As Samuel turned to go, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. Then he turned away from him to another and said the same thing; and the people answered the same thing as before. And they leaped about the altar which they made. Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink. And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab." "Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' It came about at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house (Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold according to all his desire), then King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. For the priest said, "Let her not be put to death in the house of the LORD." Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, for now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. And his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. He said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Make this valley full of trenches.' Jeroboam instituted a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made And he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. So why should my father hide this thing from me? So Saul's servants spoke these words to David. read more. Then Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered. He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt wickedly with you. "Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth. But Achish replied to David, "I know that you are pleasing in my sight, like an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us to the battle.' Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever., Now, therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says the. 'Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun. "The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD'S anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jug of water, and let us go." Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him; and he became captain over them. Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it was for the priests. Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together." As the LORD lives, all of you must surely die, because you did not guard your lord, the LORD'S anointed. The messengers came again and said, Thus says Ben-hadad: I sent to you, saying, Deliver to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children.. I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the names of the great men who are on the earth. Surely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah. He said to him, "Say now to her, 'Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what can I do for you? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against You. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him. Jesus answered him, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? 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. So the king just as He says also in another passage,You are a priest foreverAccording to the order of Melchizedek., The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,You are a priest foreverAccording to the order of Melchizedek.. But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be slain by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.. He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams. The other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form. Then the king said, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah. 1 Timothy 6:15-16. which He will bring about at the proper timeHe who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. So the king of Assyria returned and did not remain there in the land. When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. "Your servant is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted. God also raised up another adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah. Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave. but sought the God of his father, followed His commandments, and did not act as Israel did. He set up the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it; and he ordered Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. Now Achish said, "Where have you made a raid today?" Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents. But there were not made for the house of the LORD silver cups, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the LORD; for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. Solomon then gave Hiram 20,000 kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year. She said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God passing by us continually. Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. So he said to his men, "Far be it from me because of the LORD that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD'S anointed." And they told Shimei, saying, "Behold, your servants are in Gath." "How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. So he departed from him some distance. Then Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. And he brought them to Samaria. And he put his hand on it, then Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands. Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son; and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this man in prison and feed him sparingly with bread and water until I return safely."'" And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. Then the royal officer answered the man of God and said, "Now behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?" All Israel heard the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Hallelujah! But he said, "No, for I will die here." When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice. Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, "O Baal, answer us." So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, even every kind of good thing of Damascus, forty camels' loads; and he came and stood before him and said, "Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" So he departed from Elisha and returned to his master, who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" 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." Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" But Jehoshaphat was not willing. He wrought wonders before their fathersIn the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made was about twenty men within about half a furrow in an acre of land. So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God gave him rest on all sides. And the watchman reported, "The messenger came to them, but he did not return." He said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.'" Then he said, "At this season next year you will embrace a son " And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant." 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. Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. And Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD.