"verse":"1 John 3:15 (KJV)","text":"Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."},{"verse":"1 John 3:16 (KJV)","text":"Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."},{"verse":"1 John 3:17 (KJV)","text":"But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?"},{"verse":"1 John 3:18 (KJV)","text":"My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth."},{"verse":"1 John 3:19 (KJV)","text":"And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him."},{"verse":"1 John 3:20 (KJV)","text":"For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things."},{"verse":"1 John 3:21 (KJV)","text":"Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God."},{"verse":"1 John 3:22 (KJV)","text":"And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight."},{"verse":"1 John 3:23 (KJV)","text":"And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment."},{"verse":"1 John 3:24 (KJV)","text":"And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us."},{"verse":"1 John 4:1 (KJV)","text":"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world."},{"verse":"1 John 4:2 (KJV)","text":"Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:"},{"verse":"1 John 4:3 (KJV)","text":"And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world."},{"verse":"1 John 4:4 (KJV)","text":"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."},{"verse":"1 John 4:5 (KJV)","text":"They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them."},{"verse":"1 John 4:6 (KJV)","text":"We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."},{"verse":"1 John 4:7 (KJV)","text":"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God."},{"verse":"1 John 4:8 (KJV)","text":"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."},{"verse":"1 John 4:9 (KJV)","text":"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him."},{"verse":"1 John 4:10 (KJV)","text":"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."},{"verse":"1 John 4:11 (KJV)","text":"Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another."},{"verse":"1 John 4:12 (KJV)","text":"No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us."},{"verse":"1 John 4:13 (KJV)","text":"Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit."},{"verse":"1 John 4:14 (KJV)","text":"And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world."},{"verse":"1 John 4:15 (KJV)","text":"Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God."},{"verse":"1 John 4:16 (KJV)","text":"And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."},{"verse":"1 John 4:17 (KJV)","text":"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world."},{"verse":"1 John 4:18 (KJV)","text":"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."},{"verse":"1 John 4:19 (KJV)","text":"We love him, because he first loved us."},{"verse":"1 John 4:20 (KJV)","text":"If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?"},{"verse":"1 John 4:21 (KJV)","text":"And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also."},{"verse":"1 John 5:1 (KJV)","text":"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him."},{"verse":"1 John 5:2 (KJV)","text":"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments."},{"verse":"1 John 5:3 (KJV)","text":"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."},{"verse":"1 John 5:4 (KJV)","text":"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."},{"verse":"1 John 5:5 (KJV)","text":"Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?"},{"verse":"1 John 5:6 (KJV)","text":"This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth."},{"verse":"1 John 5:7 (KJV)","text":"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."},{"verse":"1 John 5:8 (KJV)","text":"And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one."},{"verse":"1 John 5:9 (KJV)","text":"If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son."},{"verse":"1 John 5:10 (KJV)","text":"He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son."},{"verse":"1 John 5:11 (KJV)","text":"And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son."},{"verse":"1 John 5:12 (KJV)","text":"He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."},{"verse":"1 John 5:13 (KJV)","text":"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."},{"verse":"1 John 5:14 (KJV)","text":"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:"},{"verse":"1 John 5:15 (KJV)","text":"And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him."},{"verse":"1 John 5:16 (KJV)","text":"If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it."},{"verse":"1 John 5:17 (KJV)","text":"All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death."},{"verse":"1 John 5:18 (KJV)","text":"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not."},{"verse":"1 John 5:19 (KJV)","text":"And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness."},{"verse":"1 John 5:20 (KJV)","text":"And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life."},{"verse":"1 John 5:21 (KJV)","text":"Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:1 (KJV)","text":"Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:2 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:3 (KJV)","text":"So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:4 (KJV)","text":"And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:5 (KJV)","text":"Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:6 (KJV)","text":"And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:7 (KJV)","text":"And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:8 (KJV)","text":"But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:9 (KJV)","text":"And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:10 (KJV)","text":"But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:11 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:12 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:13 (KJV)","text":"Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:14 (KJV)","text":"Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:15 (KJV)","text":"And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:16 (KJV)","text":"And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:17 (KJV)","text":"And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:18 (KJV)","text":"And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:19 (KJV)","text":"And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:20 (KJV)","text":"And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:21 (KJV)","text":"Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:22 (KJV)","text":"And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:23 (KJV)","text":"And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:24 (KJV)","text":"And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:25 (KJV)","text":"For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:26 (KJV)","text":"But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:27 (KJV)","text":"Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:28 (KJV)","text":"Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:29 (KJV)","text":"And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:30 (KJV)","text":"Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:31 (KJV)","text":"Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:32 (KJV)","text":"And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:33 (KJV)","text":"The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:34 (KJV)","text":"And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:35 (KJV)","text":"Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:36 (KJV)","text":"And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:37 (KJV)","text":"As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:38 (KJV)","text":"So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:39 (KJV)","text":"And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:40 (KJV)","text":"And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:41 (KJV)","text":"And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:42 (KJV)","text":"And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:43 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:44 (KJV)","text":"And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:45 (KJV)","text":"And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:46 (KJV)","text":"And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:47 (KJV)","text":"And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:48 (KJV)","text":"And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:49 (KJV)","text":"And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:50 (KJV)","text":"And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:51 (KJV)","text":"And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:52 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die."},{"verse":"1 Kings 1:53 (KJV)","text":"So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:1 (KJV)","text":"Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:2 (KJV)","text":"I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:3 (KJV)","text":"And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:4 (KJV)","text":"That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:5 (KJV)","text":"Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:6 (KJV)","text":"Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:7 (KJV)","text":"But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:8 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:9 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:10 (KJV)","text":"So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:11 (KJV)","text":"And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:12 (KJV)","text":"Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:13 (KJV)","text":"And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:14 (KJV)","text":"He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:15 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:16 (KJV)","text":"And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:17 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:18 (KJV)","text":"And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:19 (KJV)","text":"Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:20 (KJV)","text":"Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:21 (KJV)","text":"And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:22 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:23 (KJV)","text":"Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:24 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:25 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:26 (KJV)","text":"And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:27 (KJV)","text":"So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:28 (KJV)","text":"Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:29 (KJV)","text":"And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:30 (KJV)","text":"And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:31 (KJV)","text":"And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:32 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:33 (KJV)","text":"Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:34 (KJV)","text":"So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:35 (KJV)","text":"And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:36 (KJV)","text":"And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:37 (KJV)","text":"For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:38 (KJV)","text":"And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:39 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:40 (KJV)","text":"And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:41 (KJV)","text":"And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:42 (KJV)","text":"And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:43 (KJV)","text":"Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:44 (KJV)","text":"The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:45 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever."},{"verse":"1 Kings 2:46 (KJV)","text":"So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:1 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:2 (KJV)","text":"Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:3 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:4 (KJV)","text":"And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:5 (KJV)","text":"In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:6 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:7 (KJV)","text":"And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:8 (KJV)","text":"And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:9 (KJV)","text":"Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:10 (KJV)","text":"And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:11 (KJV)","text":"And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:12 (KJV)","text":"Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:13 (KJV)","text":"And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:14 (KJV)","text":"And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:15 (KJV)","text":"And 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 up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:16 (KJV)","text":"Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:17 (KJV)","text":"And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:18 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:19 (KJV)","text":"And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:20 (KJV)","text":"And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:21 (KJV)","text":"And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:22 (KJV)","text":"And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:23 (KJV)","text":"Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:24 (KJV)","text":"And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:25 (KJV)","text":"And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:26 (KJV)","text":"Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:27 (KJV)","text":"Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof."},{"verse":"1 Kings 3:28 (KJV)","text":"And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:1 (KJV)","text":"So king Solomon was king over all Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:2 (KJV)","text":"And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:3 (KJV)","text":"Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:4 (KJV)","text":"And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:5 (KJV)","text":"And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:6 (KJV)","text":"And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:7 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:8 (KJV)","text":"And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:9 (KJV)","text":"The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:10 (KJV)","text":"The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:11 (KJV)","text":"The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:12 (KJV)","text":"Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:13 (KJV)","text":"The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:14 (KJV)","text":"Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:15 (KJV)","text":"Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:16 (KJV)","text":"Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:17 (KJV)","text":"Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:18 (KJV)","text":"Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:19 (KJV)","text":"Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:20 (KJV)","text":"Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:21 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:22 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:23 (KJV)","text":"Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:24 (KJV)","text":"For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:25 (KJV)","text":"And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:26 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:27 (KJV)","text":"And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:28 (KJV)","text":"Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:29 (KJV)","text":"And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:30 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:31 (KJV)","text":"For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:32 (KJV)","text":"And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:33 (KJV)","text":"And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes."},{"verse":"1 Kings 4:34 (KJV)","text":"And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:1 (KJV)","text":"And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:2 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:3 (KJV)","text":"Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:4 (KJV)","text":"But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:5 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:6 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:7 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:8 (KJV)","text":"And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:9 (KJV)","text":"My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:10 (KJV)","text":"So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:11 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:12 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:13 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:14 (KJV)","text":"And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:15 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:16 (KJV)","text":"Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:17 (KJV)","text":"And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 5:18 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:2 (KJV)","text":"And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:3 (KJV)","text":"And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:4 (KJV)","text":"And for the house he made windows of narrow lights."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:5 (KJV)","text":"And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:6 (KJV)","text":"The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:7 (KJV)","text":"And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:8 (KJV)","text":"The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:9 (KJV)","text":"So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:10 (KJV)","text":"And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:11 (KJV)","text":"And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:12 (KJV)","text":"Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:13 (KJV)","text":"And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:14 (KJV)","text":"So Solomon built the house, and finished it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:15 (KJV)","text":"And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:16 (KJV)","text":"And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:17 (KJV)","text":"And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:18 (KJV)","text":"And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:19 (KJV)","text":"And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:20 (KJV)","text":"And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:21 (KJV)","text":"So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:22 (KJV)","text":"And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:23 (KJV)","text":"And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:24 (KJV)","text":"And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:25 (KJV)","text":"And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:26 (KJV)","text":"The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:27 (KJV)","text":"And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:28 (KJV)","text":"And he overlaid the cherubims with gold."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:29 (KJV)","text":"And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:30 (KJV)","text":"And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:31 (KJV)","text":"And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:32 (KJV)","text":"The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:33 (KJV)","text":"So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:34 (KJV)","text":"And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:35 (KJV)","text":"And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:36 (KJV)","text":"And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams."},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:37 (KJV)","text":"In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 6:38 (KJV)","text":"And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:1 (KJV)","text":"But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:2 (KJV)","text":"He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:3 (KJV)","text":"And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:4 (KJV)","text":"And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:5 (KJV)","text":"And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:6 (KJV)","text":"And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:7 (KJV)","text":"Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:8 (KJV)","text":"And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:9 (KJV)","text":"All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:10 (KJV)","text":"And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:11 (KJV)","text":"And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:12 (KJV)","text":"And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:13 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:14 (KJV)","text":"He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:15 (KJV)","text":"For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:16 (KJV)","text":"And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:17 (KJV)","text":"And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:18 (KJV)","text":"And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:19 (KJV)","text":"And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:20 (KJV)","text":"And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:21 (KJV)","text":"And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:22 (KJV)","text":"And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:23 (KJV)","text":"And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:24 (KJV)","text":"And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:25 (KJV)","text":"It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:26 (KJV)","text":"And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:27 (KJV)","text":"And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:28 (KJV)","text":"And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:29 (KJV)","text":"And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:30 (KJV)","text":"And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:31 (KJV)","text":"And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:32 (KJV)","text":"And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:33 (KJV)","text":"And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:34 (KJV)","text":"And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:35 (KJV)","text":"And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:36 (KJV)","text":"For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:37 (KJV)","text":"After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:38 (KJV)","text":"Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:39 (KJV)","text":"And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:40 (KJV)","text":"And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:41 (KJV)","text":"The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:42 (KJV)","text":"And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:43 (KJV)","text":"And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:44 (KJV)","text":"And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:45 (KJV)","text":"And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:46 (KJV)","text":"In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:47 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:48 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:49 (KJV)","text":"And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:50 (KJV)","text":"And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple."},{"verse":"1 Kings 7:51 (KJV)","text":"So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:1 (KJV)","text":"Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:2 (KJV)","text":"And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:3 (KJV)","text":"And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:4 (KJV)","text":"And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:5 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:6 (KJV)","text":"And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:7 (KJV)","text":"For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:8 (KJV)","text":"And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:9 (KJV)","text":"There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:10 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:11 (KJV)","text":"So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:12 (KJV)","text":"Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:13 (KJV)","text":"I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:14 (KJV)","text":"And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:15 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:16 (KJV)","text":"Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:17 (KJV)","text":"And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:18 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:19 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:20 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:21 (KJV)","text":"And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:22 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:23 (KJV)","text":"And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:24 (KJV)","text":"Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:25 (KJV)","text":"Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:26 (KJV)","text":"And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:27 (KJV)","text":"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:28 (KJV)","text":"Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:29 (KJV)","text":"That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:30 (KJV)","text":"And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:31 (KJV)","text":"If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:32 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:33 (KJV)","text":"When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:34 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:35 (KJV)","text":"When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:36 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:37 (KJV)","text":"If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:38 (KJV)","text":"What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:39 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:40 (KJV)","text":"That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:41 (KJV)","text":"Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:42 (KJV)","text":"(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:43 (KJV)","text":"Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:44 (KJV)","text":"If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:45 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:46 (KJV)","text":"If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:47 (KJV)","text":"Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:48 (KJV)","text":"And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:49 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:50 (KJV)","text":"And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:51 (KJV)","text":"For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:52 (KJV)","text":"That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:53 (KJV)","text":"For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:54 (KJV)","text":"And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:55 (KJV)","text":"And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:56 (KJV)","text":"Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:57 (KJV)","text":"The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:58 (KJV)","text":"That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:59 (KJV)","text":"And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:60 (KJV)","text":"That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:61 (KJV)","text":"Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:62 (KJV)","text":"And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:63 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:64 (KJV)","text":"The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:65 (KJV)","text":"And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days."},{"verse":"1 Kings 8:66 (KJV)","text":"On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:2 (KJV)","text":"That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:3 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:4 (KJV)","text":"And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:5 (KJV)","text":"Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:6 (KJV)","text":"But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:7 (KJV)","text":"Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:8 (KJV)","text":"And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:9 (KJV)","text":"And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:10 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king’s house,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:11 (KJV)","text":"(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:12 (KJV)","text":"And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:13 (KJV)","text":"And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:14 (KJV)","text":"And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:15 (KJV)","text":"And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:16 (KJV)","text":"For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:17 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:18 (KJV)","text":"And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:19 (KJV)","text":"And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:20 (KJV)","text":"And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:21 (KJV)","text":"Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:22 (KJV)","text":"But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:23 (KJV)","text":"These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:24 (KJV)","text":"But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:25 (KJV)","text":"And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:26 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:27 (KJV)","text":"And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 9:28 (KJV)","text":"And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:1 (KJV)","text":"And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:2 (KJV)","text":"And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:3 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:4 (KJV)","text":"And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:5 (KJV)","text":"And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:6 (KJV)","text":"And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:7 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:8 (KJV)","text":"Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:9 (KJV)","text":"Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:10 (KJV)","text":"And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:11 (KJV)","text":"And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:12 (KJV)","text":"And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:13 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:14 (KJV)","text":"Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:15 (KJV)","text":"Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:16 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:17 (KJV)","text":"And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:18 (KJV)","text":"Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:19 (KJV)","text":"The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:20 (KJV)","text":"And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:21 (KJV)","text":"And 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 were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:22 (KJV)","text":"For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:23 (KJV)","text":"So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:24 (KJV)","text":"And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:25 (KJV)","text":"And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:26 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:27 (KJV)","text":"And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:28 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price."