1 Kings 12 Cross References - ACV

¹ And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel came to Shechem to make him king. ² And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt, ³ and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, ⁴ Thy father made our yoke grievous. Now therefore make thou lighter the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee. ⁵ And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. ⁶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye to me to return an answer to this people? ⁷ And they spoke to him, saying, If thou will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants forever. ⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that grew up with him, who stood before him. ⁹ And he said to them, What counsel give ye, that we may return an answer to this people who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father put upon us lighter? ¹⁰ And the young men that grew up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall thou say to this people that spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter to us; thus shall thou speak to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. ¹¹ And now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. ¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. ¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, ¹⁴ and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. ¹⁵ So the king did not hearken to the people, for it was a thing brought about by LORD, that he might establish his word, which LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. ¹⁶ And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to 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 to their tents. ¹⁷ But as for the sons of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. ¹⁸ Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram who was over the men subject to task work. And all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day. ²⁰ And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David, but only the tribe of Judah. ²¹ And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. ²² But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, ²³ Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying, ²⁴ Thus says LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the sons of Israel. Return every man to his house, for this thing is of me. So they hearkened to the word of LORD, and returned and went their way according to the word of LORD. ²⁵ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein. And he went out from there, and built Penuel. ²⁶ And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. ²⁷ If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah. And they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah. ²⁸ Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to 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. ²⁹ And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. ³⁰ And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan. ³¹ And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi. ³² And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made. ³³ And he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart. And he ordained a feast for the sons of Israel, and went up to the altar to burn incense.

⁶ And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

¹⁸ And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and encamped before the city. ¹⁹ And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred lambs.

⁷ And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.

¹ And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

³² And they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought from the Amorites who dwelt in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs. And he gave it to Joseph for a portion.

¹ And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

⁶ And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

⁴³ And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

¹ And Rehoboam went to Shechem. For all Israel came to Shechem to make him king. ² And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, from where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. ³ And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying, ⁴ 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. ⁵ And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed. ⁶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel do ye give me to return an answer to this people? ⁷ And they spoke to him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants forever. ⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that grew up with him, who stood before him. ⁹ And he said to them, What counsel do ye give, that we may return an answer to this people who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father put upon us lighter? ¹⁰ And the young men that grew up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall thou say to the people who spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter to us. Thus shall thou say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. ¹¹ And now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I with scorpions. ¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. ¹³ And the king answered them roughly. And king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, ¹⁴ and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto. My father chastised you with whips, but I with scorpions. ¹⁵ So the king did not hearken to the people. For it was brought about by God, that LORD might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. ¹⁶ And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to your tents, O Israel. Now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel departed to their tents. ¹⁷ But as for the sons of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. ¹⁸ Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to task work. And the sons of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.

⁶ God has spoken in his holiness. I will exult. I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

¹⁶ And they were carried into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.

²⁶ And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, he also lifted up his hand against the king. ²⁷ And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father. ²⁸ And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. And Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph. ²⁹ 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. Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment, and the two were alone in the field. ³⁰ And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces. ³¹ And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces, for thus says LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee

⁴⁰ Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

² And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, from where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. ³ And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

¹¹ And he said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them to him for his chariots, and to be his horsemen, and they shall run before his chariots. ¹² And he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties. And he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots. ¹³ And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. ¹⁴ And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. ¹⁵ And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. ¹⁶ And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. ¹⁷ He will take the tenth of your flocks. And ye shall be his servants. ¹⁸ And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you, and LORD will not answer you in that day.

⁷ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel who provided provisions for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for a month in the year.

²⁰ Judah and Israel were as many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. ²¹ And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life. ²² And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal, ²³ ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl. ²⁴ For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River. And he had peace on all sides round about him. ²⁵ 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.

¹⁵ And this is the reason for the conscription which king Solomon raised: to build the house of LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

²² But of the sons of Israel Solomon made no bondservants, but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his rulers, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. ²³ These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that labored in the work.

⁴ 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. ⁵ And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.

²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is befitting, and my burden is light.

