1 Kings Cross References - LITV

¹ And king David was old, going into days. And they covered him with garments, for he had no heat. ² And his servants said to him, Let them seek out a young woman for my lord the king, a virgin, and she shall stand before the king, and be a nurse to him, and lie in your bosom, and my lord the king shall have heat. ³ And they sought out a beautiful young woman in all the border of Israel. And they found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her in to the king. ⁴ And the young woman was exceedingly beautiful, and she was a nurse to the king and served him. But the king did not know her. ⁵ And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will reign. And he prepared a chariot for himself, and horsemen, and fifty men running before his face. ⁶ And his father had not troubled him all his days, saying, Why have you done so? And he also was very good of form, and one had borne him after Absalom. ⁷ And his words were with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest. And they helped, going after Adonijah. ⁸ But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who were to David, were not with Adonijah. ⁹ And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings near the Stone of Serpents which is near En-rogel. And he called all his brothers, the sons of the king, and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king. ¹⁰ But he did not call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and his brother Solomon. ¹¹ And Nathan spoke to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and our lord David does not know? ¹² And now, come, please let me counsel you with counsel, and save your life, and the life of your son Solomon. ¹³ Go up and go in to king David. And you shall say to him, My lord, O king, have you not sworn to your handmaid, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? And why does Adonijah reign? ¹⁴ Behold, while you are speaking with the king, then I will come in after you and will confirm your words. ¹⁵ And Bathsheba came in to the king, to the inner room. And the king was old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king. ¹⁶ And Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. And the king said, What shall I do for you? ¹⁷ And she said to him, My lord, you have sworn to your handmaid by Jehovah your God, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. ¹⁸ And now, behold, Adonijah reigns. And now, my lord O king, you have not known. ¹⁹ And he sacrifices oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not called to your servant Solomon. ²⁰ And you, my lord O king, the eyes of Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. ²¹ And it will be, when my lord the king lies with his fathers, that I, my son Solomon and I, shall be offenders. ²² And, behold, she was speaking with the king, and Nathan the prophet came in. ²³ And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet! And he came in before the king and bowed to the king on his face to the earth. ²⁴ And Nathan said, My lord O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? ²⁵ For he has gone down today and sacrificed oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and they are saying, Let king Adonijah live! ²⁶ But as for me, I, your servant, and for Zadok the priest, and for Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and for your servant Solomon, he has not called. ²⁷ If this thing is to come about from my lord the king, then you have not caused your servant to know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. ²⁸ And king David replied and said, Call Bathsheba for me. And she came in before the king, and stood before the king. ²⁹ And the king swore and said, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress, ³⁰ surely as I swore to you by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; surely so I will do this day. ³¹ And Bathsheba bowed her face to the earth, even bowing to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever. ³² And king David said, Call Zadok the priest for me and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came in before the king. ³³ And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and you shall cause my son Solomon to ride on my mule, and cause him to go down to Gihon. ³⁴ And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet shall anoint him there as king over Israel. And you shall blow with the ram's horn and shout, Let king Solomon live! ³⁵ And you shall come up after him, and let him come and sit on my throne, for he shall reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel, and over Judah. ³⁶ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, Amen! So says Jehovah the God of my lord the king. ³⁷ As Jehovah has been with my lord the king, so shall He be with Solomon, and shall make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. ³⁸ And Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went out and caused Solomon to ride on king David's mule, and caused him to go to Gihon. ³⁹ And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tabernacle and anointed Solomon. And they blew with the ram's horn, and all the people shouted, Let king Solomon live! ⁴⁰ And all the people came up after him. And the people were piping with pipes, and rejoicing with great joy. And the earth was torn with their sound. ⁴¹ And Adonijah heard, and all those invited, who were with him. And they stopped eating. And Joab heard the sound of the ram's horn, and said, What is this noise roaring from the city? ⁴² And he was still speaking, and, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came in. And Adonijah said, Come in, for you are a mighty man and bear good news. ⁴³ And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Truly our lord, king David, has caused Solomon to reign. ⁴⁴ And the king sent Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet with him, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they caused him to ride on the king's mule. ⁴⁵ And they anointed him, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, as king in Gihon. And they have come up from there rejoicing. And the city was roaring. It is the noise that you heard. ⁴⁶ And also Solomon has sat on the throne of the kingdom. ⁴⁷ And also the king's servants have come in to bless our lord, king David, saying, Your God shall make the name of Solomon better than your name, and his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself on the bed. ⁴⁸ And also the king has said, Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel who has today given one sitting on my throne, and my eyes seeing it. ⁴⁹ And they trembled and rose up, all those who were invited by Adonijah, and left, each to his way. ⁵⁰ And Adonijah was afraid because of Solomon, and he rose up and went and lay hold on the horns of the altar. ⁵¹ And it was told to Solomon, saying, Adonijah is afraid of king Solomon. And, behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear to me as of today that he will not put his servant to death by the sword. ⁵² And Solomon said, If he becomes a son of virtue, not a hair of his head shall fall to the earth. But if evil is found in him, then he shall die. ⁵³ And king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came in and bowed to king Solomon. And Solomon said to him, Go to your house.

¹¹ And Abraham and Sarah were aged, going on in days. The custom as to women had ceased to be to Sarah.

¹ And Abraham was old, going on in days, and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.

¹ And it happened many days after Jehovah had given rest to Israel from all their enemies all around, that Joshua was old, going on in days. ² And Joshua called for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its officers, and said to them, I have become old, I have advanced in days;

⁴ And David was a son of thirty years when he became king; he reigned forty years.

¹ And David was old, and satisfied with days, and caused his son Solomon to reign over Israel.

²⁷ and the days that he reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty three years in Jerusalem. ²⁸ And he died in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and honor. And his son Solomon reigned in his place.

¹⁰ The days of our years are seventy; and if any by strength live eighty years, yet their pride is labor and vanity; for it soon passes, and we fly away.

⁷ And no child was born to them, because Elizabeth was barren. And both were advanced in their days.

⁵ And Sarai said to Abram, My injury be upon you; I gave my slave-girl into your bosom, and she saw that she had conceived, and I was despised in her eyes. Let Jehovah judge between me and you.

⁸ At that time Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant before Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah and to minister to Him, and to bless in His name, until today.

⁶ If your brother, your mother's son, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, shall entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you and your fathers,

²¹ And David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer. ²² And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes.

³ But the poor one had nothing except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished. And it grew up with him, and with his sons together, and it ate of his morsel, and it drank from his cup, and it lay in his bosom. And it was like a daughter to him.

¹¹ Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for Jehovah has chosen you to stand before His face, to serve Him and to be ministers and incense burners for Him.

¹¹ Also if two lie together, then they have warmth; but for one, how is he warm?

⁵ Put no faith in a companion; put no trust in a friend; keep the door of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom;

¹⁸ And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

⁴ And the Philistines had gathered and had come in and camped in Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they camped in Gilboa.

