The King James Version (KJV) is an English Bible translation commissioned by King James I in 1604 and published in 1611 by about 50 scholars for the Church of England. It builds on earlier versions like Tyndale's, using original ancient texts, and originally included the Old Testament and New Testament. Famous for its beautiful, poetic style, it has greatly influenced English language, literature, and Christian worship.
GEN 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
GEN 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
GEN 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
GEN 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light
from the darkness.
GEN 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And
the evening and the morning were the first day.
GEN 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and
let it divide the waters from the waters.
GEN 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under
the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
GEN 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning
were the second day.
GEN 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together
unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
GEN 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the
waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
GEN 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his
kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
GEN 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons,
and for days, and years:
GEN 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth: and it was so.
GEN 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and
the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
GEN 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth,
GEN 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light
from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
GEN 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open
firmament of heaven.
GEN 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,
which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged
fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the
waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
GEN 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
GEN 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and
it was so.
GEN 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after
their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and
God saw that it was good.
GEN 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
GEN 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them.
GEN 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing
that moveth upon the earth.
GEN 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which
is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit
of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
GEN 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given
every green herb for meat: and it was so.
GEN 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
GEN 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host
of them.
GEN 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he
rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
GEN 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it
he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
GEN 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they
were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
GEN 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every
herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain
upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
GEN 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face
of the ground.
GEN 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
GEN 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put
the man whom he had formed.
GEN 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is
pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst
of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
GEN 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it
was parted, and became into four heads.
GEN 2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole
land of Havilah, where there is gold;
GEN 2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone.
GEN 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that
compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
GEN 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth
toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
GEN 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to
dress it and to keep it.
GEN 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat:
GEN 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat
of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
GEN 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I
will make him an help meet for him.
GEN 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the
field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he
would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was
the name thereof.
GEN 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to
every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for
him.
GEN 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
GEN 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a
woman, and brought her unto the man.
GEN 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:
she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
GEN 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
GEN 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
GEN 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall
not eat of every tree of the garden?
GEN 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the
trees of the garden:
GEN 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
GEN 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
GEN 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall
be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
GEN 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took
of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her;
and he did eat.
GEN 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
GEN 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence
of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
GEN 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
GEN 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself.
GEN 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten
of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
GEN 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave
me of the tree, and I did eat.
GEN 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast
done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
GEN 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this,
thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon
thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
GEN 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy
seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
GEN 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall
be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
GEN 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of
thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou
shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou
eat of it all the days of thy life;
GEN 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt
eat the herb of the field;
GEN 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto
the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust
shalt thou return.
GEN 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of
all living.
GEN 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins,
and clothed them.
GEN 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to
know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the
tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
GEN 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to
till the ground from whence he was taken.
GEN 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of
Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way
of the tree of life.
GEN 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and
said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
GEN 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep,
but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
GEN 4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit
of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
GEN 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the
fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
GEN 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was
very wroth, and his countenance fell.
GEN 4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy
countenance fallen?
GEN 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not
well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou
shalt rule over him.
GEN 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they
were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
GEN 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I
know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
GEN 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me from the ground.
GEN 4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth
to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
GEN 4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee
her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
GEN 4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can
bear.
GEN 4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth;
and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond
in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall
slay me.
GEN 4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain,
lest any finding him should kill him.
GEN 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the
land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
GEN 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he
builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son,
Enoch.
GEN 4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael
begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
GEN 4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and
the name of the other Zillah.
GEN 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and
of such as have cattle.
GEN 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as
handle the harp and organ.
GEN 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer
in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
GEN 4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye
wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my
wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
GEN 4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and
sevenfold.
GEN 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name
Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom
Cain slew.
GEN 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name
Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
GEN 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God
created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
GEN 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their
name Adam, in the day when they were created.
GEN 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own
likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:
GEN 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred
years: and he begat sons and daughters:
GEN 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years:
and he died.
GEN 5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
GEN 5:7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters:
GEN 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he
died.
GEN 5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
GEN 5:10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years,
and begat sons and daughters:
GEN 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he
died.
GEN 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:
GEN 5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty
years, and begat sons and daughters:
GEN 5:14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he
died.
GEN 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
GEN 5:16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters:
GEN 5:17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five
years: and he died.
GEN 5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
GEN 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters:
GEN 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and
he died.
GEN 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
GEN 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred
years, and begat sons and daughters:
GEN 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
GEN 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
GEN 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat
Lamech.
GEN 5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and
two years, and begat sons and daughters:
GEN 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine
years: and he died.
GEN 5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
GEN 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us
concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the
LORD hath cursed.
GEN 5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five
years, and begat sons and daughters:
GEN 5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven
years: and he died.
GEN 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
GEN 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
earth, and daughters were born unto them,
GEN 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and
they took them wives of all which they chose.
GEN 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for
that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
GEN 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare
children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of
renown.
GEN 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually.
GEN 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him at his heart.
GEN 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the
face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls
of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
GEN 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
GEN 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in
his generations, and Noah walked with God.
GEN 6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
GEN 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence.
GEN 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all
flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
GEN 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for
the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy
them with the earth.
GEN 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the
ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
GEN 6:15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length
of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and
the height of it thirty cubits.
GEN 6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish
it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with
lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
GEN 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and
every thing that is in the earth shall die.
GEN 6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into
the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
GEN 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou
bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and
female.
GEN 6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every
creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto
thee, to keep them alive.
GEN 6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt
gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
GEN 6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
GEN 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark;
for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
GEN 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and
his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
GEN 7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep
seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
GEN 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty
days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I
destroy from off the face of the earth.
GEN 7:5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
GEN 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon
the earth.
GEN 7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with
him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
GEN 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and
of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
GEN 7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the
female, as God had commanded Noah.
GEN 7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood
were upon the earth.
GEN 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the
great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
GEN 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GEN 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the
sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them,
into the ark;
GEN 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their
kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his
kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
GEN 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life.
GEN 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God
had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
GEN 7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters
increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
GEN 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth;
and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
GEN 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high
hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
GEN 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were
covered.
GEN 7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of
cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth, and every man:
GEN 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the
dry land, died.
GEN 7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face
of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl
of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained
alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
GEN 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
GEN 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle
that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and
the waters asswaged;
GEN 8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were
stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
GEN 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the
end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
GEN 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the
month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
GEN 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the
tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains
seen.
GEN 8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made:
GEN 8:7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the
waters were dried up from off the earth.
GEN 8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated
from off the face of the ground;
GEN 8:9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned
unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth:
then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the
ark.
GEN 8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove
out of the ark;
GEN 8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was
an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off
the earth.
GEN 8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which
returned not again unto him any more.
GEN 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first
month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the
earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the
face of the ground was dry.
GEN 8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,
was the earth dried.
GEN 8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
GEN 8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons'
wives with thee.
GEN 8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all
flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be
fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
GEN 8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives
with him:
GEN 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever
creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
GEN 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean
beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
GEN 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart,
I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite
any more every thing living, as I have done.
GEN 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and
heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
GEN 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
GEN 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast
of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the
earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
GEN 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the
green herb have I given you all things.
GEN 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye
not eat.
GEN 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of
every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every
man's brother will I require the life of man.
GEN 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the
image of God made he man.
GEN 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the
earth, and multiply therein.
GEN 9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
GEN 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed
after you;
GEN 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the
cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the
ark, to every beast of the earth.
GEN 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be
cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a
flood to destroy the earth.
GEN 9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between
me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual
generations:
GEN 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a
covenant between me and the earth.
GEN 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that
the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
GEN 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and
every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a
flood to destroy all flesh.
GEN 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I
may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature
of all flesh that is upon the earth.
GEN 9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I
have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
GEN 9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and
Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
GEN 9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth
overspread.
GEN 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
GEN 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered
within his tent.
GEN 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and
told his two brethren without.
GEN 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their
shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and
their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
GEN 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done
unto him.
GEN 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto
his brethren.
GEN 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his
servant.
GEN 9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;
and Canaan shall be his servant.
GEN 9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
GEN 9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he
died.
GEN 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
GEN 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and
Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
GEN 10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
GEN 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
GEN 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every
one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
GEN 10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
GEN 10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and
Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
GEN 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
GEN 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as
Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
GEN 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and
Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
GEN 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the
city Rehoboth, and Calah,
GEN 10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
GEN 10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
GEN 10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and
Caphtorim.
GEN 10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
GEN 10:16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
GEN 10:17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
GEN 10:18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward
were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
GEN 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to
Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and
Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
GEN 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their
tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
GEN 10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother
of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
GEN 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and
Aram.
GEN 10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
GEN 10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
GEN 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in
his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
GEN 10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
GEN 10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
GEN 10:28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
GEN 10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of
Joktan.
GEN 10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount
of the east.
GEN 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their
tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
GEN 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations,
in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after
the flood.
GEN 11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
GEN 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found
a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
GEN 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them
thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
GEN 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top
may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad
upon the face of the whole earth.
GEN 11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the
children of men builded.
GEN 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one
language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from
them, which they have imagined to do.
GEN 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they
may not understand one another's speech.
GEN 11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all
the earth: and they left off to build the city.
GEN 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there
confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter
them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
GEN 11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years
old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
GEN 11:11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters.
GEN 11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
GEN 11:13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three
years, and begat sons and daughters.
GEN 11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
GEN 11:15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years,
and begat sons and daughters.
GEN 11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
GEN 11:17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years,
and begat sons and daughters.
GEN 11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
GEN 11:19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and
begat sons and daughters.
GEN 11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
GEN 11:21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters.
GEN 11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
GEN 11:23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat
sons and daughters.
GEN 11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
GEN 11:25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years,
and begat sons and daughters.
GEN 11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
GEN 11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram,
Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
GEN 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity,
in Ur of the Chaldees.
GEN 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was
Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the
father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
GEN 11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
GEN 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's
son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth
with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they
came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
GEN 11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah
died in Haran.
GEN 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew
thee:
GEN 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and
make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
GEN 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth
thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
GEN 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with
him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
GEN 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all
their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in
Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land
of Canaan they came.
GEN 12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the
plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
GEN 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give
this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto
him.
GEN 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and
pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there
he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
GEN 12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
GEN 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt
to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
GEN 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that
he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to
look upon:
GEN 12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,
that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will
save thee alive.
GEN 12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me
for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
GEN 12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
GEN 12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before
Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
GEN 12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and
oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and
camels.
GEN 12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Sarai Abram's wife.
GEN 12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done
unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
GEN 12:19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me
to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
GEN 12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him
away, and his wife, and all that he had.
GEN 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he
had, and Lot with him, into the south.
GEN 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
GEN 13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the
place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
GEN 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first:
and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
GEN 13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and
tents.
GEN 13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell
together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell
together.
GEN 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the
herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then
in the land.
GEN 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between
me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
GEN 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee,
from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if
thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
GEN 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that
it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou
comest unto Zoar.
GEN 13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east:
and they separated themselves the one from the other.
GEN 13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities
of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
GEN 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
GEN 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him,
Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and
southward, and eastward, and westward:
GEN 13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to
thy seed for ever.
GEN 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man
can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
GEN 13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth
of it; for I will give it unto thee.
GEN 13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
GEN 14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch
king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
GEN 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of
Bela, which is Zoar.
GEN 14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the
salt sea.
GEN 14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year
they rebelled.
GEN 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were
with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in
Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
GEN 14:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the
wilderness.
GEN 14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote
all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in
Hazezontamar.
GEN 14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and
the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is
Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
GEN 14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations,
and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with
five.
GEN 14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom
and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the
mountain.
GEN 14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
GEN 14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and
his goods, and departed.
GEN 14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for
he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of
Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
GEN 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed
his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and
pursued them unto Dan.
GEN 14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by
night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand
of Damascus.
GEN 14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his
brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
GEN 14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley
of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
GEN 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he
was the priest of the most high God.
GEN 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God,
possessor of heaven and earth:
GEN 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies
into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
GEN 14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take
the goods to thyself.
GEN 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto
the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
GEN 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I
will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made
Abram rich:
GEN 14:24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion
of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their
portion.
GEN 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
GEN 15:2 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
GEN 15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one
born in my house is mine heir.
GEN 15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall
not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall
be thine heir.
GEN 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward
heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto
him, So shall thy seed be.
GEN 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
righteousness.
GEN 15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur
of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
GEN 15:8 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
GEN 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she
goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and
a young pigeon.
GEN 15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and
laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
GEN 15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them
away.
GEN 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and,
lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
GEN 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a
stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall
afflict them four hundred years;
GEN 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance.
GEN 15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a
good old age.
GEN 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
GEN 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those
pieces.
GEN 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto
thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great
river, the river Euphrates:
GEN 15:19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
GEN 15:20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
GEN 15:21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
GEN 16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid,
an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
GEN 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me
from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain
children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
GEN 16:3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram
had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram
to be his wife.
GEN 16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that
she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
GEN 16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my
maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised
in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
GEN 16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to
her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from
her face.
GEN 16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
GEN 16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither
wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
GEN 16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and
submit thyself under her hands.
GEN 16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed
exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
GEN 16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child
and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath
heard thy affliction.
GEN 16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and
every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his
brethren.
GEN 16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God
seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
GEN 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
GEN 16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which
Hagar bare, Ishmael.
GEN 16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael
to Abram.
GEN 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to
Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou
perfect.
GEN 17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply
thee exceedingly.
GEN 17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
GEN 17:4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a
father of many nations.
GEN 17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall
be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
GEN 17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations
of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
GEN 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed
after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto
thee, and to thy seed after thee.
GEN 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land
wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting
possession; and I will be their God.
GEN 17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,
thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
GEN 17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy
seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
GEN 17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be
a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
GEN 17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every
man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with
money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
GEN 17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money,
must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant.
GEN 17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not
circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my
covenant.
GEN 17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not
call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
GEN 17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will
bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of
her.
GEN 17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah,
that is ninety years old, bear?
GEN 17:18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
GEN 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou
shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an
everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
GEN 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed
him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve
princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
GEN 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear
unto thee at this set time in the next year.
GEN 17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
GEN 17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his
house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of
Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame
day, as God had said unto him.
GEN 17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin.
GEN 17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskin.
GEN 17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
GEN 17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with
money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
GEN 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat
in the tent door in the heat of the day;
GEN 18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him:
and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed
himself toward the ground,
GEN 18:3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not
away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
GEN 18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and
rest yourselves under the tree:
GEN 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after
that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they
said, So do, as thou hast said.
GEN 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready
quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the
hearth.
GEN 18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and
gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
GEN 18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and
set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
GEN 18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold,
in the tent.
GEN 18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time
of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the
tent door, which was behind him.
GEN 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
GEN 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old
shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
GEN 18:13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying,
Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
GEN 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will
return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
GEN 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he
said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
GEN 18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and
Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
GEN 18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
GEN 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty
nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
GEN 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household
after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and
judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of
him.
GEN 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is
great, and because their sin is very grievous;
GEN 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether
according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
GEN 18:22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom:
but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
GEN 18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous with the wicked?
GEN 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou
also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are
therein?
GEN 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far
from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
GEN 18:26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
GEN 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to
speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
GEN 18:28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and
five, I will not destroy it.
GEN 18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall
be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
GEN 18:30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will
speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will
not do it, if I find thirty there.
GEN 18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the
LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for twenty's sake.
GEN 18:32 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but
this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for ten's sake.
GEN 18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with
Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
GEN 19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate
of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with
his face toward the ground;
GEN 19:2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your
servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise
up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the
street all night.
GEN 19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and
entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened
bread, and they did eat.
GEN 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every
quarter:
GEN 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which
came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
GEN 19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
GEN 19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
GEN 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I
pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes:
only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of
my roof.
GEN 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came
in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with
thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came
near to break the door.
GEN 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house
to them, and shut to the door.
GEN 19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with
blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the
door.
GEN 19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in
law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city,
bring them out of this place:
GEN 19:13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen
great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
GEN 19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his
daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy
this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
GEN 19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying,
Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be
consumed in the iniquity of the city.
GEN 19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the
hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being
merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
GEN 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that
he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all
the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
GEN 19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:
GEN 19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I
cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
GEN 19:20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one:
Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
GEN 19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this
thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast
spoken.
GEN 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be
come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
GEN 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
GEN 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire
from the LORD out of heaven;
GEN 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
GEN 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of
salt.
GEN 19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood
before the LORD:
GEN 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land
of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the
smoke of a furnace.
GEN 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain,
that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow,
when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
GEN 19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two
daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave,
he and his two daughters.
GEN 19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and
there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all
the earth:
GEN 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father.
GEN 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn
went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor
when she arose.
GEN 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the
younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine
this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed
of our father.
GEN 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the
younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor
when she arose.
GEN 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
GEN 19:37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is
the father of the Moabites unto this day.
GEN 19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi:
the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
GEN 20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
GEN 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech
king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
GEN 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him,
Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she
is a man's wife.
GEN 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou
slay also a righteous nation?
GEN 20:5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself
said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my
hands have I done this.
GEN 20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this
in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against
me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
GEN 20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he
shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know
thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
GEN 20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his
servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore
afraid.
GEN 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done
unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on
my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be
done.
GEN 20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast
done this thing?
GEN 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not
in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
GEN 20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
GEN 20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's
house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto
me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
GEN 20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
GEN 20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it
pleaseth thee.
GEN 20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand
pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that
are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
GEN 20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his
wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
GEN 20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
GEN 21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto
Sarah as he had spoken.
GEN 21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the
set time of which God had spoken to him.
GEN 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom
Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
GEN 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God
had commanded him.
GEN 21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born
unto him.
GEN 21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will
laugh with me.
GEN 21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should
have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
GEN 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast
the same day that Isaac was weaned.
GEN 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto
Abraham, mocking.
GEN 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her
son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with
Isaac.
GEN 21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his
son.
GEN 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight
because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said
unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
GEN 21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because
he is thy seed.
GEN 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the
child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of
Beersheba.
GEN 21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under
one of the shrubs.
GEN 21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as
it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And
she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
GEN 21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to
Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not;
for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
GEN 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make
him a great nation.
GEN 21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she
went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
GEN 21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the
wilderness, and became an archer.
GEN 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a
wife out of the land of Egypt.
GEN 21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the
chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all
that thou doest:
GEN 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal
falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the
kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land
wherein thou hast sojourned.
GEN 21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
GEN 21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which
Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
GEN 21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
GEN 21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and
both of them made a covenant.
GEN 21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
GEN 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs
which thou hast set by themselves?
GEN 21:30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand,
that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
GEN 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware
both of them.
GEN 21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and
Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the
Philistines.
GEN 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the
name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
GEN 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
GEN 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
GEN 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt
offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
GEN 22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and
took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for
the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had
told him.
GEN 22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place
afar off.
GEN 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and
I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
GEN 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon
Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went
both of them together.
GEN 22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where
is the lamb for a burnt offering?
GEN 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt
offering: so they went both of them together.
GEN 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham
built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his
son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
GEN 22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his
son.
GEN 22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
GEN 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any
thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
GEN 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a
ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and
offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
GEN 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is
said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
GEN 22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the
second time,
GEN 22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou
hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
GEN 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon
the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
GEN 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice.
GEN 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went
together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
GEN 22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
GEN 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of
Aram,
GEN 22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
GEN 22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor,
Abraham's brother.
GEN 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and
Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
GEN 23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were
the years of the life of Sarah.
GEN 23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of
Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
GEN 23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of
Heth, saying,
GEN 23:4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a
buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
GEN 23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
GEN 23:6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of
our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
GEN 23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land,
even to the children of Heth.
GEN 23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should
bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son
of Zohar,
GEN 23:9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is
in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me
for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
GEN 23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite
answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that
went in at the gate of his city, saying,
GEN 23:11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is
therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it
thee: bury thy dead.
GEN 23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
GEN 23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land,
saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee
money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
GEN 23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
GEN 23:15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of
silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
GEN 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the
silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred
shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
GEN 23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were
in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
GEN 23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of
Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
GEN 23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
GEN 23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto
Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
GEN 24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had
blessed Abraham in all things.
GEN 24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled
over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
GEN 24:3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the
God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the
daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
GEN 24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife
unto my son Isaac.
GEN 24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be
willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto
the land from whence thou camest?
GEN 24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son
thither again.
GEN 24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and
from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me,
saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before
thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
GEN 24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt
be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
GEN 24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his
master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
GEN 24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and
departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and
went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
GEN 24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of
water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw
water.
GEN 24:12 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me
good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
GEN 24:13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the
men of the city come out to draw water:
GEN 24:14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let
down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say,
Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou
hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast
shewed kindness unto my master.
GEN 24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
GEN 24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any
man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and
came up.
GEN 24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee,
drink a little water of thy pitcher.
GEN 24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
GEN 24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water
for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
GEN 24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran
again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
GEN 24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD
had made his journey prosperous or not.
GEN 24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man
took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her
hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
GEN 24:23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there
room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
GEN 24:24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of
Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
GEN 24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender
enough, and room to lodge in.
GEN 24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
GEN 24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath
not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the
way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
GEN 24:28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these
things.
GEN 24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out
unto the man, unto the well.
GEN 24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his
sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying,
Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood
by the camels at the well.
GEN 24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest
thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
GEN 24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and
gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the
men's feet that were with him.
GEN 24:33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not
eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
GEN 24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
GEN 24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great:
and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and
menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
GEN 24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old:
and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
GEN 24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to
my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
GEN 24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and
take a wife unto my son.
GEN 24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow
me.
GEN 24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his
angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son
of my kindred, and of my father's house:
GEN 24:41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my
kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
GEN 24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master
Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
GEN 24:43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass,
that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I
pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
GEN 24:44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy
camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my
master's son.
GEN 24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came
forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and
drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
GEN 24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and
said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made
the camels drink also.
GEN 24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she
said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I
put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
GEN 24:48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the
LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my
master's brother's daughter unto his son.
GEN 24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me:
and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
GEN 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from
the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
GEN 24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy
master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
GEN 24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words,
he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
GEN 24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of
gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and
to her mother precious things.
GEN 24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and
tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away
unto my master.
GEN 24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a
few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
GEN 24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered
my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
GEN 24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
GEN 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this
man? And she said, I will go.
GEN 24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and
Abraham's servant, and his men.
GEN 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be
thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate
of those which hate them.
GEN 24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels,
and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
GEN 24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt
in the south country.
GEN 24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
GEN 24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted
off the camel.
GEN 24:65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh
in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore
she took a vail, and covered herself.
GEN 24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
GEN 24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took
Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted
after his mother's death.
GEN 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
GEN 25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and
Ishbak, and Shuah.
GEN 25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
GEN 25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and
Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
GEN 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
GEN 25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave
gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward,
unto the east country.
GEN 25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived,
an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
GEN 25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old
man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
GEN 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah,
in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
GEN 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
GEN 25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his
son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
GEN 25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar
the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
GEN 25:13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names,
according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
GEN 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
GEN 25:15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
GEN 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their
towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
GEN 25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and
thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered
unto his people.
GEN 25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou
goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
GEN 25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat
Isaac:
GEN 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
GEN 25:21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren:
and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
GEN 25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it
be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
GEN 25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two
manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall
be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
GEN 25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were
twins in her womb.
GEN 25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they
called his name Esau.
GEN 25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on
Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years
old when she bare them.
GEN 25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the
field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
GEN 25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah
loved Jacob.
GEN 25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was
faint:
GEN 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red
pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
GEN 25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
GEN 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit
shall this birthright do to me?
GEN 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he
sold his birthright unto Jacob.
GEN 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat
and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
GEN 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was
in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines
unto Gerar.