⁴ For they bind heavy burdens and difficult to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders, but they do not want to move them with their finger.

³ For this is the love of God, that we may keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.

²⁰ Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

⁵ Then Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.

² And these were the rulers whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;

¹² With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.

⁷ I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

¹⁰ Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.

² and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us to LORD thy God, even for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us, ³ that LORD thy God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do. ⁴ Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to LORD your God according to your words, and it shall come to pass that whatever thing LORD shall answer you, I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you. ⁵ Then they said to Jeremiah, LORD be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not according to all the word with which LORD thy God shall send thee to us.

² then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, spoke, saying to Jeremiah, Thou speak falsely. LORD our God has not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there.

³ And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right, but there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee. ⁴ Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or case might come to me, and I would do for him justice! ⁵ And it was so, that, when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. ⁶ And on this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

⁶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel do ye give me to return an answer to this people? ⁷ And they spoke to him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants forever.

¹ A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.

⁴ If the spirit of the ruler rises up against thee, leave not thy place, for deference allays great offenses.

¹³ And LORD answered the agent who talked with me with good words, comforting words.

⁴³ But it is not so among you. Instead, whoever may want to become great among you, will be your helper, ⁴⁴ and whoever of you may want to become first, will be a bondman of all.

⁷ But he emptied himself, having taken a form of a bondman, having become in a likeness of men. ⁸ And having been found in a form like a man, he lowered himself, having become obedient until death, even of death from a cross. ⁹ Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of the heavenly, and the earthly, and the sub-earthly, ¹¹ and that every tongue should acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that grew up with him, who stood before him.

¹⁵ Therefore the anger of LORD was kindled against Amaziah. And he sent a prophet to him, who said to him, Why have thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand? ¹⁶ And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? Cease. Why should thou be smitten? Then the prophet ceased, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou have done this, and have not hearkened to my counsel.

² to know wisdom and instruction, to discern the words of understanding, ³ to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness and justice and equity, ⁴ to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion, ⁵ that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

²⁵ but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof,

³⁰ They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

²⁰ Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.

¹² An earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

² A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left. ³ Yea also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

⁵ Then Absalom said, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says. ⁶ And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner. Shall we do after his saying? If not, speak thou.

⁶ Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king. ⁷ But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of LORD besides, that we may inquire of him? ⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

⁹ And he said to them, What counsel do ye give, that we may return an answer to this people who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father put upon us lighter?

⁵ Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up. For God will deliver it into the hand of the king. ⁶ But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of LORD besides, that we may inquire of him? ⁷ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of LORD, but I hate him. For he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil; the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

⁷ And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good. ⁸ Hushai said moreover, Thou know thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. ⁹ Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place. And it will come to pass, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom. ¹⁰ And even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt, for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men. ¹¹ But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that thou go to battle in thine own person. ¹² So we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one. ¹³ Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river until there be not one small stone found there.

¹⁰ And the young men that grew up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall thou say to the people who spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter to us. Thus shall thou say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. ¹¹ And now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I with scorpions.

¹⁴ Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a foolish man is a present destruction.

⁶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes. ⁷ A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

²⁵ He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be made fat.

²³ A man's pride shall bring him low, but he who is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

⁶ I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into thy hand. Thou showed them no mercy. Upon the aged thou have laid thy yoke very heavily.

¹³ And the Egyptians made the sons of Israel to serve with rigor. ¹⁴ And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, with which they made them serve with rigor.

⁵ And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. ⁶ And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, ⁷ Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick as formerly. Let them go and gather straw for themselves. ⁸ And the number of the bricks, which they made formerly, ye shall lay upon them. Ye shall not diminish any of it. For they are idle, therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. ⁹ Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor in it, and let them not regard lying words.

¹⁸ Go therefore now, and work, for there shall no straw be given you, yet ye shall deliver the number of bricks.

¹⁸ And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you, and LORD will not answer you in that day.

¹⁴ and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

¹⁰ Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison-house. For he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

⁶ Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

¹¹ But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation I will let remain in their own land, says LORD, and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

¹³ Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says LORD: Thou have broken the bars of wood, but I have made in their stead bars of iron. ¹⁴ For thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may served Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they shall serve him. And I have given him the beasts of the field also.