¹⁷ And he said, Please speak to king Solomon, for he will not turn away your face, that he give to me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife. ¹⁸ And Bathsheba said, Well! I will speak to the king for you. ¹⁹ And Bathsheba came in to king Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed to her, and sat on his throne, and placed a throne for the king's mother. And she sat at his right hand. ²⁰ And she said, I ask one small petition of you. Do not turn away my face. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not turn away your face. ²¹ And she said, let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah for a wife. ²² And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Also ask the kingdom for him, for he is my older brother; yea, for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. ²³ And king Solomon swore by Jehovah, saying, So shall God do to me, and so shall He do more, if not Adonijah has not spoken this word against his life. ²⁴ And now, as Jehovah lives, who has established me and caused me to sit on the throne of my father David, and who has made a house for me, as He spoke, surely today Adonijah shall be put to death. ²⁵ And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he fell on him, and he died.

⁸ And the day came that Elisha crossed over to Shunem. And a great woman was there. And she lay hold on him to eat bread. And it happened, as often as he passed by, he turned aside there to eat bread.

²⁵ And she went, and came to the man of God, to Mount Carmel. And it happened, when the man of God saw her from afar, he said to his young man Gehazi, Behold, The Shunammite!

² And the king's servants who served him said, let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

⁴ And let the young woman who pleases the king rule instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.

²⁵ and did not know her until she bore her son, the First-born. And he called His name Jesus.

¹⁷ You still are exalting yourself against My people, so as not to send them away.

¹⁵ then you shall certainly set a king over you. You may not set an alien over you, one who is not your brother. ¹⁶ Only, he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to turn back to Egypt so as to multiply horses, since Jehovah has said to you, You shall not again return in this way any more.

² Please speak in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, Which is best for you, seventy men ruling over you, all the sons of Jerubbaal, or one man ruling over you? And you should remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

⁴ And the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith. And the fifth was Shephatiah the son of Abital.

¹ And it happened afterward that Absalom prepared a chariot for himself, and horses, and fifty men running before him.

¹¹ And Nathan spoke to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and our lord David does not know?

²⁴ And now, as Jehovah lives, who has established me and caused me to sit on the throne of my father David, and who has made a house for me, as He spoke, surely today Adonijah shall be put to death.

² the third, Absalom, the son of Maachah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

⁵ And David said, My son Solomon is a youth and tender, and the house to be built to Jehovah is to be made great, to a height, for a name and for beauty to all the land; I pray You, let me prepare for it. And David prepared in abundance before his death. ⁶ And he called for his son Solomon, and commanded him to build a house to Jehovah, the God of Israel. ⁷ And David said to his son Solomon, As for me, it has been in my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God. ⁸ But the word of Jehovah was against me, saying, You have shed blood in abundance, and you have made great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, for you have shed much blood to the earth before Me. ⁹ Behold, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around, for Solomon shall be his name, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days; ¹⁰ he shall build a house to My name, and he shall be a son to Me, and I a Father to him; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever. ¹¹ Now, my son, may Jehovah be with you, and may you prosper and build the house of Jehovah your God, as He spoke concerning you.

⁵ And of all my sons, for Jehovah has given me many sons, He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah, over Israel.

¹ And David the king said to all the congregation, My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and tender. And the work is great, for the magnificent house is not for man, but for Jehovah God.

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

¹² Before shattering, a man's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.

⁷ And his land is filled with silver and gold. There is no end of his treasures. And his land is full of horses; his chariots also do not have an end.

¹¹ For everyone exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted.

¹⁴ I say to you, this one went down to his house having been justified, rather than that one. For everyone exalting himself will be humbled. And the one humbling himself will be exalted.

¹³ And I declare to him that I am judging his house forever, for the iniquity which he has known; for his sons have been making themselves vile, and he has not restrained them.

² And he had a young and handsome son, and his name was Saul. And there was not a man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he, being taller than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.

²³ And they ran and took him from there. And he stood in the midst of the people, and he was taller than all the people, from his shoulders and upward.

³ And his second was Chileab, of Abigail the former wife of Nabal of Carmel. And the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur. ⁴ And the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith. And the fifth was Shephatiah the son of Abital.

²⁵ And no man was handsome like Absalom in all Israel, to be so greatly praised. From the sole of his foot to his crown, there was not a blemish in him.

¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a boy, the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

¹³ Do not withhold correction from a boy, for if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴ You shall beat him with the rod, and you shall deliver him from Sheol.

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a boy sent off causes shame to his mother.

⁵ And you have forgotten the exhortation which He speaks with you, as with sons, "My sons, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor faint while being corrected by Him. ⁶ For whom the Lord loves, He disciplines, and whips every son whom He receives." Prov. 3:11, 12

²⁰ And one son escaped of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. And his name was Abiathar, and he fled after David. ²¹ And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of Jehovah. ²² And David said to Abiathar, I knew on that day when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he certainly would tell Saul. I am accountable for all the lives of your father's house. ²³ Stay with me. Do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you will be under protection.

¹⁶ And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the historian;

¹² And Absalom sent Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counselor of David, out of his city, out of Giloh, as he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong. And the people were going on and increasing with Absalom.

²⁴ And, behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set the ark of God down. And Abiathar went up until all the people finished passing on out of the city. ²⁵ And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He will bring me back and show it and His dwelling place to me. ²⁶ And if He says this, I have not delighted in you, behold, I am here. He shall do to me as seems good in His eyes. ²⁷ And the king said to Zadok the priest, Are you a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. ²⁸ Behold, I will wait in the plain of the wilderness until word comes from you to report to me. ²⁹ And Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there.

³⁵ And do you not have there with you Zadok and Abiathar, the priests? And it shall be, you shall declare everything that you hear from the house of the king; you shall report to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests.

²³ And Joab was over all the army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites.

²⁵ And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

²² And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Also ask the kingdom for him, for he is my older brother; yea, for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

²⁶ And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Go to Anathoth, to your fields. For you are deserving of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you have borne the ark of the Lord Jehovah before my father David, and because you were afflicted in all the things with which my father was afflicted. ²⁷ And Solomon drove Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, to fulfill the word of Jehovah which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. ²⁸ And the report came to Joab, for Joab had turned aside after Adonijah though he did not turn aside after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of Jehovah, and lay hold on the horns of the altar. ²⁹ And it was told to king Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of Jehovah, and, behold, he was by the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him. ³⁰ And Benaiah came into the tabernacle of Jehovah and said to him, So says the king, Come out. And he said, No, but I will die here. And Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, So says Joab. Yea, so he answered me. ³¹ And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him, and turn aside the innocent blood which Joab shed, off of me and off of my father's house. ³² And Jehovah shall turn back his blood on his own head, who has fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and murdered them with the sword; and my father David not knowing: Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah. ³³ Yea, He shall turn back their blood on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever. And as for David and for his seed, and for his house, and for his throne, there shall be peace forever from Jehovah. ³⁴ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell on him, and executed him. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. ³⁵ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army. And the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

⁶ And David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall become head and commander. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first and became head.

² The kings of the earth set themselves; yea, the rulers have plotted together against Jehovah and His anointed, saying,

² The king said to Nathan the prophet, See, now, I am living in a house of cedar, and the ark of God dwells within tent curtains. ³ And Nathan said to the king, All that is in your heart, go, do. For Jehovah shall be with you. ⁴ And it happened in that night, the word of Jehovah came to Nathan, saying,

¹⁷ and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Seraiah was scribe; ¹⁸ and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were priests.