GEN 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt;
dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
GEN 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee;
for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will
perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
GEN 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will
give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations
of the earth be blessed;
GEN 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
GEN 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
GEN 26:7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is
my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men
of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
GEN 26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and,
behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
GEN 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy
wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because
I said, Lest I die for her.
GEN 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the
people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought
guiltiness upon us.
GEN 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this
man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
GEN 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an
hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
GEN 26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became
very great:
GEN 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great
store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
GEN 26:15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days
of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with
earth.
GEN 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much
mightier than we.
GEN 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of
Gerar, and dwelt there.
GEN 26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged
in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after
the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his
father had called them.
GEN 26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of
springing water.
GEN 26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying,
The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they
strove with him.
GEN 26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he
called the name of it Sitnah.
GEN 26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that
they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now
the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
GEN 26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
GEN 26:24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the
God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless
thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
GEN 26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the
LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
GEN 26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
GEN 26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate
me, and have sent me away from you?
GEN 26:28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we
said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let
us make a covenant with thee;
GEN 26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we
have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou
art now the blessed of the LORD.
GEN 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
GEN 26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another:
and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
GEN 26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and
told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We
have found water.
GEN 26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba
unto this day.
GEN 26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the
Hittite:
GEN 26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
GEN 27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim,
so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him,
My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
GEN 27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
GEN 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy
bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
GEN 27:4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I
may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
GEN 27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went
to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
GEN 27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy
father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
GEN 27:7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless
thee before the LORD before my death.
GEN 27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I
command thee.
GEN 27:9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the
goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
GEN 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he
may bless thee before his death.
GEN 27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a
hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
GEN 27:12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a
deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
GEN 27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only
obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
GEN 27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his
mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
GEN 27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were
with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
GEN 27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and
upon the smooth of his neck:
GEN 27:17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared,
into the hand of her son Jacob.
GEN 27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here
am I; who art thou, my son?
GEN 27:19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have
done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my
venison, that thy soul may bless me.
GEN 27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so
quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
GEN 27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel
thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
GEN 27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and
said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
GEN 27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his
brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
GEN 27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
GEN 27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's
venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he
did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.
GEN 27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my
son.
GEN 27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his
raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell
of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
GEN 27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the
earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
GEN 27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over
thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one
that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
GEN 27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing
Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his
father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
GEN 27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his
father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's
venison, that thy soul may bless me.
GEN 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am
thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
GEN 27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that
hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou
camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
GEN 27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great
and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O
my father.
GEN 27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy
blessing.
GEN 27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted
me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath
taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for
me?
GEN 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy
lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn
and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
GEN 27:38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my
father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his
voice, and wept.
GEN 27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy
dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from
above;
GEN 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and
it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt
break his yoke from off thy neck.
GEN 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father
blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father
are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
GEN 27:42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she
sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother
Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
GEN 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my
brother to Haran;
GEN 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
GEN 27:45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that
which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence:
why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
GEN 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the
daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as
these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
GEN 28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said
unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
GEN 28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father;
and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy mother's
brother.
GEN 28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
GEN 28:4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with
thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which
God gave unto Abraham.
GEN 28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son
of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
GEN 28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to
Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave
him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughers of Canaan;
GEN 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to
Padanaram;
GEN 28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his
father;
GEN 28:9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had
Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be
his wife.
GEN 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
GEN 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night,
because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put
them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
GEN 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and
descending on it.
GEN 28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of
Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest,
to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
GEN 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt
spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the
south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be
blessed.
GEN 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places
whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not
leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
GEN 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is
in this place; and I knew it not.
GEN 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is
none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
GEN 28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he
had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the
top of it.
GEN 28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that
city was called Luz at the first.
GEN 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep
me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put
on,
GEN 28:21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the
LORD be my God:
GEN 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house:
and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
GEN 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people
of the east.
GEN 29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were
three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the
flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
GEN 29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone
from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon
the well's mouth in his place.
GEN 29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said,
Of Haran are we.
GEN 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said,
We know him.
GEN 29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and,
behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
GEN 29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the
cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
GEN 29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered
together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water
the sheep.
GEN 29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's
sheep; for she kept them.
GEN 29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his
mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob
went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock
of Laban his mother's brother.
GEN 29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
GEN 29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he
was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
GEN 29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his
sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and
brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
GEN 29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he
abode with him the space of a month.
GEN 29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest
thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
GEN 29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the
name of the younger was Rachel.
GEN 29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
GEN 29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for
Rachel thy younger daughter.
GEN 29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I
should give her to another man: abide with me.
GEN 29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him
but a few days, for the love he had to her.
GEN 29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
GEN 29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a
feast.
GEN 29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his
daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
GEN 29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an
handmaid.
GEN 29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and
he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with
thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
GEN 29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the
younger before the firstborn.
GEN 29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service
which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
GEN 29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his
daughter to wife also.
GEN 29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her
maid.
GEN 29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than
Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
GEN 29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but
Rachel was barren.
GEN 29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben:
for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore
my husband will love me.
GEN 29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD
hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she
called his name Simeon.
GEN 29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time
will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons:
therefore was his name called Levi.
GEN 29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I
praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
GEN 30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied
her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
GEN 30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in
God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
GEN 30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall
bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
GEN 30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto
her.
GEN 30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
GEN 30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my
voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
GEN 30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second
son.
GEN 30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my
sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
GEN 30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her
maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
GEN 30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
GEN 30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
GEN 30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
GEN 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed:
and she called his name Asher.
GEN 30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes
in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to
Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
GEN 30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my
husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel
said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
GEN 30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to
meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee
with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
GEN 30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the
fifth son.
GEN 30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my
maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
GEN 30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
GEN 30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my
husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his
name Zebulun.
GEN 30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
GEN 30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her
womb.
GEN 30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my
reproach:
GEN 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me
another son.
GEN 30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said
unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my
country.
GEN 30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and
let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
GEN 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in
thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath
blessed me for thy sake.
GEN 30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
GEN 30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how
thy cattle was with me.
GEN 30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now
increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming:
and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
GEN 30:31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not
give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and
keep thy flock.
GEN 30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all
the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the
sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my
hire.
GEN 30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it
shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and
spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted
stolen with me.
GEN 30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
GEN 30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and
spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one
that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them
into the hand of his sons.
GEN 30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob
fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
GEN 30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and
chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear
which was in the rods.
GEN 30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the
gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they
should conceive when they came to drink.
GEN 30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle
ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
GEN 30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks
toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put
his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
GEN 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive,
that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that
they might conceive among the rods.
GEN 30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler
were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
GEN 30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and
maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
GEN 31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away
all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten
all this glory.
GEN 31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not
toward him as before.
GEN 31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers,
and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
GEN 31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his
flock,
GEN 31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not
toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
GEN 31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
GEN 31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but
God suffered him not to hurt me.
GEN 31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle
bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then
bare all the cattle ringstraked.
GEN 31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to
me.
GEN 31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I
lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped
upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
GEN 31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I
said, Here am I.
GEN 31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which
leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen
all that Laban doeth unto thee.
GEN 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where
thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and
return unto the land of thy kindred.
GEN 31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any
portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
GEN 31:15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath
quite devoured also our money.
GEN 31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is
ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
GEN 31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
GEN 31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had
gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to
go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
GEN 31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images
that were her father's.
GEN 31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told
him not that he fled.
GEN 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the
river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
GEN 31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
GEN 31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days'
journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
GEN 31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto
him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
GEN 31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the
mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
GEN 31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen
away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with
the sword?
GEN 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and
didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with
songs, with tabret, and with harp?
GEN 31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast
now done foolishly in so doing.
GEN 31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your
father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not
to Jacob either good or bad.
GEN 31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore
longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
GEN 31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I
said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
GEN 31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our
brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob
knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
GEN 31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the
two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's
tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
GEN 31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's
furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them
not.
GEN 31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I
cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he
searched but found not the images.
GEN 31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and
said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly
pursued after me?
GEN 31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all
thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that
they may judge betwixt us both.
GEN 31:38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats
have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
GEN 31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the
loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or
stolen by night.
GEN 31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by
night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
GEN 31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen
years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast
changed my wages ten times.
GEN 31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of
Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath
seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee
yesternight.
GEN 31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my
daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my
cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto
these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
GEN 31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let
it be for a witness between me and thee.
GEN 31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
GEN 31:46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took
stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
GEN 31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
GEN 31:48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day.
Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
GEN 31:49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we
are absent one from another.
GEN 31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other
wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me
and thee.
GEN 31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar,
which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
GEN 31:52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not
pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and
this pillar unto me, for harm.
GEN 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father,
judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
GEN 31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren
to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
GEN 31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his
daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
GEN 32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
GEN 32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called
the name of that place Mahanaim.
GEN 32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the
land of Seir, the country of Edom.
GEN 32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau;
Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there
until now:
GEN 32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and
womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy
sight.
GEN 32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother
Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
GEN 32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the
people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two
bands;
GEN 32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the
other company which is left shall escape.
GEN 32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father
Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy
kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
GEN 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the
truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed
over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
GEN 32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand
of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with
the children.
GEN 32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as
the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
GEN 32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to
his hand a present for Esau his brother;
GEN 32:14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and
twenty rams,
GEN 32:15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls,
twenty she asses, and ten foals.
GEN 32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by
themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space
betwixt drove and drove.
GEN 32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth
thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and
whose are these before thee?
GEN 32:18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present
sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
GEN 32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed
the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find
him.
GEN 32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he
said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward
I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
GEN 32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night
in the company.
GEN 32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
GEN 32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that
he had.
GEN 32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until
the breaking of the day.
GEN 32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the
hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he
wrestled with him.
GEN 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will
not let thee go, except thou bless me.
GEN 32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
GEN 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for
as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
GEN 32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And
he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him
there.
GEN 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God
face to face, and my life is preserved.
GEN 32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted
upon his thigh.
GEN 32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank,
which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the
hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
GEN 33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and
with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto
Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
GEN 33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and
her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
GEN 33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven
times, until he came near to his brother.
GEN 33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and
kissed him: and they wept.
GEN 33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and
said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath
graciously given thy servant.
GEN 33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they
bowed themselves.
GEN 33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and
after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
GEN 33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he
said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
GEN 33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto
thyself.
GEN 33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy
sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy
face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
GEN 33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God
hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged
him, and he took it.
GEN 33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go
before thee.
GEN 33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are
tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should
overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
GEN 33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will
lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children
be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
GEN 33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are
with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my
lord.
GEN 33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
GEN 33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made
booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
GEN 33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of
Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
GEN 33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at
the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of
money.
GEN 33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
GEN 34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out
to see the daughters of the land.
GEN 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country,
saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
GEN 34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the
damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
GEN 34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel
to wife.
GEN 34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons
were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were
come.
GEN 34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with
him.
GEN 34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and
the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly
in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
GEN 34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem
longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
GEN 34:9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and
take our daughters unto you.
GEN 34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell
and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
GEN 34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find
grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
GEN 34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye
shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
GEN 34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
GEN 34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister
to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
GEN 34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that
every male of you be circumcised;
GEN 34:16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your
daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
GEN 34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we
take our daughter, and we will be gone.
GEN 34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
GEN 34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had
delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of
his father.
GEN 34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and
communed with the men of their city, saying,
GEN 34:21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the
land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them;
let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our
daughters.
GEN 34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be
one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
GEN 34:23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast
of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with
us.
GEN 34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out
of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out
of the gate of his city.
GEN 34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two
of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his
sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
GEN 34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the
sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
GEN 34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because
they had defiled their sister.
GEN 34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that
which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
GEN 34:29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives
took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
GEN 34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to
stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the
Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together
against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
GEN 34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
GEN 35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and
make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from
the face of Esau thy brother.
GEN 35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your
garments:
GEN 35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar
unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the
way which I went.
GEN 35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their
hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them
under the oak which was by Shechem.
GEN 35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that
were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
GEN 35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is,
Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
GEN 35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because
there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
GEN 35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel
under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
GEN 35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and
blessed him.
GEN 35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be
called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name
Israel.
GEN 35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply;
a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out
of thy loins;
GEN 35:12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give
it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
GEN 35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
GEN 35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him,
even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured
oil thereon.
GEN 35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him,
Bethel.
GEN 35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to
come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
GEN 35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife
said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
GEN 35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died)
that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
GEN 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is
Bethlehem.
GEN 35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of
Rachel's grave unto this day.
GEN 35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
GEN 35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben
went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the
sons of Jacob were twelve:
GEN 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
GEN 35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
GEN 35:25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
GEN 35:26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are
the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
GEN 35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of
Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
GEN 35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
GEN 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his
people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
GEN 36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
GEN 36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of
Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon
the Hivite;
GEN 36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
GEN 36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
GEN 36:5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons
of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
GEN 36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the
persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his
substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country
from the face of his brother Jacob.
GEN 36:7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and
the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their
cattle.
GEN 36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
GEN 36:9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in
mount Seir:
GEN 36:10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife
of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
GEN 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and
Kenaz.
GEN 36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to
Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
GEN 36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
GEN 36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the
daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and
Korah.
GEN 36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the
firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
GEN 36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that
came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
GEN 36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah,
duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land
of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
GEN 36:18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke
Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter
of Anah, Esau's wife.
GEN 36:19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
GEN 36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land;
Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
GEN 36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the
Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
GEN 36:22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister
was Timna.
GEN 36:23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and
Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
GEN 36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was
that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of
Zibeon his father.
GEN 36:25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah.
GEN 36:26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and
Ithran, and Cheran.
GEN 36:27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
GEN 36:28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
GEN 36:29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke
Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
GEN 36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came
of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
GEN 36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before
there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
GEN 36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city
was Dinhabah.
GEN 36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his
stead.
GEN 36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his
stead.
GEN 36:35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the
field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
GEN 36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
GEN 36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his
stead.
GEN 36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
GEN 36:39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his
stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
GEN 36:40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according
to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke
Alvah, duke Jetheth,
GEN 36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
GEN 36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
GEN 36:43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according
to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father
of the Edomites.
GEN 37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the
land of Canaan.
GEN 37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years
old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons
of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph
brought unto his father their evil report.
GEN 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was
the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
GEN 37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all
his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
GEN 37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they
hated him yet the more.
GEN 37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have
dreamed:
GEN 37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round
about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
GEN 37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or
shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for
his dreams, and for his words.
GEN 37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said,
Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and
the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
GEN 37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?
Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves
to thee to the earth?
GEN 37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
GEN 37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
GEN 37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in
Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
GEN 37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy
brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him
out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
GEN 37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the
field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
GEN 37:16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they
feed their flocks.
GEN 37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let
us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in
Dothan.
GEN 37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto
them, they conspired against him to slay him.
GEN 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
GEN 37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some
pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see
what will become of his dreams.
GEN 37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and
said, Let us not kill him.
GEN 37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit
that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him
out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
GEN 37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that
they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
GEN 37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was
empty, there was no water in it.
GEN 37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and
looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their
camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
GEN 37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our
brother, and conceal his blood?
GEN 37:27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand
be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were
content.
GEN 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for
twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
GEN 37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the
pit; and he rent his clothes.
GEN 37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and
I, whither shall I go?
GEN 37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and
dipped the coat in the blood;
GEN 37:32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their
father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat
or no.
GEN 37:33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath
devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
GEN 37:34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days.
GEN 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but
he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave
unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
GEN 37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
GEN 38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his
brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
GEN 38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was
Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
GEN 38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
GEN 38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name
Onan.
GEN 38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name
Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
GEN 38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
GEN 38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and
the LORD slew him.
GEN 38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry
her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
GEN 38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass,
when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground,
lest that he should give seed to his brother.
GEN 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew
him also.
GEN 38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy
father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure
he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's
house.
GEN 38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and
Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and
his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
GEN 38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to
Timnath to shear his sheep.
GEN 38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with
a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to
Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to
wife.
GEN 38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had
covered her face.
GEN 38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let
me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And
she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
GEN 38:17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said,
Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
GEN 38:18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy
signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave
it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
GEN 38:19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put
on the garments of her widowhood.
GEN 38:20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to
receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
GEN 38:21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot,
that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this
place.
GEN 38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the
men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
GEN 38:23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I
sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
GEN 38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told
Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also,
behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and
let her be burnt.
GEN 38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying,
By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray
thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
GEN 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous
than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again
no more.
GEN 38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins
were in her womb.
GEN 38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his
hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying,
This came out first.
GEN 38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his
brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be
upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
GEN 38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon
his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
GEN 39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the
Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
GEN 39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was
in the house of his master the Egyptian.
GEN 39:3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made
all that he did to prosper in his hand.
GEN 39:4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made
him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
GEN 39:5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in
his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's
house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he
had in the house, and in the field.
GEN 39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought
he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and
well favoured.
GEN 39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast
her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
GEN 39:8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master
wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he
hath to my hand;
GEN 39:9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back
any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this
great wickedness, and sin against God?
GEN 39:10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he
hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
GEN 39:11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house
to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
GEN 39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left
his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
GEN 39:13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in
her hand, and was fled forth,
GEN 39:14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them,
saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto
me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
GEN 39:15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
GEN 39:16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
GEN 39:17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew
servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
GEN 39:18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left
his garment with me, and fled out.
GEN 39:19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife,
which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me;
that his wrath was kindled.
GEN 39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place
where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
GEN 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him
favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
GEN 39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the
prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the
doer of it.
GEN 39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his
hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it
to prosper.
GEN 40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king
of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
GEN 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief
of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
GEN 40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard,
into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
GEN 40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served
them: and they continued a season in ward.
GEN 40:5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one
night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and
the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
GEN 40:6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon
them, and, behold, they were sad.
GEN 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his
lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
GEN 40:8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no
interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong
to God? tell me them, I pray you.
GEN 40:9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my
dream, behold, a vine was before me;
GEN 40:10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it
budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth
ripe grapes:
GEN 40:11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed
them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
GEN 40:12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The
three branches are three days:
GEN 40:13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore
thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand,
after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
GEN 40:14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness,
I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out
of this house:
GEN 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and
here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
GEN 40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said
unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets
on my head:
GEN 40:17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for
Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
GEN 40:18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof:
The three baskets are three days:
GEN 40:19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off
thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from
off thee.
GEN 40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday,
that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the
chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
GEN 40:21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he
gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
GEN 40:22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
GEN 40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
GEN 41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
GEN 41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine
and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
GEN 41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river,
ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink
of the river.
GEN 41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well
favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
GEN 41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of
corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
GEN 41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up
after them.
GEN 41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And
Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
GEN 41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and
he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men
thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could
interpret them unto Pharaoh.
GEN 41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my
faults this day:
GEN 41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the
captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
GEN 41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man
according to the interpretation of his dream.
GEN 41:12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the
captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams;
to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
GEN 41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he
restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
GEN 41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily
out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came
in unto Pharaoh.
GEN 41:15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is
none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst
understand a dream to interpret it.
GEN 41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give
Pharaoh an answer of peace.
GEN 41:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the
bank of the river:
GEN 41:18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed
and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
GEN 41:19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill
favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for
badness:
GEN 41:20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven
fat kine:
GEN 41:21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had
eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I
awoke.
GEN 41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk,
full and good:
GEN 41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east
wind, sprung up after them:
GEN 41:24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto
the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
GEN 41:25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath
shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
GEN 41:26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are
seven years: the dream is one.
GEN 41:27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are
seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be
seven years of famine.
GEN 41:28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is
about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
GEN 41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the
land of Egypt:
GEN 41:30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the
plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume
the land;
GEN 41:31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that
famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
GEN 41:32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because
the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
GEN 41:33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set
him over the land of Egypt.
GEN 41:34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and
take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
GEN 41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and
lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
GEN 41:36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years
of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not
through the famine.
GEN 41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of
all his servants.
GEN 41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this
is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
GEN 41:39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all
this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
GEN 41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all
my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
GEN 41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land
of Egypt.
GEN 41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon
Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold
chain about his neck;
GEN 41:43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they
cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of
Egypt.
GEN 41:44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall
no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
GEN 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to
wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out
over all the land of Egypt.
GEN 41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of
Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout
all the land of Egypt.
GEN 41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by
handfuls.
GEN 41:48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were
in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the
field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
GEN 41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he
left numbering; for it was without number.
GEN 41:50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came,
which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
GEN 41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said
he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
GEN 41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me
to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
GEN 41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt,
were ended.
GEN 41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had
said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was
bread.
GEN 41:55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to
Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph;
what he saith to you, do.
GEN 41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened
all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore
in the land of Egypt.
GEN 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because
that the famine was so sore in all lands.
GEN 42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his
sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
GEN 42:2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get
you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
GEN 42:3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
GEN 42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for
he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
GEN 42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for
the famine was in the land of Canaan.
GEN 42:6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to
all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down
themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
GEN 42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself
strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence
come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
GEN 42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
GEN 42:9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said
unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
GEN 42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy
servants come.
GEN 42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no
spies.
GEN 42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye
are come.
GEN 42:13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man
in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our
father, and one is not.
GEN 42:14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying,
Ye are spies:
GEN 42:15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go
forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
GEN 42:16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be
kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in
you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
GEN 42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
GEN 42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I
fear God:
GEN 42:19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of
your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
GEN 42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be
verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
GEN 42:21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we
would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
GEN 42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do
not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his
blood is required.
GEN 42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto
them by an interpreter.
GEN 42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned
to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound
him before their eyes.
GEN 42:25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore
every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and
thus did he unto them.
GEN 42:26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
GEN 42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the
inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
GEN 42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is
even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying
one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
GEN 42:29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and
told him all that befell unto them; saying,
GEN 42:30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took
us for spies of the country.
GEN 42:31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
GEN 42:32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the
youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
GEN 42:33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I
know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take
food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
GEN 42:34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye
are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your
brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
GEN 42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every
man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father
saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
GEN 42:36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my
children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away:
all these things are against me.
GEN 42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I
bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee
again.
GEN 42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is
dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye
go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
GEN 43:1 And the famine was sore in the land.
GEN 43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had
brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little
food.
GEN 43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto
us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
GEN 43:4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee
food:
GEN 43:5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said
unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
GEN 43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the
man whether ye had yet a brother?
GEN 43:7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our
kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we
told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that
he would say, Bring your brother down?
GEN 43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we
will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also
our little ones.
GEN 43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I
bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame
for ever:
GEN 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second
time.
GEN 43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do
this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the
man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts,
and almonds:
GEN 43:12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought
again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure
it was an oversight:
GEN 43:13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
GEN 43:14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send
away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am
bereaved.
GEN 43:15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in their
hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before
Joseph.
GEN 43:16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his
house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall
dine with me at noon.
GEN 43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into
Joseph's house.
GEN 43:18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's
house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at
the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and
fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
GEN 43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they
communed with him at the door of the house,
GEN 43:20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
GEN 43:21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our
sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money
in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
GEN 43:22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we
cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
GEN 43:23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of
your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he
brought Simeon out unto them.
GEN 43:24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them
water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
GEN 43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for
they heard that they should eat bread there.
GEN 43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was
in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
GEN 43:27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father
well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
GEN 43:28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is
yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
GEN 43:29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his
mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto
me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
GEN 43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother:
and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
GEN 43:31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and
said, Set on bread.
GEN 43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and
for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the
Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination
unto the Egyptians.
GEN 43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his
birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled
one at another.
GEN 43:34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but
Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and
were merry with him.
GEN 44:1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's
sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his
sack's mouth.
GEN 44:2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the
youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph
had spoken.
GEN 44:3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and
their asses.