⁶ And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dwell among scorpions. Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

³ And locusts came forth out of the smoke upon the earth, and power was given to them, like the scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ And it was told them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor anything green, nor any tree, except the men who have not the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ And it was given them that they would not kill them, but that they would be tormented five months. And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. ⁶ And in those days men will seek death, and will, no, not find it. And they will long to die, and death will flee from them. ⁷ And the likeness of the locusts was similar to horses prepared for battle. And upon their heads were like golden crowns, and their faces were as men's faces. ⁸ And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as of lions. ⁹ And they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots of many horses running into battle. ¹⁰ And they have tails similar to scorpions, and stings. And in their tails they have power to hurt men five months.

⁵ And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. ¹³ And the king answered them roughly. And king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, ¹⁴ and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto. My father chastised you with whips, but I with scorpions.

⁶ But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.

⁷ And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but made himself foreign to them, and spoke roughly with them. And he said to them. From where come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

³⁰ The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

² And Pharaoh said, Who is LORD, that I should hearken to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

²⁸ And Pharaoh said to him, Get thee from me. Take heed to thyself, see my face no more, for in the day thou see my face thou shall die.

¹ And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward. And they said to Jephthah, Why did thou pass over to fight against the sons of Ammon, and did not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire. ² And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon, and when I called you, ye did not save me out of their hand. ³ And when I saw that ye did not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed opposite the sons of Ammon, and LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have ye come up to me this day, to fight against me? ⁴ Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh. ⁵ And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are thou an Ephraimite? If he said, No, ⁶ then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth, and he said Sibboleth, for he could not frame to pronounce it right, then they laid hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

¹⁰ Then David said to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answers thee roughly?

³⁰ Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do I not know that thou have chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and to the shame of thy mother's nakedness? ³¹ For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the ground, thou shall not be established, nor thy kingdom. Therefore now send and fetch him to me, for he shall surely die.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master. ¹¹ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men of whom I know not from where they are?

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye. Why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be had first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

⁶ But I will send my servants to thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants. And it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. ⁷ Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeks mischief, for he sent to me for my wives, and for my sons, and for my silver, and for my gold, and I did not deny him. ⁸ And all the elders and all the people said to him, Do thou not hearken, nor consent. ⁹ Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou sent for to thy servant at the first I will do, but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. ¹⁰ And Ben-hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. ¹¹ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him who girds on his armor boast himself as he who puts it off.

¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

³² The lips of a righteous man knows what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverseness.

²⁰ Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

²³ A poor man uses entreaties, but a rich man answers roughly.

¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up.

¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, gentle, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical.

¹⁴ And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, with which they made them serve with rigor.

¹⁶ There is no straw given to thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick. And, behold, thy servants are beaten, but the fault it in thine own people. ¹⁷ But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle. Therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to LORD. ¹⁸ Go therefore now, and work, for there shall no straw be given you, yet ye shall deliver the number of bricks.

¹⁰ And the young men that grew up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall thou say to this people that spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter to us; thus shall thou speak to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. ¹¹ And now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

⁴ And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, as did the house of Ahab. For they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction. ⁵ 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 Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram.

¹⁶ And Memucan answered before the king and the rulers, Vashti the queen has not done wrong only to the king, but also to all the rulers, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus. ¹⁷ For this deed of the queen will come abroad to all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes when it shall be reported, King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she did not come. ¹⁸ And this day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen will say the like to all the king's rulers. So there will arise much contempt and wrath. ¹⁹ If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she. ²⁰ And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small. ²¹ And the saying pleased the king and the rulers, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

² Then the king's servants who ministered to him said, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king. ³ And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women. And let their things for purification be given them, ⁴ and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceit.