¹ And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said to him, There were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other poor. ² The rich one had flocks and very many herds. ³ But the poor one had nothing except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished. And it grew up with him, and with his sons together, and it ate of his morsel, and it drank from his cup, and it lay in his bosom. And it was like a daughter to him. ⁴ And a traveler came to the rich one, and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. And he took the ewe lamb of the poor man, and prepared it for the man who had come to him. ⁵ And David's anger glowed greatly against the man. And he said to Nathan, As Jehovah lives, surely the man who did this is a son of death. ⁶ And he shall repay fourfold for the ewe lamb, because he has done this thing, and because he had no pity. ⁷ And Nathan said to David, You are the man! So says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed you as king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. ⁸ And I gave you the house of your master, and your master's wives into your bosom. And I gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if that were too little, then I would have added to you these and those things . ⁹ Why have you despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil in His eyes? You have stricken Uriah the Hittite by the sword, and you have taken his wife to yourself for a wife. And you have killed him by the sword of the sons of Ammon. ¹⁰ And now the sword shall not turn aside from your house continually, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wile of Uriah the Hittite to be a wife to you. ¹¹ So says Jehovah, Behold, I shall raise up evil against you out of your house, and shall take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor. And he shall lie with your wives in the sight of the sun. ¹² For you acted in secret, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun. ¹³ And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said to David, Jehovah also has put away your sin; you shall not die. ¹⁴ Only, because you have made the enemies of Jehovah to scorn derisively by this thing, also the son who shall be born to you shall surely die. ¹⁵ And Nathan went to his house, and Jehovah struck the boy whom the former wife of Uriah had borne to David. And it became sick.

⁸ These are the names of the mighty ones who were called to David: Josheb-basshebeth the Tachmonite, chief of the three. He was called Adino the Eznite, because of the eight hundred he killed at one time. ⁹ And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the son of Ahohite. He was of the three mighty men with David when they taunted the Philistines, when they were gathered there to battle; and the men of Israel went up; ¹⁰ he rose up and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. And Jehovah worked a great salvation on that day, and the people returned after him only to plunder. ¹¹ And next was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines had gathered into a company, and there was a piece of ground full of lentils, and the people had fled before the Philistines. ¹² And he set himself in the midst of the plot, and delivered it, and struck the Philistines. And Jehovah worked out a great salvation. ¹³ And three of the thirty commanders went down and came to the harvest, to David, to the cave of Adullam. And the company of the Philistines was camping in the Valley of the Giants. ¹⁴ And David was then in a stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. ¹⁵ And David longed, and said, Who shall give me drink from the water of the well of Bethlehem beside the gate? ¹⁶ And the three mighty ones cut through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem beside the gate, and took it up, and brought it to David. But he was not willing to drink it, and poured it out to Jehovah; ¹⁷ and said, Far be it from me, O Jehovah, to do this; is it not the blood of the men who went with their lives? And he was not willing to drink it. The three mighty ones did these things . ¹⁸ And Abishai the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was the commander of three. And he raised up his spear against three hundred, and killed them . And he had the name among the three. ¹⁹ Surely he was honored more than the three? And he was the commander to them, but he did not come to the first three. ²⁰ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel, a son of a mighty man, great in deeds; he killed two lionlike men of Moab. And he went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a day of snow. ²¹ And he killed an Egyptian, a man of form; and a spear was in the Egyptian's hand; and he went down to him with a staff and tore away the spear from the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear. ²² Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among three mighty ones. ²³ He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not come to the first three. And David set him over his guard. ²⁴ Asahel the brother of Joab was of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem; ²⁵ Shammah the Harodite; Elika the Harodite; ²⁶ Helez the Paltite; Ira the son of Ikkesh, the Tekoite; ²⁷ Abiezer the Anathothite; Mebunnai the Hushathite; ²⁸ Zalmon the Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite; ²⁹ Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite; Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin; ³⁰ Benaiah the Pirathonite; Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash; ³¹ Abialbon the Arbathite; Azmaveth the Barhumite; ³² Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen; Jonathan; ³³ Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam the son of Sharar, the Hararite; ³⁴ Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite; Eliam the son of Ahithophel, the Gilonite; ³⁵ Hezrai the Carmelite; Paarai the Arbite; ³⁶ Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah; Bani the Gadite; ³⁷ Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai the Beerothite, armor-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah; ³⁸ Ira the Ithrite; Gareb, an Ithrite; ³⁹ Uriah the Hittite; thirty seven in all.

³⁵ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army. And the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

¹⁸ Shimei the son of Elah was in Benjamin;

¹⁰ And these were the heads of the mighty men who were to David, making themselves strong with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to cause him to reign over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah. ¹¹ And this is the number of the mighty men who were to David: Jashobeam the son of a Hachmonite, the head of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred, killing them at one time. ¹² And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite; he was among the three mighty ones; ¹³ he was with David in Pasdammim, and the Philistines had gathered there to battle; and a portion of the field was full of barley, and the people had fled from before the Philistines; ¹⁴ and they set themselves in the midst of that portion, and delivered it, and struck the Philistines, and Jehovah saved by a great deliverance. ¹⁵ And three of the thirty heads went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam. And the army of the Philistines was pitched in the Valley of the Giants. ¹⁶ And David was then in the stronghold, and the command post of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. ¹⁷ And David longed, and said, Who shall give me drink, water from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate? ¹⁸ And the three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem at the gate, and took it and brought to David. But David was not willing to drink it, and poured it out to Jehovah, ¹⁹ and said, Far be it from me by my God, to do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men with their lives? For they have brought it with their lives. And he was not willing to drink it. The three mighty ones did these things. ²⁰ And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was the chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and killed, and had a name among the three. ²¹ Of the three, he was honored by the two, and became their head. But he did not come to the first three. ²² Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of great deeds, from Kabzeel, he killed the two lion-like Moabites. And he went down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in the snowy day. ²³ And he killed an Egyptian man, a man of five cubits stature; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like the weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff and wrenched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand; and killed him with his own spear. ²⁴ These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name among the three mighty ones. ²⁵ Behold, he was honored by the thirty, but to the first three he did not come. And David set him over his court. ²⁶ And the mighty ones of the army were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, ²⁷ Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, ²⁸ Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anethothite, ²⁹ Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, ³⁰ Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, ³¹ Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, ³² Hurai of the torrents of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, ³³ Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, ³⁴ the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, ³⁵ Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, ³⁶ Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, ³⁷ Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, ³⁸ Joel the brother Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggi, ³⁹ Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, ⁴⁰ Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, ⁴¹ Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, ⁴² Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, the head of the Reubenites, and thirty with him; ⁴³ Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, ⁴⁴ Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shamma and Jehiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, ⁴⁵ Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, ⁴⁶ Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai and Joshaviah, sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, ⁴⁷ Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

⁵ The third commander of the army for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a head priest; and in his division were twenty four thousand. ⁶ He was that Benaiah who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty; and in his division was his son Ammizabad.

¹⁵ But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near to Me to minister to Me. And they shall stand before Me to bring near to Me the fat and the blood, declares the Lord Jehovah.

¹³ the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

⁷ And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and northward looking toward Gilgal, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, which is the south side of the torrent; and the border passed to the waters of En-shemesh, and its boundary line was at Enrogel.