},{"verse":"1 Kings 10:29 (KJV)","text":"And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:1 (KJV)","text":"But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:2 (KJV)","text":"Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:3 (KJV)","text":"And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:4 (KJV)","text":"For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:5 (KJV)","text":"For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:6 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:7 (KJV)","text":"Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:8 (KJV)","text":"And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:9 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:10 (KJV)","text":"And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:11 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:12 (KJV)","text":"Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:13 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:14 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:15 (KJV)","text":"For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:16 (KJV)","text":"(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:17 (KJV)","text":"That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:18 (KJV)","text":"And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:19 (KJV)","text":"And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:20 (KJV)","text":"And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:21 (KJV)","text":"And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:22 (KJV)","text":"Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:23 (KJV)","text":"And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:24 (KJV)","text":"And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:25 (KJV)","text":"And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:26 (KJV)","text":"And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:27 (KJV)","text":"And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:28 (KJV)","text":"And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:29 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:30 (KJV)","text":"And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:31 (KJV)","text":"And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:32 (KJV)","text":"(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:33 (KJV)","text":"Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:34 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:35 (KJV)","text":"But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:36 (KJV)","text":"And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:37 (KJV)","text":"And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:38 (KJV)","text":"And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:39 (KJV)","text":"And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:40 (KJV)","text":"Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:41 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:42 (KJV)","text":"And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years."},{"verse":"1 Kings 11:43 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:1 (KJV)","text":"And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:2 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)"},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:3 (KJV)","text":"That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:4 (KJV)","text":"Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:5 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:6 (KJV)","text":"And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:7 (KJV)","text":"And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:8 (KJV)","text":"But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:9 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:10 (KJV)","text":"And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:11 (KJV)","text":"And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:12 (KJV)","text":"So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:13 (KJV)","text":"And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:14 (KJV)","text":"And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:15 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:16 (KJV)","text":"So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:17 (KJV)","text":"But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:18 (KJV)","text":"Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:19 (KJV)","text":"So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:20 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:21 (KJV)","text":"And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:22 (KJV)","text":"But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:23 (KJV)","text":"Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:24 (KJV)","text":"Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:25 (KJV)","text":"Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:26 (KJV)","text":"And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:27 (KJV)","text":"If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:28 (KJV)","text":"Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:29 (KJV)","text":"And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:30 (KJV)","text":"And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:31 (KJV)","text":"And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:32 (KJV)","text":"And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made."},{"verse":"1 Kings 12:33 (KJV)","text":"So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:1 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:2 (KJV)","text":"And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:3 (KJV)","text":"And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:4 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:5 (KJV)","text":"The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:6 (KJV)","text":"And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:7 (KJV)","text":"And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:8 (KJV)","text":"And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:9 (KJV)","text":"For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:10 (KJV)","text":"So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:11 (KJV)","text":"Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:12 (KJV)","text":"And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:13 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:14 (KJV)","text":"And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:15 (KJV)","text":"Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:16 (KJV)","text":"And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:17 (KJV)","text":"For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:18 (KJV)","text":"He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:19 (KJV)","text":"So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:20 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:21 (KJV)","text":"And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:22 (KJV)","text":"But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:23 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:24 (KJV)","text":"And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:25 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:26 (KJV)","text":"And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:27 (KJV)","text":"And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:28 (KJV)","text":"And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:29 (KJV)","text":"And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:30 (KJV)","text":"And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!"},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:31 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:32 (KJV)","text":"For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:33 (KJV)","text":"After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places."},{"verse":"1 Kings 13:34 (KJV)","text":"And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:1 (KJV)","text":"At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:2 (KJV)","text":"And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:3 (KJV)","text":"And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:4 (KJV)","text":"And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:5 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:6 (KJV)","text":"And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:7 (KJV)","text":"Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:8 (KJV)","text":"And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:9 (KJV)","text":"But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:10 (KJV)","text":"Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:11 (KJV)","text":"Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:12 (KJV)","text":"Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:13 (KJV)","text":"And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:14 (KJV)","text":"Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:15 (KJV)","text":"For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:16 (KJV)","text":"And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:17 (KJV)","text":"And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:18 (KJV)","text":"And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:19 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:20 (KJV)","text":"And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:21 (KJV)","text":"And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:22 (KJV)","text":"And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:23 (KJV)","text":"For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:24 (KJV)","text":"And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:25 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:26 (KJV)","text":"And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:27 (KJV)","text":"And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:28 (KJV)","text":"And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:29 (KJV)","text":"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?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:30 (KJV)","text":"And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days."},{"verse":"1 Kings 14:31 (KJV)","text":"And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:1 (KJV)","text":"Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:2 (KJV)","text":"Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:3 (KJV)","text":"And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:4 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:5 (KJV)","text":"Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:6 (KJV)","text":"And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:7 (KJV)","text":"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."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:8 (KJV)","text":"And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:9 (KJV)","text":"And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:10 (KJV)","text":"And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:11 (KJV)","text":"And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:12 (KJV)","text":"And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:13 (KJV)","text":"And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:14 (KJV)","text":"But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:15 (KJV)","text":"And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:16 (KJV)","text":"And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:17 (KJV)","text":"And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:18 (KJV)","text":"Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:19 (KJV)","text":"There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:20 (KJV)","text":"So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:21 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:22 (KJV)","text":"Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:23 (KJV)","text":"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? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:24 (KJV)","text":"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 stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:25 (KJV)","text":"And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:26 (KJV)","text":"And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:27 (KJV)","text":"And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:28 (KJV)","text":"Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:29 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:30 (KJV)","text":"Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:31 (KJV)","text":"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?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:32 (KJV)","text":"And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:33 (KJV)","text":"In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years."},{"verse":"1 Kings 15:34 (KJV)","text":"And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:1 (KJV)","text":"Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:2 (KJV)","text":"Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:3 (KJV)","text":"Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:4 (KJV)","text":"Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:5 (KJV)","text":"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?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:6 (KJV)","text":"So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:7 (KJV)","text":"And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:8 (KJV)","text":"In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:9 (KJV)","text":"And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:10 (KJV)","text":"And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:11 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:12 (KJV)","text":"Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:13 (KJV)","text":"For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:14 (KJV)","text":"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?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:15 (KJV)","text":"In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:16 (KJV)","text":"And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:17 (KJV)","text":"And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:18 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:19 (KJV)","text":"For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:20 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:21 (KJV)","text":"Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:22 (KJV)","text":"But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:23 (KJV)","text":"In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:24 (KJV)","text":"And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:25 (KJV)","text":"But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:26 (KJV)","text":"For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:27 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:28 (KJV)","text":"So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:29 (KJV)","text":"And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:30 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:31 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:32 (KJV)","text":"And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:33 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 16:34 (KJV)","text":"In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:1 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:2 (KJV)","text":"And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:3 (KJV)","text":"Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:4 (KJV)","text":"And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:5 (KJV)","text":"So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:6 (KJV)","text":"And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:7 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:8 (KJV)","text":"And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:9 (KJV)","text":"Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:10 (KJV)","text":"So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:11 (KJV)","text":"And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:12 (KJV)","text":"And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:13 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:14 (KJV)","text":"For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:15 (KJV)","text":"And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:16 (KJV)","text":"And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:17 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:18 (KJV)","text":"And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:19 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:20 (KJV)","text":"And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:21 (KJV)","text":"And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:22 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:23 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth."},{"verse":"1 Kings 17:24 (KJV)","text":"And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:2 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:3 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:4 (KJV)","text":"For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)"},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:5 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:6 (KJV)","text":"So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:7 (KJV)","text":"And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:8 (KJV)","text":"And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:9 (KJV)","text":"And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:10 (KJV)","text":"As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:11 (KJV)","text":"And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:12 (KJV)","text":"And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:13 (KJV)","text":"Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:14 (KJV)","text":"And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:15 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:16 (KJV)","text":"So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:17 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:18 (KJV)","text":"And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:19 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:20 (KJV)","text":"So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:21 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:22 (KJV)","text":"Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:23 (KJV)","text":"Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:24 (KJV)","text":"And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:25 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:26 (KJV)","text":"And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:27 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:28 (KJV)","text":"And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:29 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:30 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:31 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:32 (KJV)","text":"And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:33 (KJV)","text":"And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:34 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:35 (KJV)","text":"And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:36 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:37 (KJV)","text":"Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:38 (KJV)","text":"Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:39 (KJV)","text":"And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:40 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:41 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:42 (KJV)","text":"So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:43 (KJV)","text":"And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:44 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:45 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 18:46 (KJV)","text":"And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:1 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:2 (KJV)","text":"Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:3 (KJV)","text":"And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:4 (KJV)","text":"But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:5 (KJV)","text":"And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:6 (KJV)","text":"And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:7 (KJV)","text":"And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:8 (KJV)","text":"And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:9 (KJV)","text":"And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:10 (KJV)","text":"And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:11 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:12 (KJV)","text":"And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:13 (KJV)","text":"And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:14 (KJV)","text":"And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:15 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:16 (KJV)","text":"And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:17 (KJV)","text":"And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:18 (KJV)","text":"Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:19 (KJV)","text":"So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:20 (KJV)","text":"And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 19:21 (KJV)","text":"And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:1 (KJV)","text":"And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:2 (KJV)","text":"And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:3 (KJV)","text":"Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:4 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:5 (KJV)","text":"And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:6 (KJV)","text":"Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:7 (KJV)","text":"Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:8 (KJV)","text":"And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:9 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:10 (KJV)","text":"And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:11 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:12 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:13 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:14 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:15 (KJV)","text":"Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:16 (KJV)","text":"And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:17 (KJV)","text":"And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:18 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:19 (KJV)","text":"So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:20 (KJV)","text":"And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:21 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:22 (KJV)","text":"And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:23 (KJV)","text":"And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:24 (KJV)","text":"And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:25 (KJV)","text":"And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:26 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:27 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:28 (KJV)","text":"And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:29 (KJV)","text":"And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:30 (KJV)","text":"But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:31 (KJV)","text":"And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:32 (KJV)","text":"So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:33 (KJV)","text":"Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:34 (KJV)","text":"And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:35 (KJV)","text":"And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:36 (KJV)","text":"Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:37 (KJV)","text":"Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:38 (KJV)","text":"So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:39 (KJV)","text":"And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:40 (KJV)","text":"And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:41 (KJV)","text":"And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:42 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people."},{"verse":"1 Kings 20:43 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:2 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:3 (KJV)","text":"And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:4 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:5 (KJV)","text":"But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:6 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:7 (KJV)","text":"And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:8 (KJV)","text":"So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:9 (KJV)","text":"And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:10 (KJV)","text":"And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:11 (KJV)","text":"And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:12 (KJV)","text":"They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:13 (KJV)","text":"And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:14 (KJV)","text":"Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:15 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:16 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:17 (KJV)","text":"And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:18 (KJV)","text":"Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:19 (KJV)","text":"And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:20 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:21 (KJV)","text":"Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:22 (KJV)","text":"And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:23 (KJV)","text":"And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:24 (KJV)","text":"Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:25 (KJV)","text":"But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:26 (KJV)","text":"And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:27 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly."},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:28 (KJV)","text":"And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Kings 21:29 (KJV)","text":"Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:1 (KJV)","text":"And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:2 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:3 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:4 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:5 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:6 (KJV)","text":"Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:7 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:8 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:9 (KJV)","text":"Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:10 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:11 (KJV)","text":"And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:12 (KJV)","text":"And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king’s hand."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:13 (KJV)","text":"And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:14 (KJV)","text":"And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:15 (KJV)","text":"So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:16 (KJV)","text":"And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:17 (KJV)","text":"And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:18 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:19 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:20 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:21 (KJV)","text":"And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:22 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:23 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:24 (KJV)","text":"But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:25 (KJV)","text":"And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:26 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;"},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:27 (KJV)","text":"And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:28 (KJV)","text":"And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:29 (KJV)","text":"So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:30 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:31 (KJV)","text":"But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:32 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:33 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:34 (KJV)","text":"And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:35 (KJV)","text":"And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:36 (KJV)","text":"And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:37 (KJV)","text":"So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:38 (KJV)","text":"And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:39 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:40 (KJV)","text":"So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:41 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:42 (KJV)","text":"Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:43 (KJV)","text":"And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:44 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:45 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:46 (KJV)","text":"And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:47 (KJV)","text":"There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:48 (KJV)","text":"Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:49 (KJV)","text":"Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:50 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:51 (KJV)","text":"Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel."},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:52 (KJV)","text":"And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, 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 made Israel to sin:"},{"verse":"1 Kings 22:53 (KJV)","text":"For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done."