The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him. Ahithophel was counselor to the king; and Hushai the Archite was the kings friend. The king stood by the pillar 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 all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. "Did I just begin to inquire of God for him today? Now when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard it, he said, "It is the man of God, who disobeyed the command of the LORD; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him." So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him. When these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they entered one tent and ate and drank, and carried from there silver and gold and clothes, and went and hid them; and they returned and entered another tent and carried from there also, and went and hid them. Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him. So Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place. But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?" He restores my soul. But not one of all the people answered him. But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, , She looked and behold, the king was standing, Again he prostrated himself and said, What is your servant, that you should regard, They told the king, saying, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he prostrated himself. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, though not like his father and his mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal which his father had made. And the field is being visited by its raison d'tre, by its ultimate function and essence. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, fall upon him." And Abijam his son became king in his place. Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do I have to do with you? Then the men of Judah came and there anointed David king over the house of Judah.And they told David, saying, It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.. Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do I have to do with you? The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The king sat on his seat as usual, the seat by the wall; then Jonathan rose up and Abner sat down by Saul's side, but David's place was empty. He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. A truth from which He will not turn back: Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. "You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I designate to you." Now behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen, and he said, "What is the matter with the people that they weep?" read more. 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.'" Then some came and reported to Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, out of Aram and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi)." Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. "Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?" Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of the LORD, "Please strike me." Then he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." WebThis is the text and a scan of the actual, original, first printing of the 1611 King James Version, the 'HE' Bible, for 1 Samuel Chapter 16. Now Saul chose for himself 3,000 men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. He said, "Why will you go to him today? Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi. and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. So all the people that night brought each one his ox with him and slaughtered it there. Therefore they returned and told him. Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah and said to him, Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. read more. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth. And he drew chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold. So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot. It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. "When Jacob went into Egypt and your fathers cried out to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place. It happened when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent word to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son and her husband is old." Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the articles of the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon. Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Then the king commanded all the people saying, "Celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God as it is written in this book of the covenant." So they listened to the words of the LORD and returned from going against Jeroboam. Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven. So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him. So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink." But Samuel said, "What have you done?" "Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security. And the LORD said to him, 'How?' He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel. He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!" So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" "He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. Besides, Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom. Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" Baal-hanan the Gederite had charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah; and Joash had charge of the stores of oil. Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience sake. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent. Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses and their donkeys, even the camp just as it was, and fled for their life. "So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God gave him rest on all sides. Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. David called to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Will you not answer, Abner?" 'Also let the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.' Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent. In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. WebWhen thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's merchants procured them from Kue for a price. "As you did not obey the LORD and did not execute His fierce wrath on Amalek, so the LORD has done this thing to you this day. Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus; and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish. "But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother. And Jehu said, "What have you to do with peace? But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days. You shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you., Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead. And he said to her, "There is not one vessel more." At the turn of the year, Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. Then he said, "Take the arrows," and he took them. And the watchman reported, "The messenger came to them, but he did not return." So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph. So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh. And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. Now the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman's wife. Or what evil is in my hand? Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them. But Samuel said, "How can I go? So he said, "I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd; And the LORD said, 'These have no master. So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place. Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. When he returned to the man of God with all his company, and came and stood before him, he said, "Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel; so please take a present from your servant now." He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, just as the LORD had said. Then she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord? But Samuel said, "What have you done?" As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand." And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot. Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of Jehoahaz his father Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel. Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household." David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled. But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Alas, my master! In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. So Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place. And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you." And behold, the half was not told me. The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. God also raised up another adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah. Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered. Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite." Then he said to them, "Depart for three days, then return to me." I will lay your flesh on the mountainsAnd fill the valleys with your refuse. Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!, But Jesus said, Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Or for rulers to desire strong drink, For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted. He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Strike this people with blindness, I pray." The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. 'But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name. "May the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who attempts to change it, so as to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. He gives great deliverance to His king,And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,To David and his descendants forever. Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 cubits. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 'This is but a slight thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also give the Moabites into your hand. But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land." The KJV does not get more original or authentic than this.