²³ And after two years it happened that Absalom had shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim. And Absalom called to all the sons of the king. ²⁴ And Absalom came to the king and said, Behold, your servant now has shearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant. ²⁵ And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go now, and we shall not be too heavy on you. But he urged him, and he was not willing to go, but he blessed him. ²⁶ And Absalom said, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with you? ²⁷ And Absalom urged him, and he sent Amnon with him, and all the king's sons.

¹¹ And two hundred men went out of Jerusalem with Absalom, chosen ones. And they went out in their simplicity and did not know anything. ¹² And Absalom sent Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counselor of David, out of his city, out of Giloh, as he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong. And the people were going on and increasing with Absalom.

¹⁷ And Jonathan and Ahimaaz were standing at En-rogel, for they were not able to be seen going into the city. And a slave-girl went and told them. And they went and told it to king David.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is a hateful thing to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

²⁴ And David comforted his wife Bathsheba. And he went into her, and lay with her. And she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him,

⁸ But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who were to David, were not with Adonijah.

¹⁹ And he sacrifices oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not called to your servant Solomon.

¹² When your days are fulfilled, and you lie with your fathers, then I shall raise up your seed after you, who shall come out from your bowels, and I shall establish his kingdom. ¹³ He shall build a house for My Name, and I shall establish the throne of his kingdom forever. ¹⁴ I shall be a father to him, and he shall be a son to Me. When he sins, then I will chasten him with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of men. ¹⁵ But My mercy shall not be taken from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. ¹⁶ And your house shall be established, and your kingdom before you forever. Your throne shall be established forever. ¹⁷ According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

²⁴ And David comforted his wife Bathsheba. And he went into her, and lay with her. And she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him, ²⁵ and sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.

⁹ Behold, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around, for Solomon shall be his name, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days; ¹⁰ he shall build a house to My name, and he shall be a son to Me, and I a Father to him; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

⁴ But Jehovah the God of Israel chose me out of all my father's house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as the ruler, and my father's house in the house of Judah; and among the sons of my father He was pleased to make me king over all Israel. ⁵ And of all my sons, for Jehovah has given me many sons, He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah, over Israel.

¹⁷ And it happened as they led them outside, he said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay in all the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be swept away.

⁵ And he went into his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, was left; for he had hidden.

²¹ And it will be, when my lord the king lies with his fathers, that I, my son Solomon and I, shall be offenders.

¹ And Athaliah was the mother of Ahaziah. And when she saw that her son was dead, then she rose up and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom.

⁴ And Jehoram rose up over the kingdom of his father and made himself strong. And he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also of the leaders of Israel.

¹⁰ And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, and she rose up and spoke to destroy all the seed of the kingdom of the house of Judah.

¹⁴ Without guidance the people fall, but safety is in a great counselor.

²² Without counsel purposes are broken, but by many counselors they rise.

¹⁸ Purposes are established in counsel, and make war with wise guidance.

⁹ Ointment and perfume give joy to the heart, and one's friend is sweet from the counsel of the soul.

¹⁵ And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I counsel you, you will not listen to me.

³⁸ But seeing the son, the vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and get hold of his inheritance.

³¹ Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers, Unless these remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.

¹⁸ And it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from before the priests, the Levites.

¹⁷ And she said to him, My lord, you have sworn to your handmaid by Jehovah your God, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.

²⁴ And Nathan said, My lord O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?

³⁰ surely as I swore to you by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; surely so I will do this day.

³⁵ And you shall come up after him, and let him come and sit on my throne, for he shall reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel, and over Judah.

⁴⁸ And also the king has said, Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel who has today given one sitting on my throne, and my eyes seeing it.

¹² And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

⁶ And he called for his son Solomon, and commanded him to build a house to Jehovah, the God of Israel. ⁷ And David said to his son Solomon, As for me, it has been in my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God. ⁸ But the word of Jehovah was against me, saying, You have shed blood in abundance, and you have made great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, for you have shed much blood to the earth before Me. ⁹ Behold, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around, for Solomon shall be his name, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days; ¹⁰ he shall build a house to My name, and he shall be a son to Me, and I a Father to him; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever. ¹¹ Now, my son, may Jehovah be with you, and may you prosper and build the house of Jehovah your God, as He spoke concerning you. ¹² Only, may Jehovah give wisdom and understanding to you and command you as to Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah your God; ¹³ then you shall prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the judgments that Jehovah commanded Moses as to Israel; be strong and courageous; do not fear, nor be cast down.

²³ And Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of his father David, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

¹¹ Jehovah has sworn to David in truth; He will not turn from it; I will set one of the fruit of your body on the throne for you. ¹² If your sons will keep My covenant and My testimonies which I will teach them, their sons shall also sit on your throne till forever.

⁷ There is no end to the increase of His government and of peace on the throne of David, and on His kingdom, to order it, and to sustain it with justice and with righteousness, from now and forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will do this.

²¹ then My covenant with My servant David may also be broken, that he should not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers.

³² This One will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. ³³ And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of His kingdom there will be no end.

¹⁷ And she said to him, My lord, you have sworn to your handmaid by Jehovah your God, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. ¹⁸ And now, behold, Adonijah reigns. And now, my lord O king, you have not known. ¹⁹ And he sacrifices oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not called to your servant Solomon. ²⁰ And you, my lord O king, the eyes of Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. ²¹ And it will be, when my lord the king lies with his fathers, that I, my son Solomon and I, shall be offenders. ²² And, behold, she was speaking with the king, and Nathan the prophet came in. ²³ And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet! And he came in before the king and bowed to the king on his face to the earth. ²⁴ And Nathan said, My lord O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? ²⁵ For he has gone down today and sacrificed oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and they are saying, Let king Adonijah live! ²⁶ But as for me, I, your servant, and for Zadok the priest, and for Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and for your servant Solomon, he has not called. ²⁷ If this thing is to come about from my lord the king, then you have not caused your servant to know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

¹ I am coming to you this third time . "In the mouth of two or three witnesses every matter shall be established." Deut. 19:15

¹ And king David was old, going into days. And they covered him with garments, for he had no heat.

⁴¹ The boy left, and David rose up from the south side. And he fell on his face to the ground. And he bowed three times. And they each one kissed his friend. And they each wept on his friend, until David exceeded.

⁸ And David rose up afterward and went out from the cave, and called after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And Saul looked behind him. And David was bowing, face to the earth, and prostrated himself.

²³ And Abigail saw David, and she hurried, and she dismounted from the ass and fell on her face before David and bowed to the earth.

²³ And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet! And he came in before the king and bowed to the king on his face to the earth.

²⁰ And she said, I ask one small petition of you. Do not turn away my face. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not turn away your face.

² And the king said again to Esther on the second day of the banquet of wine, What is your petition, queen Esther, and it shall be given to you. And what is your request? It shall be done, to the half of the kingdom.

²¹ And He said to her, What do you desire? She said to Him, Say that these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right, and one on Your left in Your Kingdom.

³² And stopping, Jesus called them, and said, What do you desire that I do to you?

¹² And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After my being old, shall there be pleasure to me; my lord also being old?

¹³ Go up and go in to king David. And you shall say to him, My lord, O king, have you not sworn to your handmaid, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? And why does Adonijah reign?