},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:1 (KJV)","text":"Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:2 (KJV)","text":"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:3 (KJV)","text":"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:4 (KJV)","text":"To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:5 (KJV)","text":"Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:6 (KJV)","text":"Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:7 (KJV)","text":"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:8 (KJV)","text":"Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:9 (KJV)","text":"Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:10 (KJV)","text":"Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:11 (KJV)","text":"Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow."},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:12 (KJV)","text":"Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into."},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:13 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:14 (KJV)","text":"As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:15 (KJV)","text":"But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:16 (KJV)","text":"Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy."},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:17 (KJV)","text":"And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:18 (KJV)","text":"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:19 (KJV)","text":"But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:20 (KJV)","text":"Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:21 (KJV)","text":"Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God."},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:22 (KJV)","text":"Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:23 (KJV)","text":"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever."},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:24 (KJV)","text":"For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 1:25 (KJV)","text":"But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:1 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:2 (KJV)","text":"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:3 (KJV)","text":"If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:4 (KJV)","text":"To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:5 (KJV)","text":"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:6 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:7 (KJV)","text":"Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:8 (KJV)","text":"And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:9 (KJV)","text":"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:10 (KJV)","text":"Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:11 (KJV)","text":"Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:12 (KJV)","text":"Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:13 (KJV)","text":"Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:14 (KJV)","text":"Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:15 (KJV)","text":"For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:16 (KJV)","text":"As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:17 (KJV)","text":"Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:18 (KJV)","text":"Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:19 (KJV)","text":"For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:20 (KJV)","text":"For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:21 (KJV)","text":"For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:22 (KJV)","text":"Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:23 (KJV)","text":"Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:24 (KJV)","text":"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."},{"verse":"1 Peter 2:25 (KJV)","text":"For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:1 (KJV)","text":"Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:2 (KJV)","text":"While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:3 (KJV)","text":"Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:4 (KJV)","text":"But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:5 (KJV)","text":"For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:6 (KJV)","text":"Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:7 (KJV)","text":"Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:8 (KJV)","text":"Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:9 (KJV)","text":"Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:10 (KJV)","text":"For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:11 (KJV)","text":"Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:12 (KJV)","text":"For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:13 (KJV)","text":"And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:14 (KJV)","text":"But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:15 (KJV)","text":"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:16 (KJV)","text":"Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:17 (KJV)","text":"For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:18 (KJV)","text":"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:19 (KJV)","text":"By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:20 (KJV)","text":"Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:21 (KJV)","text":"The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 3:22 (KJV)","text":"Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:1 (KJV)","text":"Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:2 (KJV)","text":"That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:3 (KJV)","text":"For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:4 (KJV)","text":"Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:5 (KJV)","text":"Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:6 (KJV)","text":"For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:7 (KJV)","text":"But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:8 (KJV)","text":"And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:9 (KJV)","text":"Use hospitality one to another without grudging."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:10 (KJV)","text":"As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:11 (KJV)","text":"If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:12 (KJV)","text":"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:13 (KJV)","text":"But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:14 (KJV)","text":"If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:15 (KJV)","text":"But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:16 (KJV)","text":"Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf."},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:17 (KJV)","text":"For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?"},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:18 (KJV)","text":"And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"},{"verse":"1 Peter 4:19 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator."},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:1 (KJV)","text":"The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:2 (KJV)","text":"Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;"},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:3 (KJV)","text":"Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock."},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:4 (KJV)","text":"And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away."},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:5 (KJV)","text":"Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble."},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:6 (KJV)","text":"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)","text":"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)","text":"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:9 (KJV)","text":"Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world."},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:10 (KJV)","text":"But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:11 (KJV)","text":"To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:12 (KJV)","text":"By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand."},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:13 (KJV)","text":"The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son."},{"verse":"1 Peter 5:14 (KJV)","text":"Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:1 (KJV)","text":"Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:2 (KJV)","text":"And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:3 (KJV)","text":"And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:4 (KJV)","text":"And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:5 (KJV)","text":"But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:6 (KJV)","text":"And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:7 (KJV)","text":"And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:8 (KJV)","text":"Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:9 (KJV)","text":"So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:10 (KJV)","text":"And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:11 (KJV)","text":"And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:12 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:13 (KJV)","text":"Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:14 (KJV)","text":"And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:15 (KJV)","text":"And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:16 (KJV)","text":"Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:17 (KJV)","text":"Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:18 (KJV)","text":"And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:19 (KJV)","text":"And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:20 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:21 (KJV)","text":"And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:22 (KJV)","text":"But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:23 (KJV)","text":"And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:24 (KJV)","text":"And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:25 (KJV)","text":"And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:26 (KJV)","text":"And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:27 (KJV)","text":"For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 1:28 (KJV)","text":"Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:1 (KJV)","text":"And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:2 (KJV)","text":"There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:3 (KJV)","text":"Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:4 (KJV)","text":"The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:5 (KJV)","text":"They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:6 (KJV)","text":"The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:7 (KJV)","text":"The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:8 (KJV)","text":"He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:9 (KJV)","text":"He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:10 (KJV)","text":"The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:11 (KJV)","text":"And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:12 (KJV)","text":"Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:13 (KJV)","text":"And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:14 (KJV)","text":"And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:15 (KJV)","text":"Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:16 (KJV)","text":"And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:17 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:18 (KJV)","text":"But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:19 (KJV)","text":"Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:20 (KJV)","text":"And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:21 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:22 (KJV)","text":"Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:23 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:24 (KJV)","text":"Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’s people to transgress."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:25 (KJV)","text":"If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:26 (KJV)","text":"And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:27 (KJV)","text":"And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:28 (KJV)","text":"And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:29 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:30 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:31 (KJV)","text":"Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:32 (KJV)","text":"And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:33 (KJV)","text":"And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:34 (KJV)","text":"And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:35 (KJV)","text":"And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 2:36 (KJV)","text":"And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:1 (KJV)","text":"And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:2 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:3 (KJV)","text":"And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:4 (KJV)","text":"That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:5 (KJV)","text":"And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:6 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:7 (KJV)","text":"Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:8 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:9 (KJV)","text":"Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:10 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:11 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:12 (KJV)","text":"In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:13 (KJV)","text":"For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:14 (KJV)","text":"And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:15 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:16 (KJV)","text":"Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:17 (KJV)","text":"And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:18 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:19 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:20 (KJV)","text":"And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 3:21 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:1 (KJV)","text":"And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:2 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:3 (KJV)","text":"And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:4 (KJV)","text":"So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:5 (KJV)","text":"And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:6 (KJV)","text":"And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:7 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:8 (KJV)","text":"Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:9 (KJV)","text":"Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:10 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:11 (KJV)","text":"And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:12 (KJV)","text":"And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:13 (KJV)","text":"And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:14 (KJV)","text":"And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:15 (KJV)","text":"Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:16 (KJV)","text":"And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:17 (KJV)","text":"And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:18 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:19 (KJV)","text":"And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:20 (KJV)","text":"And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:21 (KJV)","text":"And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 4:22 (KJV)","text":"And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:1 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:2 (KJV)","text":"When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:3 (KJV)","text":"And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:4 (KJV)","text":"And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:5 (KJV)","text":"Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:6 (KJV)","text":"But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:7 (KJV)","text":"And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:8 (KJV)","text":"They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:9 (KJV)","text":"And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:10 (KJV)","text":"Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:11 (KJV)","text":"So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 5:12 (KJV)","text":"And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:1 (KJV)","text":"And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:2 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:3 (KJV)","text":"And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:4 (KJV)","text":"Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:5 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:6 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:7 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:8 (KJV)","text":"And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:9 (KJV)","text":"And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:10 (KJV)","text":"And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:11 (KJV)","text":"And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:12 (KJV)","text":"And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:13 (KJV)","text":"And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:14 (KJV)","text":"And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:15 (KJV)","text":"And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:16 (KJV)","text":"And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:17 (KJV)","text":"And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:18 (KJV)","text":"And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:19 (KJV)","text":"And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:20 (KJV)","text":"And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 6:21 (KJV)","text":"And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:1 (KJV)","text":"And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:2 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:3 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:4 (KJV)","text":"Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:5 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:6 (KJV)","text":"And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:7 (KJV)","text":"And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:8 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:9 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:10 (KJV)","text":"And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:11 (KJV)","text":"And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:12 (KJV)","text":"Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:13 (KJV)","text":"So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:14 (KJV)","text":"And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:15 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:16 (KJV)","text":"And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 7:17 (KJV)","text":"And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:2 (KJV)","text":"Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:3 (KJV)","text":"And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:4 (KJV)","text":"Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:5 (KJV)","text":"And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:6 (KJV)","text":"But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:7 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:8 (KJV)","text":"According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:9 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:10 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:11 (KJV)","text":"And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:12 (KJV)","text":"And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:13 (KJV)","text":"And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:14 (KJV)","text":"And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:15 (KJV)","text":"And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:16 (KJV)","text":"And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:17 (KJV)","text":"He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:18 (KJV)","text":"And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:19 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:20 (KJV)","text":"That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:21 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 8:22 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:1 (KJV)","text":"Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:2 (KJV)","text":"And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:3 (KJV)","text":"And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:4 (KJV)","text":"And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:5 (KJV)","text":"And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:6 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:7 (KJV)","text":"Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:8 (KJV)","text":"And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:9 (KJV)","text":"(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:10 (KJV)","text":"Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:11 (KJV)","text":"And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:12 (KJV)","text":"And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:13 (KJV)","text":"As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:14 (KJV)","text":"And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:15 (KJV)","text":"Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:16 (KJV)","text":"To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:17 (KJV)","text":"And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:18 (KJV)","text":"Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:19 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:20 (KJV)","text":"And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:21 (KJV)","text":"And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:22 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:23 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:24 (KJV)","text":"And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:25 (KJV)","text":"And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:26 (KJV)","text":"And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 9:27 (KJV)","text":"And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:1 (KJV)","text":"Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:2 (KJV)","text":"When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:3 (KJV)","text":"Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:4 (KJV)","text":"And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:5 (KJV)","text":"After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:6 (KJV)","text":"And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:7 (KJV)","text":"And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:8 (KJV)","text":"And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:9 (KJV)","text":"And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:10 (KJV)","text":"And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:11 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:12 (KJV)","text":"And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:13 (KJV)","text":"And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:14 (KJV)","text":"And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:15 (KJV)","text":"And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:16 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:17 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:18 (KJV)","text":"And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:19 (KJV)","text":"And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:20 (KJV)","text":"And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:21 (KJV)","text":"When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:22 (KJV)","text":"Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:23 (KJV)","text":"And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:24 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:25 (KJV)","text":"Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:26 (KJV)","text":"And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 10:27 (KJV)","text":"But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:1 (KJV)","text":"Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:2 (KJV)","text":"And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:3 (KJV)","text":"And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:4 (KJV)","text":"Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:5 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:6 (KJV)","text":"And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:7 (KJV)","text":"And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:8 (KJV)","text":"And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:9 (KJV)","text":"And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:10 (KJV)","text":"Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:11 (KJV)","text":"And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:12 (KJV)","text":"And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:13 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:14 (KJV)","text":"Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 11:15 (KJV)","text":"And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:1 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:2 (KJV)","text":"And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:3 (KJV)","text":"Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:4 (KJV)","text":"And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:5 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:6 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:7 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:8 (KJV)","text":"When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:9 (KJV)","text":"And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:10 (KJV)","text":"And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:11 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:12 (KJV)","text":"And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:13 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:14 (KJV)","text":"If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:15 (KJV)","text":"But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:16 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:17 (KJV)","text":"Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:18 (KJV)","text":"So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:19 (KJV)","text":"And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:20 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:21 (KJV)","text":"And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:22 (KJV)","text":"For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:23 (KJV)","text":"Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:24 (KJV)","text":"Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 12:25 (KJV)","text":"But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:1 (KJV)","text":"Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:2 (KJV)","text":"Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:3 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:4 (KJV)","text":"And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:5 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:6 (KJV)","text":"When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:7 (KJV)","text":"And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:8 (KJV)","text":"And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:9 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:10 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:11 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:12 (KJV)","text":"Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:13 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:14 (KJV)","text":"But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:15 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:16 (KJV)","text":"And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:17 (KJV)","text":"And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:18 (KJV)","text":"And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:19 (KJV)","text":"Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:20 (KJV)","text":"But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:21 (KJV)","text":"Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:22 (KJV)","text":"So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 13:23 (KJV)","text":"And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:1 (KJV)","text":"Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:2 (KJV)","text":"And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:3 (KJV)","text":"And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:4 (KJV)","text":"And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:5 (KJV)","text":"The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:6 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:7 (KJV)","text":"And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:8 (KJV)","text":"Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:9 (KJV)","text":"If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:10 (KJV)","text":"But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:11 (KJV)","text":"And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:12 (KJV)","text":"And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:13 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:14 (KJV)","text":"And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:15 (KJV)","text":"And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:16 (KJV)","text":"And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:17 (KJV)","text":"Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:18 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:19 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:20 (KJV)","text":"And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:21 (KJV)","text":"Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:22 (KJV)","text":"Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:23 (KJV)","text":"So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:24 (KJV)","text":"And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:25 (KJV)","text":"And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:26 (KJV)","text":"And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:27 (KJV)","text":"But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:28 (KJV)","text":"Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:29 (KJV)","text":"Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:30 (KJV)","text":"How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:31 (KJV)","text":"And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:32 (KJV)","text":"And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:33 (KJV)","text":"Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:34 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:35 (KJV)","text":"And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:36 