¹⁰ Through pride a vain man causes contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

¹⁸ Pride is before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

⁸ Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

¹¹ The rulers of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How will ye say to Pharaoh, I am the son of wise men, the son of ancient kings? ¹² Where then are thy wise men? And let them tell thee now, and let them know what LORD of hosts has purposed concerning Egypt. ¹³ The rulers of Zoan have become fools. The rulers of Memphis are deceived. They have caused Egypt to go astray, the chief of her tribes.

⁷ All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.

³⁰ But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.

⁴ But his father and his mother knew not that it was of LORD, for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.

²⁹ And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent, for he is not a man that he should repent.

¹⁴ And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

¹¹ Therefore LORD said to Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done by thee, and thou have 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.

²⁹ 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. Now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment, and the two were alone in the field. ³⁰ And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces. ³¹ And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces, for thus says LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee ³² (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), ³³ because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon. And they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances as David his father did. ³⁴ However 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, who kept my commandments and my statutes. ³⁵ But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it to thee, even ten tribes. ³⁶ And I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me to put my name there. ³⁷ And I will take thee, and thou shall reign according to all that thy soul desires, and shall be king over Israel. ³⁸ And it shall be, if thou will hearken to all that I command thee, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did. That I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house as I built for David, and will give Israel to thee.

²⁴ Thus says LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the sons of Israel. Return every man to his house, for this thing is of me. So they hearkened to the word of LORD, and returned and went their way according to the word of LORD.

²³ Now therefore, behold, LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and LORD has spoken evil concerning thee.

³⁶ Therefore they came back, and told him. And he said, This is the word of LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel,

¹⁰ Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of LORD, which LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for LORD has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.

¹⁵ So the king did not hearken to the people. For it was brought about by God, that LORD might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

⁷ Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram, for when he came he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? Cease. Why should thou be smitten? Then the prophet ceased, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou have done this, and have not hearkened to my counsel.

²⁰ But Amaziah would not hear, for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.

¹⁰ Hold them guilty, O God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions. For they have rebelled against thee.

¹³ And thou said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the outermost parts of the north. ¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will make myself like the Most High. ¹⁵ Yet thou shall be brought down to Sheol, to the utmost parts of the pit. ¹⁶ Those who see thee shall gaze at thee. They shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms, ¹⁷ who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it, who did not let loose his prisoners to their home?

¹⁰ declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure, ¹¹ calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yea, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed. I will also do it.

³⁵ And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth. And none can stay his hand, or say to him, What are thou doing?

⁶ Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall evil befall a city, and LORD has not done it?

²³ The soldiers therefore when they crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. But the tunic was a seamless weave, from the top throughout. ²⁴ They said therefore among themselves, Let us not divide it, but cast a lot for it, whose it will be, so that the scripture might be fulfilled, which says, They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast a lot. Therefore the soldiers indeed did these things.

²⁸ After this, Jesus, having seen that all things are now completed, so that the scripture might be fully complete, says, I thirst. ²⁹ Therefore a vessel full of vinegar was set there. And having filled a sponge with the vinegar, and having put it around a hyssop, they brought it to his mouth.

³² The soldiers therefore came, and indeed broke the legs of the first, and of the other man who was crucified with him. ³³ But having come to Jesus, when they saw him now having died, they did not break his legs. ³⁴ But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and straightaway blood and water came out. ³⁵ And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. And that man knows that he speaks true, so that ye may believe. ³⁶ For these things happened so that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him will be broken. ³⁷ And again another scripture says, They will look toward whom they pierced.

²³ this man, having been designated (by the purpose and foreknowledge of God) a man delivered up, ye, having taken by lawless hands, killed, having crucified,

¹⁷ And now, brothers, I know that ye did it from ignorance, as also your rulers.

²⁸ to do as many things as thy hand and thy purpose predetermined to happen.

²⁷ For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known this and the voices of the prophets being read at every sabbath, they fulfilled, having condemned him. ²⁸ And not having found one cause of death in him, they asked for Pilate to kill him. ²⁹ And when they completed all the things written about him, having taken him down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb.

³⁵ neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.

¹⁵ but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul whom I put away before thee. ¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure forever before thee; thy throne shall be established forever.