GEN 44:4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph
said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
GEN 44:5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he
divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
GEN 44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
GEN 44:7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God
forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
GEN 44:8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought
again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of
thy lord's house silver or gold?
GEN 44:9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we
also will be my lord's bondmen.
GEN 44:10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with
whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
GEN 44:11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and
opened every man his sack.
GEN 44:12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest:
and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
GEN 44:13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and
returned to the city.
GEN 44:14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet
there: and they fell before him on the ground.
GEN 44:15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot
ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
GEN 44:16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak?
or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy
servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom
the cup is found.
GEN 44:17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose
hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in
peace unto your father.
GEN 44:18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy
servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger
burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
GEN 44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
GEN 44:20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child
of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left
of his mother, and his father loveth him.
GEN 44:21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I
may set mine eyes upon him.
GEN 44:22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he
should leave his father, his father would die.
GEN 44:23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come
down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
GEN 44:24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we
told him the words of my lord.
GEN 44:25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
GEN 44:26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us,
then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest
brother be with us.
GEN 44:27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me
two sons:
GEN 44:28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in
pieces; and I saw him not since:
GEN 44:29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
GEN 44:30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be
not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
GEN 44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us,
that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy
servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
GEN 44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If
I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
GEN 44:33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad
a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
GEN 44:34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest
peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
GEN 45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by
him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man
with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
GEN 45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
GEN 45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet
live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his
presence.
GEN 45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And
they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into
Egypt.
GEN 45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold
me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
GEN 45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there
are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
GEN 45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the
earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
GEN 45:8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made
me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all
the land of Egypt.
GEN 45:9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy
son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
GEN 45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near
unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks,
and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
GEN 45:11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of
famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to
poverty.
GEN 45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,
that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
GEN 45:13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all
that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
GEN 45:14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin
wept upon his neck.
GEN 45:15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after
that his brethren talked with him.
GEN 45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's
brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
GEN 45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye;
lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
GEN 45:18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I
will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the
land.
GEN 45:19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land
of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and
come.
GEN 45:20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is
your's.
GEN 45:21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons,
according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
GEN 45:22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin
he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
GEN 45:23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with
the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and
meat for his father by the way.
GEN 45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto
them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
GEN 45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto
Jacob their father,
GEN 45:26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over
all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
GEN 45:27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto
them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the
spirit of Jacob their father revived:
GEN 45:28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go
and see him before I die.
GEN 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to
Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
GEN 46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said,
Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
GEN 46:3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down
into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
GEN 46:4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring
thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
GEN 46:5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried
Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons
which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
GEN 46:6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten
in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
GEN 46:7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons'
daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
GEN 46:8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into
Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
GEN 46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
GEN 46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and
Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
GEN 46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
GEN 46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and
Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez
were Hezron and Hamul.
GEN 46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
GEN 46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
GEN 46:15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram,
with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were
thirty and three.
GEN 46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and
Arodi, and Areli.
GEN 46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and
Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
GEN 46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his
daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
GEN 46:19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
GEN 46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim,
which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
GEN 46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,
Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
GEN 46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the
souls were fourteen.
GEN 46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
GEN 46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
GEN 46:25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his
daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
GEN 46:26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his
loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
GEN 46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two
souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were
threescore and ten.
GEN 46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto
Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
GEN 46:29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his
father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his
neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
GEN 46:30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy
face, because thou art yet alive.
GEN 46:31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I
will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's
house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
GEN 46:32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle;
and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
GEN 46:33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall
say, What is your occupation?
GEN 46:34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from
our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell
in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the
Egyptians.
GEN 47:1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my
brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come
out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
GEN 47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them
unto Pharaoh.
GEN 47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they
said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
GEN 47:4 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we
come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is
sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants
dwell in the land of Goshen.
GEN 47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren
are come unto thee:
GEN 47:6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy
father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if
thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my
cattle.
GEN 47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh:
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
GEN 47:8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
GEN 47:9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage
are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of
my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of
my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
GEN 47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
GEN 47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a
possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of
Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
GEN 47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his
father's household, with bread, according to their families.
GEN 47:13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very
sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason
of the famine.
GEN 47:14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of
Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph
brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
GEN 47:15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of
Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why
should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
GEN 47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your
cattle, if money fail.
GEN 47:17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them
bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the
herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for
that year.
GEN 47:18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and
said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent;
my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight
of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
GEN 47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy
us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh:
and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not
desolate.
GEN 47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the
Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them:
so the land became Pharaoh's.
GEN 47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the
borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
GEN 47:22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a
portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh
gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
GEN 47:23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day
and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the
land.
GEN 47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the
fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the
field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for
your little ones.
GEN 47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the
sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
GEN 47:26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that
Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only,
which became not Pharaoh's.
GEN 47:27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and
they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
GEN 47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole
age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
GEN 47:29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son
Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I
pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury
me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
GEN 47:30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of
Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast
said.
GEN 47:31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed
himself upon the bed's head.
GEN 48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold,
thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
GEN 48:2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto
thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
GEN 48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz
in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
GEN 48:4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land
to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
GEN 48:5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee
in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben
and Simeon, they shall be mine.
GEN 48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and
shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
GEN 48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land
of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto
Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
GEN 48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
GEN 48:9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath
given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I
will bless them.
GEN 48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.
And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
GEN 48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and,
lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
GEN 48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed
himself with his face to the earth.
GEN 48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's
left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and
brought them near unto him.
GEN 48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's
head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding
his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
GEN 48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham
and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
GEN 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let
my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and
let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
GEN 48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the
head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to
remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
GEN 48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the
firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
GEN 48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he
also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of
nations.
GEN 48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless,
saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before
Manasseh.
GEN 48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with
you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
GEN 48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which
I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
GEN 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together,
that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
GEN 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken
unto Israel your father.
GEN 49:3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my
strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
GEN 49:4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to
thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
GEN 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their
habitations.
GEN 49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine
honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their
selfwill they digged down a wall.
GEN 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was
cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
GEN 49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be
in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before
thee.
GEN 49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he
stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him
up?
GEN 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between
his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people
be.
GEN 49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice
vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
GEN 49:12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
GEN 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an
haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
GEN 49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
GEN 49:15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant;
and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
GEN 49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
GEN 49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth
the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
GEN 49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
GEN 49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
GEN 49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal
dainties.
GEN 49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
GEN 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose
branches run over the wall:
GEN 49:23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
GEN 49:24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made
strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the
shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
GEN 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the
Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings
of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
GEN 49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my
progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on
the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate
from his brethren.
GEN 49:27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the
prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
GEN 49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their
father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing
he blessed them.
GEN 49:29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my
people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron
the Hittite,
GEN 49:30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before
Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron
the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
GEN 49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried
Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
GEN 49:32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from
the children of Heth.
GEN 49:33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered
up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his
people.
GEN 50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed
him.
GEN 50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his
father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
GEN 50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days
of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and
ten days.
GEN 50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the
house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I
pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
GEN 50:5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have
digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore
let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
GEN 50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made
thee swear.
GEN 50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the
servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land
of Egypt,
GEN 50:8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's
house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left
in the land of Goshen.
GEN 50:9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a
very great company.
GEN 50:10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond
Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he
made a mourning for his father seven days.
GEN 50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the
mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the
Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond
Jordan.
GEN 50:12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
GEN 50:13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him
in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field
for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
GEN 50:14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that
went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
GEN 50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they
said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the
evil which we did unto him.
GEN 50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did
command before he died, saying,
GEN 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass
of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray
thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And
Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
GEN 50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they
said, Behold, we be thy servants.
GEN 50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
GEN 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto
good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
GEN 50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones.
And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
GEN 50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph
lived an hundred and ten years.
GEN 50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the
children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's
knees.
GEN 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit
you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob.
GEN 50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will
surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
GEN 50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they
embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
EXO 1:1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into
Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
EXO 1:2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
EXO 1:3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
EXO 1:4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
EXO 1:5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy
souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
EXO 1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
EXO 1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased
abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was
filled with them.
EXO 1:8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
EXO 1:9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of
Israel are more and mightier than we:
EXO 1:10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it
come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our
enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
EXO 1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with
their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and
Raamses.
EXO 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew.
And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
EXO 1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
EXO 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in
brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein
they made them serve, was with rigour.
EXO 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name
of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
EXO 1:16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew
women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him:
but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
EXO 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt
commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
EXO 1:18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them,
Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
EXO 1:19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not
as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the
midwives come in unto them.
EXO 1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people
multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
EXO 1:21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made
them houses.
EXO 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye
shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
EXO 2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter
of Levi.
EXO 2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he
was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
EXO 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of
bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child
therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
EXO 2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
EXO 2:5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river;
and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark
among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
EXO 2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe
wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews'
children.
EXO 2:7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call
to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
EXO 2:8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called
the child's mother.
EXO 2:9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse
it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the child, and
nursed it.
EXO 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and
he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I
drew him out of the water.
EXO 2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went
out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian
smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
EXO 2:12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was
no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
EXO 2:13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews
strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest
thou thy fellow?
EXO 2:14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest
thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said,
Surely this thing is known.
EXO 2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses
fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat
down by a well.
EXO 2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew
water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
EXO 2:17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and
helped them, and watered their flock.
EXO 2:18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye
are come so soon to day?
EXO 2:19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the
shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
EXO 2:20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye
have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
EXO 2:21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter.
EXO 2:22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said,
I have been a stranger in a strange land.
EXO 2:23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died:
and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they
cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
EXO 2:24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
EXO 2:25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto
them.
EXO 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of
Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the
mountain of God, even to Horeb.
EXO 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out
of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not consumed.
EXO 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why
the bush is not burnt.
EXO 3:4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him
out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
EXO 3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy
feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
EXO 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid
to look upon God.
EXO 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people
which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters;
for I know their sorrows;
EXO 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a
land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites.
EXO 3:9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto
me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
EXO 3:10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou
mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
EXO 3:11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and
that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
EXO 3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token
unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out
of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
EXO 3:13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of
Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto
you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
EXO 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou
say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
EXO 3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for
ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
EXO 3:16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The
LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob,
appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is
done to you in Egypt:
EXO 3:17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt
unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk
and honey.
EXO 3:18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and
the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The
LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee,
three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD
our God.
EXO 3:19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by
a mighty hand.
EXO 3:20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders
which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
EXO 3:21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and
it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.
EXO 3:22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that
sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall
spoil the Egyptians.
EXO 4:1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me,
nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto
thee.
EXO 4:2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A
rod.
EXO 4:3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and
it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
EXO 4:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the
tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his
hand:
EXO 4:5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
EXO 4:6 And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy
bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold,
his hand was leprous as snow.
EXO 4:7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand
into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was
turned again as his other flesh.
EXO 4:8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither
hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice
of the latter sign.
EXO 4:9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two
signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water
of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest
out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
EXO 4:10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither
heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of
speech, and of a slow tongue.
EXO 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh
the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
EXO 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what
thou shalt say.
EXO 4:13 And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom
thou wilt send.
EXO 4:14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is
not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also,
behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad
in his heart.
EXO 4:15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will
be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
EXO 4:16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even
he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of
God.
EXO 4:17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do
signs.
EXO 4:18 And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said
unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in
Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in
peace.
EXO 4:19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for
all the men are dead which sought thy life.
EXO 4:20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and
he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
EXO 4:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt,
see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine
hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
EXO 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my
son, even my firstborn:
EXO 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou
refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
EXO 4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and
sought to kill him.
EXO 4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her
son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to
me.
EXO 4:26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because
of the circumcision.
EXO 4:27 And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And
he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
EXO 4:28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and
all the signs which he had commanded him.
EXO 4:29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the
children of Israel:
EXO 4:30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses,
and did the signs in the sight of the people.
EXO 4:31 And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had
visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their
affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
EXO 5:1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith
the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me
in the wilderness.
EXO 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let
Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
EXO 5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we
pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD
our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
EXO 5:4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and
Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
EXO 5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye
make them rest from their burdens.
EXO 5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and
their officers, saying,
EXO 5:7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore:
let them go and gather straw for themselves.
EXO 5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall
lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle;
therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
EXO 5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour
therein; and let them not regard vain words.
EXO 5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and
they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you
straw.
EXO 5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work
shall be diminished.
EXO 5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt
to gather stubble instead of straw.
EXO 5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your
daily tasks, as when there was straw.
EXO 5:14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye
not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as
heretofore?
EXO 5:15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto
Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
EXO 5:16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make
brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own
people.
EXO 5:17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go
and do sacrifice to the LORD.
EXO 5:18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you,
yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
EXO 5:19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in
evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of
your daily task.
EXO 5:20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came
forth from Pharaoh:
EXO 5:21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because
ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the
eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
EXO 5:22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast thou
so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
EXO 5:23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil
to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
EXO 6:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to
Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand
shall he drive them out of his land.
EXO 6:2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
EXO 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name
of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
EXO 6:4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the
land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
EXO 6:5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the
Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
EXO 6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will
bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out
of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with
great judgments:
EXO 6:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God:
and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians.
EXO 6:8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did
swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you
for an heritage: I am the LORD.
EXO 6:9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not
unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
EXO 6:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 6:11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of
Israel go out of his land.
EXO 6:12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of
Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of
uncircumcised lips?
EXO 6:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge
unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the
children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
EXO 6:14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the
firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the
families of Reuben.
EXO 6:15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and
Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of
Simeon.
EXO 6:16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their
generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of
Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
EXO 6:17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
EXO 6:18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and
the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
EXO 6:19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of
Levi according to their generations.
EXO 6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare
him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and
thirty and seven years.
EXO 6:21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
EXO 6:22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
EXO 6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of
Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
EXO 6:24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are
the families of the Korhites.
EXO 6:25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to
wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the
Levites according to their families.
EXO 6:26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the
children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
EXO 6:27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the
children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
EXO 6:28 And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the
land of Egypt,
EXO 6:29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou
unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
EXO 6:30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips,
and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
EXO 7:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh:
and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
EXO 7:2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall
speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
EXO 7:3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my
wonders in the land of Egypt.
EXO 7:4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon
Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out
of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
EXO 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth
mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
EXO 7:6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
EXO 7:7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years
old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
EXO 7:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
EXO 7:9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you:
then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and
it shall become a serpent.
EXO 7:10 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD
had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his
servants, and it became a serpent.
EXO 7:11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the
magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
EXO 7:12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but
Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
EXO 7:13 And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as
the LORD had said.
EXO 7:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he
refuseth to let the people go.
EXO 7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the
water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod
which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
EXO 7:16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me
unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the
wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
EXO 7:17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD:
behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which
are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
EXO 7:18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall
stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
EXO 7:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and
stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon
their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that
they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of
Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
EXO 7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up
the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of
Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were
in the river were turned to blood.
EXO 7:21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the
Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood
throughout all the land of Egypt.
EXO 7:22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD
had said.
EXO 7:23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his
heart to this also.
EXO 7:24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to
drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
EXO 7:25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the
river.
EXO 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
EXO 8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy
borders with frogs:
EXO 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up
and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and
into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens,
and into thy kneadingtroughs:
EXO 8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and
upon all thy servants.
EXO 8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine
hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and
cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
EXO 8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the
frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
EXO 8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs
upon the land of Egypt.
EXO 8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD,
that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let
the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
EXO 8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for
thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from
thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
EXO 8:10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word:
that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
EXO 8:11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from
thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
EXO 8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the
LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
EXO 8:13 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died
out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
EXO 8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
EXO 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his
heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
EXO 8:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy
rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all
the land of Egypt.
EXO 8:17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and
smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the
dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
EXO 8:18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice,
but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
EXO 8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had
said.
EXO 8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
EXO 8:21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms
of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy
houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and
also the ground whereon they are.
EXO 8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people
dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know
that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
EXO 8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow
shall this sign be.
EXO 8:24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into
the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of
Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
EXO 8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye,
sacrifice to your God in the land.
EXO 8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
EXO 8:27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice
to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
EXO 8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the
LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat
for me.
EXO 8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the
LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and
from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in
not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
EXO 8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
EXO 8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the
swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there
remained not one.
EXO 8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he
let the people go.
EXO 9:1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus
saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
EXO 9:2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
EXO 9:3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field,
upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the
sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
EXO 9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle
of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of
Israel.
EXO 9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do
this thing in the land.
EXO 9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt
died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
EXO 9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the
Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let
the people go.
EXO 9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of
ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the
sight of Pharaoh.
EXO 9:9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be
a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all
the land of Egypt.
EXO 9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and
Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with
blains upon man, and upon beast.
EXO 9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils;
for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
EXO 9:12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto
them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
EXO 9:13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let
my people go, that they may serve me.
EXO 9:14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and
upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is
none like me in all the earth.
EXO 9:15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy
people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
EXO 9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew
in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
EXO 9:17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not
let them go?
EXO 9:18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very
grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof
even until now.
EXO 9:19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast
in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the
field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and
they shall die.
EXO 9:20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh
made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
EXO 9:21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and
his cattle in the field.
EXO 9:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon
beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
EXO 9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent
thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained
hail upon the land of Egypt.
EXO 9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous,
such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a
nation.
EXO 9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was
in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the
field, and brake every tree of the field.
EXO 9:26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was
there no hail.
EXO 9:27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them,
I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are
wicked.
EXO 9:28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty
thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
EXO 9:29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will
spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither
shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the
LORD's.
EXO 9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear
the LORD God.
EXO 9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the
ear, and the flax was bolled.
EXO 9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown
up.
EXO 9:33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his
hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not
poured upon the earth.
EXO 9:34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were
ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
EXO 9:35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the
children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
EXO 10:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened
his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs
before him:
EXO 10:2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's
son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done
among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
EXO 10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus
saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble
thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
EXO 10:4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I
bring the locusts into thy coast:
EXO 10:5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able
to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped,
which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which
groweth for you out of the field:
EXO 10:6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy
servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor
thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth
unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
EXO 10:7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a
snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God:
knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
EXO 10:8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto
them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?
EXO 10:9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our
sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go;
for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
EXO 10:10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let
you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
EXO 10:11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did
desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
EXO 10:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land
of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and
eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
EXO 10:13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the
LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and
when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
EXO 10:14 And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all
the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such
locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
EXO 10:15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was
darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the
trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the
trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
EXO 10:16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I
have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
EXO 10:17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and
intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
EXO 10:18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
EXO 10:19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the
locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all
the coasts of Egypt.
EXO 10:20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the
children of Israel go.
EXO 10:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be
felt.
EXO 10:22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a
thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
EXO 10:23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three
days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
EXO 10:24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only
let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with
you.
EXO 10:25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt
offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
EXO 10:26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left
behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not
with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
EXO 10:27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
EXO 10:28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself,
see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
EXO 10:29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no
more.
EXO 11:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon
Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall
let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
EXO 11:2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his
neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels of
gold.
EXO 11:3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians.
Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of
Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
EXO 11:4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out
into the midst of Egypt:
EXO 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first
born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the
maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
EXO 11:6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such
as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
EXO 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his
tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a
difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
EXO 11:8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down
themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow
thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great
anger.
EXO 11:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you;
that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
EXO 11:10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the
LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of
Israel go out of his land.
EXO 12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
EXO 12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the
first month of the year to you.
EXO 12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth
day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the
house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
EXO 12:4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his
neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls;
every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
EXO 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye
shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
EXO 12:6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month:
and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the
evening.
EXO 12:7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts
and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
EXO 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
EXO 12:9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire;
his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
EXO 12:10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that
which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
EXO 12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your
feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the
LORD's passover.
EXO 12:12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all
the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
EXO 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye
are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not
be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
EXO 12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it
a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by
an ordinance for ever.
EXO 12:15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye
shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread
from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from
Israel.
EXO 12:16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the
seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work
shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be
done of you.
EXO 12:17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this
selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore
shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
EXO 12:18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye
shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at
even.
EXO 12:19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for
whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from
the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
EXO 12:20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat
unleavened bread.
EXO 12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them,
Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the
passover.
EXO 12:22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is
in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood
that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house
until the morning.
EXO 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he
seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will
pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your
houses to smite you.
EXO 12:24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy
sons for ever.
EXO 12:25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the
LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this
service.
EXO 12:26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you,
What mean ye by this service?
EXO 12:27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who
passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and
worshipped.
EXO 12:28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had
commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
EXO 12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his
throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the
firstborn of cattle.
EXO 12:30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all
the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house
where there was not one dead.
EXO 12:31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and
get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and
go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
EXO 12:32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone;
and bless me also.
EXO 12:33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send
them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
EXO 12:34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
EXO 12:35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and
they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
raiment:
EXO 12:36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians,
so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled
the Egyptians.
EXO 12:37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about
six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
EXO 12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds,
even very much cattle.
EXO 12:39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought
forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of
Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any
victual.
EXO 12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt,
was four hundred and thirty years.
EXO 12:41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years,
even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went
out from the land of Egypt.
EXO 12:42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them
out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of
all the children of Israel in their generations.
EXO 12:43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the
passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
EXO 12:44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast
circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
EXO 12:45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
EXO 12:46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought
of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
EXO 12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
EXO 12:48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the
passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come
near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no
uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
EXO 12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that
sojourneth among you.
EXO 12:50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and
Aaron, so did they.
EXO 12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the
children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
EXO 13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 13:2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among
the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
EXO 13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came
out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD
brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
EXO 13:4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
EXO 13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the
Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with
milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
EXO 13:6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day
shall be a feast to the LORD.
EXO 13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no
leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with
thee in all thy quarters.
EXO 13:8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because
of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
EXO 13:9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a
memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for
with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
EXO 13:10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to
year.
EXO 13:11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the
Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
EXO 13:12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the
matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males
shall be the LORD's.
EXO 13:13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if
thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the
firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
EXO 13:14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying,
What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD
brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
EXO 13:15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the
LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of
man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that
openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I
redeem.
EXO 13:16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets
between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of
Egypt.
EXO 13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God
led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that
was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see
war, and they return to Egypt:
EXO 13:18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness
of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land
of Egypt.
EXO 13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly
sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall
carry up my bones away hence with you.
EXO 13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham,
in the edge of the wilderness.
EXO 13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead
them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by
day and night:
EXO 13:22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of
fire by night, from before the people.
EXO 14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 14:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before
Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it
shall ye encamp by the sea.
EXO 14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled
in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
EXO 14:4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them;
and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the
Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
EXO 14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart
of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said,
Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
EXO 14:6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
EXO 14:7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of
Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
EXO 14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he
pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out
with an high hand.
EXO 14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of
Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the
sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
EXO 14:10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their
eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore
afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
EXO 14:11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt,
hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt
thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
EXO 14:12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us
alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to
serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
EXO 14:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see
the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the
Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
EXO 14:14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
EXO 14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak
unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
EXO 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the
sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through
the midst of the sea.
EXO 14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they
shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his
host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
EXO 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten
me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
EXO 14:19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed
and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their
face, and stood behind them:
EXO 14:20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of
Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night
to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
EXO 14:21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused
the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry
land, and the waters were divided.
EXO 14:22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the
dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on
their left.
EXO 14:23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst
of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
EXO 14:24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto
the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and
troubled the host of the Egyptians,
EXO 14:25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so
that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD
fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
EXO 14:26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and
upon their horsemen.
EXO 14:27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea
returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled
against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
EXO 14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the
horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them;
there remained not so much as one of them.
EXO 14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the
sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their
left.
EXO 14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the
Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
EXO 14:31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the
Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his
servant Moses.
EXO 15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the
LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed
gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
EXO 15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he
is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will
exalt him.
EXO 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
EXO 15:4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen
captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
EXO 15:5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
EXO 15:6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand,
O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
EXO 15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them
that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them
as stubble.