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:37 (KJV)","text":"And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:38 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:39 (KJV)","text":"For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:40 (KJV)","text":"Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:41 (KJV)","text":"Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:42 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:43 (KJV)","text":"Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:44 (KJV)","text":"And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:45 (KJV)","text":"And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:46 (KJV)","text":"Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:47 (KJV)","text":"So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:48 (KJV)","text":"And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:49 (KJV)","text":"Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:50 (KJV)","text":"And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:51 (KJV)","text":"And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 14:52 (KJV)","text":"And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:1 (KJV)","text":"Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:2 (KJV)","text":"Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:3 (KJV)","text":"Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:4 (KJV)","text":"And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:5 (KJV)","text":"And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:6 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:7 (KJV)","text":"And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:8 (KJV)","text":"And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:9 (KJV)","text":"But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:10 (KJV)","text":"Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:11 (KJV)","text":"It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:12 (KJV)","text":"And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:13 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:14 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:15 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:16 (KJV)","text":"Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:17 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:18 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:19 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:20 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:21 (KJV)","text":"But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:22 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:23 (KJV)","text":"For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:24 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:25 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:26 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:27 (KJV)","text":"And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:28 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:29 (KJV)","text":"And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:30 (KJV)","text":"Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:31 (KJV)","text":"So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:32 (KJV)","text":"Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:33 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:34 (KJV)","text":"Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 15:35 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:1 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:2 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:3 (KJV)","text":"And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:4 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:5 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:6 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV)","text":"But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:8 (KJV)","text":"Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:9 (KJV)","text":"Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:10 (KJV)","text":"Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:11 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:12 (KJV)","text":"And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:13 (KJV)","text":"Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:14 (KJV)","text":"But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:15 (KJV)","text":"And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:16 (KJV)","text":"Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:17 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:18 (KJV)","text":"Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:19 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:20 (KJV)","text":"And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:21 (KJV)","text":"And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:22 (KJV)","text":"And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 16:23 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:1 (KJV)","text":"Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:2 (KJV)","text":"And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:3 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:4 (KJV)","text":"And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:5 (KJV)","text":"And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:6 (KJV)","text":"And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:7 (KJV)","text":"And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:8 (KJV)","text":"And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:9 (KJV)","text":"If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:10 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:11 (KJV)","text":"When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:12 (KJV)","text":"Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:13 (KJV)","text":"And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:14 (KJV)","text":"And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:15 (KJV)","text":"But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:16 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:17 (KJV)","text":"And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:18 (KJV)","text":"And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:19 (KJV)","text":"Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:20 (KJV)","text":"And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:21 (KJV)","text":"For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:22 (KJV)","text":"And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:23 (KJV)","text":"And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:24 (KJV)","text":"And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:25 (KJV)","text":"And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:26 (KJV)","text":"And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:27 (KJV)","text":"And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:28 (KJV)","text":"And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:29 (KJV)","text":"And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:30 (KJV)","text":"And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:31 (KJV)","text":"And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:32 (KJV)","text":"And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:33 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:34 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:35 (KJV)","text":"And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:36 (KJV)","text":"Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:37 (KJV)","text":"David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:38 (KJV)","text":"And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:39 (KJV)","text":"And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:40 (KJV)","text":"And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:41 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:42 (KJV)","text":"And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:43 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:44 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:45 (KJV)","text":"Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:46 (KJV)","text":"This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:47 (KJV)","text":"And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:48 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:49 (KJV)","text":"And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:50 (KJV)","text":"So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:51 (KJV)","text":"Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:52 (KJV)","text":"And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:53 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:54 (KJV)","text":"And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:55 (KJV)","text":"And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:56 (KJV)","text":"And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:57 (KJV)","text":"And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 17:58 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:2 (KJV)","text":"And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:3 (KJV)","text":"Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:4 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:5 (KJV)","text":"And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:6 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:7 (KJV)","text":"And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:8 (KJV)","text":"And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:9 (KJV)","text":"And Saul eyed David from that day and forward."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:10 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:11 (KJV)","text":"And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:12 (KJV)","text":"And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:13 (KJV)","text":"Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:14 (KJV)","text":"And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:15 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:16 (KJV)","text":"But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:17 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:18 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:19 (KJV)","text":"But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:20 (KJV)","text":"And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:21 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:22 (KJV)","text":"And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:23 (KJV)","text":"And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:24 (KJV)","text":"And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:25 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:26 (KJV)","text":"And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:27 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:28 (KJV)","text":"And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:29 (KJV)","text":"And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 18:30 (KJV)","text":"Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:1 (KJV)","text":"And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:2 (KJV)","text":"But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:3 (KJV)","text":"And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:4 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:5 (KJV)","text":"For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:6 (KJV)","text":"And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:7 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:8 (KJV)","text":"And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:9 (KJV)","text":"And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:10 (KJV)","text":"And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:11 (KJV)","text":"Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:12 (KJV)","text":"So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:13 (KJV)","text":"And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:14 (KJV)","text":"And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:15 (KJV)","text":"And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:16 (KJV)","text":"And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:17 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:18 (KJV)","text":"So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:19 (KJV)","text":"And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:20 (KJV)","text":"And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:21 (KJV)","text":"And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:22 (KJV)","text":"Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:23 (KJV)","text":"And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 19:24 (KJV)","text":"And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:1 (KJV)","text":"And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:2 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:3 (KJV)","text":"And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:4 (KJV)","text":"Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:5 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:6 (KJV)","text":"If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:7 (KJV)","text":"If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:8 (KJV)","text":"Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:9 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:10 (KJV)","text":"Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:11 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:12 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:13 (KJV)","text":"The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:14 (KJV)","text":"And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:15 (KJV)","text":"But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:16 (KJV)","text":"So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David’s enemies."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:17 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:18 (KJV)","text":"Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:19 (KJV)","text":"And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:20 (KJV)","text":"And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:21 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:22 (KJV)","text":"But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:23 (KJV)","text":"And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:24 (KJV)","text":"So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:25 (KJV)","text":"And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:26 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:27 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:28 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:29 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king’s table."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:30 (KJV)","text":"Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:31 (KJV)","text":"For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:32 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:33 (KJV)","text":"And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:34 (KJV)","text":"So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:35 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:36 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:37 (KJV)","text":"And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:38 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:39 (KJV)","text":"But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:40 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:41 (KJV)","text":"And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 20:42 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:1 (KJV)","text":"Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:2 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:3 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:4 (KJV)","text":"And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:5 (KJV)","text":"And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:6 (KJV)","text":"So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:7 (KJV)","text":"Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:8 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:9 (KJV)","text":"And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:10 (KJV)","text":"And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:11 (KJV)","text":"And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:12 (KJV)","text":"And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:13 (KJV)","text":"And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:14 (KJV)","text":"Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 21:15 (KJV)","text":"Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:1 (KJV)","text":"David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:2 (KJV)","text":"And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:3 (KJV)","text":"And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:4 (KJV)","text":"And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:5 (KJV)","text":"And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:6 (KJV)","text":"When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:7 (KJV)","text":"Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:8 (KJV)","text":"That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:9 (KJV)","text":"Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:10 (KJV)","text":"And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:11 (KJV)","text":"Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:12 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:13 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:14 (KJV)","text":"Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:15 (KJV)","text":"Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:16 (KJV)","text":"And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:17 (KJV)","text":"And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:18 (KJV)","text":"And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:19 (KJV)","text":"And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:20 (KJV)","text":"And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:21 (KJV)","text":"And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD’s priests."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:22 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 22:23 (KJV)","text":"Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:1 (KJV)","text":"Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:2 (KJV)","text":"Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:3 (KJV)","text":"And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:4 (KJV)","text":"Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:5 (KJV)","text":"So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:6 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:7 (KJV)","text":"And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:8 (KJV)","text":"And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:9 (KJV)","text":"And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:10 (KJV)","text":"Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:11 (KJV)","text":"Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:12 (KJV)","text":"Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:13 (KJV)","text":"Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:14 (KJV)","text":"And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:15 (KJV)","text":"And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:16 (KJV)","text":"And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:17 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:18 (KJV)","text":"And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:19 (KJV)","text":"Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:20 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:21 (KJV)","text":"And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:22 (KJV)","text":"Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:23 (KJV)","text":"See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:24 (KJV)","text":"And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:25 (KJV)","text":"Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:26 (KJV)","text":"And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:27 (KJV)","text":"But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:28 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 23:29 (KJV)","text":"And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:2 (KJV)","text":"Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:3 (KJV)","text":"And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:4 (KJV)","text":"And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:5 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:6 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:7 (KJV)","text":"So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:8 (KJV)","text":"David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:9 (KJV)","text":"And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:10 (KJV)","text":"Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:11 (KJV)","text":"Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:12 (KJV)","text":"The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:13 (KJV)","text":"As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:14 (KJV)","text":"After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:15 (KJV)","text":"The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:16 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:17 (KJV)","text":"And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:18 (KJV)","text":"And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:19 (KJV)","text":"For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:20 (KJV)","text":"And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:21 (KJV)","text":"Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 24:22 (KJV)","text":"And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:1 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:2 (KJV)","text":"And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:3 (KJV)","text":"Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:4 (KJV)","text":"And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:5 (KJV)","text":"And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:6 (KJV)","text":"And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:7 (KJV)","text":"And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:8 (KJV)","text":"Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:9 (KJV)","text":"And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:10 (KJV)","text":"And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:11 (KJV)","text":"Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:12 (KJV)","text":"So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:13 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:14 (KJV)","text":"But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:15 (KJV)","text":"But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:16 (KJV)","text":"They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:17 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:18 (KJV)","text":"Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:19 (KJV)","text":"And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:20 (KJV)","text":"And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:21 (KJV)","text":"Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:22 (KJV)","text":"So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:23 (KJV)","text":"And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:24 (KJV)","text":"And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:25 (KJV)","text":"Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:26 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:27 (KJV)","text":"And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:28 (KJV)","text":"I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:29 (KJV)","text":"Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:30 (KJV)","text":"And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:31 (KJV)","text":"That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:32 (KJV)","text":"And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:33 (KJV)","text":"And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:34 (KJV)","text":"For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:35 (KJV)","text":"So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:36 (KJV)","text":"And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:37 (KJV)","text":"But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:38 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:39 (KJV)","text":"And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:40 (KJV)","text":"And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:41 (KJV)","text":"And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:42 (KJV)","text":"And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:43 (KJV)","text":"David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 25:44 (KJV)","text":"But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:1 (KJV)","text":"And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:2 (KJV)","text":"Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:3 (KJV)","text":"And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:4 (KJV)","text":"David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:5 (KJV)","text":"And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:6 (KJV)","text":"Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:7 (KJV)","text":"So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:8 (KJV)","text":"Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:9 (KJV)","text":"And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:10 (KJV)","text":"David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:11 (KJV)","text":"The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:12 (KJV)","text":"So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:13 (KJV)","text":"Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:14 (KJV)","text":"And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:15 (KJV)","text":"And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:16 (KJV)","text":"This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:17 (KJV)","text":"And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:18 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:19 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:20 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:21 (KJV)","text":"Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:22 (KJV)","text":"And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:23 (KJV)","text":"The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:24 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 26:25 (KJV)","text":"Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:1 (KJV)","text":"And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:2 (KJV)","text":"And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:3 (KJV)","text":"And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:4 (KJV)","text":"And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:5 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:6 (KJV)","text":"Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:7 (KJV)","text":"And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:8 (KJV)","text":"And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:9 (KJV)","text":"And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:10 (KJV)","text":"And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:11 (KJV)","text":"And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 27:12 (KJV)","text":"And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:2 (KJV)","text":"And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:3 (KJV)","text":"Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:4 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:5 (KJV)","text":"And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:6 (KJV)","text":"And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:7 (KJV)","text":"Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:8 (KJV)","text":"And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:9 (KJV)","text":"And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:10 (KJV)","text":"And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:11 (KJV)","text":"Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:12 (KJV)","text":"And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:13 (KJV)","text":"And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:14 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:15 (KJV)","text":"And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:16 (KJV)","text":"Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:17 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:18 (KJV)","text":"Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:19 (KJV)","text":"Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:20 (KJV)","text":"Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:21 (KJV)","text":"And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:22 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:23 (KJV)","text":"But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:24 (KJV)","text":"And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 28:25 (KJV)","text":"And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:1 (KJV)","text":"Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:2 (KJV)","text":"And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:3 (KJV)","text":"Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:4 (KJV)","text":"And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:5 (KJV)","text":"Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:6 (KJV)","text":"Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:7 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:8 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:9 (KJV)","text":"And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:10 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 29:11 (KJV)","text":"So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:2 (KJV)","text":"And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:3 (KJV)","text":"So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:4 (KJV)","text":"Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:5 (KJV)","text":"And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:6 (KJV)","text":"And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:7 (KJV)","text":"And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:8 (KJV)","text":"And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:9 (KJV)","text":"So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:10 (KJV)","text":"But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:11 (KJV)","text":"And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:12 (KJV)","text":"And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:13 (KJV)","text":"And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:14 (KJV)","text":"We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:15 (KJV)","text":"And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:16 (KJV)","text":"And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:17 (KJV)","text":"And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:18 (KJV)","text":"And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:19 (KJV)","text":"And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:20 (KJV)","text":"And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:21 (KJV)","text":"And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:22 (KJV)","text":"Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:23 (KJV)","text":"Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:24 (KJV)","text":"For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:25 (KJV)","text":"And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:26 (KJV)","text":"And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:27 (KJV)","text":"To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:28 (KJV)","text":"And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:29 (KJV)","text":"And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:30 (KJV)","text":"And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 30:31 (KJV)","text":"And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:1 (KJV)","text":"Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:2 (KJV)","text":"And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul’s sons."