⁶ as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children you became, doing good, and fearing no terror. Gen. 18:12

¹⁰ And Absalom sent spies among all the tribes of Israel, saying, When you hear the sound of the ram's horn, then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.

⁵ And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will reign. And he prepared a chariot for himself, and horsemen, and fifty men running before his face.

²⁷ If this thing is to come about from my lord the king, then you have not caused your servant to know who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

¹⁷ And now, brothers, I know that you acted according to ignorance, as also did your rulers.

⁷ And his words were with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest. And they helped, going after Adonijah. ⁸ But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who were to David, were not with Adonijah. ⁹ And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings near the Stone of Serpents which is near En-rogel. And he called all his brothers, the sons of the king, and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king. ¹⁰ But he did not call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and his brother Solomon.

²⁵ For he has gone down today and sacrificed oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and they are saying, Let king Adonijah live!

² The Spirit of Jehovah has spoken by me, and His Word is on my tongue.

⁸ But the word of Jehovah was against me, saying, You have shed blood in abundance, and you have made great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, for you have shed much blood to the earth before Me.

⁵ And of all my sons, for Jehovah has given me many sons, He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah, over Israel. ⁶ And He said to me, Your son Solomon shall build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as a son to Me, and I surely will be a Father to him.

¹⁰ Watch, now, for Jehovah has chosen you to build a house for a sanctuary. Be strong and act.

¹² O our God, shall You not execute judgment upon them? For there is no power in us before this great multitude that has come against us, and we do not know what we shall do; but our eyes are on You.

¹⁵ My eyes are ever toward Jehovah; for He shall bring my feet out of the net.

² Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters; as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait on Jehovah our God, until He shows grace to us.

⁹ For, behold, I will bring forth My Servant, the BRANCH. For behold, the stone which I have given before Joshua, on the one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave its engraving, says Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

¹⁵ And you shall come to you fathers in peace. You shall be buried in good old age.

¹⁶ And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people shall rise up and go lusting after the gods of the strangers of the land into which they are going, and shall forsake Me, and shall break My covenant which I made with it.

¹² When your days are fulfilled, and you lie with your fathers, then I shall raise up your seed after you, who shall come out from your bowels, and I shall establish his kingdom.

¹⁰ And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

¹⁵ And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their faces toward me to reign. Yet the kingdom has been turned around and is my brother's, because it was his from Jehovah.

²² And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Also ask the kingdom for him, for he is my older brother; yea, for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. ²³ And king Solomon swore by Jehovah, saying, So shall God do to me, and so shall He do more, if not Adonijah has not spoken this word against his life. ²⁴ And now, as Jehovah lives, who has established me and caused me to sit on the throne of my father David, and who has made a house for me, as He spoke, surely today Adonijah shall be put to death.

¹⁵ And it happened before he had finished speaking. Behold! Rebekah came out, she who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

¹⁶ While this one was still speaking, this other also came and said, The fire of God has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the young men. And it has destroyed them; and I, I alone have escaped to tell you. ¹⁷ While this one was still speaking, this other also came and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands and swooped down on the camels. And they have taken them away. And they have killed the young men with the edge of the sword; and I, I alone have escaped to tell you. ¹⁸ While this one was still speaking, this other came and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the first-born,

²⁰ And while I was speaking and praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and making my cry fall before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God.

¹⁶ And Bathsheba bowed and knelt before the king. And the king said, What shall I do for you?

⁷ Then give to all their dues: to the one due tax, the tax; to the one due tribute, the tribute; to the one due fear, the fear; to the one due honor, the honor.

¹⁷ honor all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

¹³ Go up and go in to king David. And you shall say to him, My lord, O king, have you not sworn to your handmaid, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? And why does Adonijah reign? ¹⁴ Behold, while you are speaking with the king, then I will come in after you and will confirm your words.

¹⁷ And she said to him, My lord, you have sworn to your handmaid by Jehovah your God, saying, Surely your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. ¹⁸ And now, behold, Adonijah reigns. And now, my lord O king, you have not known.

²⁴ And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom Jehovah has chosen, for none is like him among all the people? And all the people shouted and said, May the king live!

¹⁴ And Samuel said to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there. ¹⁵ And all the people went to Gilgal and made Saul to reign there in Gilgal, before the face of Jehovah. And they offered Sacrifices of peace offerings there before Jehovah. And Saul and all the men of Israel greatly rejoiced there.

¹⁶ And it happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, Let the king live! Let the king live!

⁹ And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings near the Stone of Serpents which is near En-rogel. And he called all his brothers, the sons of the king, and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king.

³⁴ And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet shall anoint him there as king over Israel. And you shall blow with the ram's horn and shout, Let king Solomon live!

¹² And he brought out the son of the king, and put the crown on him, and the testimony. And they made him king, and anointed him, and clapped their hands, and said, Let the king live!

¹³ And now, our God, we are giving thanks to You, and giving praise to Your glorious name;

²¹ And they sacrificed sacrifices to Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings to Jehovah, on the next day after that day: a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in great plenty for all Israel.

¹¹ And they brought out the son of the king, and put the crown on him, and the testimony, and made him king; and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and cried, Let the king live!

⁹ And the crowd, the ones going before and the ones following, were crying out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! "Blessed is He coming in the name of the Lord"! Hosanna in the highest! Psa. 118:25, 26

⁹ And those going before, and those following after, were crying out, saying, Hosanna! "Blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord!" Psa. 118:25, 26 ¹⁰ Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!

³⁸ saying, "Blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord," the King. Peace in Heaven, and glory in the highest! Psa. 118:26

² The king said to Nathan the prophet, See, now, I am living in a house of cedar, and the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.

²⁵ and sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.

¹⁰ But he did not call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and his brother Solomon.

²⁷ And she came to the mountain to the man of God, and lay hold on his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away. But the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is bitter in her, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.

¹⁵ I no longer call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his lord does. But I called you friends, because all things which I heard from My Father I made known to you.

¹⁶ The Angel that redeemed me from every evil, may He bless the youths; and may my name be called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they like the fishes increase into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

¹⁹ And he said, They were my brothers, sons of my mother. As Jehovah lives, if you had kept them alive, I would not have killed you.

³⁹ For as Jehovah lives, who delivers Israel, surely if it is my son Jonathan, he shall certainly die. And no one answered him from all the people.

⁴⁵ And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, he who did this great deliverance in Israel? Far be it! As Jehovah lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day. And the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

⁶ And Saul listened to Jonathan's voice, and Saul swore, As Jehovah lives he shall not die.

²¹ And, behold, I shall send a boy, saying, Find the arrows! If I expressly say to the boy, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, take them; then you come, for peace shall be to you, and there is nothing, as Jehovah lives.

⁹ And David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my life out of all distress,

⁵ And David's anger glowed greatly against the man. And he said to Nathan, As Jehovah lives, surely the man who did this is a son of death.

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew nor rain these years, except according to my word.

¹⁰ As Jehovah your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you; and when they said, He is not here, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear that it did not find you.

³⁰ And the mother of the boy said, As Jehovah lives, and your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he rose up and went after her.

¹⁶ And he said, As Jehovah lives, before whom I stand, I shall not take. And he pressed on him to take, but he refused.