EXO 15:8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered
together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed
in the heart of the sea.
EXO 15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the
spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand
shall destroy them.
EXO 15:10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as
lead in the mighty waters.
EXO 15:11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee,
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
EXO 15:12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
EXO 15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast
redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
EXO 15:14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the
inhabitants of Palestina.
EXO 15:15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab,
trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt
away.
EXO 15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm
they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till
the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
EXO 15:17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine
inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in,
in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established.
EXO 15:18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
EXO 15:19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his
horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon
them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
EXO 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in
her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
EXO 15:21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed
gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
EXO 15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the
wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no
water.
EXO 15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of
Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
EXO 15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
EXO 15:25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which
when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made
for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
EXO 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD
thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to
his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these
diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the
LORD that healeth thee.
EXO 15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and
threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
EXO 16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation
of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between
Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their
departing out of the land of Egypt.
EXO 16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
EXO 16:3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died
by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots,
and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
EXO 16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven
for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day,
that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
EXO 16:5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare
that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
EXO 16:6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At
even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of
Egypt:
EXO 16:7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that
he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur
against us?
EXO 16:8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD
heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your
murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
EXO 16:9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the
children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your
murmurings.
EXO 16:10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation
of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and,
behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
EXO 16:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 16:12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto
them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be
filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
EXO 16:13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered
the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
EXO 16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the
wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the
ground.
EXO 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It
is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is
the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
EXO 16:16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every
man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number
of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
EXO 16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some
less.
EXO 16:18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had
nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every
man according to his eating.
EXO 16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
EXO 16:20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left
of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth
with them.
EXO 16:21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his
eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
EXO 16:22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as
much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation
came and told Moses.
EXO 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To
morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will
bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over
lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
EXO 16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not
stink, neither was there any worm therein.
EXO 16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the
LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
EXO 16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the
sabbath, in it there shall be none.
EXO 16:27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the
seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
EXO 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my
commandments and my laws?
EXO 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he
giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his
place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
EXO 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
EXO 16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was
like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with
honey.
EXO 16:32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an
omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread
wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the
land of Egypt.
EXO 16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna
therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
EXO 16:34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the
Testimony, to be kept.
EXO 16:35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they
came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the
borders of the land of Canaan.
EXO 16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
EXO 17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the
wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to
drink.
EXO 17:2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water
that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore
do ye tempt the LORD?
EXO 17:3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured
against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out
of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
EXO 17:4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this
people? they be almost ready to stone me.
EXO 17:5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with
thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river,
take in thine hand, and go.
EXO 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and
thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the
people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
EXO 17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because
of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD,
saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
EXO 17:8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
EXO 17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with
Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in
mine hand.
EXO 17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and
Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
EXO 17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel
prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
EXO 17:12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under
him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on
the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady
until the going down of the sun.
EXO 17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the
sword.
EXO 17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a
book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the
remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
EXO 17:15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
EXO 17:16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war
with Amalek from generation to generation.
EXO 18:1 When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all
that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had
brought Israel out of Egypt;
EXO 18:2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after
he had sent her back,
EXO 18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he
said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
EXO 18:4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said
he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
EXO 18:5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife
unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
EXO 18:6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto
thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
EXO 18:7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and
kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into
the tent.
EXO 18:8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto
Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had
come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
EXO 18:9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to
Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
EXO 18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out
of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath
delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
EXO 18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing
wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
EXO 18:12 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and
sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat
bread with Moses' father in law before God.
EXO 18:13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the
people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
EXO 18:14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he
said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou
thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
EXO 18:15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto
me to enquire of God:
EXO 18:16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one
and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
EXO 18:17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is
not good.
EXO 18:18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with
thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it
thyself alone.
EXO 18:19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall
be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the
causes unto God:
EXO 18:20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them
the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
EXO 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as
fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be
rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of
tens:
EXO 18:22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that
every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they
shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the
burden with thee.
EXO 18:23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou
shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in
peace.
EXO 18:24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all
that he had said.
EXO 18:25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over
the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and
rulers of tens.
EXO 18:26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they
brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
EXO 18:27 And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his
own land.
EXO 19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
EXO 19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of
Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the
mount.
EXO 19:3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the
mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the
children of Israel;
EXO 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on
eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
EXO 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my
covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for
all the earth is mine:
EXO 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
EXO 19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid
before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
EXO 19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD
hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the
LORD.
EXO 19:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud,
that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever.
And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
EXO 19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them
to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
EXO 19:11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will
come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
EXO 19:12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take
heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of
it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
EXO 19:13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or
shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet
soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
EXO 19:14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified
the people; and they washed their clothes.
EXO 19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come
not at your wives.
EXO 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were
thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice
of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp
trembled.
EXO 19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God;
and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
EXO 19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD
descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a
furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
EXO 19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and
louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
EXO 19:20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount:
and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
EXO 19:21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they
break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
EXO 19:22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify
themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
EXO 19:23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount
Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and
sanctify it.
EXO 19:24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come
up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break
through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
EXO 19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
EXO 20:1 And God spake all these words, saying,
EXO 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
EXO 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
EXO 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of
any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that
is in the water under the earth.
EXO 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
EXO 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my
commandments.
EXO 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the
LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
EXO 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
EXO 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
EXO 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant,
nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy
gates:
EXO 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all
that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
EXO 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
EXO 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.
EXO 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
EXO 20:15 Thou shalt not steal.
EXO 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
EXO 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy
neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor
his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
EXO 20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the
noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw
it, they removed, and stood afar off.
EXO 20:19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but
let not God speak with us, lest we die.
EXO 20:20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove
you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
EXO 20:21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick
darkness where God was.
EXO 20:22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children
of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
EXO 20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto
you gods of gold.
EXO 20:24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice
thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine
oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will
bless thee.
EXO 20:25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it
of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
EXO 20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy
nakedness be not discovered thereon.
EXO 21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
EXO 21:2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the
seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
EXO 21:3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were
married, then his wife shall go out with him.
EXO 21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or
daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go
out by himself.
EXO 21:5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and
my children; I will not go out free:
EXO 21:6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring
him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear
through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
EXO 21:7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go
out as the menservants do.
EXO 21:8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then
shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have
no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
EXO 21:9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her
after the manner of daughters.
EXO 21:10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of
marriage, shall he not diminish.
EXO 21:11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free
without money.
EXO 21:12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
EXO 21:13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand;
then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
EXO 21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him
with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
EXO 21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put
to death.
EXO 21:16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in
his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
EXO 21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put
to death.
EXO 21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or
with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
EXO 21:19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that
smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall
cause him to be thoroughly healed.
EXO 21:20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die
under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
EXO 21:21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be
punished: for he is his money.
EXO 21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart
from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according
as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges
determine.
EXO 21:23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
EXO 21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
EXO 21:25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
EXO 21:26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid,
that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
EXO 21:27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's
tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
EXO 21:28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be
surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox
shall be quit.
EXO 21:29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it
hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he
hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also
shall be put to death.
EXO 21:30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the
ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
EXO 21:31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to
this judgment shall it be done unto him.
EXO 21:32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give
unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
EXO 21:33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not
cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
EXO 21:34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the
owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
EXO 21:35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall
sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall
divide.
EXO 21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and
his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead
shall be his own.
EXO 22:1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he
shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
EXO 22:2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there
shall no blood be shed for him.
EXO 22:3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for
he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold
for his theft.
EXO 22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox,
or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
EXO 22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put
in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own
field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
EXO 22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn,
or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled
the fire shall surely make restitution.
EXO 22:7 If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and
it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay
double.
EXO 22:8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be
brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his
neighbour's goods.
EXO 22:9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep,
for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be
his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the
judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
EXO 22:10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or
any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
EXO 22:11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath
not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept
thereof, and he shall not make it good.
EXO 22:12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the
owner thereof.
EXO 22:13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he
shall not make good that which was torn.
EXO 22:14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or
die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
EXO 22:15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if
it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
EXO 22:16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her,
he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
EXO 22:17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay
money according to the dowry of virgins.
EXO 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
EXO 22:19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
EXO 22:20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall
be utterly destroyed.
EXO 22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt.
EXO 22:22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
EXO 22:23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I
will surely hear their cry;
EXO 22:24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and
your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
EXO 22:25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou
shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
EXO 22:26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt
deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
EXO 22:27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin:
wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me,
that I will hear; for I am gracious.
EXO 22:28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
EXO 22:29 Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of
thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
EXO 22:30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven
days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
EXO 22:31 And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh
that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
EXO 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the
wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
EXO 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou
speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
EXO 23:3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
EXO 23:4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt
surely bring it back to him again.
EXO 23:5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his
burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
EXO 23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
EXO 23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous
slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
EXO 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and
perverteth the words of the righteous.
EXO 23:9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a
stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
EXO 23:10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the
fruits thereof:
EXO 23:11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the
poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall
eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy
oliveyard.
EXO 23:12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt
rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and
the stranger, may be refreshed.
EXO 23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make
no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy
mouth.
EXO 23:14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
EXO 23:15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat
unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed
of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall
appear before me empty:)
EXO 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou
hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end
of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
EXO 23:17 Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD
God.
EXO 23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread;
neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
EXO 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the
house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
EXO 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to
bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
EXO 23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not
pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
EXO 23:22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak;
then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine
adversaries.
EXO 23:23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the
Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
EXO 23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after
their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down
their images.
EXO 23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy
bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
EXO 23:26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land:
the number of thy days I will fulfil.
EXO 23:27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to
whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto
thee.
EXO 23:28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the
Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
EXO 23:29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the
land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
EXO 23:30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until
thou be increased, and inherit the land.
EXO 23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the
Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the
inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before
thee.
EXO 23:32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
EXO 23:33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against
me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
EXO 24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron,
Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar
off.
EXO 24:2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come
nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
EXO 24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all
the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the
words which the LORD hath said will we do.
EXO 24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the
morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according
to the twelve tribes of Israel.
EXO 24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt
offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
EXO 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half
of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
EXO 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the
people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be
obedient.
EXO 24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said,
Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you
concerning all these words.
EXO 24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the
elders of Israel:
EXO 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it
were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in
his clearness.
EXO 24:11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand:
also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
EXO 24:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be
there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments
which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
EXO 24:13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into
the mount of God.
EXO 24:14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come
again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any
matters to do, let him come unto them.
EXO 24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
EXO 24:16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud
covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the
midst of the cloud.
EXO 24:17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on
the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
EXO 24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the
mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
EXO 25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 25:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of
every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
EXO 25:3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and
silver, and brass,
EXO 25:4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
EXO 25:5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
EXO 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
EXO 25:7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the
breastplate.
EXO 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
EXO 25:9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the
tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye
make it.
EXO 25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half
shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and
a cubit and a half the height thereof.
EXO 25:11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt
thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
EXO 25:12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the
four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two
rings in the other side of it.
EXO 25:13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold.
EXO 25:14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the
ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
EXO 25:15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken
from it.
EXO 25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give
thee.
EXO 25:17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half
shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
EXO 25:18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou
make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
EXO 25:19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the
other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends
thereof.
EXO 25:20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering
the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another;
toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
EXO 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark
thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
EXO 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from
above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark
of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto
the children of Israel.
EXO 25:23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be
the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half
the height thereof.
EXO 25:24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown
of gold round about.
EXO 25:25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round
about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
EXO 25:26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings
in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
EXO 25:27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves
to bear the table.
EXO 25:28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them
with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
EXO 25:29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and
covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou
make them.
EXO 25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
EXO 25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall
the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops,
and his flowers, shall be of the same.
EXO 25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches
of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick
out of the other side:
EXO 25:33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one
branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop
and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
EXO 25:34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds,
with their knops and their flowers.
EXO 25:35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop
under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same,
according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
EXO 25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be
one beaten work of pure gold.
EXO 25:37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light
the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
EXO 25:38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure
gold.
EXO 25:39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
EXO 25:40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed
thee in the mount.
EXO 26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine
twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning
work shalt thou make them.
EXO 26:2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have
one measure.
EXO 26:3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other
five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
EXO 26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain
from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the
uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
EXO 26:5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt
thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second;
that the loops may take hold one of another.
EXO 26:6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains
together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
EXO 26:7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the
tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
EXO 26:8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of
one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
EXO 26:9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains
by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the
tabernacle.
EXO 26:10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that
is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second.
EXO 26:11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into
the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
EXO 26:12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half
curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
EXO 26:13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that
which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over
the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
EXO 26:14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed
red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.
EXO 26:15 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood
standing up.
EXO 26:16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half
shall be the breadth of one board.
EXO 26:17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against
another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
EXO 26:18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on
the south side southward.
EXO 26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards;
two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another
board for his two tenons.
EXO 26:20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there
shall be twenty boards:
EXO 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and
two sockets under another board.
EXO 26:22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six
boards.
EXO 26:23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle
in the two sides.
EXO 26:24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be
coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for
them both; they shall be for the two corners.
EXO 26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
EXO 26:26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the
one side of the tabernacle,
EXO 26:27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the
tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for
the two sides westward.
EXO 26:28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end
to end.
EXO 26:29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of
gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
EXO 26:30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion
thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
EXO 26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
EXO 26:32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid
with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
EXO 26:33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest
bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall
divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
EXO 26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony
in the most holy place.
EXO 26:35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick
over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and
thou shalt put the table on the north side.
EXO 26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with
needlework.
EXO 26:37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim
wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou
shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
EXO 27:1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and
five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof
shall be three cubits.
EXO 27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof:
his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
EXO 27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels,
and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof
thou shalt make of brass.
EXO 27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the
net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
EXO 27:5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that
the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
EXO 27:6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and
overlay them with brass.
EXO 27:7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be
upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
EXO 27:8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the
mount, so shall they make it.
EXO 27:9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side
southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an
hundred cubits long for one side:
EXO 27:10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
EXO 27:11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of
an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of
brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
EXO 27:12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings
of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
EXO 27:13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be
fifty cubits.
EXO 27:14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
EXO 27:15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
EXO 27:16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with
needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
EXO 27:17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver;
their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
EXO 27:18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth
fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their
sockets of brass.
EXO 27:19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and
all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
EXO 27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee
pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
EXO 27:21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is
before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to
morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their
generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
EXO 28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him,
from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the
priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's
sons.
EXO 28:2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and
for beauty.
EXO 28:3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have
filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to
consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
EXO 28:4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and
an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they
shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may
minister unto me in the priest's office.
EXO 28:5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
linen.
EXO 28:6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of
scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
EXO 28:7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges
thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
EXO 28:8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be
of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
EXO 28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names
of the children of Israel:
EXO 28:10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest
on the other stone, according to their birth.
EXO 28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a
signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of
Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
EXO 28:12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod
for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear
their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
EXO 28:13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
EXO 28:14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou
make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
EXO 28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work;
after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of
purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
EXO 28:16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length
thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
EXO 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of
stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this
shall be the first row.
EXO 28:18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
EXO 28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
EXO 28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be
set in gold in their inclosings.
EXO 28:21 And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel,
twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one
with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
EXO 28:22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of
wreathen work of pure gold.
EXO 28:23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and
shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
EXO 28:24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings
which are on the ends of the breastplate.
EXO 28:25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten
in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
EXO 28:26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon
the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side
of the ephod inward.
EXO 28:27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on
the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over
against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
EXO 28:28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the
rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious
girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
EXO 28:29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the
breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place,
for a memorial before the LORD continually.
EXO 28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the
Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the
LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his
heart before the LORD continually.
EXO 28:31 And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
EXO 28:32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof:
it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were
the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
EXO 28:33 And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of
blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells
of gold between them round about:
EXO 28:34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,
upon the hem of the robe round about.
EXO 28:35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard
when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out,
that he die not.
EXO 28:36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like
the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
EXO 28:37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre;
upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
EXO 28:38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the
iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all
their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be
accepted before the LORD.
EXO 28:39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make
the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
EXO 28:40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for
them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
EXO 28:41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with
him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they
may minister unto me in the priest's office.
EXO 28:42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness;
from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
EXO 28:43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in
unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the
altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it
shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
EXO 29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to
minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams
without blemish,
EXO 29:2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and
wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
EXO 29:3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the
basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
EXO 29:4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
EXO 29:5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and
the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with
the curious girdle of the ephod:
EXO 29:6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown
upon the mitre.
EXO 29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his
head, and anoint him.
EXO 29:8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
EXO 29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put
the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual
statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
EXO 29:10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle
of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the
head of the bullock.
EXO 29:11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
EXO 29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the
horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom
of the altar.
EXO 29:13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the
caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, and burn them upon the altar.
EXO 29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou
burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
EXO 29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their
hands upon the head of the ram.
EXO 29:16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and
sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
EXO 29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of
him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
EXO 29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt
offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto
the LORD.
EXO 29:19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put
their hands upon the head of the ram.
EXO 29:20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon
the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his
sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their
right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
EXO 29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the
anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon
his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be
hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
EXO 29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat
that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys,
and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of
consecration:
EXO 29:23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer
out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
EXO 29:24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of
his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
EXO 29:25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the
altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an
offering made by fire unto the LORD.
EXO 29:26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's
consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall
be thy part.
EXO 29:27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the
shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up,
of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that
which is for his sons:
EXO 29:28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the
children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave
offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace
offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.
EXO 29:29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be
anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
EXO 29:30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven
days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister
in the holy place.
EXO 29:31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his
flesh in the holy place.
EXO 29:32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread
that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
EXO 29:33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to
consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof,
because they are holy.
EXO 29:34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread,
remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it
shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
EXO 29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all
things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
EXO 29:36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for
atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement
for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
EXO 29:37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify
it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall
be holy.
EXO 29:38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs
of the first year day by day continually.
EXO 29:39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb
thou shalt offer at even:
EXO 29:40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth
part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a
drink offering.
EXO 29:41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto
according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink
offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
EXO 29:42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I
will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
EXO 29:43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the
tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
EXO 29:44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the
altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the
priest's office.
EXO 29:45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their
God.
EXO 29:46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them
forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD
their God.
EXO 30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood
shalt thou make it.
EXO 30:2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof;
foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns
thereof shall be of the same.
EXO 30:3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the
sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it
a crown of gold round about.
EXO 30:4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by
the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and
they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
EXO 30:5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with
gold.
EXO 30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the
testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will
meet with thee.
EXO 30:7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he
dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
EXO 30:8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon
it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
EXO 30:9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor
meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
EXO 30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a
year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall
he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto
the LORD.
EXO 30:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 30:12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their
number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD,
when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou
numberest them.
EXO 30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are
numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is
twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
EXO 30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty
years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
EXO 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than
half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement
for your souls.
EXO 30:16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of
Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before
the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
EXO 30:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 30:18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass,
to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the
congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
EXO 30:19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet
thereat:
EXO 30:20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall
wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to
minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
EXO 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not:
and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed
throughout their generations.
EXO 30:22 Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 30:23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five
hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and
fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
EXO 30:24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
EXO 30:25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound
after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
EXO 30:26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation
therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
EXO 30:27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his
vessels, and the altar of incense,
EXO 30:28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver
and his foot.
EXO 30:29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever
toucheth them shall be holy.
EXO 30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that
they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
EXO 30:31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall
be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
EXO 30:32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any
other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy
unto you.
EXO 30:33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it
upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
EXO 30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices,
stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense:
of each shall there be a like weight:
EXO 30:35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the
apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
EXO 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the
testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee:
it shall be unto you most holy.
EXO 30:37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to
yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy
for the LORD.
EXO 30:38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be
cut off from his people.
EXO 31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 31:2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah:
EXO 31:3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
EXO 31:4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass,
EXO 31:5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to
work in all manner of workmanship.
EXO 31:6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach,
of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have
put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
EXO 31:7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and
the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
EXO 31:8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all
his furniture, and the altar of incense,
EXO 31:9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver
and his foot,
EXO 31:10 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the
priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
EXO 31:11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place:
according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
EXO 31:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 31:13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my
sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your
generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
EXO 31:14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every
one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any
work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
EXO 31:15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of
rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall
surely be put to death.
EXO 31:16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe
the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
EXO 31:17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in
six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he
rested, and was refreshed.
EXO 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with
him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with
the finger of God.
EXO 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the
mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him,
Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man
that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of
him.
EXO 32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are
in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring
them unto me.
EXO 32:3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their
ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
EXO 32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving
tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O
Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
EXO 32:5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made
proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
EXO 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings,
and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and
rose up to play.
EXO 32:7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people,
which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
EXO 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them:
they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have
sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
EXO 32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold,
it is a stiffnecked people:
EXO 32:10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against
them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
EXO 32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy
wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the
land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
EXO 32:12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he
bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the
face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil
against thy people.
EXO 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou
swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as
the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto
your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
EXO 32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his
people.
EXO 32:15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables
of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their
sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
EXO 32:16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing
of God, graven upon the tables.
EXO 32:17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he
said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
EXO 32:18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery,
neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise
of them that sing do I hear.
EXO 32:19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he
saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the
tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
EXO 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the
fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink of it.
EXO 32:21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou
hast brought so great a sin upon them?
EXO 32:22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest
the people, that they are set on mischief.
EXO 32:23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for
as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we
wot not what is become of him.
EXO 32:24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it
off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out
this calf.
EXO 32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made
them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
EXO 32:26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the
LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered
themselves together unto him.
EXO 32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every
man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the
camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every
man his neighbour.
EXO 32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and
there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
EXO 32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even
every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a
blessing this day.
EXO 32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people,
Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure
I shall make an atonement for your sin.
EXO 32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have
sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
EXO 32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I
pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
EXO 32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him
will I blot out of my book.
EXO 32:34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have
spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless
in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
EXO 32:35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which
Aaron made.
EXO 33:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the
people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land
which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed
will I give it:
EXO 33:2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the
Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and
the Jebusite:
EXO 33:3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the
midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the
way.
EXO 33:4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no
man did put on him his ornaments.
EXO 33:5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye
are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a
moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that
I may know what to do unto thee.
EXO 33:6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by
the mount Horeb.
EXO 33:7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar
off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it
came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the
tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
EXO 33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that
all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked
after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
EXO 33:9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy
pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord
talked with Moses.
EXO 33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle
door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
EXO 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto
his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the
son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
EXO 33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up
this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet
thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my
sight.
EXO 33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew
me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and
consider that this nation is thy people.
EXO 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee
rest.
EXO 33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not
up hence.
EXO 33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found
grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be
separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face
of the earth.
EXO 33:17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou
hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
EXO 33:18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
EXO 33:19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I
will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom
I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
EXO 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see
me, and live.
EXO 33:21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt
stand upon a rock:
EXO 33:22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will
put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I
pass by:
EXO 33:23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts:
but my face shall not be seen.
EXO 34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto
the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the
first tables, which thou brakest.
EXO 34:2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount
Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
EXO 34:3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen
throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that
mount.
EXO 34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose
up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had
commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
EXO 34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and
proclaimed the name of the LORD.
EXO 34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD
God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and
truth,
EXO 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and
sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third
and to the fourth generation.
EXO 34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and
worshipped.
EXO 34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my
LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon
our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
EXO 34:10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will
do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation:
and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for
it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
EXO 34:11 Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out
before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the
Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
EXO 34:12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants
of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
EXO 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down
their groves:
EXO 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is
Jealous, is a jealous God:
EXO 34:15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they
go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call
thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
EXO 34:16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters
go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their
gods.