¹³ And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

¹¹ And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse, for LORD has bidden him.

¹ And there happened to be there a base fellow whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, O Israel.

¹³ However I will not rend away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

³⁴ However 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, who kept my commandments and my statutes.

³⁶ And I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me to put my name there.

³⁹ And for this I will afflict the seed of David, but not forever.

¹⁷ And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And LORD said, These have no master, let them return every man to his house in peace.

³⁶ And there went a cry throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country.

¹⁶ And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to your tents, O Israel. Now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel departed to their tents.

¹ Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things? ² The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against LORD, and against his anointed, saying, ³ Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us. ⁴ He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision. ⁵ Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and vex them in his great displeasure. ⁶ Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

¹⁰ Surely the inward thought of man shall praise thee, even the residue of inward thought will observe a festival to thee.

²⁹ I will also make his seed to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰ If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances, ³¹ if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments, ³² then I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes, ³³ but my loving kindness I will not utterly take from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. ³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. ³⁵ I have sworn once by my holiness; I will not lie to David. ³⁶ His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. ³⁷ It shall be established forever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah.

¹⁷ There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.

² And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

⁶ Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach in it for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel, ⁷ thus says the lord LORD: It shall not stand, nor shall it come to pass.

⁶ For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. ⁷ Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of LORD of hosts will perform this.

⁵ Behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ⁶ In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is his name by which he shall be called: LORD our righteousness.

¹⁵ In those days, and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ¹⁶ In those days Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely. And this is the name whereby she shall be called: LORD our righteousness.

²¹ then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne, and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy behind him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us.

²⁷ Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and kill them before me.

¹⁷ But as for the sons of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

¹³ And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border. ¹⁴ For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem. For Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to LORD. ¹⁵ And he appointed priests for him for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made. ¹⁶ And after them, such as set their hearts to seek LORD, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem out of all the tribes of Israel to sacrifice to LORD, the God of their fathers. ¹⁷ So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong three years. For they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.

⁴ And Moses cried to LORD, saying, What shall I do to this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

¹⁰ But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of LORD appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.

²⁴ and Adoram was over the men subject to task work, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder,

⁶ and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to task work.

¹⁴ And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses. They were in Lebanon a month, and at home two months. And Adoniram was over the men subject to task work.

¹⁸ And he said, Whether they come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they come out for war, take them alive. ¹⁹ So these went out of the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the army which followed them. ²⁰ And they killed everyone his man. And the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. And Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.

¹⁸ Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to task work. And the sons of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

²¹ And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of LORD.

¹ A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. ² For the transgression of a land many are the rulers of it. But by men of understanding and knowledge the state shall be prolonged.

¹⁶ And he who is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, says LORD.

²⁶ Then after departing, the captain with the subordinates brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they would be stoned.

⁵⁷ But they, having cried out in a great voice, held their ears shut, and rushed upon him with one accord. ⁵⁸ And having expelled him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments beside the feet of a young man called Saul.

⁹ And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood, and they are there to this day.

¹⁹ but ye have this day rejected your God who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses, and ye have said to him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

²¹ For he tore Israel from the house of David. And they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drove Israel from following LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

¹⁹ So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.

⁵ Should ye not know that LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? ⁶ Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord. ⁷ And there were gathered to him worthless men, base fellows, who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.

¹⁷ And Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter. So there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

¹⁷ LORD will bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah-even the king of Assyria.

⁶ and who fell away, to restore again to repentance, crucifying to themselves the Son of God, and disgracing him publicly.

²⁴ And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Live, O king!

³² (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),

¹⁷ But as for the sons of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

⁴ They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made rulers, and I knew it not. They have made themselves idols of their silver and their gold, that they may be cut off.

¹² Ephraim encompasses me around with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah yet rules with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.

⁵ And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. And all those of Israel were a million and a hundred thousand men who drew a sword. And Judah was four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.

¹ And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. ² But the word of LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, ³ Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

⁸ And Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and eighty thousand. All these were mighty men of valor.