²⁰ And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my lord has spared this Syrian, Naaman, not to receive from his hand that which he has brought As Jehovah lives, surely I will run after him, then I shall take something from him.

¹⁹ Many are the evils of the righteous, but Jehovah helps him out of them all, ²⁰ keeping all his bones; not one of them is broken. ²¹ Evil shall slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous shall become guilty. ²² Jehovah is redeeming the soul of His servants; and none of those who trust in Him shall be guilty.

¹⁴ He shall redeem their souls from oppression and violence; and their blood shall be precious in His eyes.

²⁴ and has rescued us from our enemies; for His mercy endures forever;

⁷ If I walk in the midst of distress, You give me life; You send out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand delivers me.

⁶ And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul came to David and fell on his face, and prostrated himself. And David said, Mephibosheth! And he said, Behold, your servant.

³ And I said to the king, let the king live forever. Why should not my face be sad when the place of my fathers' tombs, the City, lies waste and its gates are burned with fire?

² And all the king's servants who were in the king's gate were bowing and worshiping Haman, for the king had so commanded for him. But Mordecai did not bow nor worship.

⁴ And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will reveal the meaning.

⁹ They answered and said to king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!

¹⁰ The queen came in to the banquet house because of the words of the king and his nobles. The queen spoke and said, O king, live forever, do not let your thoughts trouble you, and do not let your face be changed.

⁶ Then these presidents and satraps gathered together to the king and said this to him, King Darius, live forever.

²¹ Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever.

³⁷ And at last he sent his son to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.

³³ However, you also, everyone, let each love his wife as himself, and the wife, that she give deference to the husband.

⁹ Furthermore, indeed we have had fathers of our flesh as correctors, and we respected them . Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits, and we shall live?

²⁶ But as for me, I, your servant, and for Zadok the priest, and for Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and for your servant Solomon, he has not called.

³⁸ And Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went out and caused Solomon to ride on king David's mule, and caused him to go to Gihon.

⁴³ And he caused him to ride in a chariot which was the second to him. And they cried before him, Bow the knee! And he put him over all the land of Egypt.

¹⁹ You shall keep my statutes; you shall not cause your livestock to breed with different kinds; you shall not sow two kinds in your field; and you shall not allow a garment mixed of linen and wool to come upon you.

⁶ And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do more evil to us than Absalom. You take the servants of your lord and pursue him, that he not find fortified cities for himself, and deliver himself from our eye. ⁷ And the men of Joab went out after him, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men. And they went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

⁴⁴ And the king sent Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet with him, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they caused him to ride on the king's mule. ⁴⁵ And they anointed him, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, as king in Gihon. And they have come up from there rejoicing. And the city was roaring. It is the noise that you heard.

³⁰ And Hezekiah himself had stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and had directed them beneath the west of the city of David; and Hezekiah prospered in all his work.

¹⁴ And after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entrance of the Fish Gate. And it went around to the tower and he made it exceedingly high, and he put commanders of the army in all the cities of defense in Judah.

⁶ And Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? And Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself? ⁷ And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor, ⁸ let the royal clothing be brought, which the king puts on himself, and the horse on which the king rides, and the royal crown which is set on his head; ⁹ and let this clothing and horse be given into the hand of men, one of the king's most noble princes, and let them dress the man whom the king delights to honor, and cause him to ride on the horse through the street of the city, and call out before him, In this way shall be done to the man whom the king delights, in honoring him! ¹⁰ And the king said to Haman, Hurry! Take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Do not fail to do any of all the things you have spoken. ¹¹ And Haman took the clothing and the horse, and dressed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and called out before him, In this way shall be done to the man whom the king delights, in honoring him!

¹ And Samuel took the flask of oil and poured on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because Jehovah has anointed you for a leader over His inheritance?

³ And you invite Jesse to the sacrifice. And I will make you know what you shall do. And you shall anoint for Me whomever I say to you.

¹² And he sent and brought him in. And he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and good form. And Jehovah said, Rise up, anoint him, for this is he. ¹³ And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon David from that day and onward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

⁴ And the men of Judah came and anointed David king over the house of Judah there. And they told David, saying, It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.

³ And all the elders of Israel came to the king, to Hebron. And king David cut a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah. And they anointed David as king over Israel.

¹⁶ and you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel; and you shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, as prophet in your place.

³ And take the vial of oil and pour on his head, and say, So says Jehovah, I have anointed you as king to Israel. And you shall open the door and flee, and shall not wait.

⁶ And he rose up and came into the house, and poured the oil on his head, and said to him, So says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I have anointed you as king to the people of Jehovah, to Israel.

¹³ And they hurried, and each man took his garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and blew with the ram's horn, and said, Jehu reigns!

¹⁴ And she looked, and, behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom. And the rulers and the trumpeters were beside the king. And all the people of the land were rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! Treason!

⁷ You love righteousness and hate wickedness; on account of this God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your fellows.

²⁰ I have found My servant David; I have anointed him with My holy oil.

³⁶ His seed shall be forever, and his throne as the sun before Me.

⁵ Sing praise to Jehovah with the lyre; with the lyre and the voice of a song. ⁶ With trumpets and the sound of a horn, make a joyful noise before Jehovah the King. ⁷ Let the sea roar, and the fullness of it; the world, and those who live in it.

¹ So says Jehovah to His anointed, to Cyrus, whom I have seized by his right hand, to subdue nations before him. Yea, I will open the loins of kings, to open the two leaved doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.

³⁸ Jesus the One from Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all those having been oppressed by the Devil, because God was with Him.

²¹ But He confirming us and anointing us with you in Christ is God, ²² even He having sealed us, and having given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

⁶ Yea, I have set My king on My holy mount on Zion.

¹ Of Solomon. Give the King Your judgments, O God; and Your righteousness to the King's son. ² Your people He shall judge in righteousness, and Your poor in justice.

¹⁵ Cursed is the man who makes a carved and molten image an abomination to Jehovah, the work of a craftsman's hands, and who sets it up in a secret place! And all the people shall answer and say, Amen! ¹⁶ Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen! ¹⁷ Cursed is he who removes his neighbor's landmark! And all the people shall say, Amen! ¹⁸ Cursed is he who makes the blind to wander out of the way! And All the people shall say, Amen! ¹⁹ Cursed is he who perverts the judgment of the alien, the fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen! ²⁰ Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he uncovers his father's skirt! And all the people shall say, Amen! ²¹ Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal! And all the people shall say, Amen! ²² Cursed is he who lies with his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter! And all the people shall say, Amen! ²³ Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law! And all the people shall say, Amen! ²⁴ Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor secretly! And all the people shall say, Amen! ²⁵ Cursed is he who takes a bribe to strike a life, to shed innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen! ²⁶ Cursed is he who does not rise to all the words of this law, to do them! And all the people shall say, Amen!

²⁹ And if a man rises up to pursue you, and to seek your soul (and the soul of my lord has been bound up in the bundle of life with Jehovah your God). And the souls of your enemies, He shall sling them from the hollow of the sling.

²⁷ and now, You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, to be forever before You; for You, O Jehovah, have blessed; yea, it is blessed forever!

² Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my Rock; I seek refuge in Him; He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

¹ A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I earnestly seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and weary land without water.

¹⁹ And blessed is His glorious name forever; and the whole earth is filled with His glory! Amen and amen!