EXO 34:17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
EXO 34:18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt
eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for
in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
EXO 34:19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy
cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
EXO 34:20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if
thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy
sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
EXO 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in
earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
EXO 34:22 And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of
wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
EXO 34:23 Thrice in the year shall all your menchildren appear before the LORD
God, the God of Israel.
EXO 34:24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy
borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to
appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.
EXO 34:25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither
shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.
EXO 34:26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the
house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
EXO 34:27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the
tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
EXO 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did
neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words
of the covenant, the ten commandments.
EXO 34:29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the
two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount,
that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
EXO 34:30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the
skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
EXO 34:31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the
congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
EXO 34:32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them
in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
EXO 34:33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his
face.
EXO 34:34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took
the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children
of Israel that which he was commanded.
EXO 34:35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of
Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went
in to speak with him.
EXO 35:1 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel
together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath
commanded, that ye should do them.
EXO 35:2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to
you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein
shall be put to death.
EXO 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath
day.
EXO 35:4 And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
EXO 35:5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a
willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and
silver, and brass,
EXO 35:6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
EXO 35:7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
EXO 35:8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the
sweet incense,
EXO 35:9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the
breastplate.
EXO 35:10 And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the
LORD hath commanded;
EXO 35:11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his
boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
EXO 35:12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail
of the covering,
EXO 35:13 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
EXO 35:14 The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his
lamps, with the oil for the light,
EXO 35:15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and
the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the
tabernacle,
EXO 35:16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and
all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
EXO 35:17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the
hanging for the door of the court,
EXO 35:18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their
cords,
EXO 35:19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister
in the priest's office.
EXO 35:20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the
presence of Moses.
EXO 35:21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one
whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the
work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for
the holy garments.
EXO 35:22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing
hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all
jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto
the LORD.
EXO 35:23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers'
skins, brought them.
EXO 35:24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the
LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work
of the service, brought it.
EXO 35:25 And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands,
and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of
scarlet, and of fine linen.
EXO 35:26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats'
hair.
EXO 35:27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the
ephod, and for the breastplate;
EXO 35:28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for
the sweet incense.
EXO 35:29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD,
every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of
work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
EXO 35:30 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath
called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of
Judah;
EXO 35:31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
EXO 35:32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in
brass,
EXO 35:33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood,
to make any manner of cunning work.
EXO 35:34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and
Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
EXO 35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of
work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in
blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even
of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
EXO 36:1 Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in
whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of
work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had
commanded.
EXO 36:2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in
whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him
up to come unto the work to do it:
EXO 36:3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of
Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it
withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
EXO 36:4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary,
came every man from his work which they made;
EXO 36:5 And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than
enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
EXO 36:6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed
throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for
the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
EXO 36:7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make
it, and too much.
EXO 36:8 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the
tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and
scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
EXO 36:9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the
breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
EXO 36:10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other
five curtains he coupled one unto another.
EXO 36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the
selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another
curtain, in the coupling of the second.
EXO 36:12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the
edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held
one curtain to another.
EXO 36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto
another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
EXO 36:14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the
tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
EXO 36:15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the
breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
EXO 36:16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by
themselves.
EXO 36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain
in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which
coupleth the second.
EXO 36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that
it might be one.
EXO 36:19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a
covering of badgers' skins above that.
EXO 36:20 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
EXO 36:21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one
cubit and a half.
EXO 36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did
he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
EXO 36:23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south
side southward:
EXO 36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two
sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another
board for his two tenons.
EXO 36:25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north
corner, he made twenty boards,
EXO 36:26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and
two sockets under another board.
EXO 36:27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
EXO 36:28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two
sides.
EXO 36:29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head
thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
EXO 36:30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets
of silver, under every board two sockets.
EXO 36:31 And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one
side of the tabernacle,
EXO 36:32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the
tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides
westward.
EXO 36:33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one
end to the other.
EXO 36:34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold
to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
EXO 36:35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
EXO 36:36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid
them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets
of silver.
EXO 36:37 And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
EXO 36:38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their
chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
EXO 37:1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was
the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a
half the height of it:
EXO 37:2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a
crown of gold to it round about.
EXO 37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners
of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other
side of it.
EXO 37:4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
EXO 37:5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear
the ark.
EXO 37:6 And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was
the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
EXO 37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he
them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
EXO 37:8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other
end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends
thereof.
EXO 37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with
their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the
mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
EXO 37:10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length
thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height
thereof:
EXO 37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of
gold round about.
EXO 37:12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and
made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
EXO 37:13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the
four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
EXO 37:14 Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to
bear the table.
EXO 37:15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold,
to bear the table.
EXO 37:16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and
his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
EXO 37:17 And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the
candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his
flowers, were of the same:
EXO 37:18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches
of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the
candlestick out of the other side thereof:
EXO 37:19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop
and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and
a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
EXO 37:20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops,
and his flowers:
EXO 37:21 And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two
branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according
to the six branches going out of it.
EXO 37:22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one
beaten work of pure gold.
EXO 37:23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes,
of pure gold.
EXO 37:24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
EXO 37:25 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was
a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was
the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
EXO 37:26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides
thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of
gold round about.
EXO 37:27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the
two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to
bear it withal.
EXO 37:28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
EXO 37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet
spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
EXO 38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits
was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was
foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
EXO 38:2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns
thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
EXO 38:3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels,
and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof
made he of brass.
EXO 38:4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass
thereof beneath unto the midst of it.
EXO 38:5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be
places for the staves.
EXO 38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
EXO 38:7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to
bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
EXO 38:8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the
lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
EXO 38:9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings
of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
EXO 38:10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the
hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
EXO 38:11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their
pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets of silver.
EXO 38:12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars
ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of
silver.
EXO 38:13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
EXO 38:14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
EXO 38:15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that
hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets
three.
EXO 38:16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
EXO 38:17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the
pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of
silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
EXO 38:18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was
the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the
hangings of the court.
EXO 38:19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their
hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of
silver.
EXO 38:20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about,
were of brass.
EXO 38:21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of
testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the
service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
EXO 38:22 And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 38:23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an
engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in
purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
EXO 38:24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the
holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and
seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
EXO 38:25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an
hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
EXO 38:26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel
of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years
old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred
and fifty men.
EXO 38:27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the
sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred
talents, a talent for a socket.
EXO 38:28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made
hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
EXO 38:29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand
and four hundred shekels.
EXO 38:30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and
all the vessels of the altar,
EXO 38:31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the
court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court
round about.
EXO 39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of
service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for
Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 39:2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine twined linen.
EXO 39:3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires,
to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the
fine linen, with cunning work.
EXO 39:4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two
edges was it coupled together.
EXO 39:5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the
same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 39:6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as
signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
EXO 39:7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be
stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 39:8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the
ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
EXO 39:9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the
length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
EXO 39:10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius,
a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
EXO 39:11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
EXO 39:12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
EXO 39:13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were
inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
EXO 39:14 And the stones were according to the names of the children of
Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet,
every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
EXO 39:15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen
work of pure gold.
EXO 39:16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the
two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.
EXO 39:17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the
ends of the breastplate.
EXO 39:18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two
ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
EXO 39:19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the
breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod
inward.
EXO 39:20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides
of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other
coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
EXO 39:21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the
ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the
ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the
LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 39:22 And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
EXO 39:23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an
habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.
EXO 39:24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
EXO 39:25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the
pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
EXO 39:26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the
hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 39:27 And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for
his sons,
EXO 39:28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and
linen breeches of fine twined linen,
EXO 39:29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and
scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote
upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
EXO 39:31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the
mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 39:32 Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the
congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that
the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
EXO 39:33 And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his
furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his
sockets,
EXO 39:34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of
badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,
EXO 39:35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy
seat,
EXO 39:36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
EXO 39:37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to
be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
EXO 39:38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet
incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
EXO 39:39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his
vessels, the laver and his foot,
EXO 39:40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the
hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels
of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
EXO 39:41 The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy
garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the
priest's office.
EXO 39:42 According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of
Israel made all the work.
EXO 39:43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it
as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
EXO 40:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
EXO 40:2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle
of the tent of the congregation.
EXO 40:3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the
ark with the vail.
EXO 40:4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that
are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and
light the lamps thereof.
EXO 40:5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark
of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
EXO 40:6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door
of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
EXO 40:7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and
the altar, and shalt put water therein.
EXO 40:8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging
at the court gate.
EXO 40:9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and
all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it
shall be holy.
EXO 40:10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his
vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
EXO 40:11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
EXO 40:12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
EXO 40:13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and
sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
EXO 40:14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
EXO 40:15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that
they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall
surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
EXO 40:16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did
he.
EXO 40:17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the
first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
EXO 40:18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and
set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his
pillars.
EXO 40:19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the
covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves
on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
EXO 40:21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail
of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
EXO 40:22 And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side
of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
EXO 40:23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD
had commanded Moses.
EXO 40:24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over
against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
EXO 40:25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
EXO 40:26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before
the vail:
EXO 40:27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 40:28 And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
EXO 40:29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle
of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and
the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 40:30 And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the
altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
EXO 40:31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet
thereat:
EXO 40:32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came
near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
EXO 40:33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the
altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
EXO 40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory
of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
EXO 40:35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation,
because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the
tabernacle.
EXO 40:36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the
children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
EXO 40:37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the
day that it was taken up.
EXO 40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire
was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all
their journeys.
LEV 1:1 And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the
tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
LEV 1:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of
you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the
cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
LEV 1:3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male
without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
LEV 1:4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it
shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
LEV 1:5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests,
Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon
the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
LEV 1:6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
LEV 1:7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and
lay the wood in order upon the fire:
LEV 1:8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the
fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
LEV 1:9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest
shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
LEV 1:10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the
goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
LEV 1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the
LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about
upon the altar.
LEV 1:12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and
the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is
upon the altar:
LEV 1:13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest
shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
LEV 1:14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls,
then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
LEV 1:15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his
head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at
the side of the altar:
LEV 1:16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it
beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
LEV 1:17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide
it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that
is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD.
LEV 2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering
shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense
thereon:
LEV 2:2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take
thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all
the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon
the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
LEV 2:3 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons':
it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
LEV 2:4 And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it
shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened
wafers anointed with oil.
LEV 2:5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of
fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
LEV 2:6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat
offering.
LEV 2:7 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it
shall be made of fine flour with oil.
LEV 2:8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things
unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it
unto the altar.
LEV 2:9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial
thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of
a sweet savour unto the LORD.
LEV 2:10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his
sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
LEV 2:11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made
with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering
of the LORD made by fire.
LEV 2:12 As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the
LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
LEV 2:13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt;
neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking
from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
LEV 2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD,
thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn
dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.
LEV 2:15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a
meat offering.
LEV 2:16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn
thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it
is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
LEV 3:1 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it
of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without
blemish before the LORD.
LEV 3:2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the
priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
LEV 3:3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering
made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the
fat that is upon the inwards,
LEV 3:4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take
away.
LEV 3:5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice,
which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire,
of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
LEV 3:6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be
of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
LEV 3:7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the
LORD.
LEV 3:8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it
before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle
the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
LEV 3:9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering
made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he
take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all
the fat that is upon the inwards,
LEV 3:10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take
away.
LEV 3:11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the
offering made by fire unto the LORD.
LEV 3:12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the
LORD.
LEV 3:13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the
tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the
blood thereof upon the altar round about.
LEV 3:14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by
fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that
is upon the inwards,
LEV 3:15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take
away.
LEV 3:16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the
offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD's.
LEV 3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all
your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
LEV 4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 4:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through
ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which
ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
LEV 4:3 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the
people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock
without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
LEV 4:4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's
head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.
LEV 4:5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and
bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
LEV 4:6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the
blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.
LEV 4:7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar
of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the
congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom
of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation.
LEV 4:8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin
offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the
inwards,
LEV 4:9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take
away,
LEV 4:10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace
offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt
offering.
LEV 4:11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and
with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,
LEV 4:12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a
clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with
fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
LEV 4:13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and
the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat
against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should
not be done, and are guilty;
LEV 4:14 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the
congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before
the tabernacle of the congregation.
LEV 4:15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the
head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before
the LORD.
LEV 4:16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood
to the tabernacle of the congregation:
LEV 4:17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and
sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
LEV 4:18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which
is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall
pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering,
which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
LEV 4:19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
LEV 4:20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin
offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement
for them, and it shall be forgiven them.
LEV 4:21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him
as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
LEV 4:22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against
any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should
not be done, and is guilty;
LEV 4:23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he
shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
LEV 4:24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it
in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin
offering.
LEV 4:25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his
finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall
pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.
LEV 4:26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the
sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him
as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
LEV 4:27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he
doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things
which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
LEV 4:28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he
shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for
his sin which he hath sinned.
LEV 4:29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay
the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
LEV 4:30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and
put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all
the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
LEV 4:31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away
from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon
the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an
atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
LEV 4:32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female
without blemish.
LEV 4:33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay
it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
LEV 4:34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his
finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall
pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
LEV 4:35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is
taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall
burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the
LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath
committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
LEV 5:1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness,
whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall
bear his iniquity.
LEV 5:2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an
unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean
creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and
guilty.
LEV 5:3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be
that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth
of it, then he shall be guilty.
LEV 5:4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do
good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid
from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
LEV 5:5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that
he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
LEV 5:6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin
which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats,
for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning
his sin.
LEV 5:7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his
trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
LEV 5:8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is
for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall
not divide it asunder:
LEV 5:9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side
of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom
of the altar: it is a sin offering.
LEV 5:10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the
manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he
hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
LEV 5:11 But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons,
then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah
of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall
he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
LEV 5:12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his
handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according
to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.
LEV 5:13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin
that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the
remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.
LEV 5:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 5:15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy
things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram
without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver,
after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
LEV 5:16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy
thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and
the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass
offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
LEV 5:17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden
to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he
guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
LEV 5:18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy
estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall
make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist
it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
LEV 5:19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the
LORD.
LEV 6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 6:2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto
his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or
in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
LEV 6:3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and
sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
LEV 6:4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall
restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath
deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost
thing which he found,
LEV 6:5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore
it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it
unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
LEV 6:6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without
blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto
the priest:
LEV 6:7 And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it
shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing
therein.
LEV 6:8 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 6:9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt
offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all
night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
LEV 6:10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches
shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath
consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside
the altar.
LEV 6:11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and
carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
LEV 6:12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be
put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the
burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the
peace offerings.
LEV 6:13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
LEV 6:14 And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall
offer it before the LORD, before the altar.
LEV 6:15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat
offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the
meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the
memorial of it, unto the LORD.
LEV 6:16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with
unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the
tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
LEV 6:17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for
their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin
offering, and as the trespass offering.
LEV 6:18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall
be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the
LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
LEV 6:19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 6:20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer
unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of
fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half
thereof at night.
LEV 6:21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt
bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a
sweet savour unto the LORD.
LEV 6:22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer
it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
LEV 6:23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it
shall not be eaten.
LEV 6:24 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 6:25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin
offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin
offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.
LEV 6:26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place
shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
LEV 6:27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when
there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash
that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
LEV 6:28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if
it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
LEV 6:29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
LEV 6:30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the
tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall
be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
LEV 7:1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
LEV 7:2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the
trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon
the altar.
LEV 7:3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat
that covereth the inwards,
LEV 7:4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the
flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he
take away:
LEV 7:5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by
fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
LEV 7:6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten
in the holy place: it is most holy.
LEV 7:7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law
for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
LEV 7:8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest
shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.
LEV 7:9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is
dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth
it.
LEV 7:10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the
sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.
LEV 7:11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he
shall offer unto the LORD.
LEV 7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the
sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened
wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
LEV 7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread
with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
LEV 7:14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave
offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the
blood of the peace offerings.
LEV 7:15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for
thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not
leave any of it until the morning.
LEV 7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary
offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and
on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
LEV 7:17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day
shall be burnt with fire.
LEV 7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be
eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be
imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul
that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
LEV 7:19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it
shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat
thereof.
LEV 7:20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even
that soul shall be cut off from his people.
LEV 7:21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the
uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean
thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which
pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
LEV 7:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 7:23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of
fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
LEV 7:24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that
which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no
wise eat of it.
LEV 7:25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an
offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be
cut off from his people.
LEV 7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of
beast, in any of your dwellings.
LEV 7:27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul
shall be cut off from his people.
LEV 7:28 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 7:29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the
sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto
the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
LEV 7:30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the
fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a
wave offering before the LORD.
LEV 7:31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast
shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
LEV 7:32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave
offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
LEV 7:33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace
offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
LEV 7:34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the
children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have
given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from
among the children of Israel.
LEV 7:35 This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing
of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when
he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office;
LEV 7:36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel,
in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their
generations.
LEV 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and
of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations,
and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
LEV 7:38 Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he
commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD,
in the wilderness of Sinai.
LEV 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 8:2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing
oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of
unleavened bread;
LEV 8:3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
LEV 8:4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered
together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
LEV 8:5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD
commanded to be done.
LEV 8:6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
LEV 8:7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and
clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with
the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
LEV 8:8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate
the Urim and the Thummim.
LEV 8:9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his
forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
LEV 8:10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all
that was therein, and sanctified them.
LEV 8:11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the
altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
LEV 8:12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed
him, to sanctify him.
LEV 8:13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded
them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.
LEV 8:14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his
sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
LEV 8:15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns
of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured
the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make
reconciliation upon it.
LEV 8:16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above
the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the
altar.
LEV 8:17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with
fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
LEV 8:18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons
laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
LEV 8:19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round
about.
LEV 8:20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the
pieces, and the fat.
LEV 8:21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the
whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an
offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
LEV 8:22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and
his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
LEV 8:23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon
the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon
the great toe of his right foot.
LEV 8:24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip
of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the
great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar
round about.
LEV 8:25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the
inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their
fat, and the right shoulder:
LEV 8:26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD,
he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and
put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
LEV 8:27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and
waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.
LEV 8:28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar
upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an
offering made by fire unto the LORD.
LEV 8:29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before
the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
LEV 8:30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon
the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his
sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his
garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
LEV 8:31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that
is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons
shall eat it.
LEV 8:32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn
with fire.
LEV 8:33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end:
for seven days shall he consecrate you.
LEV 8:34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make
an atonement for you.
LEV 8:35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that
ye die not: for so I am commanded.
LEV 8:36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the
hand of Moses.
LEV 9:1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his
sons, and the elders of Israel;
LEV 9:2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and
a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
LEV 9:3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a
kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first
year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
LEV 9:4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the
LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear
unto you.
LEV 9:5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle
of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the
LORD.
LEV 9:6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye
should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
LEV 9:7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin
offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for
the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for
them; as the LORD commanded.
LEV 9:8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin
offering, which was for himself.
LEV 9:9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his
finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out
the blood at the bottom of the altar:
LEV 9:10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin
offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
LEV 9:11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.
LEV 9:12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him
the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
LEV 9:13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces
thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
LEV 9:14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the
burnt offering on the altar.
LEV 9:15 And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was
the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the
first.
LEV 9:16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the
manner.
LEV 9:17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and
burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
LEV 9:18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the
blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
LEV 9:19 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which
covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
LEV 9:20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the
altar:
LEV 9:21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave
offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
LEV 9:22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and
came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and
peace offerings.
LEV 9:23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and
came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all
the people.
LEV 9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the
altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they
shouted, and fell on their faces.
LEV 10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his
censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange
fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
LEV 10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they
died before the LORD.
LEV 10:3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I
will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I
will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
LEV 10:4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle
of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the
sanctuary out of the camp.
LEV 10:5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp;
as Moses had said.
LEV 10:6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his
sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and
lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house
of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
LEV 10:7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And
they did according to the word of Moses.
LEV 10:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
LEV 10:9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee,
when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be
a statute for ever throughout your generations:
LEV 10:10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between
unclean and clean;
LEV 10:11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which
the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
LEV 10:12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his
sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings
of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it
is most holy:
LEV 10:13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and
thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am
commanded.
LEV 10:14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean
place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy
due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace
offerings of the children of Israel.
LEV 10:15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the
offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the
LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever;
as the LORD hath commanded.
LEV 10:16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and,
behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of
Aaron which were left alive, saying,
LEV 10:17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place,
seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the
congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
LEV 10:18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye
should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.
LEV 10:19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their
sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have
befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been
accepted in the sight of the LORD?
LEV 10:20 And when Moses heard that, he was content.
LEV 11:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
LEV 11:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which
ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
LEV 11:3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the
cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
LEV 11:4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or
of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but
divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
LEV 11:5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof;
he is unclean unto you.
LEV 11:6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof;
he is unclean unto you.
LEV 11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he
cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
LEV 11:8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not
touch; they are unclean to you.
LEV 11:9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath
fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye
eat.
LEV 11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the
rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is
in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
LEV 11:11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat
of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
LEV 11:12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an
abomination unto you.
LEV 11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the
fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the
ossifrage, and the ospray,
LEV 11:14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
LEV 11:15 Every raven after his kind;
LEV 11:16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after
his kind,
LEV 11:17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
LEV 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
LEV 11:19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the
bat.
LEV 11:20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination
unto you.
LEV 11:21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon
all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
LEV 11:22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the
bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the
grasshopper after his kind.
LEV 11:23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be
an abomination unto you.
LEV 11:24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase
of them shall be unclean until the even.
LEV 11:25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 11:26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not
clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that
toucheth them shall be unclean.
LEV 11:27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that
go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase
shall be unclean until the even.
LEV 11:28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and
be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
LEV 11:29 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that
creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his
kind,
LEV 11:30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the
snail, and the mole.
LEV 11:31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch
them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
LEV 11:32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it
shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or
sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into
water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
LEV 11:33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever
is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
LEV 11:34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh
shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall
be unclean.
LEV 11:35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be
unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down:
for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you.
LEV 11:36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water,
shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
LEV 11:37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is
to be sown, it shall be clean.
LEV 11:38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase
fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.
LEV 11:39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the
carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
LEV 11:40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and
be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash
his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 11:41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an
abomination; it shall not be eaten.
LEV 11:42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four,
or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the
earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
LEV 11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that
creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should
be defiled thereby.
LEV 11:44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves,
and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with
any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
LEV 11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to
be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
LEV 11:46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living
creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon
the earth:
LEV 11:47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between
the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
LEV 12:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 12:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived
seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according
to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
LEV 12:3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
LEV 12:4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and
thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary,
until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
LEV 12:5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as
in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying
threescore and six days.
LEV 12:6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a
daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and
a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
LEV 12:7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her;
and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for
her that hath born a male or a female.
LEV 12:8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two
turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other
for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she
shall be clean.
LEV 13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
LEV 13:2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or
bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy;
then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the
priests:
LEV 13:3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and
when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be
deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest
shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
LEV 13:4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be
not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the
priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
LEV 13:5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the
plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then
the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
LEV 13:6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold,
if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the
priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his
clothes, and be clean.
LEV 13:7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath
been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest
again.
LEV 13:8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the
skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
LEV 13:9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto
the priest;
LEV 13:10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white
in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh
in the rising;
LEV 13:11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall
pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
LEV 13:12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover
all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot,
wheresoever the priest looketh;
LEV 13:13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have
covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it
is all turned white: he is clean.
LEV 13:14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.
LEV 13:15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be
unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy.
LEV 13:16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall
come unto the priest;
LEV 13:17 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned
into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague:
he is clean.
LEV 13:18 The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and
is healed,
LEV 13:19 And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright
spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
LEV 13:20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than
the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce
him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.