¹¹ And Asa cried to LORD his God, and said, LORD, there is none besides thee to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, O LORD our God. For we rely on thee, and in thy name we come against this multitude. O LORD, thou are our God. Let not man prevail against thee.

¹⁴ And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses. Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor; ¹⁵ and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; ¹⁶ and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to LORD, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. ¹⁷ And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; ¹⁸ and next to him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war. ¹⁹ These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against LORD. ³¹ The horse is prepared against the day of battle, but victory is from LORD.

¹ And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.

¹ And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of LORD to Bethel. And Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

⁴ And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam 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 draw it back again to him. ⁵ The altar also was torn, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of LORD.

¹¹ Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel. And one of 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 to the king, they also told them to their father.

¹⁸ And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Thou have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son!

²⁴ And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that thou are a man of God, and that the word of LORD in thy mouth is truth.

¹⁶ And he said, At this season, when the time comes round, thou shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid.

²² And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

²⁵ So she went, and came to 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 the Shunammite.

²⁷ And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away, but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is vexed within her, and LORD has hid it from me, and has not told me.

² But the word of LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

⁵ Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the rulers of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says LORD, Ye have forsaken me, therefore I have also left you in the hand of Shishak. ⁶ Then the rulers of Israel and the king humbled themselves, and they said, LORD is righteous. ⁷ And when LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves. 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.

¹¹ But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, meekness.

⁴² Do not go up, for LORD is not among you, that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.

¹⁵ So the king did not hearken to the people, for it was a thing brought about by LORD, that he might establish his word, which LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

⁴ Thus says LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers. Return every man to his house. For this thing is of me. So they hearkened to the words of LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

⁷ But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee. For LORD is not with Israel, namely, with all the sons of Ephraim. ⁸ But if thou are going, do it. Be strong for the battle, because God will cast thee down before the enemy, for God has power to help, and to cast down.

¹⁰ Then Amaziah separated them, namely, the army that came to him out of Ephraim, to go home again. Therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.

⁹ But a prophet of LORD was there, whose name was Oded. And he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because LORD, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand. And ye have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven. ¹⁰ And now ye propose to keep under the sons of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen to you. Are there not even with you trespasses of your own against LORD your God? ¹¹ Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives that ye have taken captive of your brothers. For the fierce wrath of LORD is upon you. ¹² Then certain of the heads of the sons 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 those who came from the war, ¹³ and said to them, Ye shall not bring in the captives here. For ye propose that which will bring upon us a trespass against LORD, to add to our sins and to our trespass. For our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. ¹⁴ So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the rulers and all the assembly. ¹⁵ And the men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and dressed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, for, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. ³¹ And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.

⁸ And he went up from there to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

¹⁷ And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

⁴⁵ And Abimelech fought against the city all that day. And he took the city, and killed the people that were in it, and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. ⁴⁶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El-berith. ⁴⁷ And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. ⁴⁸ And Abimelech got up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the people who were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. ⁴⁹ And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire upon them, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

¹⁷ And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, ¹⁸ and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,

¹ And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel came to Shechem to make him king.

¹⁷ And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

²⁴ And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver. And he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.

⁵ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. ⁶ He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, ⁷ And Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam, ⁸ and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, ⁹ and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, ¹⁰ and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities. ¹¹ And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine. ¹² And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

¹ 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 escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel, so I shall escape out of his hand.

³⁸ And it shall be, if thou will hearken to all that I command thee, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did. That I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house as I built for David, and will give Israel to thee.

²⁰ 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 LORD your God, so shall ye be established. Believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

¹ The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

⁹ And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

¹⁸ But if thou will not go forth to the king of Babylon's rulers, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shall not escape out of their hand. ¹⁹ And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who have fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they abuse me. ²⁰ But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of LORD, in that which I speak to thee, so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live. ²¹ But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that LORD has shown me:

⁶ But some of the scholars were sitting there, and deliberating in their hearts, ⁷ Why does this man speak blasphemies this way. Who can forgive sins but one, God? ⁸ And straightaway Jesus, having perceived in his spirit that they so deliberated within themselves, said to them, Why do ye deliberate these things in your hearts?