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:3 (KJV)","text":"And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:4 (KJV)","text":"Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:5 (KJV)","text":"And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:6 (KJV)","text":"So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:7 (KJV)","text":"And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:8 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:9 (KJV)","text":"And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:10 (KJV)","text":"And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:11 (KJV)","text":"And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;"},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:12 (KJV)","text":"All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there."},{"verse":"1 Samuel 31:13 (KJV)","text":"And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 1:1 (KJV)","text":"Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 1:2 (KJV)","text":"We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 1:3 (KJV)","text":"Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 1:4 (KJV)","text":"Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 1:5 (KJV)","text":"For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 1:6 (KJV)","text":"And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 1:7 (KJV)","text":"So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 1:8 (KJV)","text":"For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 1:9 (KJV)","text":"For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 1:10 (KJV)","text":"And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:1 (KJV)","text":"For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:2 (KJV)","text":"But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:3 (KJV)","text":"For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:4 (KJV)","text":"But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:5 (KJV)","text":"For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:6 (KJV)","text":"Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:7 (KJV)","text":"But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:8 (KJV)","text":"So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:9 (KJV)","text":"For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:10 (KJV)","text":"Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:11 (KJV)","text":"As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:12 (KJV)","text":"That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:13 (KJV)","text":"For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:14 (KJV)","text":"For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:15 (KJV)","text":"Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:16 (KJV)","text":"Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:17 (KJV)","text":"But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:18 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:19 (KJV)","text":"For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 2:20 (KJV)","text":"For ye are our glory and joy."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:1 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:2 (KJV)","text":"And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:3 (KJV)","text":"That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:4 (KJV)","text":"For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:5 (KJV)","text":"For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:6 (KJV)","text":"But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:7 (KJV)","text":"Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:8 (KJV)","text":"For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:9 (KJV)","text":"For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:10 (KJV)","text":"Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:11 (KJV)","text":"Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:12 (KJV)","text":"And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 3:13 (KJV)","text":"To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:1 (KJV)","text":"Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:2 (KJV)","text":"For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:3 (KJV)","text":"For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:4 (KJV)","text":"That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:5 (KJV)","text":"Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:6 (KJV)","text":"That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:7 (KJV)","text":"For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:8 (KJV)","text":"He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:9 (KJV)","text":"But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:10 (KJV)","text":"And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:11 (KJV)","text":"And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:12 (KJV)","text":"That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:13 (KJV)","text":"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:14 (KJV)","text":"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:15 (KJV)","text":"For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:16 (KJV)","text":"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:17 (KJV)","text":"Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 4:18 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore comfort one another with these words."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:1 (KJV)","text":"But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:2 (KJV)","text":"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:3 (KJV)","text":"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:4 (KJV)","text":"But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:5 (KJV)","text":"Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:6 (KJV)","text":"Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:7 (KJV)","text":"For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:8 (KJV)","text":"But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:9 (KJV)","text":"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:10 (KJV)","text":"Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:11 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:12 (KJV)","text":"And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;"},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:13 (KJV)","text":"And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:14 (KJV)","text":"Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:15 (KJV)","text":"See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:16 (KJV)","text":"Rejoice evermore."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:17 (KJV)","text":"Pray without ceasing."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:18 (KJV)","text":"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:19 (KJV)","text":"Quench not the Spirit."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:20 (KJV)","text":"Despise not prophesyings."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:21 (KJV)","text":"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:22 (KJV)","text":"Abstain from all appearance of evil."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:23 (KJV)","text":"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:24 (KJV)","text":"Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:25 (KJV)","text":"Brethren, pray for us."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:26 (KJV)","text":"Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:27 (KJV)","text":"I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren."},{"verse":"1 Thessalonians 5:28 (KJV)","text":"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:1 (KJV)","text":"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:2 (KJV)","text":"Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:3 (KJV)","text":"As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:4 (KJV)","text":"Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:5 (KJV)","text":"Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:6 (KJV)","text":"From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)","text":"Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:8 (KJV)","text":"But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:9 (KJV)","text":"Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:10 (KJV)","text":"For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:11 (KJV)","text":"According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:12 (KJV)","text":"And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:13 (KJV)","text":"Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:14 (KJV)","text":"And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:15 (KJV)","text":"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:16 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:17 (KJV)","text":"Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:18 (KJV)","text":"This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:19 (KJV)","text":"Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 1:20 (KJV)","text":"Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:1 (KJV)","text":"I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:2 (KJV)","text":"For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:3 (KJV)","text":"For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:4 (KJV)","text":"Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:5 (KJV)","text":"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:6 (KJV)","text":"Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:7 (KJV)","text":"Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:8 (KJV)","text":"I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:9 (KJV)","text":"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:10 (KJV)","text":"But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:11 (KJV)","text":"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:12 (KJV)","text":"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:13 (KJV)","text":"For Adam was first formed, then Eve."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:14 (KJV)","text":"And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)","text":"Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:1 (KJV)","text":"This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:2 (KJV)","text":"A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:3 (KJV)","text":"Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:4 (KJV)","text":"One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:5 (KJV)","text":"(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:6 (KJV)","text":"Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:7 (KJV)","text":"Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:8 (KJV)","text":"Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:9 (KJV)","text":"Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:10 (KJV)","text":"And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:11 (KJV)","text":"Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:12 (KJV)","text":"Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:13 (KJV)","text":"For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:14 (KJV)","text":"These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:15 (KJV)","text":"But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV)","text":"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:1 (KJV)","text":"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:2 (KJV)","text":"Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:3 (KJV)","text":"Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:4 (KJV)","text":"For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:5 (KJV)","text":"For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:6 (KJV)","text":"If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)","text":"But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:8 (KJV)","text":"For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:9 (KJV)","text":"This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:10 (KJV)","text":"For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:11 (KJV)","text":"These things command and teach."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:12 (KJV)","text":"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:13 (KJV)","text":"Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:14 (KJV)","text":"Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:15 (KJV)","text":"Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 4:16 (KJV)","text":"Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:1 (KJV)","text":"Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:2 (KJV)","text":"The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:3 (KJV)","text":"Honour widows that are widows indeed."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:4 (KJV)","text":"But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:5 (KJV)","text":"Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:6 (KJV)","text":"But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:7 (KJV)","text":"And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:8 (KJV)","text":"But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:9 (KJV)","text":"Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:10 (KJV)","text":"Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:11 (KJV)","text":"But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:12 (KJV)","text":"Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:13 (KJV)","text":"And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:14 (KJV)","text":"I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:15 (KJV)","text":"For some are already turned aside after Satan."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:16 (KJV)","text":"If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:17 (KJV)","text":"Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:18 (KJV)","text":"For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:19 (KJV)","text":"Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:20 (KJV)","text":"Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:21 (KJV)","text":"I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:22 (KJV)","text":"Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:23 (KJV)","text":"Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:24 (KJV)","text":"Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 5:25 (KJV)","text":"Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:1 (KJV)","text":"Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:2 (KJV)","text":"And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:3 (KJV)","text":"If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:4 (KJV)","text":"He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:5 (KJV)","text":"Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:6 (KJV)","text":"But godliness with contentment is great gain."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:7 (KJV)","text":"For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:8 (KJV)","text":"And having food and raiment let us be therewith content."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:9 (KJV)","text":"But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:10 (KJV)","text":"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:11 (KJV)","text":"But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:12 (KJV)","text":"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:13 (KJV)","text":"I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:14 (KJV)","text":"That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:15 (KJV)","text":"Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:16 (KJV)","text":"Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:17 (KJV)","text":"Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:18 (KJV)","text":"That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:19 (KJV)","text":"Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life."},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:20 (KJV)","text":"O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:"},{"verse":"1 Timothy 6:21 (KJV)","text":"Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:1 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:2 (KJV)","text":"Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:3 (KJV)","text":"So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:4 (KJV)","text":"But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:5 (KJV)","text":"Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:6 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:7 (KJV)","text":"In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:8 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:9 (KJV)","text":"Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:10 (KJV)","text":"Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:11 (KJV)","text":"And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:12 (KJV)","text":"Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:13 (KJV)","text":"Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:14 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:15 (KJV)","text":"And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:16 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 1:17 (KJV)","text":"And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:1 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:2 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:3 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:4 (KJV)","text":"Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:5 (KJV)","text":"And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:6 (KJV)","text":"But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:7 (KJV)","text":"Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:8 (KJV)","text":"Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:9 (KJV)","text":"Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:10 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:11 (KJV)","text":"Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:12 (KJV)","text":"Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:13 (KJV)","text":"And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:14 (KJV)","text":"The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:15 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:16 (KJV)","text":"And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:17 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 2:18 (KJV)","text":"And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:1 (KJV)","text":"Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:2 (KJV)","text":"And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:3 (KJV)","text":"Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:4 (KJV)","text":"And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:5 (KJV)","text":"And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:6 (KJV)","text":"And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:7 (KJV)","text":"He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:8 (KJV)","text":"And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:9 (KJV)","text":"And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:10 (KJV)","text":"And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:11 (KJV)","text":"And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:12 (KJV)","text":"And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:13 (KJV)","text":"The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:14 (KJV)","text":"And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:15 (KJV)","text":"Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:16 (KJV)","text":"And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 3:17 (KJV)","text":"And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:1 (KJV)","text":"Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:2 (KJV)","text":"Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:3 (KJV)","text":"And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:4 (KJV)","text":"It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:5 (KJV)","text":"And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:6 (KJV)","text":"He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:7 (KJV)","text":"And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:8 (KJV)","text":"He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:9 (KJV)","text":"Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:10 (KJV)","text":"And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:11 (KJV)","text":"And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:12 (KJV)","text":"To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:13 (KJV)","text":"And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:14 (KJV)","text":"He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:15 (KJV)","text":"One sea, and twelve oxen under it."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:16 (KJV)","text":"The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:17 (KJV)","text":"In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:18 (KJV)","text":"Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:19 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:20 (KJV)","text":"Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:21 (KJV)","text":"And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 4:22 (KJV)","text":"And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:1 (KJV)","text":"Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:2 (KJV)","text":"Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:3 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:4 (KJV)","text":"And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:5 (KJV)","text":"And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:6 (KJV)","text":"Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:7 (KJV)","text":"And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:8 (KJV)","text":"For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:9 (KJV)","text":"And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:10 (KJV)","text":"There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:11 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:12 (KJV)","text":"Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:13 (KJV)","text":"It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 5:14 (KJV)","text":"So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:1 (KJV)","text":"Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:2 (KJV)","text":"But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:3 (KJV)","text":"And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:4 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:5 (KJV)","text":"Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:6 (KJV)","text":"But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:7 (KJV)","text":"Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:8 (KJV)","text":"But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:9 (KJV)","text":"Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:10 (KJV)","text":"The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:11 (KJV)","text":"And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:12 (KJV)","text":"And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:13 (KJV)","text":"For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:14 (KJV)","text":"And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:15 (KJV)","text":"Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:16 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:17 (KJV)","text":"Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:18 (KJV)","text":"But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:19 (KJV)","text":"Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:20 (KJV)","text":"That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:21 (KJV)","text":"Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:22 (KJV)","text":"If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:23 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:24 (KJV)","text":"And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:25 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:26 (KJV)","text":"When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:27 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:28 (KJV)","text":"If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:29 (KJV)","text":"Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:30 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:31 (KJV)","text":"That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:32 (KJV)","text":"Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:33 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:34 (KJV)","text":"If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:35 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:36 (KJV)","text":"If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:37 (KJV)","text":"Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:38 (KJV)","text":"If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:39 (KJV)","text":"Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:40 (KJV)","text":"Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:41 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 6:42 (KJV)","text":"O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:1 (KJV)","text":"Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:2 (KJV)","text":"And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:3 (KJV)","text":"And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:4 (KJV)","text":"Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:5 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:6 (KJV)","text":"And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:7 (KJV)","text":"Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:8 (KJV)","text":"Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:9 (KJV)","text":"And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:10 (KJV)","text":"And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:11 (KJV)","text":"Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:12 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:13 (KJV)","text":"If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)","text":"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:15 (KJV)","text":"Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:16 (KJV)","text":"For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:17 (KJV)","text":"And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:18 (KJV)","text":"Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:19 (KJV)","text":"But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:20 (KJV)","text":"Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:21 (KJV)","text":"And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 7:22 (KJV)","text":"And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:2 (KJV)","text":"That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:3 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:4 (KJV)","text":"And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:5 (KJV)","text":"Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:6 (KJV)","text":"And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:7 (KJV)","text":"As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:8 (KJV)","text":"But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:9 (KJV)","text":"But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:10 (KJV)","text":"And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:11 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:12 (KJV)","text":"Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:13 (KJV)","text":"Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:14 (KJV)","text":"And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:15 (KJV)","text":"And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:16 (KJV)","text":"Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:17 (KJV)","text":"Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 8:18 (KJV)","text":"And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:1 (KJV)","text":"And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:2 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:3 (KJV)","text":"And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:4 (KJV)","text":"And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:5 (KJV)","text":"And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:6 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:7 (KJV)","text":"Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:8 (KJV)","text":"Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:9 (KJV)","text":"And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:10 (KJV)","text":"And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:11 (KJV)","text":"And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:12 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:13 (KJV)","text":"Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:14 (KJV)","text":"Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:15 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:16 (KJV)","text":"And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:17 (KJV)","text":"Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:18 (KJV)","text":"And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:19 (KJV)","text":"And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:20 (KJV)","text":"And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:21 (KJV)","text":"For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:22 (KJV)","text":"And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:23 (KJV)","text":"And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:24 (KJV)","text":"And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:25 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:26 (KJV)","text":"And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:27 (KJV)","text":"And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:28 (KJV)","text":"And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:29 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:30 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 9:31 (KJV)","text":"And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:1 (KJV)","text":"And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:2 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:3 (KJV)","text":"And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:4 (KJV)","text":"Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:5 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:6 (KJV)","text":"And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:7 (KJV)","text":"And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:8 (KJV)","text":"But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:9 