LEV 13:21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs
therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the
priest shall shut him up seven days:
LEV 13:22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall
pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
LEV 13:23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a
burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
LEV 13:24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot
burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat
reddish, or white;
LEV 13:25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the
bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a
leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him
unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
LEV 13:26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair
in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat
dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
LEV 13:27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be
spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean:
it is the plague of leprosy.
LEV 13:28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the
skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest
shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
LEV 13:29 If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
LEV 13:30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight
deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest
shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head
or beard.
LEV 13:31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it
be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it;
then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven
days:
LEV 13:32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and,
behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the
scall be not in sight deeper than the skin;
LEV 13:33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest
shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
LEV 13:34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and,
behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than
the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his
clothes, and be clean.
LEV 13:35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
LEV 13:36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be
spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
LEV 13:37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black
hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall
pronounce him clean.
LEV 13:38 If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright
spots, even white bright spots;
LEV 13:39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the
skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth
in the skin; he is clean.
LEV 13:40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he
clean.
LEV 13:41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head
toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
LEV 13:42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish
sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
LEV 13:43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising
of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as
the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
LEV 13:44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him
utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
LEV 13:45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and
his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry,
Unclean, unclean.
LEV 13:46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled;
he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation
be.
LEV 13:47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a
woollen garment, or a linen garment;
LEV 13:48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether
in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;
LEV 13:49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the
skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a
plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
LEV 13:50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath
the plague seven days:
LEV 13:51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be
spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or
in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is
unclean.
LEV 13:52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in
woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a
fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
LEV 13:53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread
in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
LEV 13:54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the
plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
LEV 13:55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed:
and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not
spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward,
whether it be bare within or without.
LEV 13:56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark
after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out
of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
LEV 13:57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the
woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that
wherein the plague is with fire.
LEV 13:58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin
it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it
shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
LEV 13:59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or
linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it
clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
LEV 14:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 14:2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He
shall be brought unto the priest:
LEV 14:3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall
look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
LEV 14:4 Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed
two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
LEV 14:5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an
earthen vessel over running water:
LEV 14:6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the
scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood
of the bird that was killed over the running water:
LEV 14:7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the
leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living
bird loose into the open field.
LEV 14:8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off
all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that
he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven
days.
LEV 14:9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair
off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave
off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in
water, and he shall be clean.
LEV 14:10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without
blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth
deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of
oil.
LEV 14:11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is
to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
LEV 14:12 And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass
offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the
LORD:
LEV 14:13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin
offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering
is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
LEV 14:14 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass
offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him
that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the
great toe of his right foot:
LEV 14:15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into
the palm of his own left hand:
LEV 14:16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his
left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before
the LORD:
LEV 14:17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put
upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the
thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the
blood of the trespass offering:
LEV 14:18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall
pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make
an atonement for him before the LORD.
LEV 14:19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement
for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall
kill the burnt offering:
LEV 14:20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering
upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall
be clean.
LEV 14:21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one
lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and
one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log
of oil;
LEV 14:22 And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to
get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
LEV 14:23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the
priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.
LEV 14:24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the
log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the
LORD:
LEV 14:25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest
shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the
tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his
right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
LEV 14:26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left
hand:
LEV 14:27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil
that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
LEV 14:28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip
of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his
right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the
blood of the trespass offering:
LEV 14:29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put
upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him
before the LORD.
LEV 14:30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young
pigeons, such as he can get;
LEV 14:31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make
an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.
LEV 14:32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand
is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
LEV 14:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
LEV 14:34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a
possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your
possession;
LEV 14:35 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying,
It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:
LEV 14:36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the
priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not
made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:
LEV 14:37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be
in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in
sight are lower than the wall;
LEV 14:38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the
house, and shut up the house seven days:
LEV 14:39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look:
and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
LEV 14:40 Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in
which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without
the city:
LEV 14:41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and
they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an
unclean place:
LEV 14:42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those
stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.
LEV 14:43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that
he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after
it is plaistered;
LEV 14:44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be
spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean.
LEV 14:45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber
thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out
of the city into an unclean place.
LEV 14:46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut
up shall be unclean until the even.
LEV 14:47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that
eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.
LEV 14:48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the
plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the
priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
LEV 14:49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar
wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
LEV 14:50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over
running water:
LEV 14:51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the
scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain
bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
LEV 14:52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with
the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and
with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
LEV 14:53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open
fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
LEV 14:54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
LEV 14:55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
LEV 14:56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
LEV 14:57 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law
of leprosy.
LEV 15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying,
LEV 15:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man
hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
LEV 15:3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run
with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his
uncleanness.
LEV 15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and
every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.
LEV 15:5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
even.
LEV 15:7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he
shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the
even.
LEV 15:9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be
unclean.
LEV 15:10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean
until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed
his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
water, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue,
shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
LEV 15:13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he
shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his
clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
LEV 15:14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two
young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
LEV 15:15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the
other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him
before the LORD for his issue.
LEV 15:16 And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall
wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of
copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they
shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood,
she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be
unclean until the even.
LEV 15:20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be
unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
LEV 15:21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when
he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he
shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be
unclean.
LEV 15:25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time
of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the
days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation:
she shall be unclean.
LEV 15:26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto
her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be
unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.
LEV 15:27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
LEV 15:28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to
herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
LEV 15:29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two
young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation.
LEV 15:30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other
for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before
the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.
LEV 15:31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their
uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my
tabernacle that is among them.
LEV 15:32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed
goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
LEV 15:33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an
issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is
unclean.
LEV 16:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of
Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
LEV 16:2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he
come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy
seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud
upon the mercy seat.
LEV 16:3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a
sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
LEV 16:4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen
breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with
the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall
he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
LEV 16:5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two
kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
LEV 16:6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
LEV 16:7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
LEV 16:8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the
LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
LEV 16:9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and
offer him for a sin offering.
LEV 16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be
presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let
him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
LEV 16:11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for
himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and
shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
LEV 16:12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten
small, and bring it within the vail:
LEV 16:13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the
cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not:
LEV 16:14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with
his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he
sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
LEV 16:15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the
people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did
with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and
before the mercy seat:
LEV 16:16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the
uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in
all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation,
that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
LEV 16:17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when
he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and
have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the
congregation of Israel.
LEV 16:18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make
an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the
blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
LEV 16:19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven
times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of
Israel.
LEV 16:20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
LEV 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live
goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and
all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the
goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
LEV 16:22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land
not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
LEV 16:23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and
shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy
place, and shall leave them there:
LEV 16:24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on
his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt
offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the
people.
LEV 16:25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
LEV 16:26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his
clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
LEV 16:27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin
offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place,
shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their
skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
LEV 16:28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh
in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
LEV 16:29 And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no
work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that
sojourneth among you:
LEV 16:30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to
cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
LEV 16:31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your
souls, by a statute for ever.
LEV 16:32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate
to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the
atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:
LEV 16:33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall
make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the
altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.
LEV 16:34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an
atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he
did as the LORD commanded Moses.
LEV 17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 17:2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of
Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded,
saying,
LEV 17:3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox,
or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
LEV 17:4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the
LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man
shall be cut off from among his people:
LEV 17:5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices,
which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the
LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the
priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
LEV 17:6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
LEV 17:7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom
they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them
throughout their generations.
LEV 17:8 And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of
Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt
offering or sacrifice,
LEV 17:9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from
among his people.
LEV 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will
even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off
from among his people.
LEV 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to
you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood
that maketh an atonement for the soul.
LEV 17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall
eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
LEV 17:13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or
fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover
it with dust.
LEV 17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life
thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood
of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof:
whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
LEV 17:15 And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which
was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger,
he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
until the even: then shall he be clean.
LEV 17:16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his
iniquity.
LEV 18:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 18:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD
your God.
LEV 18:3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not
do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye
not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
LEV 18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein:
I am the LORD your God.
LEV 18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man
do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
LEV 18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to
uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
LEV 18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt
thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
LEV 18:8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy
father's nakedness.
LEV 18:9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter
of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their
nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
LEV 18:10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter,
even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own
nakedness.
LEV 18:11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy
father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
LEV 18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is
thy father's near kinswoman.
LEV 18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she
is thy mother's near kinswoman.
LEV 18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou
shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
LEV 18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is
thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
LEV 18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is
thy brother's nakedness.
LEV 18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter,
neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to
uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
LEV 18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover
her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
LEV 18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness,
as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
LEV 18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to
defile thyself with her.
LEV 18:21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to
Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
LEV 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is
abomination.
LEV 18:23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith:
neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is
confusion.
LEV 18:24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these
the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
LEV 18:25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof
upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
LEV 18:26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not
commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any
stranger that sojourneth among you:
LEV 18:27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which
were before you, and the land is defiled;)
LEV 18:28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued
out the nations that were before you.
LEV 18:29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls
that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
LEV 18:30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one
of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye
defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
LEV 19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 19:2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say
unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
LEV 19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my
sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
LEV 19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the
LORD your God.
LEV 19:5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye
shall offer it at your own will.
LEV 19:6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if
ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
LEV 19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it
shall not be accepted.
LEV 19:8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because
he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut
off from among his people.
LEV 19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap
the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy
harvest.
LEV 19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather
every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger:
I am the LORD your God.
LEV 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to
another.
LEV 19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou
profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
LEV 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of
him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
LEV 19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the
blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
LEV 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect
the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in
righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
LEV 19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people:
neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the LORD.
LEV 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any
wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
LEV 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of
thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
LEV 19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with
a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall
a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
LEV 19:20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid,
betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she
shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
LEV 19:21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass
offering.
LEV 19:22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the
trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin
which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
LEV 19:23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all
manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as
uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall
not be eaten of.
LEV 19:24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise
the LORD withal.
LEV 19:25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may
yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
LEV 19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use
enchantment, nor observe times.
LEV 19:27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar
the corners of thy beard.
LEV 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print
any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
LEV 19:29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the
land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
LEV 19:30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the
LORD.
LEV 19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after
wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
LEV 19:32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the
old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
LEV 19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex
him.
LEV 19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one
born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers
in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
LEV 19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight,
or in measure.
LEV 19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye
have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
LEV 19:37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments,
and do them: I am the LORD.
LEV 20:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 20:2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be
of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that
giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the
people of the land shall stone him with stones.
LEV 20:3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from
among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my
sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
LEV 20:4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the
man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
LEV 20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and
will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom
with Molech, from among their people.
LEV 20:6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and
after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against
that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
LEV 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your
God.
LEV 20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which
sanctify you.
LEV 20:9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely
put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be
upon him.
LEV 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even
he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the
adulteress shall surely be put to death.
LEV 20:11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his
father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood
shall be upon them.
LEV 20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely
be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
LEV 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both
of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death;
their blood shall be upon them.
LEV 20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they
shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among
you.
LEV 20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and
ye shall slay the beast.
LEV 20:16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou
shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their
blood shall be upon them.
LEV 20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his
mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a
wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath
uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
LEV 20:18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall
uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath
uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from
among their people.
LEV 20:19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor
of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their
iniquity.
LEV 20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his
uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
LEV 20:21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing:
he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
LEV 20:22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and
do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not
out.
LEV 20:23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out
before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred
them.
LEV 20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will
give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am
the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
LEV 20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and
unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your
souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that
creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
LEV 20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have
severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
LEV 20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a
wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones:
their blood shall be upon them.
LEV 21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of
Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his
people:
LEV 21:2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and
for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.
LEV 21:3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no
husband; for her may he be defiled.
LEV 21:4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people,
to profane himself.
LEV 21:5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they
shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
LEV 21:6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their
God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their
God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
LEV 21:7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall
they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
LEV 21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy
God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
LEV 21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the
whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
LEV 21:10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head
the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments,
shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
LEV 21:11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his
father, or for his mother;
LEV 21:12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary
of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am
the LORD.
LEV 21:13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
LEV 21:14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall
he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
LEV 21:15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD
do sanctify him.
LEV 21:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 21:17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their
generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of
his God.
LEV 21:18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach:
a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing
superfluous,
LEV 21:19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
LEV 21:20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be
scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
LEV 21:21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall
come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish;
he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
LEV 21:22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the
holy.
LEV 21:23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar,
because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD
do sanctify them.
LEV 21:24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the
children of Israel.
LEV 22:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 22:2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from
the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy
name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
LEV 22:3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your
generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel
hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut
off from my presence: I am the LORD.
LEV 22:4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running
issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso
toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth
from him;
LEV 22:5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made
unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he
hath;
LEV 22:6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and
shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
LEV 22:7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat
of the holy things; because it is his food.
LEV 22:8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat
to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD.
LEV 22:9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for
it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
LEV 22:10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the
priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
LEV 22:11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of
it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
LEV 22:12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may
not eat of an offering of the holy things.
LEV 22:13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no
child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall
eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eat thereof.
LEV 22:14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put
the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the
holy thing.
LEV 22:15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of
Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
LEV 22:16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their
holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
LEV 22:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 22:18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of
Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for
all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt
offering;
LEV 22:19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the
beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
LEV 22:20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall
not be acceptable for you.
LEV 22:21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD
to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be
perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
LEV 22:22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed,
ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them
upon the altar unto the LORD.
LEV 22:23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or
lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for
a vow it shall not be accepted.
LEV 22:24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed,
or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
LEV 22:25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God
of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be
in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
LEV 22:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 22:27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it
shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it
shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
LEV 22:28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young
both in one day.
LEV 22:29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD,
offer it at your own will.
LEV 22:30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it
until the morrow: I am the LORD.
LEV 22:31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
LEV 22:32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among
the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
LEV 22:33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the
LORD.
LEV 23:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 23:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the
feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even
these are my feasts.
LEV 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of
rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath
of the LORD in all your dwellings.
LEV 23:4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye
shall proclaim in their seasons.
LEV 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's
passover.
LEV 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened
bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
LEV 23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
LEV 23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days:
in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work
therein.
LEV 23:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be
come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest
thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto
the priest:
LEV 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you:
on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
LEV 23:12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb
without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
LEV 23:13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour
mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour:
and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
LEV 23:14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears,
until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it
shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your
dwellings.
LEV 23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from
the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall
be complete:
LEV 23:16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty
days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
LEV 23:17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth
deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are
the firstfruits unto the LORD.
LEV 23:18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the
first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt
offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings,
even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
LEV 23:19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and
two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
LEV 23:20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for
a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy
to the LORD for the priest.
LEV 23:21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy
convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a
statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
LEV 23:22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean
riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou
gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and
to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
LEV 23:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 23:24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month,
in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing
of trumpets, an holy convocation.
LEV 23:25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering
made by fire unto the LORD.
LEV 23:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 23:27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of
atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict
your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
LEV 23:28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of
atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
LEV 23:29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same
day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
LEV 23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the
same soul will I destroy from among his people.
LEV 23:31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
LEV 23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your
souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye
celebrate your sabbath.
LEV 23:33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 23:34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this
seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
LEV 23:35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no
servile work therein.
LEV 23:36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on
the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an
offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do
no servile work therein.
LEV 23:37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy
convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt
offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing
upon his day:
LEV 23:38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside
all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the
LORD.
LEV 23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have
gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven
days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a
sabbath.
LEV 23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,
branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the
brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
LEV 23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year.
It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it
in the seventh month.
LEV 23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born
shall dwell in booths:
LEV 23:43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to
dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD
your God.
LEV 23:44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the
LORD.
LEV 24:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 24:2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil
olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
LEV 24:3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the
congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before
the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
LEV 24:4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD
continually.
LEV 24:5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two
tenth deals shall be in one cake.
LEV 24:6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure
table before the LORD.
LEV 24:7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on
the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
LEV 24:8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually,
being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
LEV 24:9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the
holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by
fire by a perpetual statute.
LEV 24:10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian,
went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman
and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
LEV 24:11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and
cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was
Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
LEV 24:12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed
them.
LEV 24:13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 24:14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that
heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone
him.
LEV 24:15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever
curseth his God shall bear his sin.
LEV 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put
to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the
stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the
Lord, shall be put to death.
LEV 24:17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
LEV 24:18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
LEV 24:19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so
shall it be done to him;
LEV 24:20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a
blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
LEV 24:21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that
killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
LEV 24:22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for
one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
LEV 24:23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring
forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the
children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
LEV 25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
LEV 25:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come
into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the
LORD.
LEV 25:3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune
thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
LEV 25:4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a
sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy
vineyard.
LEV 25:5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not
reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of
rest unto the land.
LEV 25:6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for
thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy
stranger that sojourneth with thee.
LEV 25:7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all
the increase thereof be meat.
LEV 25:8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times
seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee
forty and nine years.
LEV 25:9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth
day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet
sound throughout all your land.
LEV 25:10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty
throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a
jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye
shall return every man unto his family.
LEV 25:11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow,
neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it
of thy vine undressed.
LEV 25:12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the
increase thereof out of the field.
LEV 25:13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his
possession.
LEV 25:14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy
neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
LEV 25:15 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of
thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall
sell unto thee:
LEV 25:16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price
thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price
of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell
unto thee.
LEV 25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy
God:for I am the LORD your God.
LEV 25:18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do
them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
LEV 25:19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and
dwell therein in safety.
LEV 25:20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we
shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
LEV 25:21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it
shall bring forth fruit for three years.
LEV 25:22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the
ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
LEV 25:23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye
are strangers and sojourners with me.
LEV 25:24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption
for the land.
LEV 25:25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his
possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem
that which his brother sold.
LEV 25:26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem
it;
LEV 25:27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the
overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his
possession.
LEV 25:28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold
shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile:
and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
LEV 25:29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may
redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he
redeem it.
LEV 25:30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the
house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that
bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
LEV 25:31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them
shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they
shall go out in the jubile.
LEV 25:32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the
cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
LEV 25:33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was
sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for
the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the
children of Israel.
LEV 25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it
is their perpetual possession.
LEV 25:35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee;
then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner;
that he may live with thee.
LEV 25:36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy
brother may live with thee.
LEV 25:37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy
victuals for increase.
LEV 25:38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of
Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
LEV 25:39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold
unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
LEV 25:40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with
thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.
LEV 25:41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with
him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his
fathers shall he return.
LEV 25:42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of
Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
LEV 25:43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
LEV 25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be
of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and
bondmaids.
LEV 25:45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you,
of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they
begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
LEV 25:46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after
you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever:
but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over
another with rigour.
LEV 25:47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother
that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or
sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
LEV 25:48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren
may redeem him:
LEV 25:49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is
nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may
redeem himself.
LEV 25:50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he
was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be
according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant
shall it be with him.
LEV 25:51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give
again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
LEV 25:52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he
shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again
the price of his redemption.
LEV 25:53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other
shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
LEV 25:54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out
in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
LEV 25:55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my
servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your
God.
LEV 26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a
standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to
bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
LEV 26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
LEV 26:3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
LEV 26:4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her
increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
LEV 26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage
shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the
full, and dwell in your land safely.
LEV 26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none
shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither
shall the sword go through your land.
LEV 26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by
the sword.
LEV 26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall
put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the
sword.
LEV 26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply
you, and establish my covenant with you.
LEV 26:10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the
new.
LEV 26:11 And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
LEV 26:12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my
people.
LEV 26:13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of
Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of
your yoke, and made you go upright.
LEV 26:14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these
commandments;
LEV 26:15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my
judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my
covenant:
LEV 26:16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror,
consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause
sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall
eat it.
LEV 26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before
your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when
none pursueth you.
LEV 26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will
punish you seven times more for your sins.
LEV 26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your
heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
LEV 26:20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not
yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
LEV 26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I
will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
LEV 26:22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your
children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high
ways shall be desolate.
LEV 26:23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk
contrary unto me;
LEV 26:24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet
seven times for your sins.
LEV 26:25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of
my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will
send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the
enemy.
LEV 26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake
your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by
weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
LEV 26:27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary
unto me;
LEV 26:28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will
chastise you seven times for your sins.
LEV 26:29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your
daughters shall ye eat.
LEV 26:30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and
cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor
you.
LEV 26:31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto
desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
LEV 26:32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which
dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
LEV 26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword
after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
LEV 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth
desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and
enjoy her sabbaths.
LEV 26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest
in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
LEV 26:36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness
into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken
leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they
shall fall when none pursueth.
LEV 26:37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword,
when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
LEV 26:38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies
shall eat you up.
LEV 26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in
your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they
pine away with them.
LEV 26:40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their
fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also
they have walked contrary unto me;
LEV 26:41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought
them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be
humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
LEV 26:42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant
with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will
remember the land.
LEV 26:43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths,
while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the
punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my
judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
LEV 26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I
will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them
utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
LEV 26:45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors,
whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen,
that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
LEV 26:46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made
between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
LEV 27:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LEV 27:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man
shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy
estimation.
LEV 27:3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even
unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver,
after the shekel of the sanctuary.
LEV 27:4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
LEV 27:5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten
shekels.
LEV 27:6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female
thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
LEV 27:7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then
thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
LEV 27:8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present
himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his
ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
LEV 27:9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD,
all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
LEV 27:10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for
a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the
exchange thereof shall be holy.
LEV 27:11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a
sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
LEV 27:12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou
valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
LEV 27:13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part
thereof unto thy estimation.
LEV 27:14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the
LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the
priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
LEV 27:15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall
add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be
his.
LEV 27:16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of
his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof:
an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
LEV 27:17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy
estimation it shall stand.
LEV 27:18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall
reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the
year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
LEV 27:19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then
he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it
shall be assured to him.
LEV 27:20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to
another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
LEV 27:21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto
the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
LEV 27:22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought,
which is not of the fields of his possession;
LEV 27:23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation,
even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that
day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
LEV 27:24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it
was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
LEV 27:25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the
sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
LEV 27:26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's
firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the
LORD's.
LEV 27:27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according
to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be
not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
LEV 27:28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the
LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his
possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto
the LORD.
LEV 27:29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but
shall surely be put to death.
LEV 27:30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or
of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
LEV 27:31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add
thereto the fifth part thereof.
LEV 27:32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of
whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
LEV 27:33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he
change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof
shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
LEV 27:34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the
children of Israel in mount Sinai.
NUM 1:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the
tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the
second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
NUM 1:2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their
names, every male by their polls;
NUM 1:3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war
in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
NUM 1:4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head
of the house of his fathers.
NUM 1:5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the
tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
NUM 1:6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
NUM 1:7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
NUM 1:8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
NUM 1:9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
NUM 1:10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud:
of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
NUM 1:11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
NUM 1:12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
NUM 1:13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
NUM 1:14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
NUM 1:15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
NUM 1:16 These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes
of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
NUM 1:17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their
names:
NUM 1:18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day
of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
NUM 1:19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of
Sinai.
NUM 1:20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their
generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
NUM 1:21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were
forty and six thousand and five hundred.
NUM 1:22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them,
according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
NUM 1:23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were
fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
NUM 1:24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
NUM 1:25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were
forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
NUM 1:26 Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
NUM 1:27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were
threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
NUM 1:28 Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
NUM 1:29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were
fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
NUM 1:30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
NUM 1:31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were
fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
NUM 1:32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by
their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war;
NUM 1:33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were
forty thousand and five hundred.
NUM 1:34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
NUM 1:35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were
thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
NUM 1:36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
NUM 1:37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were
thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
NUM 1:38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
NUM 1:39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were
threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
NUM 1:40 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families,
by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
NUM 1:41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were
forty and one thousand and five hundred.