³⁹ But when the Pharisee who invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind the woman is who touches him, that she is sinful.

⁴⁷ Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we doing? Because this man does many signs. ⁴⁸ If we allow him this way, all men will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and the nation. ⁴⁹ And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing at all, ⁵⁰ nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not the whole nation should perish.

¹⁰ But the chief priests decided that they should kill Lazarus also, ¹¹ since because of him many of the Jews were going and were believing in Jesus.

¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Do ye see that ye accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.

¹⁶ saying, What will we do to these men? For that indeed a notable sign has happened by them, is apparent to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ But that it may not spread on further among the people, let us threaten them with threats to speak no longer in this name, to not one man.

¹² And it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. ¹³ Say, I pray thee, thou are my sister, that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.

⁷ And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She is my sister. For he feared to say, My wife, Lest, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon.

⁵ But to the place which LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation ye shall seek, and there thou shall come. ⁶ And there ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock. ⁷ And there ye shall eat before LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand to, ye and your households, in which LORD thy God has blessed thee.

¹⁴ but in the place which LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes. There thou shall offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shall do all that I command thee.

² And thou shall sacrifice the Passover to LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which LORD shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

⁶ but at the place which LORD thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou came forth out of Egypt.

²⁹ that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou have said, My name shall be there, to hearken to the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place. ³⁰ And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place. Yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and when thou hear, forgive.

⁴⁴ If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way thou shall send them, and they pray to LORD toward the city which thou have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name,

²⁵ The fear of man brings a snare, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be safe.

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will frustrate the understanding of those of understanding. ²⁰ Where is a wise man? Where is a scholar? Where is a researcher of this age? Did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

¹⁰ Come, let us deal craftily with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when war happens, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.

⁴ Thou shall not make to thee a graven image, nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

⁴ And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf. And they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

⁸ They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made for them a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ And LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land where ye go over to possess it. ¹⁵ Take ye therefore good heed to yourselves, for ye saw no manner of form on the day that LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire. ¹⁶ Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make for you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, ¹⁷ the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky, ¹⁸ the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.

⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that grew up with him, who stood before him. ⁹ And he said to them, What counsel give ye, that we may return an answer to this people who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father put upon us lighter?

²⁹ However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu did not depart from after them, namely, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

¹⁶ And they forsook all the commandments of LORD their God, and made for them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

¹⁵ And he appointed priests for him for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.

¹ Woe to the rebellious sons, says LORD, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

¹⁰ who say to the seers, Do not see, and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things. Speak to us smooth things. Prophesy deceits.

⁴ They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made rulers, and I knew it not. They have made themselves idols of their silver and their gold, that they may be cut off. ⁵ He has cast off thy calf, O Samaria. My anger is kindled against them. How long will it be ere they attain to innocence? ⁶ For even this is from Israel: the workman made it, and it is no God. Yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. ⁷ For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The blade shall yield no meal. If so be it yields, strangers shall swallow it up.

⁵ The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven. For the people of it shall mourn over it, and the priests of it, who rejoiced over it for the glory of it, because it has departed from it. ⁶ It shall also be carried to Assyria for a present to king Jareb. Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

¹⁹ promising them freedom, while they themselves are bondmen of corruption, for by what any man has been overcome, of this he has also been enslaved.

⁸ And he moved from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to LORD, and called upon the name of LORD.

¹⁴ And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

¹⁹ And he called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at first.

¹ And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to thee when thou fled from the face of Esau thy brother.

¹ And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. And LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,

²⁷ And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire. ²⁸ And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man, and it was in the valley that lies by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt in it. ²⁹ And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born to Israel. However the name of the city was Laish at first. ³⁰ And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. ³¹ So they set up for them Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

¹ Then all the sons of Israel went out. And the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to LORD at Mizpah.

¹⁶ The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles. For they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.

¹⁵ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend, and come not ye to Gilgal, nor go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As LORD lives.