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:10 (KJV)","text":"And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:11 (KJV)","text":"For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:12 (KJV)","text":"So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:13 (KJV)","text":"And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:14 (KJV)","text":"And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:15 (KJV)","text":"So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:16 (KJV)","text":"And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:17 (KJV)","text":"But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:18 (KJV)","text":"Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 10:19 (KJV)","text":"And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:1 (KJV)","text":"And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:2 (KJV)","text":"But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:3 (KJV)","text":"Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:4 (KJV)","text":"Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:5 (KJV)","text":"And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:6 (KJV)","text":"He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:7 (KJV)","text":"And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:8 (KJV)","text":"And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:9 (KJV)","text":"And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:10 (KJV)","text":"And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:11 (KJV)","text":"And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:12 (KJV)","text":"And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:13 (KJV)","text":"And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:14 (KJV)","text":"For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the LORD:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:15 (KJV)","text":"And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:16 (KJV)","text":"And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:17 (KJV)","text":"So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:18 (KJV)","text":"And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:19 (KJV)","text":"Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:20 (KJV)","text":"And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:21 (KJV)","text":"And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:22 (KJV)","text":"And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 11:23 (KJV)","text":"And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:2 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:3 (KJV)","text":"With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:4 (KJV)","text":"And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:5 (KJV)","text":"Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:6 (KJV)","text":"Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:7 (KJV)","text":"And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:8 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:9 (KJV)","text":"So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:10 (KJV)","text":"Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:11 (KJV)","text":"And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:12 (KJV)","text":"And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:13 (KJV)","text":"So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:14 (KJV)","text":"And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:15 (KJV)","text":"Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 12:16 (KJV)","text":"And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:1 (KJV)","text":"Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:2 (KJV)","text":"He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:3 (KJV)","text":"And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:4 (KJV)","text":"And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:5 (KJV)","text":"Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:6 (KJV)","text":"Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:7 (KJV)","text":"And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:8 (KJV)","text":"And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:9 (KJV)","text":"Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:10 (KJV)","text":"But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:11 (KJV)","text":"And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:12 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:13 (KJV)","text":"But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:14 (KJV)","text":"And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:15 (KJV)","text":"Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:16 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:17 (KJV)","text":"And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:18 (KJV)","text":"Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:19 (KJV)","text":"And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:20 (KJV)","text":"Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:21 (KJV)","text":"But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 13:22 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:1 (KJV)","text":"So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:2 (KJV)","text":"And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:3 (KJV)","text":"For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:4 (KJV)","text":"And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:5 (KJV)","text":"Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:6 (KJV)","text":"And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:7 (KJV)","text":"Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:8 (KJV)","text":"And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:9 (KJV)","text":"And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:10 (KJV)","text":"Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:11 (KJV)","text":"And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:12 (KJV)","text":"So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:13 (KJV)","text":"And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:14 (KJV)","text":"And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 14:15 (KJV)","text":"They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:1 (KJV)","text":"And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:2 (KJV)","text":"And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:3 (KJV)","text":"Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:4 (KJV)","text":"But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:5 (KJV)","text":"And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:6 (KJV)","text":"And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:7 (KJV)","text":"Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:8 (KJV)","text":"And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:9 (KJV)","text":"And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:10 (KJV)","text":"So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:11 (KJV)","text":"And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:12 (KJV)","text":"And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:13 (KJV)","text":"That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:14 (KJV)","text":"And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:15 (KJV)","text":"And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:16 (KJV)","text":"And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:17 (KJV)","text":"But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:18 (KJV)","text":"And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 15:19 (KJV)","text":"And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:1 (KJV)","text":"In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:2 (KJV)","text":"Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:3 (KJV)","text":"There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:4 (KJV)","text":"And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:5 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:6 (KJV)","text":"Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:7 (KJV)","text":"And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:8 (KJV)","text":"Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV)","text":"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:10 (KJV)","text":"Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:11 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:12 (KJV)","text":"And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:13 (KJV)","text":"And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 16:14 (KJV)","text":"And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:1 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:2 (KJV)","text":"And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:3 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:4 (KJV)","text":"But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:5 (KJV)","text":"Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:6 (KJV)","text":"And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:7 (KJV)","text":"Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:8 (KJV)","text":"And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:9 (KJV)","text":"And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:10 (KJV)","text":"And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:11 (KJV)","text":"Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:12 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:13 (KJV)","text":"And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:14 (KJV)","text":"And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:15 (KJV)","text":"And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:16 (KJV)","text":"And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:17 (KJV)","text":"And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:18 (KJV)","text":"And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 17:19 (KJV)","text":"These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:1 (KJV)","text":"Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:2 (KJV)","text":"And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:3 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:4 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:5 (KJV)","text":"Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king’s hand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:6 (KJV)","text":"But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:7 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:8 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:9 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:10 (KJV)","text":"And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:11 (KJV)","text":"And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:12 (KJV)","text":"And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:13 (KJV)","text":"And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:14 (KJV)","text":"And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:15 (KJV)","text":"And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:16 (KJV)","text":"Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:17 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:18 (KJV)","text":"Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:19 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:20 (KJV)","text":"Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:21 (KJV)","text":"And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:22 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:23 (KJV)","text":"Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:24 (KJV)","text":"And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:25 (KJV)","text":"Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:26 (KJV)","text":"And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:27 (KJV)","text":"And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:28 (KJV)","text":"So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:29 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:30 (KJV)","text":"Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:31 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:32 (KJV)","text":"For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:33 (KJV)","text":"And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 18:34 (KJV)","text":"And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:1 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:2 (KJV)","text":"And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:3 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:4 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:5 (KJV)","text":"And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:6 (KJV)","text":"And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:7 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:8 (KJV)","text":"Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:9 (KJV)","text":"And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:10 (KJV)","text":"And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 19:11 (KJV)","text":"And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:1 (KJV)","text":"It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:2 (KJV)","text":"Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:3 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:4 (KJV)","text":"And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:5 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:6 (KJV)","text":"And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:7 (KJV)","text":"Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:8 (KJV)","text":"And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:9 (KJV)","text":"If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:10 (KJV)","text":"And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:11 (KJV)","text":"Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:12 (KJV)","text":"O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:13 (KJV)","text":"And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:14 (KJV)","text":"Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:15 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:16 (KJV)","text":"To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:17 (KJV)","text":"Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:18 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:19 (KJV)","text":"And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:20 (KJV)","text":"And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:21 (KJV)","text":"And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:22 (KJV)","text":"And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:23 (KJV)","text":"For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:24 (KJV)","text":"And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:25 (KJV)","text":"And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:26 (KJV)","text":"And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:27 (KJV)","text":"Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:28 (KJV)","text":"And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:29 (KJV)","text":"And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:30 (KJV)","text":"So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:31 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:32 (KJV)","text":"And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:33 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:34 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:35 (KJV)","text":"And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:36 (KJV)","text":"And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 20:37 (KJV)","text":"Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:1 (KJV)","text":"Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:2 (KJV)","text":"And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:3 (KJV)","text":"And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:4 (KJV)","text":"Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:5 (KJV)","text":"Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:6 (KJV)","text":"And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:7 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:8 (KJV)","text":"In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:9 (KJV)","text":"Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:10 (KJV)","text":"So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:11 (KJV)","text":"Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:12 (KJV)","text":"And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:13 (KJV)","text":"But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:14 (KJV)","text":"Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:15 (KJV)","text":"And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:16 (KJV)","text":"Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:17 (KJV)","text":"And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:18 (KJV)","text":"And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:19 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 21:20 (KJV)","text":"Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:1 (KJV)","text":"And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:2 (KJV)","text":"Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:3 (KJV)","text":"He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:4 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:5 (KJV)","text":"He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:6 (KJV)","text":"And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:7 (KJV)","text":"And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:8 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:9 (KJV)","text":"And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:10 (KJV)","text":"But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:11 (KJV)","text":"But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 22:12 (KJV)","text":"And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:1 (KJV)","text":"And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:2 (KJV)","text":"And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:3 (KJV)","text":"And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:4 (KJV)","text":"This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:5 (KJV)","text":"And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:6 (KJV)","text":"But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:7 (KJV)","text":"And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:8 (KJV)","text":"So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:9 (KJV)","text":"Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:10 (KJV)","text":"And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:11 (KJV)","text":"Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:12 (KJV)","text":"Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:13 (KJV)","text":"And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:14 (KJV)","text":"Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:15 (KJV)","text":"So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they slew her there."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:16 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:17 (KJV)","text":"Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:18 (KJV)","text":"Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:19 (KJV)","text":"And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:20 (KJV)","text":"And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 23:21 (KJV)","text":"And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:1 (KJV)","text":"Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beersheba."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:2 (KJV)","text":"And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:3 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:4 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:5 (KJV)","text":"And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:6 (KJV)","text":"And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:7 (KJV)","text":"For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:8 (KJV)","text":"And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:9 (KJV)","text":"And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:10 (KJV)","text":"And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:11 (KJV)","text":"Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:12 (KJV)","text":"And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:13 (KJV)","text":"So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:14 (KJV)","text":"And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:15 (KJV)","text":"But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:16 (KJV)","text":"And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:17 (KJV)","text":"Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:18 (KJV)","text":"And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:19 (KJV)","text":"Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:20 (KJV)","text":"And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:21 (KJV)","text":"And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:22 (KJV)","text":"Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:23 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:24 (KJV)","text":"For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:25 (KJV)","text":"And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:26 (KJV)","text":"And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 24:27 (KJV)","text":"Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:1 (KJV)","text":"Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:2 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:3 (KJV)","text":"Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:4 (KJV)","text":"But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:5 (KJV)","text":"Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:6 (KJV)","text":"He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:7 (KJV)","text":"But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:8 (KJV)","text":"But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:9 (KJV)","text":"And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:10 (KJV)","text":"Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:11 (KJV)","text":"And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:12 (KJV)","text":"And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:13 (KJV)","text":"But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:14 (KJV)","text":"Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:15 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:16 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:17 (KJV)","text":"Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:18 (KJV)","text":"And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:19 (KJV)","text":"Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:20 (KJV)","text":"But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:21 (KJV)","text":"So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:22 (KJV)","text":"And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:23 (KJV)","text":"And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:24 (KJV)","text":"And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:25 (KJV)","text":"And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:26 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:27 (KJV)","text":"Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 25:28 (KJV)","text":"And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:1 (KJV)","text":"Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:2 (KJV)","text":"He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:3 (KJV)","text":"Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:4 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:5 (KJV)","text":"And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:6 (KJV)","text":"And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:7 (KJV)","text":"And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:8 (KJV)","text":"And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:9 (KJV)","text":"Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:10 (KJV)","text":"Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:11 (KJV)","text":"Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:12 (KJV)","text":"The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:13 (KJV)","text":"And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:14 (KJV)","text":"And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:15 (KJV)","text":"And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:16 (KJV)","text":"But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:17 (KJV)","text":"And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:18 (KJV)","text":"And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:19 (KJV)","text":"Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:20 (KJV)","text":"And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:21 (KJV)","text":"And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:22 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 26:23 (KJV)","text":"So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 27:1 (KJV)","text":"Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 27:2 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 27:3 (KJV)","text":"He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 27:4 (KJV)","text":"Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 27:5 (KJV)","text":"He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 27:6 (KJV)","text":"So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 27:7 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 27:8 (KJV)","text":"He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 27:9 (KJV)","text":"And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:1 (KJV)","text":"Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:2 (KJV)","text":"For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:3 (KJV)","text":"Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:4 (KJV)","text":"He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:5 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:6 (KJV)","text":"For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:7 (KJV)","text":"And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:8 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:9 (KJV)","text":"But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:10 (KJV)","text":"And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:11 (KJV)","text":"Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:12 (KJV)","text":"Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:13 (KJV)","text":"And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:14 (KJV)","text":"So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:15 (KJV)","text":"And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:16 (KJV)","text":"At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:17 (KJV)","text":"For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:18 (KJV)","text":"The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:19 (KJV)","text":"For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:20 (KJV)","text":"And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:21 (KJV)","text":"For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:22 (KJV)","text":"And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:23 (KJV)","text":"For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:24 (KJV)","text":"And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:25 (KJV)","text":"And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:26 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 28:27 (KJV)","text":"And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:1 (KJV)","text":"Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:2 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:3 (KJV)","text":"He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:4 (KJV)","text":"And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:5 (KJV)","text":"And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:6 (KJV)","text":"For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:7 (KJV)","text":"Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:8 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:9 (KJV)","text":"For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:10 (KJV)","text":"Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:11 (KJV)","text":"My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:12 (KJV)","text":"Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:13 (KJV)","text":"And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:14 (KJV)","text":"And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:15 (KJV)","text":"And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:16 (KJV)","text":"And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:17 (KJV)","text":"Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:18 (KJV)","text":"Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:19 (KJV)","text":"Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:20 (KJV)","text":"Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:21 (KJV)","text":"And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:22 (KJV)","text":"So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:23 (KJV)","text":"And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:24 (KJV)","text":"And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:25 (KJV)","text":"And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:26 (KJV)","text":"And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:27 (KJV)","text":"And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:28 (KJV)","text":"And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:29 (KJV)","text":"And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:30 (KJV)","text":"Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:31 (KJV)","text":"Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:32 (KJV)","text":"And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:33 (KJV)","text":"And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:34 (KJV)","text":"But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:35 (KJV)","text":"And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 29:36 (KJV)","text":"And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:1 (KJV)","text":"And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:2 (KJV)","text":"For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:3 (KJV)","text":"For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:4 (KJV)","text":"And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:5 (KJV)","text":"So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:6 (KJV)","text":"So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:7 (KJV)","text":"And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:8 (KJV)","text":"Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:9 (KJV)","text":"For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:10 (KJV)","text":"So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:11 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:12 (KJV)","text":"Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:13 (KJV)","text":"And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:14 (KJV)","text":"And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:15 (KJV)","text":"Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:16 (KJV)","text":"And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:17 (KJV)","text":"For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:18 (KJV)","text":"For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:19 (KJV)","text":"That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:20 