NUM 1:42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after
their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
NUM 1:43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were
fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
NUM 1:44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron
numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the
house of his fathers.
NUM 1:45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by
the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war in Israel;
NUM 1:46 Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three
thousand and five hundred and fifty.
NUM 1:47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered
among them.
NUM 1:48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,
NUM 1:49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum
of them among the children of Israel:
NUM 1:50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of
testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong
to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they
shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
NUM 1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it
down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up:
and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
NUM 1:52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his
own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
NUM 1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony,
that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and
the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
NUM 1:54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses, so did they.
NUM 2:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
NUM 2:2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard,
with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the
congregation shall they pitch.
NUM 2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the
standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the
son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
NUM 2:4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore
and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
NUM 2:5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar:
and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
NUM 2:6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and
four thousand and four hundred.
NUM 2:7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain
of the children of Zebulun.
NUM 2:8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and
seven thousand and four hundred.
NUM 2:9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand
and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their
armies. These shall first set forth.
NUM 2:10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben
according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be
Elizur the son of Shedeur.
NUM 2:11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and
six thousand and five hundred.
NUM 2:12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the
captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
NUM 2:13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and
nine thousand and three hundred.
NUM 2:14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be
Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
NUM 2:15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and
five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
NUM 2:16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand
and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their
armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
NUM 2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the
camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they
set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
NUM 2:18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim
according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be
Elishama the son of Ammihud.
NUM 2:19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty
thousand and five hundred.
NUM 2:20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the
children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
NUM 2:21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and
two thousand and two hundred.
NUM 2:22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin
shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
NUM 2:23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and
five thousand and four hundred.
NUM 2:24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred
thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they
shall go forward in the third rank.
NUM 2:25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their
armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai.
NUM 2:26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore
and two thousand and seven hundred.
NUM 2:27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the
captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
NUM 2:28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and
one thousand and five hundred.
NUM 2:29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of
Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
NUM 2:30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and
three thousand and four hundred.
NUM 2:31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred
thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost
with their standards.
NUM 2:32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the
house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout
their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and
fifty.
NUM 2:33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward,
every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
NUM 3:1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the
LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
NUM 3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
NUM 3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were
anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
NUM 3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange
fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children:
and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of
Aaron their father.
NUM 3:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the
priest, that they may minister unto him.
NUM 3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole
congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service
of the tabernacle.
NUM 3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service
of the tabernacle.
NUM 3:9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are
wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
NUM 3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on
their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to
death.
NUM 3:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of
Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the
children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
NUM 3:13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all
the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in
Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
NUM 3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
NUM 3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by
their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number
them.
NUM 3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was
commanded.
NUM 3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and
Kohath, and Merari.
NUM 3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families;
Libni, and Shimei.
NUM 3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar,
Hebron, and Uzziel.
NUM 3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are
the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
NUM 3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the
Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
NUM 3:22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the
males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them
were seven thousand and five hundred.
NUM 3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle
westward.
NUM 3:24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be
Eliasaph the son of Lael.
NUM 3:25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the
congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and
the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
NUM 3:26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the
court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the
cords of it for all the service thereof.
NUM 3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the
Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the
Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
NUM 3:28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were
eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
NUM 3:29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle southward.
NUM 3:30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the
Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
NUM 3:31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the
candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they
minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
NUM 3:32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief
of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the
sanctuary.
NUM 3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the
Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
NUM 3:34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all
the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
NUM 3:35 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari
was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle northward.
NUM 3:36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the
boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and
the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth
thereto,
NUM 3:37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords.
NUM 3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even
before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron
and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the
children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
NUM 3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered
at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from
a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
NUM 3:40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males
of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number
of their names.
NUM 3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all
the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites
instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
NUM 3:42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn
among the children of Israel.
NUM 3:43 And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old
and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand
two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
NUM 3:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 3:45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the
Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
NUM 3:46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and
threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are
more than the Levites;
NUM 3:47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the
shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
NUM 3:48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to
be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
NUM 3:49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above
them that were redeemed by the Levites:
NUM 3:50 Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a
thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary:
NUM 3:51 And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to
his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
NUM 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after
their families, by the house of their fathers,
NUM 4:3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that
enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 4:4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle
of the congregation, about the most holy things:
NUM 4:5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and
they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with
it:
NUM 4:6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread
over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
NUM 4:7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and
put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover
withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
NUM 4:8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same
with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
NUM 4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the
light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil
vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
NUM 4:10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering
of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
NUM 4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and
cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves
thereof:
NUM 4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they
minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them
with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
NUM 4:13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a
purple cloth thereon:
NUM 4:14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they
minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the
basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a
covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
NUM 4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the
sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set
forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall
not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the
sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 4:16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth
the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat
offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and
of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
NUM 4:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying,
NUM 4:18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among
the Levites:
NUM 4:19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they
approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and
appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
NUM 4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered,
lest they die.
NUM 4:21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 4:22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses
of their fathers, by their families;
NUM 4:23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou
number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the
tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and
for burdens:
NUM 4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the
badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation,
NUM 4:26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the
gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round
about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all
that is made for them: so shall they serve.
NUM 4:27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service
of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their
service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
NUM 4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the
tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
NUM 4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their
families, by the house of their fathers;
NUM 4:30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou
number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 4:31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their
service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the
tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets
thereof,
NUM 4:32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and
their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their
service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their
burden.
NUM 4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according
to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand
of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
NUM 4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the
sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their
fathers,
NUM 4:35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation:
NUM 4:36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two
thousand seven hundred and fifty.
NUM 4:37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites,
all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses
and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of
Moses.
NUM 4:38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their
families, and by the house of their fathers,
NUM 4:39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
NUM 4:40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by
the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
NUM 4:41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation,
whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.
NUM 4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
NUM 4:43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
NUM 4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were
three thousand and two hundred.
NUM 4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of
Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by
the hand of Moses.
NUM 4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and
the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house
of their fathers,
NUM 4:47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden
in the tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five
hundred and fourscore,
NUM 4:49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the
hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his
burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 5:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 5:2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every
leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the
dead:
NUM 5:3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put
them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
NUM 5:4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp:
as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
NUM 5:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 5:6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit
any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person
be guilty;
NUM 5:7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall
recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth
part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
NUM 5:8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let
the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram
of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
NUM 5:9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
NUM 5:10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man
giveth the priest, it shall be his.
NUM 5:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 5:12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's
wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
NUM 5:13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her
husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness
against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
NUM 5:14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his
wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he
be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
NUM 5:15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring
her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall
pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of
jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
NUM 5:16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
NUM 5:17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the
dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it
into the water:
NUM 5:18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the
woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the
jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water
that causeth the curse:
NUM 5:19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman,
If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness
with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that
causeth the curse:
NUM 5:20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if
thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
NUM 5:21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and
the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath
among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to
swell;
NUM 5:22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to
make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen,
amen.
NUM 5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot
them out with the bitter water:
NUM 5:24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth
the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and
become bitter.
NUM 5:25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's
hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the
altar:
NUM 5:26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the
memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the
woman to drink the water.
NUM 5:27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to
pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband,
that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become
bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman
shall be a curse among her people.
NUM 5:28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be
free, and shall conceive seed.
NUM 5:29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another
instead of her husband, and is defiled;
NUM 5:30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous
over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall
execute upon her all this law.
NUM 5:31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall
bear her iniquity.
NUM 6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 6:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man
or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate
themselves unto the LORD:
NUM 6:3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink
no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any
liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
NUM 6:4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made
of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
NUM 6:5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come
upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth
himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair
of his head grow.
NUM 6:6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at
no dead body.
NUM 6:7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother,
for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration
of his God is upon his head.
NUM 6:8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
NUM 6:9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head
of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his
cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
NUM 6:10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young
pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
NUM 6:11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other
for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by
the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
NUM 6:12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and
shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days
that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
NUM 6:13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation
are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation:
NUM 6:14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the
first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the
first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish
for peace offerings,
NUM 6:15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with
oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat
offering, and their drink offerings.
NUM 6:16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his
sin offering, and his burnt offering:
NUM 6:17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto
the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also
his meat offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 6:18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of
his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the
peace offerings.
NUM 6:19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one
unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put
them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is
shaven:
NUM 6:20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and
after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
NUM 6:21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering
unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get:
according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his
separation.
NUM 6:22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 6:23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall
bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
NUM 6:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
NUM 6:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
NUM 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
NUM 6:27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will
bless them.
NUM 7:1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the
tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments
thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed
them, and sanctified them;
NUM 7:2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who
were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered,
offered:
NUM 7:3 And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons,
and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and
they brought them before the tabernacle.
NUM 7:4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 7:5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle
of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man
according to his service.
NUM 7:6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the
Levites.
NUM 7:7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according
to their service:
NUM 7:8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari,
according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest.
NUM 7:9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the
sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
NUM 7:10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that
it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
NUM 7:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each
prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
NUM 7:12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of
Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
NUM 7:13 And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering:
NUM 7:14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
NUM 7:15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son
of Amminadab.
NUM 7:18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did
offer:
NUM 7:19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof
was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil
for a meat offering:
NUM 7:20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the
son of Zuar.
NUM 7:24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of
Zebulun, did offer:
NUM 7:25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
NUM 7:26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son
of Helon.
NUM 7:30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children
of Reuben, did offer:
NUM 7:31 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering:
NUM 7:32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:35 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son
of Shedeur.
NUM 7:36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the
children of Simeon, did offer:
NUM 7:37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
NUM 7:38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the
son of Zurishaddai.
NUM 7:42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of
Gad, offered:
NUM 7:43 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering:
NUM 7:44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the
son of Deuel.
NUM 7:48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the
children of Ephraim, offered:
NUM 7:49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
NUM 7:50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the
son of Ammihud.
NUM 7:54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the
children of Manasseh:
NUM 7:55 His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering:
NUM 7:56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:59 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the
son of Pedahzur.
NUM 7:60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of
Benjamin, offered:
NUM 7:61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
NUM 7:62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son
of Gideoni.
NUM 7:66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the
children of Dan, offered:
NUM 7:67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
NUM 7:68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:71 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son
of Ammishaddai.
NUM 7:72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children
of Asher, offered:
NUM 7:73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
NUM 7:74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son
of Ocran.
NUM 7:78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of
Naphtali, offered:
NUM 7:79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for
a meat offering:
NUM 7:80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
NUM 7:81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt
offering:
NUM 7:82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he
goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son
of Enan.
NUM 7:84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was
anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver
bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
NUM 7:85 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each
bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
NUM 7:86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels
apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an
hundred and twenty shekels.
NUM 7:87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams
twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the
kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
NUM 7:88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty
and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first
year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
NUM 7:89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to
speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the
mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two
cherubims: and he spake unto him.
NUM 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 8:2 Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the
seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
NUM 8:3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 8:4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft
thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the
pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
NUM 8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 8:6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
NUM 8:7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of
purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash
their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
NUM 8:8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine
flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin
offering.
NUM 8:9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the
congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of
Israel together:
NUM 8:10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of
Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
NUM 8:11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering
of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.
NUM 8:12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks:
and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt
offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
NUM 8:13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and
offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
NUM 8:14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of
Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
NUM 8:15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them
for an offering.
NUM 8:16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel;
instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the
children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
NUM 8:17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man
and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I
sanctified them for myself.
NUM 8:18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of
Israel.
NUM 8:19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from
among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel
in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the
children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel,
when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
NUM 8:20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses
concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
NUM 8:21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and
Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an
atonement for them to cleanse them.
NUM 8:22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the
tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD
had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
NUM 8:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 8:24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five
years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
NUM 8:25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the
service thereof, and shall serve no more:
NUM 8:26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the
congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do
unto the Levites touching their charge.
NUM 9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first
month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt,
saying,
NUM 9:2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed
season.
NUM 9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his
appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the
ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
NUM 9:4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the
passover.
NUM 9:5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at
even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded
Moses, so did the children of Israel.
NUM 9:6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a
man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before
Moses and before Aaron on that day:
NUM 9:7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man:
wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in
his appointed season among the children of Israel?
NUM 9:8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD
will command concerning you.
NUM 9:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 9:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of
your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey
afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
NUM 9:11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep
it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
NUM 9:12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of
it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
NUM 9:13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to
keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people:
because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that
man shall bear his sin.
NUM 9:14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover
unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according
to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for
the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
NUM 9:15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered
the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon
the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
NUM 9:16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of
fire by night.
NUM 9:17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that
the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud
abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
NUM 9:18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and
at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon
the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
NUM 9:19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then
the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
NUM 9:20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle;
according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and
according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
NUM 9:21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and
that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it
was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
NUM 9:22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud
tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode
in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
NUM 9:23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the
commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at
the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
NUM 10:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 10:2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make
them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the
journeying of the camps.
NUM 10:3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble
themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 10:4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are
heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
NUM 10:5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts
shall go forward.
NUM 10:6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the
south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their
journeys.
NUM 10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow,
but ye shall not sound an alarm.
NUM 10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and
they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
NUM 10:9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth
you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be
remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
NUM 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and
in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your
burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they
may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
NUM 10:11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the
second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the
testimony.
NUM 10:12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness
of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
NUM 10:13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment
of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
NUM 10:14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of
Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of
Amminadab.
NUM 10:15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was
Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
NUM 10:16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab
the son of Helon.
NUM 10:17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the
sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
NUM 10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according
to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
NUM 10:19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
NUM 10:20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph
the son of Deuel.
NUM 10:21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other
did set up the tabernacle against they came.
NUM 10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward
according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
NUM 10:23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
NUM 10:24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was
Abidan the son of Gideoni.
NUM 10:25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward,
which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his
host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
NUM 10:26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel
the son of Ocran.
NUM 10:27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira
the son of Enan.
NUM 10:28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according
to their armies, when they set forward.
NUM 10:29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses'
father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I
will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD
hath spoken good concerning Israel.
NUM 10:30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own
land, and to my kindred.
NUM 10:31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest
how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of
eyes.
NUM 10:32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what
goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
NUM 10:33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey:
and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days'
journey, to search out a resting place for them.
NUM 10:34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out
of the camp.
NUM 10:35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise
up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee
flee before thee.
NUM 10:36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands
of Israel.
NUM 11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD
heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among
them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
NUM 11:2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the
LORD, the fire was quenched.
NUM 11:3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the
LORD burnt among them.
NUM 11:4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the
children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
NUM 11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the
cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
NUM 11:6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this
manna, before our eyes.
NUM 11:7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the
colour of bdellium.
NUM 11:8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills,
or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the
taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
NUM 11:9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon
it.
NUM 11:10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every
man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly;
Moses also was displeased.
NUM 11:11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy
servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest
the burden of all this people upon me?
NUM 11:12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou
shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth
the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
NUM 11:13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they
weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
NUM 11:14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy
for me.
NUM 11:15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if
I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
NUM 11:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the
elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and
officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation,
that they may stand there with thee.
NUM 11:17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take
of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall
bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
NUM 11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD,
saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt:
therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
NUM 11:19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten
days, nor twenty days;
NUM 11:20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it
be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among
you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
NUM 11:21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred
thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may
eat a whole month.
NUM 11:22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them?
or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice
them?
NUM 11:23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? thou
shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
NUM 11:24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and
gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round
about the tabernacle.
NUM 11:25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took
of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it
came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and
did not cease.
NUM 11:26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one
was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them;
and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the
tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
NUM 11:27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad
do prophesy in the camp.
NUM 11:28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young
men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
NUM 11:29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that
all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit
upon them!
NUM 11:30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
NUM 11:31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from
the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this
side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the
camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
NUM 11:32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all
the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered
ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the
camp.
NUM 11:33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was
chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD
smote the people with a very great plague.
NUM 11:34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there
they buried the people that lusted.
NUM 11:35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and
abode at Hazeroth.
NUM 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian
woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
NUM 12:2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not
spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
NUM 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon
the face of the earth.)
NUM 12:4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto
Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they
three came out.
NUM 12:5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the
door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came
forth.
NUM 12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I
the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him
in a dream.
NUM 12:7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
NUM 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in
dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then
were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
NUM 12:9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
NUM 12:10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam
became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she
was leprous.
NUM 12:11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not
the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
NUM 12:12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when
he cometh out of his mother's womb.
NUM 12:13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I
beseech thee.
NUM 12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her
face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp
seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
NUM 12:15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people
journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
NUM 12:16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the
wilderness of Paran.
NUM 13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 13:2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give
unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a
man, every one a ruler among them.
NUM 13:3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the
wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
NUM 13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son
of Zaccur.
NUM 13:5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
NUM 13:6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
NUM 13:7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
NUM 13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
NUM 13:9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
NUM 13:10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
NUM 13:11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the
son of Susi.
NUM 13:12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
NUM 13:13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
NUM 13:14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
NUM 13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
NUM 13:16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land.
And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
NUM 13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto
them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
NUM 13:18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein,
whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
NUM 13:19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad;
and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong
holds;
NUM 13:20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be
wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit
of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
NUM 13:21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin
unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
NUM 13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman,
Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven
years before Zoan in Egypt.)
NUM 13:23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a
branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff;
and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
NUM 13:24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of
grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
NUM 13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
NUM 13:26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the
congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to
Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and
shewed them the fruit of the land.
NUM 13:27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou
sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit
of it.
NUM 13:28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the
cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak
there.
NUM 13:29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and
the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites
dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
NUM 13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at
once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
NUM 13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up
against the people; for they are stronger than we.
NUM 13:32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had
searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have
gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all
the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
NUM 13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the
giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their
sight.
NUM 14:1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the
people wept that night.
NUM 14:2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against
Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died
in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
NUM 14:3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the
sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better
for us to return into Egypt?
NUM 14:4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us
return into Egypt.
NUM 14:5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly
of the congregation of the children of Israel.
NUM 14:6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were
of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
NUM 14:7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel,
saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good
land.
NUM 14:8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and
give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
NUM 14:9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the
land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the
LORD is with us: fear them not.
NUM 14:10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory
of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the
children of Israel.
NUM 14:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me?
and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have
shewed among them?
NUM 14:12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will
make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
NUM 14:13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for
thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
NUM 14:14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have
heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to
face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them,
by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
NUM 14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations
which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
NUM 14:16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land
which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
NUM 14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my LORD be great,
according as thou hast spoken, saying,
NUM 14:18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity
and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
NUM 14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto
the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt
even until now.
NUM 14:20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
NUM 14:21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory
of the LORD.
NUM 14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles,
which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten
times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
NUM 14:23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers,
neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
NUM 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and
hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and
his seed shall possess it.
NUM 14:25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.)
Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
NUM 14:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
NUM 14:27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur
against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they
murmur against me.
NUM 14:28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken
in mine ears, so will I do to you:
NUM 14:29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were
numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and
upward which have murmured against me.
NUM 14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware
to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the
son of Nun.
NUM 14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I
bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
NUM 14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
NUM 14:33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and
bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
NUM 14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even
forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty
years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
NUM 14:35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil
congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they
shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
NUM 14:36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and
made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander
upon the land,
NUM 14:37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died
by the plague before the LORD.
NUM 14:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which
were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
NUM 14:39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and
the people mourned greatly.
NUM 14:40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top
of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which
the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
NUM 14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment
of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
NUM 14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten
before your enemies.
NUM 14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye
shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore
the LORD will not be with you.
NUM 14:44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
NUM 14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in
that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
NUM 15:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 15:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come
into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
NUM 15:3 And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or
a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn
feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock:
NUM 15:4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat
offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of
oil.
NUM 15:5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou
prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
NUM 15:6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals
of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
NUM 15:7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of
wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
NUM 15:8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a
sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:
NUM 15:9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth
deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
NUM 15:10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
NUM 15:11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a
lamb, or a kid.
NUM 15:12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to
every one according to their number.
NUM 15:13 All that are born of the country shall do these things after this
manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the
LORD.
NUM 15:14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in
your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour
unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
NUM 15:15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also
for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your
generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
NUM 15:16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that
sojourneth with you.
NUM 15:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 15:18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come
into the land whither I bring you,
NUM 15:19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye
shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
NUM 15:20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave
offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye
heave it.
NUM 15:21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave
offering in your generations.
NUM 15:22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which
the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
NUM 15:23 Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from
the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your
generations;
NUM 15:24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the
knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one
young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with
his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one
kid of the goats for a sin offering.
NUM 15:25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is
ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto
the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:
NUM 15:26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people
were in ignorance.
NUM 15:27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she
goat of the first year for a sin offering.
NUM 15:28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth
ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an
atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
NUM 15:29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both
for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that
sojourneth among them.
NUM 15:30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born
in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul
shall be cut off from among his people.
NUM 15:31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his
commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon
him.
NUM 15:32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found
a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
NUM 15:33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and
Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
NUM 15:34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be
done to him.
NUM 15:35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death:
all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
NUM 15:36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned
him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 15:37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 15:38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them
fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and
that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
NUM 15:39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and
remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not
after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
NUM 15:40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto
your God.
NUM 15:41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
NUM 16:1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and
Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of
Reuben, took men:
NUM 16:2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of
Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the
congregation, men of renown:
NUM 16:3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against
Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the
congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them:
wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
NUM 16:4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
NUM 16:5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to
morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to
come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near
unto him.
NUM 16:6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
NUM 16:7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to
morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be
holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
NUM 16:8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
NUM 16:9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath
separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself
to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the
congregation to minister unto them?
NUM 16:10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons
of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
NUM 16:11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together
against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
NUM 16:12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which
said, We will not come up:
NUM 16:13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that
floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make
thyself altogether a prince over us?
NUM 16:14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk
and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out
the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
NUM 16:15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou
their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one
of them.
NUM 16:16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the
LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
NUM 16:17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye
before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou
also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
NUM 16:18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid
incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation
with Moses and Aaron.
NUM 16:19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared
unto all the congregation.
NUM 16:20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
NUM 16:21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume
them in a moment.
NUM 16:22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the
spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the
congregation?
NUM 16:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 16:24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the
tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
NUM 16:25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of
Israel followed him.
NUM 16:26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from
the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be
consumed in all their sins.
NUM 16:27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on
every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their
tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
NUM 16:28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to
do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
NUM 16:29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited
after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.
NUM 16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick
into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
NUM 16:31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these
words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
NUM 16:32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their
houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
NUM 16:33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the
pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the
congregation.
NUM 16:34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them:
for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
NUM 16:35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two
hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
NUM 16:36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 16:37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the
censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are
hallowed.
NUM 16:38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make
them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before
the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the
children of Israel.
NUM 16:39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that
were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the
altar:
NUM 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger,
which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the
LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by
the hand of Moses.
NUM 16:41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people
of the LORD.
NUM 16:42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against
Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the
congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD
appeared.
NUM 16:43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 16:44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 16:45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as
in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
NUM 16:46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from
off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and
make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the
plague is begun.
NUM 16:47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the
congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put
on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
NUM 16:48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was
stayed.
NUM 16:49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven
hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
NUM 16:50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation: and the plague was stayed.
NUM 17:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 17:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a
rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according
to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon
his rod.
NUM 17:3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod
shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
NUM 17:4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation
before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
NUM 17:5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose,
shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the
children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
NUM 17:6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their
princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their
fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
NUM 17:7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of
witness.
NUM 17:8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the
tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi
was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded
almonds.
NUM 17:9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the
children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
NUM 17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the
testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite
take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
NUM 17:11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
NUM 17:12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die,
we perish, we all perish.
NUM 17:13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD
shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
NUM 18:1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's
house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy
sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
NUM 18:2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father,
bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto
thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of
witness.