¹⁴ Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, lives, and, As the way of Beersheba lives, they shall fall, and never rise up again.

³⁴ And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

³¹ But Jehu did not take heed to walk in the law of LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.

¹⁰ And thou shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

¹⁵ Thou shall give him his hire in his day, neither shall the sun go down upon it, for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it, lest he cry against thee to LORD, and it be sin to thee.

²⁴ And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him. And his body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.

³² For the saying which he cried by the word of 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. ³³ After this thing Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but again made from among all the people priests of the high places. Whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.

³² So they were afraid of LORD, and made for them priests of the high places from among themselves, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

¹⁴ For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem. For Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to LORD. ¹⁵ And he appointed priests for him for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.

⁹ Have ye not driven out the priests of LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for you after the manner of the peoples of other lands? So that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

²⁵ Thou have built thy lofty place at the head of every way, and have made thy beauty an abomination. And have opened thy feet to everyone who passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom.

⁶ And thou shall say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the lord LORD: O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, ⁷ in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood. And they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations. ⁸ And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

¹¹ Is Gilead iniquity? They are altogether false. In Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks. Yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

³³ And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ³⁴ Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days to LORD. ³⁵ On the first day shall be a holy convocation. Ye shall do no job work. ³⁶ Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire to LORD. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you, and ye shall offer an offering made by fire to LORD. It is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no job work. ³⁷ These are the set feasts of LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to LORD, a burnt offering, and a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day. ³⁸ Besides the sabbaths of LORD, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings, which ye give to LORD. ³⁹ However on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of LORD seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. ⁴⁰ And ye shall take to you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before LORD your God seven days. ⁴¹ And ye shall keep it a feast to LORD seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations. Ye shall keep it in the seventh month. ⁴² Ye shall dwell in booths seven days. All who are home-born in Israel shall dwell in booths, ⁴³ that your generations may know that I made the sons of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am LORD your God. ⁴⁴ And Moses declared to the sons of Israel the set feasts of LORD.

¹² And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation. Ye shall do no job work, and ye shall keep a feast to LORD seven days. ¹³ And ye shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to LORD: thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old (they shall be without blemish), ¹⁴ and their meal offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams, ¹⁵ and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs, ¹⁶ and one he-goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it. ¹⁷ And on the second day, twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish, ¹⁸ and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance, ¹⁹ and one he-goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and their drink offerings. ²⁰ And on the third day, eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish, ²¹ and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance, ²² and one he-goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it. ²³ And on the fourth day, ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish, ²⁴ their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance, ²⁵ and one he-goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it. ²⁶ And on the fifth day, nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish, ²⁷ and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance, ²⁸ and one he-goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it. ²⁹ And on the sixth day, eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish, ³⁰ and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance, ³¹ and one he-goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offerings of it. ³² And on the seventh day, seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish, ³³ and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance, ³⁴ and one he-goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it. ³⁵ On the eighth day, ye shall have a solemn assembly. Ye shall do no job work. ³⁶ But ye shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish, ³⁷ their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance, ³⁸ and one he-goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering of it, and the drink offering of it. ³⁹ These ye shall offer to LORD in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. ⁴⁰ And Moses told the sons of Israel according to all that LORD commanded Moses.

² And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

⁵ And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

⁸ in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was but the wall between me and them. And they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed. Therefore I have consumed them in my anger.

¹⁰ Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. ¹¹ For thus Amos says: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land. ¹² Also Amaziah said to Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there. ¹³ But do not prophesy again any more at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.

⁸ This people comes near me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me. ⁹ And in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

³⁹ And it shall be to you for a hem, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of LORD, and do them, and that ye not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot,

¹² therefore I said, Now the Philistines will come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of LORD. I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.

⁶ And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. And he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

³⁹ Thus they were defiled with their works, and played the harlot in their doings.

¹³ And the Lord said, Inasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, but in vain they worship me, teaching the commandments and doctrines of men.

⁶ And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition.

¹³ annulling the word of God by your tradition that ye have delivered. And many such like things ye do.