So he said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.' "He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. And he answered, "What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?" WebIsaiah 32:15 - Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son became king in his place. This was their muster according to their fathers' households: of Judah, commanders of thousands, Adnah was the commander, and with him 300,000 valiant warriors; and next to him was Johanan the commander, and with him 280,000; and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who volunteered for the LORD, and with him 200,000 valiant warriors; and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 armed with bow and shield; and next to him Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 equipped for war. Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day." They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone from the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.'" So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars; and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands; and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; and the pails and the shovels and the bowls; even all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. "Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that You, O LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again." So he served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done. David said to Ahimelech, "Now is there not a spear or a sword on hand? He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made. When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Thus they destroyed the cities; and each one threw a stone on every piece of good land and filled it So they stopped all the springs of water and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left its stones; however, the slingers went about it and struck it. Micaiah said, "If you indeed return safely the LORD has not spoken by me " And he said, "Listen, all you people." And the LORD anointed you king over Israel, and the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.' And Agag came to him cheerfully. Then one said, "Please be willing to go with your servants." The king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God had told him; thus he warned him, so that he guarded himself there, more than once or twice. Then Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David who is with the flock." So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke which your father put on us'?" And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place. But she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die." Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he crouched down on the earth and put his face between his knees. There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks. He built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever." So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David who is with the flock." And My testimony which I will teach them, Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever., Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned. For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son." They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, 'Is it peace?'" And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. Moreover, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him from all their districts. Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?" Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. Then Hazael said, "But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great." The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came Then Adonijah said, "Come in, for you are a valiant man and bring good news." ", and they said to him, Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah." None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. I will restore it to you." Behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who have already perished, so let us send and see." Then Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king. "And they will say, 'Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the LORD has brought all this adversity on them.'" We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse Every man to your tents, O Israel; Now look after your own house, David " So all Israel departed to their tents. "Besides, Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom. And David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite." Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? "Now then let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the LORD our God will have no part in unrighteousness or partiality or the taking of a bribe." When the messengers entered, behold, the household idol was on the bed with the quilt of goats' hair at its head. read more. Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. For it came about, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom), that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy. Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and stores of food, oil and wine. And he said to her, "There is not one vessel more." When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she would not put him to death. I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known. If I specifically say to the lad, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,' then come; for there is safety for you and no harm, as the LORD lives. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel sin; he did not turn from them. So he brought out garments for them. He made ten basins of bronze, one basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin. Now the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we are still doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?" And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David; and his son Abijah became king in his place. Lets go out into the field. The fury of a king is like messengers of death, and they said to him, Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. ", So he sent and brought him in. For through the anger of the LORD this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 'Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.' He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. So King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram Then Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick. Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him. "Take ten loaves with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. Before the days had expired David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. He built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100 cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. "Yet, the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father's house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. The people were then summoned to Saul at Gilgal. New King James Version Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other He said to him, "It is I. Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" Now David became aware that Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. The watchman reported, "He came even to them, and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously." Or again, I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son? "It shall come about, the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death. And the king of Israel said to him, "So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it." Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are consumed.'" Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God. Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom. Jesus answered him, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.. About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over My people Israel; and he will deliver My people from the hand of the Philistines. The guards stood each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, around the king. Ahithophel was counselor to the king; and Hushai the Archite was the kings friend. So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke which your father put on us'?" Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing. Therefore, Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, "Give a perfect lot." And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel. Ezri the son of Chelub had charge of the agricultural workers who tilled the soil. "Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind." And Hazael became king in his place. Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand. He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, although the Lord your God was your king. When I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good feeling toward David, shall I not then send to you and make it known to you? He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria. So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber. Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah--none was exempt--and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had built. Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! So he sent and brought him in. by the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" And Jehu said, "Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal " And they proclaimed it. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? Then he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inner and outer sanctuaries. When he was in distress, he entreated the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Indeed the LORD will give over the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines!" So he said, "Thus says the LORD, 'By the young men of the rulers of the provinces.'" Bible Verses About Grass BIBLE And the LORD said to him, 'How?' And he said, "Fill four pitchers with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." And he said, "This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, "This is Jezebel."'" "He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants. Then the king arose in the night and said to his servants, "I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. Why are you then laying a snare for my life to bring about my death?" The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days. And he said to them, "You know very well the man and his talk." Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me " But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid So Saul took his sword and fell on it. Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the city of David, which is Zion. When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. "Do this thing: remove the kings, each from his place, and put captains in their place, and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?" He said, "Take them alive." No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. The Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them.