²⁶ He shall cry to Me, My Father, You are My God, and the rock of my salvation.

⁵ in order to establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then I answered and said, Amen, O Jehovah.

⁶ even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen! May Jehovah do so; may Jehovah confirm your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the house of Jehovah, and all the exiles, from Babylon into this place.

¹³ And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil, for Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory to the ages. Amen.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you all the days until the completion of the age. Amen.

¹⁶ Else, if you bless in the spirit, the one occupying the place of the unlearned, how will he say the amen at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you say?

¹² And He said, I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you that I have sent you, when you bring out the people from Egypt: You shall serve God on this mountain.

⁵ No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor will I forsake you.

¹⁷ According to all we heard from Moses, so we will listen to you. Surely Jehovah your God is with you, as He has been with Moses.

¹³ So may Jehovah do to Jonathan, and do much more than this, if it should seem good to my father to do evil to you, then I will reveal it in your ear and send you away. And you shall go in peace; and may Jehovah be with you, as He was with my father.

³ And Joab said to the king, Yea, may Jehovah your God add to the people, however many they may be, a hundredfold. And may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

⁴⁷ And also the king's servants have come in to bless our lord, king David, saying, Your God shall make the name of Solomon better than your name, and his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself on the bed.

⁷ And now, O Jehovah my God, You have caused Your servant to reign instead of my father David. And I am a little man-child; I do not know to go out and to come in. ⁸ And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a numerous people that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude. ⁹ Also give to Your servant an understanding heart, to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this, Your great people?

⁹ And it happened, when they were crossing, Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Then let there now be a double mouth of your spirit on me.

²⁰ And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and brave, and act. Do not fear, nor be afraid, for Jehovah God, my God, shall be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you until you have finished all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah.

¹ And Solomon the son of David made himself strong over his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and made him exceedingly great.

⁷ Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is a refuge for us. Selah.

¹¹ Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is a refuge for us. Selah.

⁸ He shall also rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

¹⁷ His name shall be forever; His name shall continue before the sun; and they shall bless themselves by Him; all nations shall call Him blessed. ¹⁸ Blessed is Jehovah God, the God of Israel, who alone does wonderful things. ¹⁹ And blessed is His glorious name forever; and the whole earth is filled with His glory! Amen and amen!

²⁷ And I will make him My first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

¹⁰ Counsel a counsel, and it is frustrated; speak a word, and it shall not rise; for God is with us.

¹⁴ And dominion was given to Him, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

²³ "Behold! The virgin will conceive in her womb and will bear a son, and they will call His name Emmanuel" (which translated is, God with us). Isa. 7:14

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

¹⁴ We raided the south of the Cherethites, and went against that belonging to Judah, and against the south of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag with fire.

¹⁸ and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were priests.

¹⁸ And all his servants were passing on by his side, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath. These were passing on before the king.

²⁰ And Joab answered and said, Far be it! Far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy. ²¹ The case is not such. For a man of the hills of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri is his name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. If you will give him up by himself, then I will go away from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head will be thrown over the wall to you. ²² And the woman came to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. And he blew the ram's horn, and they were dispersed from the city, each man to his tents. And Joab went back to Jerusalem to the king. ²³ And Joab was over all the army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites.

³³ And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and you shall cause my son Solomon to ride on my mule, and cause him to go down to Gihon.

¹⁷ and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were first ones at the hand of the king.

⁵ Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy you so there not shall be an inhabitant.

²³ And you take spices for yourself, the best, five hundred of pure myrrh, and its half of spicy cinnamon, two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and fifty of aromatic calamus; ²⁴ and five hundred of cassia, by the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil. ²⁵ And you shall make it an oil of holy anointing, ointment compound, the work of a perfumer, an oil of holy anointing it shall be. ²⁶ And you shall anoint with it the tabernacle of the congregation and the ark of the testimony, ²⁷ and the table and all its vessels and the altar of incense, ²⁸ and the altar of burnt offering, and all its vessels, and the laver and its base. ²⁹ And you shall sanctify them, and they shall become most holy; everything touching them shall become holy. ³⁰ And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall consecrate them to minister as priests to Me. ³¹ And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil for Me for your generations. ³² It shall not be poured on the flesh of man, and you shall not make any like it in its proportion; it is holy. It shall be holy to you. ³³ If a man prepares any like it, or who gives from it to a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

¹³ And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon David from that day and onward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

²² And they ate and drank before Jehovah on that day with great joy, and made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and anointed him before Jehovah as ruler, and Zadok as priest.

¹³ and looked; and behold, the king was standing by his pillar in the entrance, and the commanders and the trumpets were by the king; and all the people of the land were rejoicing and sounding with trumpets; and the singers with instruments of song, and giving signals to praise; and Athaliah tore her garments and cried, Treason! Treason!

¹⁵ And all the people went to Gilgal and made Saul to reign there in Gilgal, before the face of Jehovah. And they offered Sacrifices of peace offerings there before Jehovah. And Saul and all the men of Israel greatly rejoiced there.

²⁰ And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And they had slain Athaliah by the sword in the king's house.

³⁸ All these were men of war, keeping rank; they came to Hebron with a perfect heart, to make David king over all Israel. And also all the rest of Israel was of one heart, to make David king. ³⁹ And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking. For their brothers had prepared for them. ⁴⁰ And also those near to them, to Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought in bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen; food of fine flour, fig cakes, and raisin cakes, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep, to great plenty. For joy was in Israel.

¹ Jehovah reigns! Let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of islands be glad.

⁵ at the time you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, zither, the lyre, harp, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous and victorious, lowly, and riding on an ass, even on a colt, the son of an ass.

³⁷ And as He was already drawing near to the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began rejoicing, to praise God with a loud voice concerning all the works of power which they saw,

¹⁵ And the seventh angel trumpeted. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of the world became our Lord's, even of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever. ¹⁶ And the twenty four elders sitting before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying, We thank You, Lord God Almighty, the One who is, and who was, and who is coming, because You took Your great power and reigned. ¹⁸ And the nations were full of wrath; and Your wrath came, and the time of the judging of the dead, and to give the reward to Your slaves, to the prophets, and to the saints, and to the ones fearing Your name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those destroying the earth.

¹⁷ And Joshua heard the voice of the people in their shouting. And he said to Moses, A sound of war in the camp!

²¹ A dreadful sound of things is in his ears; the destroyer shall come on him in peace. ²² He does not believe in a return from darkness, but he is awaited by the sword.

⁵ that the exulting of the wicked is near an end, and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment?

¹⁸ Surely, You will set their feet in slippery places; You will make them fall into ruin. ¹⁹ How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away with terrors! ²⁰ Like a dream at the time from dreaming, O Lord, in awaking You will despise their image.

¹³ Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that joy is heaviness.

⁴ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of the stupid one is in the house of mirth. ⁵ It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. ⁶ For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the stupid one. And this also is vanity.

⁹ And the crowd, the ones going before and the ones following, were crying out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! "Blessed is He coming in the name of the Lord"! Hosanna in the highest! Psa. 118:25, 26 ¹⁰ And as He entered into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken, saying, Who is this? ¹¹ And the crowds said, This is Jesus, the Prophet, the one from Nazareth of Galilee.