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:21 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:22 (KJV)","text":"And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:23 (KJV)","text":"And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:24 (KJV)","text":"For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:25 (KJV)","text":"And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:26 (KJV)","text":"So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 30:27 (KJV)","text":"Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:1 (KJV)","text":"Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:2 (KJV)","text":"And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:3 (KJV)","text":"He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:4 (KJV)","text":"Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:5 (KJV)","text":"And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:6 (KJV)","text":"And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:7 (KJV)","text":"In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:8 (KJV)","text":"And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:9 (KJV)","text":"Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:10 (KJV)","text":"And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:11 (KJV)","text":"Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:12 (KJV)","text":"And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:13 (KJV)","text":"And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:14 (KJV)","text":"And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:15 (KJV)","text":"And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:16 (KJV)","text":"Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:17 (KJV)","text":"Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:18 (KJV)","text":"And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:19 (KJV)","text":"Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:20 (KJV)","text":"And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 31:21 (KJV)","text":"And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:1 (KJV)","text":"After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:2 (KJV)","text":"And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:3 (KJV)","text":"He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:4 (KJV)","text":"So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:5 (KJV)","text":"Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:6 (KJV)","text":"And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:7 (KJV)","text":"Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:8 (KJV)","text":"With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:9 (KJV)","text":"After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:10 (KJV)","text":"Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:11 (KJV)","text":"Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:12 (KJV)","text":"Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:13 (KJV)","text":"Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:14 (KJV)","text":"Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:15 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:16 (KJV)","text":"And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:17 (KJV)","text":"He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:18 (KJV)","text":"Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:19 (KJV)","text":"And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:20 (KJV)","text":"And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:21 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:22 (KJV)","text":"Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:23 (KJV)","text":"And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:24 (KJV)","text":"In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:25 (KJV)","text":"But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:26 (KJV)","text":"Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:27 (KJV)","text":"And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:28 (KJV)","text":"Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:29 (KJV)","text":"Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:30 (KJV)","text":"This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:31 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:32 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 32:33 (KJV)","text":"And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:1 (KJV)","text":"Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:2 (KJV)","text":"But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:3 (KJV)","text":"For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:4 (KJV)","text":"Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:5 (KJV)","text":"And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:6 (KJV)","text":"And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:7 (KJV)","text":"And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:8 (KJV)","text":"Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:9 (KJV)","text":"So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:10 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:11 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:12 (KJV)","text":"And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:13 (KJV)","text":"And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:14 (KJV)","text":"Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:15 (KJV)","text":"And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:16 (KJV)","text":"And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:17 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:18 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:19 (KJV)","text":"His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:20 (KJV)","text":"So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:21 (KJV)","text":"Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:22 (KJV)","text":"But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:23 (KJV)","text":"And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:24 (KJV)","text":"And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 33:25 (KJV)","text":"But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:1 (KJV)","text":"Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:2 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:3 (KJV)","text":"For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:4 (KJV)","text":"And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:5 (KJV)","text":"And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:6 (KJV)","text":"And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:7 (KJV)","text":"And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:8 (KJV)","text":"Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:9 (KJV)","text":"And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:10 (KJV)","text":"And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:11 (KJV)","text":"Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:12 (KJV)","text":"And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:13 (KJV)","text":"Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:14 (KJV)","text":"And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:15 (KJV)","text":"And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:16 (KJV)","text":"And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:17 (KJV)","text":"And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:18 (KJV)","text":"Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:19 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:20 (KJV)","text":"And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:21 (KJV)","text":"Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:22 (KJV)","text":"And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:23 (KJV)","text":"And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:24 (KJV)","text":"Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:25 (KJV)","text":"Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:26 (KJV)","text":"And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:27 (KJV)","text":"Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:28 (KJV)","text":"Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:29 (KJV)","text":"Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:30 (KJV)","text":"And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:31 (KJV)","text":"And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:32 (KJV)","text":"And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 34:33 (KJV)","text":"And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:1 (KJV)","text":"Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:2 (KJV)","text":"And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:3 (KJV)","text":"And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:4 (KJV)","text":"And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:5 (KJV)","text":"And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:6 (KJV)","text":"So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:7 (KJV)","text":"And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king’s substance."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:8 (KJV)","text":"And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:9 (KJV)","text":"Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:10 (KJV)","text":"So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:11 (KJV)","text":"And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:12 (KJV)","text":"And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:13 (KJV)","text":"And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:14 (KJV)","text":"And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:15 (KJV)","text":"And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:16 (KJV)","text":"So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:17 (KJV)","text":"And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:18 (KJV)","text":"And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:19 (KJV)","text":"In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:20 (KJV)","text":"After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:21 (KJV)","text":"But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:22 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:23 (KJV)","text":"And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:24 (KJV)","text":"His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:25 (KJV)","text":"And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:26 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 35:27 (KJV)","text":"And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:1 (KJV)","text":"Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:2 (KJV)","text":"Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:3 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:4 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:5 (KJV)","text":"Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:6 (KJV)","text":"Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:7 (KJV)","text":"Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:8 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:9 (KJV)","text":"Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:10 (KJV)","text":"And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:11 (KJV)","text":"Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:12 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:13 (KJV)","text":"And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:14 (KJV)","text":"Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:15 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:16 (KJV)","text":"But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:17 (KJV)","text":"Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:18 (KJV)","text":"And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:19 (KJV)","text":"And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:20 (KJV)","text":"And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:21 (KJV)","text":"To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years."},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:22 (KJV)","text":"Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Chronicles 36:23 (KJV)","text":"Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:1 (KJV)","text":"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:2 (KJV)","text":"Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:3 (KJV)","text":"Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:4 (KJV)","text":"Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:5 (KJV)","text":"For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:6 (KJV)","text":"And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:7 (KJV)","text":"And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:8 (KJV)","text":"For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:9 (KJV)","text":"But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:10 (KJV)","text":"Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:11 (KJV)","text":"Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:12 (KJV)","text":"For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:13 (KJV)","text":"For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:14 (KJV)","text":"As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:15 (KJV)","text":"And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:16 (KJV)","text":"And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:17 (KJV)","text":"When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:18 (KJV)","text":"But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:19 (KJV)","text":"For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:20 (KJV)","text":"For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:21 (KJV)","text":"Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:22 (KJV)","text":"Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:23 (KJV)","text":"Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 1:24 (KJV)","text":"Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:1 (KJV)","text":"But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:2 (KJV)","text":"For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:3 (KJV)","text":"And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:4 (KJV)","text":"For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:5 (KJV)","text":"But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:6 (KJV)","text":"Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:7 (KJV)","text":"So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:8 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:9 (KJV)","text":"For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:10 (KJV)","text":"To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:11 (KJV)","text":"Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:12 (KJV)","text":"Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:13 (KJV)","text":"I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV)","text":"Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:15 (KJV)","text":"For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:16 (KJV)","text":"To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 2:17 (KJV)","text":"For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:1 (KJV)","text":"Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:2 (KJV)","text":"Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:3 (KJV)","text":"Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:4 (KJV)","text":"And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:5 (KJV)","text":"Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:6 (KJV)","text":"Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:7 (KJV)","text":"But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:8 (KJV)","text":"How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:9 (KJV)","text":"For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:10 (KJV)","text":"For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:11 (KJV)","text":"For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:12 (KJV)","text":"Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:13 (KJV)","text":"And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:14 (KJV)","text":"But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:15 (KJV)","text":"But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:16 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:17 (KJV)","text":"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 3:18 (KJV)","text":"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:1 (KJV)","text":"Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:2 (KJV)","text":"But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:3 (KJV)","text":"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:4 (KJV)","text":"In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:5 (KJV)","text":"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:6 (KJV)","text":"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:7 (KJV)","text":"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:8 (KJV)","text":"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:9 (KJV)","text":"Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:10 (KJV)","text":"Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:11 (KJV)","text":"For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:12 (KJV)","text":"So then death worketh in us, but life in you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:13 (KJV)","text":"We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:14 (KJV)","text":"Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:15 (KJV)","text":"For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:16 (KJV)","text":"For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:17 (KJV)","text":"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 4:18 (KJV)","text":"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:1 (KJV)","text":"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:2 (KJV)","text":"For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:3 (KJV)","text":"If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:4 (KJV)","text":"For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:5 (KJV)","text":"Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:6 (KJV)","text":"Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)","text":"(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:8 (KJV)","text":"We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:9 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:10 (KJV)","text":"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:11 (KJV)","text":"Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:12 (KJV)","text":"For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:13 (KJV)","text":"For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:14 (KJV)","text":"For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:15 (KJV)","text":"And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:16 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)","text":"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:18 (KJV)","text":"And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:19 (KJV)","text":"To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:20 (KJV)","text":"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 5:21 (KJV)","text":"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:1 (KJV)","text":"We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:2 (KJV)","text":"(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:3 (KJV)","text":"Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:4 (KJV)","text":"But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:5 (KJV)","text":"In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:6 (KJV)","text":"By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:7 (KJV)","text":"By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:8 (KJV)","text":"By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:9 (KJV)","text":"As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:10 (KJV)","text":"As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:11 (KJV)","text":"O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:12 (KJV)","text":"Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:13 (KJV)","text":"Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:14 (KJV)","text":"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:15 (KJV)","text":"And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:16 (KJV)","text":"And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:17 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 6:18 (KJV)","text":"And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:1 (KJV)","text":"Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:2 (KJV)","text":"Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:3 (KJV)","text":"I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:4 (KJV)","text":"Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:5 (KJV)","text":"For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:6 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:7 (KJV)","text":"And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:8 (KJV)","text":"For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:9 (KJV)","text":"Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:10 (KJV)","text":"For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:11 (KJV)","text":"For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:12 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:13 (KJV)","text":"Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:14 (KJV)","text":"For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:15 (KJV)","text":"And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 7:16 (KJV)","text":"I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:1 (KJV)","text":"Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:2 (KJV)","text":"How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:3 (KJV)","text":"For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:4 (KJV)","text":"Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:5 (KJV)","text":"And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:6 (KJV)","text":"Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:7 (KJV)","text":"Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:8 (KJV)","text":"I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:9 (KJV)","text":"For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:10 (KJV)","text":"And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:11 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:12 (KJV)","text":"For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:13 (KJV)","text":"For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:14 (KJV)","text":"But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:15 (KJV)","text":"As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:16 (KJV)","text":"But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:17 (KJV)","text":"For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:18 (KJV)","text":"And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:19 (KJV)","text":"And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:20 (KJV)","text":"Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:21 (KJV)","text":"Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:22 (KJV)","text":"And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:23 (KJV)","text":"Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 8:24 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:1 (KJV)","text":"For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:2 (KJV)","text":"For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:3 (KJV)","text":"Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:4 (KJV)","text":"Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:5 (KJV)","text":"Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:6 (KJV)","text":"But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:7 (KJV)","text":"Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:8 (KJV)","text":"And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:9 (KJV)","text":"(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:10 (KJV)","text":"Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:11 (KJV)","text":"Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:12 (KJV)","text":"For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:13 (KJV)","text":"Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:14 (KJV)","text":"And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 9:15 (KJV)","text":"Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:1 (KJV)","text":"Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:2 (KJV)","text":"But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:3 (KJV)","text":"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:4 (KJV)","text":"(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:5 (KJV)","text":"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:6 (KJV)","text":"And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:7 (KJV)","text":"Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:8 (KJV)","text":"For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:9 (KJV)","text":"That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:10 (KJV)","text":"For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:11 (KJV)","text":"Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:12 (KJV)","text":"For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV)","text":"But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:14 (KJV)","text":"For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:15 (KJV)","text":"Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:16 (KJV)","text":"To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:17 (KJV)","text":"But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 10:18 (KJV)","text":"For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:1 (KJV)","text":"Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:2 (KJV)","text":"For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:3 (KJV)","text":"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:4 (KJV)","text":"For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:5 (KJV)","text":"For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:6 (KJV)","text":"But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:7 (KJV)","text":"Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:8 (KJV)","text":"I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:9 (KJV)","text":"And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:10 (KJV)","text":"As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:11 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:12 (KJV)","text":"But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:13 (KJV)","text":"For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV)","text":"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:15 (KJV)","text":"Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:16 (KJV)","text":"I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:17 (KJV)","text":"That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:18 (KJV)","text":"Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:19 (KJV)","text":"For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:20 (KJV)","text":"For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:21 (KJV)","text":"I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:22 (KJV)","text":"Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:23 (KJV)","text":"Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:24 (KJV)","text":"Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:25 (KJV)","text":"Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:26 (KJV)","text":"In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:27 (KJV)","text":"In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:28 (KJV)","text":"Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:29 (KJV)","text":"Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:30 (KJV)","text":"If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:31 (KJV)","text":"The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:32 (KJV)","text":"In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 11:33 (KJV)","text":"And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:1 (KJV)","text":"It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:2 (KJV)","text":"I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:3 (KJV)","text":"And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:4 (KJV)","text":"How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:5 (KJV)","text":"Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:6 (KJV)","text":"For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:7 (KJV)","text":"And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:8 (KJV)","text":"For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:10 (KJV)","text":"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:11 (KJV)","text":"I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:12 (KJV)","text":"Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:13 (KJV)","text":"For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:14 (KJV)","text":"Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:15 (KJV)","text":"And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:16 (KJV)","text":"But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:17 (KJV)","text":"Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:18 (KJV)","text":"I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:19 (KJV)","text":"Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:20 (KJV)","text":"For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 12:21 (KJV)","text":"And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:1 (KJV)","text":"This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:2 (KJV)","text":"I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:3 (KJV)","text":"Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:4 (KJV)","text":"For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:5 (KJV)","text":"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?"},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:6 (KJV)","text":"But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:7 (KJV)","text":"Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:8 (KJV)","text":"For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:9 (KJV)","text":"For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:10 (KJV)","text":"Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:11 (KJV)","text":"Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV)","text":"Greet one another with an holy kiss."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:13 (KJV)","text":"All the saints salute you."},{"verse":"2 Corinthians 13:14 (KJV)","text":"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen."},{"verse":"2 John 1:1 (KJV)","text":"The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;"},{"verse":"2 John 1:2 (KJV)","text":"For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever."},{"verse":"2 John 1:3 (KJV)","text":"Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love."},{"verse":"2 John 1:4 (KJV)","text":"I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father."},{"verse":"2 John 1:5 (KJV)","text":"And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another."},{"verse":"2 John 1:6 (KJV)","text":"And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it."},{"verse":"2 John 1:7 (KJV)","text":"For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist."},{"verse":"2 John 1:8 (KJV)","text":"Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward."},{"verse":"2 John 1:9 (KJV)","text":"Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son."