¹⁵ But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders which He did, and the children crying out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were incensed.

³⁸ For as they were in the days before the flood: eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah went into the ark. ³⁹ And they did not know until the flood came and took all away. So also will be the coming of the Son of man.

²⁶ And as it was in the days of Noah, so also it will be in the days of the Son of man. ²⁷ They were eating, drinking, marrying, giving in marriage, until the day Noah went into the ark. And the flood came and destroyed all. ²⁸ And likewise, as it was in the days of Lot, they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; ²⁹ but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from the heaven and destroyed all.

³¹ But as they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the chiliarch of the cohort, that all Jerusalem is in a tumult.

²⁷ And the king said to Zadok the priest, Are you a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

³⁶ Behold, there are with them their two sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar. And you shall send to me by their hand anything that you hear.

²⁷ And the watchman said, I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, This is a good man and he comes with good news.

¹⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say to you, He will not prophesy good of me, but evil?

²² And it happened, when Jehoram saw Jehu, he said, Peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of your mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many?

²¹ There is no peace to the wicked, says my God.

² For you yourselves know accurately the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night. ³ For when they say, Peace and safety! Then suddenly destruction comes upon them, like travail to the pregnant woman, and they shall not at all escape.

⁵ And it happened, when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted a great shout, and the earth shook.

¹⁴ And he said to her, What is his appearance? And she said, An old man is coming up, and he is covered with a robe. And Saul knew that he was Samuel. And he bowed his face to the earth, and prostrated himself.

⁴⁰ And all the people came up after him. And the people were piping with pipes, and rejoicing with great joy. And the earth was torn with their sound.

⁶ And it happened when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in the door, he said, Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you acting as a foreigner? And I am sent to you with a hard thing.

¹³ So that the people could not tell the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of weeping of the people. For the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

²⁶ This is the meaning of the thing: A MINA: God has numbered your kingdom and finished it. ²⁷ A SHEKEL: You are weighed in the balances and found lacking. ²⁸ HALF MINAS: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.

¹¹ Jehovah has sworn to David in truth; He will not turn from it; I will set one of the fruit of your body on the throne for you.

²² And I will overthrow the throne of the kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. And I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will come down, each one by the sword of his brother.

³¹ And he said, Swear to me. And he swore to him. And Israel bowed on the head of the bed.

³² Take both your flocks and your herds, as you said, and go. And bless me also.

¹⁰ And Toi sent his son Joram to king David to ask of his peace, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him. For Hadadezer had been a man of wars against Toi. And in his hand were silver articles, and golden articles, and bronze articles.

³ And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And with what shall I atone, and you bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

³⁷ As Jehovah has been with my lord the king, so shall He be with Solomon, and shall make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.

¹⁰ so that they may offer sacrifices of sweet odor to the God of Heaven, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

¹ To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. May Jehovah answer you in the day of distress; the name of the God of Jacob set you on high. ² He sends your help from the sanctuary, and upholds you out of Zion. ³ He will remember all your offerings, and make fat your burnt sacrifices. Selah. ⁴ He will give you according to your heart, and fulfill all your plans.

²¹ By faith dying Jacob blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and "worshiped on the top of his staff." LXX-47:31

²⁰ and blessed be the most high God, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tithe of all.

⁶ And Solomon said, You have shown great kindness to Your servant, my father David, as he walked before You in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart with You. And You have kept for him this great kindness, and have given to him a son sitting on his throne, as today.

¹¹ and it shall be, when your days have been fulfilled to go away with your fathers, that I shall raise up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons, and I shall establish his kingdom. ¹² He shall build a house for Me, and I shall establish his throne forever; ¹³ I shall be a Father to him, and he shall be a son to Me; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it away from him who was before you; ¹⁴ and I will make him stand in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be made to stand forever.

¹⁷ And this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken to Your servant house for a great while to come, and have looked upon me as a type of the Man who is on high, O Jehovah God!

¹⁰ And David blessed Jehovah before the eyes of all the congregation; and David said, Blessed are You, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, our father, for ever and ever.

²⁰ And David said to all the congregation, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the congregation blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and worshiped Jehovah, and bowed to the king.

⁵ Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Stand up! Bless Jehovah your God forever and ever. And blessed be the Name of Your Glory, even He being exalted above all blessing and praise.

¹ A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech; and he drove him away, and he went. I will bless Jehovah at all times; His praise shall always be in my mouth.

¹³ Blessed be Jehovah God of Israel, even from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen!

¹ Of David. Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all within me, bless His holy name. ² Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and forget not all His rewards;

⁵ Jehovah shall bless you out of Zion; and you shall see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. ⁶ Yes, you shall see the sons of your sons. Peace be upon Israel!

² I will bless You every day; and I will praise Your name forever and ever.

⁶ Grandsons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

³⁴ And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to the heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High. And I praised and honored Him who lives forever, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His rule from generation to generation.

⁴⁶ And Mariam said, My soul magnifies the Lord, ⁴⁷ and my spirit exulted in God My Savior.

⁶⁸ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He visited and worked redemption for His people. ⁶⁹ And He raised up a Horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David;

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies with Christ,

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, He according to His great mercy having regenerated us to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

¹ The wicked flee though no one is pursuing, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

⁴ My heart wanders; terror overwhelms me; He has turned the twilight of my pleasure into trembling. ⁵ Prepare the table; watch in the watchtower; eat, drink; rise up, rulers, and anoint the shield.

⁴ They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of bronze, of iron, wood, and stone. ⁵ At that moment fingers of a man's hand came out and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace across from the lampstand. And the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. ⁶ Then the king's color was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins shook, and his knees knocked one against the other .

¹⁴ And when a man seethes insolently against his neighbor, to kill him by deceit, you shall take him from My altar to die.

² And you shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be a part of itself. And you shall overlay it with bronze.

² And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were of it. And he overlaid it with bronze.

²⁸ And the report came to Joab, for Joab had turned aside after Adonijah though he did not turn aside after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of Jehovah, and lay hold on the horns of the altar.

²⁷ Jehovah is God, and He gives light to us. Tie the sacrifice with cords, to the horns of the altar.

¹¹ And she said, Please let the king remember Jehovah your God, that the redeemer of blood not destroy any more, and that they may not destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.

²² He does not believe in a return from darkness, but he is awaited by the sword.

⁶ Righteousness keeps the upright one in the way, but wickedness subverts sin.

¹² The Righteous One wisely considers the house of the wicked: He overthrows the wicked for his evil.

³⁰ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

¹⁸ And a hair of your head shall in no way perish.

³⁴ Because of this I beg you to take of food, for this is to your deliverance, for not a hair of your head shall perish.

² And it happened on the third day, behold, a man came in out of the camp from Saul. And his garments were torn, and earth on his head. And it happened as he came to David, he fell to the earth and prostrated himself.

²⁴ And the king said, Let him turn to his house, and he shall not see my face. And Absalom turned to his house, and he did not see the king's face.

²⁸ And Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years, and had not seen the king's face.

³¹ And Bathsheba bowed her face to the earth, even bowing to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.

³⁶ And the king sent and called Shimei and said to him, Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there anywhere.

²¹ My son, fear Jehovah and the king; do not meddle with those who change,