},{"verse":"2 John 1:10 (KJV)","text":"If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:"},{"verse":"2 John 1:11 (KJV)","text":"For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds."},{"verse":"2 John 1:12 (KJV)","text":"Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full."},{"verse":"2 John 1:13 (KJV)","text":"The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:1 (KJV)","text":"Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:2 (KJV)","text":"And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:3 (KJV)","text":"But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:4 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:5 (KJV)","text":"And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:6 (KJV)","text":"And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:7 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:8 (KJV)","text":"And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:9 (KJV)","text":"Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:10 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:11 (KJV)","text":"Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:12 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:13 (KJV)","text":"And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:14 (KJV)","text":"Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:15 (KJV)","text":"And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:16 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:17 (KJV)","text":"So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son."},{"verse":"2 Kings 1:18 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:1 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:2 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:3 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:4 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:5 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:6 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:7 (KJV)","text":"And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:8 (KJV)","text":"And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:9 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:10 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:11 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:12 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:13 (KJV)","text":"He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;"},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:14 (KJV)","text":"And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:15 (KJV)","text":"And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:16 (KJV)","text":"And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:17 (KJV)","text":"And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:18 (KJV)","text":"And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:19 (KJV)","text":"And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:20 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:21 (KJV)","text":"And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:22 (KJV)","text":"So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:23 (KJV)","text":"And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:24 (KJV)","text":"And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them."},{"verse":"2 Kings 2:25 (KJV)","text":"And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:1 (KJV)","text":"Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:2 (KJV)","text":"And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:3 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:4 (KJV)","text":"And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:5 (KJV)","text":"But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:6 (KJV)","text":"And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:7 (KJV)","text":"And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:8 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:9 (KJV)","text":"So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:10 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!"},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:11 (KJV)","text":"But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:12 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:13 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:14 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:15 (KJV)","text":"But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:16 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:17 (KJV)","text":"For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:18 (KJV)","text":"And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:19 (KJV)","text":"And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:20 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:21 (KJV)","text":"And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:22 (KJV)","text":"And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:"},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:23 (KJV)","text":"And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:24 (KJV)","text":"And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:25 (KJV)","text":"And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:26 (KJV)","text":"And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not."},{"verse":"2 Kings 3:27 (KJV)","text":"Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:1 (KJV)","text":"Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:2 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:3 (KJV)","text":"Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:4 (KJV)","text":"And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:5 (KJV)","text":"So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:6 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:7 (KJV)","text":"Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:8 (KJV)","text":"And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:9 (KJV)","text":"And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:10 (KJV)","text":"Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:11 (KJV)","text":"And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:12 (KJV)","text":"And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:13 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:14 (KJV)","text":"And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:15 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:16 (KJV)","text":"And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:17 (KJV)","text":"And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:18 (KJV)","text":"And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:19 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:20 (KJV)","text":"And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:21 (KJV)","text":"And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:22 (KJV)","text":"And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:23 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:24 (KJV)","text":"Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:25 (KJV)","text":"So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:"},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:26 (KJV)","text":"Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:27 (KJV)","text":"And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:28 (KJV)","text":"Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:29 (KJV)","text":"Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:30 (KJV)","text":"And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:31 (KJV)","text":"And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:32 (KJV)","text":"And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:33 (KJV)","text":"He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:34 (KJV)","text":"And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:35 (KJV)","text":"Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:36 (KJV)","text":"And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:37 (KJV)","text":"Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:38 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:39 (KJV)","text":"And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:40 (KJV)","text":"So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:41 (KJV)","text":"But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:42 (KJV)","text":"And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:43 (KJV)","text":"And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof."},{"verse":"2 Kings 4:44 (KJV)","text":"So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:1 (KJV)","text":"Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:2 (KJV)","text":"And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:3 (KJV)","text":"And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:4 (KJV)","text":"And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:5 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:6 (KJV)","text":"And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:7 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:8 (KJV)","text":"And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:9 (KJV)","text":"So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:10 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:11 (KJV)","text":"But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:12 (KJV)","text":"Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:13 (KJV)","text":"And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:14 (KJV)","text":"Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:15 (KJV)","text":"And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:16 (KJV)","text":"But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:17 (KJV)","text":"And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:18 (KJV)","text":"In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:19 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:20 (KJV)","text":"But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:21 (KJV)","text":"So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:22 (KJV)","text":"And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:23 (KJV)","text":"And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:24 (KJV)","text":"And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:25 (KJV)","text":"But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither."},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:26 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 5:27 (KJV)","text":"The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:1 (KJV)","text":"And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:2 (KJV)","text":"Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:3 (KJV)","text":"And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:4 (KJV)","text":"So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:5 (KJV)","text":"But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:6 (KJV)","text":"And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:7 (KJV)","text":"Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:8 (KJV)","text":"Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:9 (KJV)","text":"And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:10 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:11 (KJV)","text":"Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:12 (KJV)","text":"And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:13 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:14 (KJV)","text":"Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:15 (KJV)","text":"And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:16 (KJV)","text":"And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:17 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:18 (KJV)","text":"And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:19 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:20 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:21 (KJV)","text":"And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:22 (KJV)","text":"And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:23 (KJV)","text":"And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:24 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:25 (KJV)","text":"And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:26 (KJV)","text":"And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:27 (KJV)","text":"And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:28 (KJV)","text":"And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:29 (KJV)","text":"So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:30 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:31 (KJV)","text":"Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day."},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:32 (KJV)","text":"But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 6:33 (KJV)","text":"And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:1 (KJV)","text":"Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:2 (KJV)","text":"Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:3 (KJV)","text":"And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:4 (KJV)","text":"If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:5 (KJV)","text":"And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:6 (KJV)","text":"For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:7 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:8 (KJV)","text":"And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:9 (KJV)","text":"Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:10 (KJV)","text":"So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:11 (KJV)","text":"And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:12 (KJV)","text":"And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:13 (KJV)","text":"And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:14 (KJV)","text":"They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:15 (KJV)","text":"And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:16 (KJV)","text":"And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:17 (KJV)","text":"And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:18 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:"},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:19 (KJV)","text":"And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof."},{"verse":"2 Kings 7:20 (KJV)","text":"And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:1 (KJV)","text":"Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:2 (KJV)","text":"And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:3 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:4 (KJV)","text":"And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:5 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:6 (KJV)","text":"And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:7 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:8 (KJV)","text":"And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:9 (KJV)","text":"So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:10 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:11 (KJV)","text":"And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:12 (KJV)","text":"And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:13 (KJV)","text":"And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:14 (KJV)","text":"So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:15 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:16 (KJV)","text":"And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:17 (KJV)","text":"Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:18 (KJV)","text":"And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:19 (KJV)","text":"Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:20 (KJV)","text":"In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:21 (KJV)","text":"So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:22 (KJV)","text":"Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:23 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:24 (KJV)","text":"And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:25 (KJV)","text":"In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:26 (KJV)","text":"Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:27 (KJV)","text":"And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:28 (KJV)","text":"And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram."},{"verse":"2 Kings 8:29 (KJV)","text":"And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:1 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:"},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:2 (KJV)","text":"And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;"},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:3 (KJV)","text":"Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:4 (KJV)","text":"So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:5 (KJV)","text":"And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:6 (KJV)","text":"And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:7 (KJV)","text":"And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:8 (KJV)","text":"For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:"},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:9 (KJV)","text":"And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:"},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:10 (KJV)","text":"And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:11 (KJV)","text":"Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:12 (KJV)","text":"And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:13 (KJV)","text":"Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:14 (KJV)","text":"So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:15 (KJV)","text":"But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:16 (KJV)","text":"So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:17 (KJV)","text":"And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:18 (KJV)","text":"So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:19 (KJV)","text":"Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:20 (KJV)","text":"And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:21 (KJV)","text":"And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:22 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:23 (KJV)","text":"And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:24 (KJV)","text":"And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:25 (KJV)","text":"Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;"},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:26 (KJV)","text":"Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:27 (KJV)","text":"But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:28 (KJV)","text":"And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:29 (KJV)","text":"And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:30 (KJV)","text":"And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:31 (KJV)","text":"And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:32 (KJV)","text":"And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:33 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:34 (KJV)","text":"And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:35 (KJV)","text":"And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands."},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:36 (KJV)","text":"Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:"},{"verse":"2 Kings 9:37 (KJV)","text":"And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:1 (KJV)","text":"And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,"},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:2 (KJV)","text":"Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;"},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:3 (KJV)","text":"Look even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:4 (KJV)","text":"But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:5 (KJV)","text":"And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:6 (KJV)","text":"Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:7 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:8 (KJV)","text":"And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:9 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:10 (KJV)","text":"Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:11 (KJV)","text":"So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:12 (KJV)","text":"And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,"},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:13 (KJV)","text":"Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:14 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:15 (KJV)","text":"And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:16 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:17 (KJV)","text":"And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:18 (KJV)","text":"And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:19 (KJV)","text":"Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:20 (KJV)","text":"And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:21 (KJV)","text":"And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:22 (KJV)","text":"And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:23 (KJV)","text":"And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:24 (KJV)","text":"And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:25 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:26 (KJV)","text":"And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:27 (KJV)","text":"And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:28 (KJV)","text":"Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:29 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:30 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:31 (KJV)","text":"But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:32 (KJV)","text":"In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;"},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:33 (KJV)","text":"From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:34 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:35 (KJV)","text":"And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 10:36 (KJV)","text":"And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:1 (KJV)","text":"And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:2 (KJV)","text":"But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:3 (KJV)","text":"And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:4 (KJV)","text":"And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:5 (KJV)","text":"And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;"},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:6 (KJV)","text":"And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:7 (KJV)","text":"And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:8 (KJV)","text":"And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:9 (KJV)","text":"And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:10 (KJV)","text":"And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:11 (KJV)","text":"And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:12 (KJV)","text":"And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:13 (KJV)","text":"And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:14 (KJV)","text":"And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:15 (KJV)","text":"But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:16 (KJV)","text":"And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:17 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:18 (KJV)","text":"And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:19 (KJV)","text":"And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:20 (KJV)","text":"And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house."},{"verse":"2 Kings 11:21 (KJV)","text":"Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:1 (KJV)","text":"In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:2 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:3 (KJV)","text":"But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:4 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the LORD,"},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:5 (KJV)","text":"Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:6 (KJV)","text":"But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:7 (KJV)","text":"Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:8 (KJV)","text":"And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:9 (KJV)","text":"But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:10 (KJV)","text":"And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:11 (KJV)","text":"And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,"},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:12 (KJV)","text":"And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:13 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:"},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:14 (KJV)","text":"But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:15 (KJV)","text":"Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:16 (KJV)","text":"The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests’."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:17 (KJV)","text":"Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:18 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:19 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:20 (KJV)","text":"And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla."},{"verse":"2 Kings 12:21 (KJV)","text":"For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:1 (KJV)","text":"In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:2 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:3 (KJV)","text":"And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:4 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:5 (KJV)","text":"(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:6 (KJV)","text":"Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)"},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:7 (KJV)","text":"Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:8 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:9 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:10 (KJV)","text":"In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:11 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:12 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:13 (KJV)","text":"And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:14 (KJV)","text":"Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:15 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:16 (KJV)","text":"And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:17 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:18 (KJV)","text":"And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:19 (KJV)","text":"And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:20 (KJV)","text":"And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:21 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:22 (KJV)","text":"But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:23 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:24 (KJV)","text":"So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 13:25 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:1 (KJV)","text":"In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:2 (KJV)","text":"He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:3 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:4 (KJV)","text":"Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:5 (KJV)","text":"And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:6 (KJV)","text":"But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:7 (KJV)","text":"He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:8 (KJV)","text":"Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:9 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:10 (KJV)","text":"Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:11 (KJV)","text":"But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:12 (KJV)","text":"And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:13 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:14 (KJV)","text":"And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:15 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:16 (KJV)","text":"And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:17 (KJV)","text":"And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:18 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:19 (KJV)","text":"Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:20 (KJV)","text":"And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:21 (KJV)","text":"And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:22 (KJV)","text":"He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:23 (KJV)","text":"In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:24 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:25 (KJV)","text":"He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:26 (KJV)","text":"For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:27 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash."},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:28 (KJV)","text":"Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 14:29 (KJV)","text":"And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:1 (KJV)","text":"In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:2 (KJV)","text":"Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:3 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;"},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:4 (KJV)","text":"Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:5 (KJV)","text":"And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:6 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:7 (KJV)","text":"So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:8 (KJV)","text":"In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:9 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:10 (KJV)","text":"And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:11 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:12 (KJV)","text":"This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:13 (KJV)","text":"Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:14 (KJV)","text":"For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:15 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:16 (KJV)","text":"Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:17 (KJV)","text":"In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:18 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:19 (KJV)","text":"And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:20 (KJV)","text":"And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:21 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:22 (KJV)","text":"And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:23 (KJV)","text":"In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:24 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:25 (KJV)","text":"But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:26 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:27 (KJV)","text":"In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:28 (KJV)","text":"And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:29 (KJV)","text":"In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:30 (KJV)","text":"And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:31 (KJV)","text":"And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel."},{"verse":"2 Kings 15:32 (KJV)","text":"In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign."},{"verse":"2 Kings

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    "verse": "Genesis 1:28 (KJV)",
    "text": "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
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