NUM 18:3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle:
only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar,
that neither they, nor ye also, die.
NUM 18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the
tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a
stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
NUM 18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the
altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
NUM 18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the
children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the
service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 18:7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office
for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have
given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger
that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
NUM 18:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the
charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of
Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy
sons, by an ordinance for ever.
NUM 18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:
every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin
offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs which they shall
render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
NUM 18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it:
it shall be holy unto thee.
NUM 18:11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the
wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to
thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one
that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
NUM 18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the
wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them
have I given thee.
NUM 18:13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring
unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall
eat of it.
NUM 18:14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
NUM 18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring
unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless
the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean
beasts shalt thou redeem.
NUM 18:16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou
redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
NUM 18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the
firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt
sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering
made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
NUM 18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the
right shoulder are thine.
NUM 18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of
Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters
with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before
the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
NUM 18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance
in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and
thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
NUM 18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in
Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the
service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
NUM 18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for
ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have
no inheritance.
NUM 18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an
heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit:
therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have
no inheritance.
NUM 18:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 18:26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the
children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your
inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD,
even a tenth part of the tithe.
NUM 18:27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though
it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
NUM 18:28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your
tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof
the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.
NUM 18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the
LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
NUM 18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best
thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase
of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
NUM 18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it
is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from
it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children
of Israel, lest ye die.
NUM 19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
NUM 19:2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded,
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer
without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
NUM 19:3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her
forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
NUM 19:4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and
sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation
seven times:
NUM 19:5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her
flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
NUM 19:6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and
cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
NUM 19:7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh
in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be
unclean until the even.
NUM 19:8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe
his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
NUM 19:9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and
lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the
congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a
purification for sin.
NUM 19:10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of
Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for
ever.
NUM 19:11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven
days.
NUM 19:12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh
day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the
seventh day he shall not be clean.
NUM 19:13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and
purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul
shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not
sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
NUM 19:14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the
tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
NUM 19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is
unclean.
NUM 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open
fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean
seven days.
NUM 19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt
heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a
vessel:
NUM 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and
sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons
that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead,
or a grave:
NUM 19:19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third
day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify
himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean
at even.
NUM 19:20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself,
that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath
defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been
sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
NUM 19:21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that
sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that
toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
NUM 19:22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the
soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
NUM 20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into
the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and
Miriam died there, and was buried there.
NUM 20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
NUM 20:3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we
had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
NUM 20:4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this
wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
NUM 20:5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in
unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of
pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
NUM 20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces:
and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
NUM 20:7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 20:8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron
thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give
forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so
thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
NUM 20:9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
NUM 20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the
rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out
of this rock?
NUM 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock
twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and
their beasts also.
NUM 20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not,
to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not
bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
NUM 20:13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove
with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
NUM 20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus
saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
NUM 20:15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a
long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
NUM 20:16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an
angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh,
a city in the uttermost of thy border:
NUM 20:17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass
through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the
water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn
to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
NUM 20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out
against thee with the sword.
NUM 20:19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high
way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I
will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.
NUM 20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against
him with much people, and with a strong hand.
NUM 20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border:
wherefore Israel turned away from him.
NUM 20:22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed
from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
NUM 20:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast
of the land of Edom, saying,
NUM 20:24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into
the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled
against my word at the water of Meribah.
NUM 20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
NUM 20:26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son:
and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
NUM 20:27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor
in the sight of all the congregation.
NUM 20:28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar
his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar
came down from the mount.
NUM 20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned
for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
NUM 21:1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard
tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against
Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
NUM 21:2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed
deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
NUM 21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the
Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called
the name of the place Hormah.
NUM 21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to
compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged
because of the way.
NUM 21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have
ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no
bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
NUM 21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the
people; and much people of Israel died.
NUM 21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he
take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
NUM 21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it
upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when
he looketh upon it, shall live.
NUM 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the
serpent of brass, he lived.
NUM 21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
NUM 21:11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the
wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
NUM 21:12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
NUM 21:13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon,
which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for
Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
NUM 21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he
did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
NUM 21:15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of
Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
NUM 21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD
spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
NUM 21:17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
NUM 21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by
the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness
they went to Mattanah:
NUM 21:19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
NUM 21:20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab,
to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
NUM 21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
NUM 21:22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or
into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will
go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
NUM 21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but
Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the
wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
NUM 21:24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his
land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border
of the children of Ammon was strong.
NUM 21:25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities
of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
NUM 21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had
fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his
hand, even unto Arnon.
NUM 21:27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let
the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
NUM 21:28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of
Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of
Arnon.
NUM 21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath
given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon
king of the Amorites.
NUM 21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we
have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
NUM 21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
NUM 21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages
thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
NUM 21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of
Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
NUM 21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him
into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as
thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
NUM 21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was
none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
NUM 22:1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of
Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
NUM 22:2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the
Amorites.
NUM 22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and
Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
NUM 22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick
up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.
And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
NUM 22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor,
which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him,
saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the
face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
NUM 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are
too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and
that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest
is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
NUM 22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the
rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake
unto him the words of Balak.
NUM 22:8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you
word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode
with Balaam.
NUM 22:9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
NUM 22:10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab,
hath sent unto me, saying,
NUM 22:11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face
of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to
overcome them, and drive them out.
NUM 22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt
not curse the people: for they are blessed.
NUM 22:13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of
Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go
with you.
NUM 22:14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said,
Balaam refuseth to come with us.
NUM 22:15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than
they.
NUM 22:16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son
of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
NUM 22:17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do
whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this
people.
NUM 22:18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak
would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word
of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
NUM 22:19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may
know what the LORD will say unto me more.
NUM 22:20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men
come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall
say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
NUM 22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went
with the princes of Moab.
NUM 22:22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the
LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon
his ass, and his two servants were with him.
NUM 22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his
sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went
into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
NUM 22:24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall
being on this side, and a wall on that side.
NUM 22:25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto
the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
NUM 22:26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place,
where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
NUM 22:27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under
Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
NUM 22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam,
What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
NUM 22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would
there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
NUM 22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou
hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so
unto thee? And he said, Nay.
NUM 22:31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the
LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down
his head, and fell flat on his face.
NUM 22:32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten
thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because
thy way is perverse before me:
NUM 22:33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she
had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
NUM 22:34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I
knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it
displease thee, I will get me back again.
NUM 22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but
only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam
went with the princes of Balak.
NUM 22:36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him
unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost
coast.
NUM 22:37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to
call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote
thee to honour?
NUM 22:38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any
power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that
shall I speak.
NUM 22:39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
NUM 22:40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the
princes that were with him.
NUM 22:41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and
brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the
utmost part of the people.
NUM 23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare
me here seven oxen and seven rams.
NUM 23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on
every altar a bullock and a ram.
NUM 23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will
go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me
I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
NUM 23:4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven
altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
NUM 23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto
Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
NUM 23:6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice,
he, and all the princes of Moab.
NUM 23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath
brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse
me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
NUM 23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy,
whom the LORD hath not defied?
NUM 23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold
him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the
nations.
NUM 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part
of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like
his!
NUM 23:11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee
to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
NUM 23:12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which
the LORD hath put in my mouth?
NUM 23:13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another
place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part
of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
NUM 23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of
Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every
altar.
NUM 23:15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I
meet the LORD yonder.
NUM 23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go
again unto Balak, and say thus.
NUM 23:17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and
the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD
spoken?
NUM 23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear;
hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
NUM 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that
he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he
spoken, and shall he not make it good?
NUM 23:20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed;
and I cannot reverse it.
NUM 23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen
perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king
is among them.
NUM 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an
unicorn.
NUM 23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any
divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob
and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
NUM 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up
himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and
drink the blood of the slain.
NUM 23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless
them at all.
NUM 23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying,
All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
NUM 23:27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee
unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me
them from thence.
NUM 23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward
Jeshimon.
NUM 23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare
me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
NUM 23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on
every altar.
NUM 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went
not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward
the wilderness.
NUM 24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents
according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
NUM 24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath
said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
NUM 24:4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision
of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
NUM 24:5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
NUM 24:6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side,
as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees
beside the waters.
NUM 24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in
many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be
exalted.
NUM 24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength
of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their
bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
NUM 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall
stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth
thee.
NUM 24:10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands
together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies,
and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
NUM 24:11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto
great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
NUM 24:12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which
thou sentest unto me, saying,
NUM 24:13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot
go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own
mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
NUM 24:14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will
advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
NUM 24:15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath
said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
NUM 24:16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge
of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a
trance, but having his eyes open:
NUM 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh:
there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of
Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of
Sheth.
NUM 24:18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for
his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
NUM 24:19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall
destroy him that remaineth of the city.
NUM 24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,
Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he
perish for ever.
NUM 24:21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said,
Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
NUM 24:22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry
thee away captive.
NUM 24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God
doeth this!
NUM 24:24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict
Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
NUM 24:25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak
also went his way.
NUM 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom
with the daughters of Moab.
NUM 25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the
people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
NUM 25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD
was kindled against Israel.
NUM 25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and
hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the
LORD may be turned away from Israel.
NUM 25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men
that were joined unto Baalpeor.
NUM 25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his
brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all
the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his
hand;
NUM 25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both
of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the
plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
NUM 25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
NUM 25:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 25:11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath
turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my
sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
NUM 25:12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
NUM 25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of
an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an
atonement for the children of Israel.
NUM 25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain
with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief
house among the Simeonites.
NUM 25:15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the
daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
NUM 25:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 25:17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
NUM 25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you
in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince
of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's
sake.
NUM 26:1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses
and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
NUM 26:2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from
twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are
able to go to war in Israel.
NUM 26:3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of
Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
NUM 26:4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the
LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the
land of Egypt.
NUM 26:5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of
whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the
Palluites:
NUM 26:6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the
Carmites.
NUM 26:7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered
of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
NUM 26:8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
NUM 26:9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that
Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against
Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the
LORD:
NUM 26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with
Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and
fifty men: and they became a sign.
NUM 26:11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
NUM 26:12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family
of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the
family of the Jachinites:
NUM 26:13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the
Shaulites.
NUM 26:14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand
and two hundred.
NUM 26:15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family
of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family
of the Shunites:
NUM 26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the
Erites:
NUM 26:17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the
Arelites.
NUM 26:18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those
that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
NUM 26:19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land
of Canaan.
NUM 26:20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the
family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of
Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
NUM 26:21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the
Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
NUM 26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were
numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
NUM 26:23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family
of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
NUM 26:24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family
of the Shimronites.
NUM 26:25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were
numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
NUM 26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family
of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family
of the Jahleelites.
NUM 26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that
were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
NUM 26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
NUM 26:29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites:
and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
NUM 26:30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the
Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
NUM 26:31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the
family of the Shechemites:
NUM 26:32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the
family of the Hepherites.
NUM 26:33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the
names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah,
Milcah, and Tirzah.
NUM 26:34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered
of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
NUM 26:35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of
Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the
Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
NUM 26:36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the
Eranites.
NUM 26:37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those
that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These
are the sons of Joseph after their families.
NUM 26:38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family
of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the
family of the Ahiramites:
NUM 26:39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family
of the Huphamites.
NUM 26:40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the
Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
NUM 26:41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that
were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
NUM 26:42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the
family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
NUM 26:43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were
numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
NUM 26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family
of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family
of the Beriites.
NUM 26:45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of
Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
NUM 26:46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
NUM 26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that
were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
NUM 26:48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family
of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
NUM 26:49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the
Shillemites.
NUM 26:50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and
they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four
hundred.
NUM 26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred
thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
NUM 26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 26:53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according
to the number of names.
NUM 26:54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt
give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given
according to those that were numbered of him.
NUM 26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the
names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
NUM 26:56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between
many and few.
NUM 26:57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their
families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family
of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
NUM 26:58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the
Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the
family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
NUM 26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi,
whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and
Moses, and Miriam their sister.
NUM 26:60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
NUM 26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the
LORD.
NUM 26:62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand,
all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the
children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the
children of Israel.
NUM 26:63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest,
who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho.
NUM 26:64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the
priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness
of Sinai.
NUM 26:65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the
wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
NUM 27:1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh
the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah,
Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
NUM 27:2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and
before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation, saying,
NUM 27:3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company
of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of
Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
NUM 27:4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family,
because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the
brethren of our father.
NUM 27:5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
NUM 27:6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 27:7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them
a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt
cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
NUM 27:8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man
die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his
daughter.
NUM 27:9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto
his brethren.
NUM 27:10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto
his father's brethren.
NUM 27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his
inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall
possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of
judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 27:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount
Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
NUM 27:13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy
people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
NUM 27:14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the
strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes:
that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
NUM 27:15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
NUM 27:16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over
the congregation,
NUM 27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and
which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation
of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
NUM 27:18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man
in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
NUM 27:19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the
congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
NUM 27:20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
NUM 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel
for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go
out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of
Israel with him, even all the congregation.
NUM 27:22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set
him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
NUM 27:23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD
commanded by the hand of Moses.
NUM 28:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 28:2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and
my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye
observe to offer unto me in their due season.
NUM 28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which
ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by
day, for a continual burnt offering.
NUM 28:4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb
shalt thou offer at even;
NUM 28:5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled
with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.
NUM 28:6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai
for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
NUM 28:7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for
the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured
unto the LORD for a drink offering.
NUM 28:8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering
of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
NUM 28:9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and
two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink
offering thereof:
NUM 28:10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual
burnt offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 28:11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering
unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year
without spot;
NUM 28:12 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with
oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering,
mingled with oil, for one ram;
NUM 28:13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice
made by fire unto the LORD.
NUM 28:14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a
bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin
unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months
of the year.
NUM 28:15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be
offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 28:16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the
LORD.
NUM 28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days
shall unleavened bread be eaten.
NUM 28:18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner
of servile work therein:
NUM 28:19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering
unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first
year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
NUM 28:20 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three
tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
NUM 28:21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the
seven lambs:
NUM 28:22 And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
NUM 28:23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which
is for a continual burnt offering.
NUM 28:24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days,
the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it
shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 28:25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall
do no servile work.
NUM 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat
offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy
convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
NUM 28:27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the
LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
NUM 28:28 And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals
unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
NUM 28:29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
NUM 28:30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
NUM 28:31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his
meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink
offerings.
NUM 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall
have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing
the trumpets unto you.
NUM 29:2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD;
one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without
blemish:
NUM 29:3 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
NUM 29:4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
NUM 29:5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for
you:
NUM 29:6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and
the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings,
according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire
unto the LORD.
NUM 29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy
convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work
therein:
NUM 29:8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour;
one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be
unto you without blemish:
NUM 29:9 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
NUM 29:10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
NUM 29:11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of
atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and
their drink offerings.
NUM 29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy
convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the
LORD seven days:
NUM 29:13 And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen
lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
NUM 29:14 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three
tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to
each ram of the two rams,
NUM 29:15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
NUM 29:16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 29:17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two
rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
NUM 29:18 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after
the manner:
NUM 29:19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.
NUM 29:20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs
of the first year without blemish;
NUM 29:21 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after
the manner:
NUM 29:22 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 29:23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without blemish:
NUM 29:24 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for
the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
NUM 29:25 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual
burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 29:26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without spot:
NUM 29:27 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after
the manner:
NUM 29:28 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 29:29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without blemish:
NUM 29:30 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after
the manner:
NUM 29:31 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 29:32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs
of the first year without blemish:
NUM 29:33 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks,
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after
the manner:
NUM 29:34 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 29:35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no
servile work therein:
NUM 29:36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first
year without blemish:
NUM 29:37 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for
the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the
manner:
NUM 29:38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt
offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
NUM 29:39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside
your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for
your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace
offerings.
NUM 29:40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses.
NUM 30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children
of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
NUM 30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul
with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that
proceedeth out of his mouth.
NUM 30:3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond,
being in her father's house in her youth;
NUM 30:4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound
her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall
stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
NUM 30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of
her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and
the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
NUM 30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought
out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
NUM 30:7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that
he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her
soul shall stand.
NUM 30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then
he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her
lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall
forgive her.
NUM 30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they
have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
NUM 30:10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond
with an oath;
NUM 30:11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed
her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound
her soul shall stand.
NUM 30:12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard
them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or
concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them
void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
NUM 30:13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband
may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
NUM 30:14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day;
then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he
confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard
them.
NUM 30:15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard
them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
NUM 30:16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a
man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth
in her father's house.
NUM 31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 31:2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou
be gathered unto thy people.
NUM 31:3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto
the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of
Midian.
NUM 31:4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall
ye send to the war.
NUM 31:5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of
every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
NUM 31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy
instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
NUM 31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses;
and they slew all the males.
NUM 31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were
slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of
Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
NUM 31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and
their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their
flocks, and all their goods.
NUM 31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their
goodly castles, with fire.
NUM 31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of
beasts.
NUM 31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto
Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of
Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near
Jericho.
NUM 31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
NUM 31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains
over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
NUM 31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
NUM 31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of
Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there
was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
NUM 31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every
woman that hath known man by lying with him.
NUM 31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with
him, keep alive for yourselves.
NUM 31:19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed
any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and
your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
NUM 31:20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all
work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
NUM 31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the
battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
NUM 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the
lead,
NUM 31:23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the
fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water
of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the
water.
NUM 31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be
clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
NUM 31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 31:26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast,
thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
NUM 31:27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war
upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
NUM 31:28 And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to
battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and
of the asses, and of the sheep:
NUM 31:29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an
heave offering of the LORD.
NUM 31:30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of
fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all
manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge
of the tabernacle of the LORD.
NUM 31:31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 31:32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had
caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand
sheep,
NUM 31:33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
NUM 31:34 And threescore and one thousand asses,
NUM 31:35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not
known man by lying with him.
NUM 31:36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war,
was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five
hundred sheep:
NUM 31:37 And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore
and fifteen.
NUM 31:38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's
tribute was threescore and twelve.
NUM 31:39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the
LORD's tribute was threescore and one.
NUM 31:40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute
was thirty and two persons.
NUM 31:41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering,
unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 31:42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the
men that warred,
NUM 31:43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred
thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
NUM 31:44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
NUM 31:45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
NUM 31:46 And sixteen thousand persons;)
NUM 31:47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of
fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept
the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
NUM 31:48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains
of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
NUM 31:49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men
of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
NUM 31:50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man
hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and
tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
NUM 31:51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all
wrought jewels.
NUM 31:52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD,
of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen
thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
NUM 31:53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
NUM 31:54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the
congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
NUM 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great
multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of
Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
NUM 32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto
Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation,
saying,
NUM 32:3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and
Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
NUM 32:4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of
Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
NUM 32:5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this
land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over
Jordan.
NUM 32:6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
NUM 32:7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from
going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
NUM 32:8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the
land.
NUM 32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the
land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should
not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
NUM 32:10 And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware,
saying,
NUM 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years
old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto
Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
NUM 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of
Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
NUM 32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them
wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done
evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
NUM 32:14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of
sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
NUM 32:15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them
in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
NUM 32:16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here
for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
NUM 32:17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel,
until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell
in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
NUM 32:18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel
have inherited every man his inheritance.
NUM 32:19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward;
because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
NUM 32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go
armed before the LORD to war,
NUM 32:21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he
hath driven out his enemies from before him,
NUM 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall
return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land
shall be your possession before the LORD.
NUM 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD:
and be sure your sin will find you out.
NUM 32:24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and
do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
NUM 32:25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses,
saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
NUM 32:26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be
there in the cities of Gilead:
NUM 32:27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the
LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
NUM 32:28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel:
NUM 32:29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of
Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the
LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the
land of Gilead for a possession:
NUM 32:30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
NUM 32:31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying,
As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
NUM 32:32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan,
that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
NUM 32:33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the
children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of
Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king
of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities
of the country round about.
NUM 32:34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
NUM 32:35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
NUM 32:36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
NUM 32:37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and
Kirjathaim,
NUM 32:38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah:
and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
NUM 32:39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and
took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
NUM 32:40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt
therein.
NUM 32:41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns
thereof, and called them Havothjair.
NUM 32:42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called
it Nobah, after his own name.
NUM 33:1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth
out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
NUM 33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the
commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their
goings out.
NUM 33:3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth
day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of
Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
NUM 33:4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had
smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
NUM 33:5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in
Succoth.
NUM 33:6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the
edge of the wilderness.
NUM 33:7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which
is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
NUM 33:8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the
midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the
wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
NUM 33:9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were
twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they
pitched there.
NUM 33:10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
NUM 33:11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of
Sin.
NUM 33:12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and
encamped in Dophkah.
NUM 33:13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
NUM 33:14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no
water for the people to drink.
NUM 33:15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of
Sinai.
NUM 33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at
Kibrothhattaavah.
NUM 33:17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
NUM 33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
NUM 33:19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.
NUM 33:20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.
NUM 33:21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
NUM 33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
NUM 33:23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
NUM 33:24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
NUM 33:25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
NUM 33:26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
NUM 33:27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
NUM 33:28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
NUM 33:29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
NUM 33:30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
NUM 33:31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.
NUM 33:32 And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.
NUM 33:33 And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
NUM 33:34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
NUM 33:35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
NUM 33:36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of
Zin, which is Kadesh.
NUM 33:37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge
of the land of Edom.
NUM 33:38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment
of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of
Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth
month.
NUM 33:39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died
in mount Hor.
NUM 33:40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of
Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
NUM 33:41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
NUM 33:42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
NUM 33:43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
NUM 33:44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the
border of Moab.
NUM 33:45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.
NUM 33:46 And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.
NUM 33:47 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains
of Abarim, before Nebo.
NUM 33:48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the
plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
NUM 33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim
in the plains of Moab.
NUM 33:50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho, saying,
NUM 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are
passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
NUM 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before
you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and
quite pluck down all their high places:
NUM 33:53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell
therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
NUM 33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your
families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the
fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be
in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers
ye shall inherit.
NUM 33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before
you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall
be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the
land wherein ye dwell.
NUM 33:56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I
thought to do unto them.
NUM 34:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 34:2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into
the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an
inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
NUM 34:3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by
the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the
salt sea eastward:
NUM 34:4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of
Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the
south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:
NUM 34:5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of
Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
NUM 34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a
border: this shall be your west border.
NUM 34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall
point out for you mount Hor:
NUM 34:8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of
Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
NUM 34:9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall
be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.
NUM 34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:
NUM 34:11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side
of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the
sea of Chinnereth eastward:
NUM 34:12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it
shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof
round about.
NUM 34:13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land
which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine
tribes, and to the half tribe:
NUM 34:14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house
of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house
of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of
Manasseh have received their inheritance:
NUM 34:15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on
this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
NUM 34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 34:17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you:
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
NUM 34:18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by
inheritance.
NUM 34:19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the
son of Jephunneh.
NUM 34:20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of
Ammihud.
NUM 34:21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
NUM 34:22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of
Jogli.
NUM 34:23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children
of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
NUM 34:24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the
son of Shiphtan.
NUM 34:25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan
the son of Parnach.
NUM 34:26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the
son of Azzan.
NUM 34:27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son
of Shelomi.
NUM 34:28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the
son of Ammihud.
NUM 34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance
unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
NUM 35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho, saying,
NUM 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites
of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give
also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
NUM 35:3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them
shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
NUM 35:4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites,
shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round
about.
NUM 35:5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two
thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west
side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the
city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
NUM 35:6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall
be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he
may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
NUM 35:7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty
and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
NUM 35:8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the
children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from
them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto
the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
NUM 35:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NUM 35:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be
come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
NUM 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you;
that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
NUM 35:12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that
the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
NUM 35:13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for
refuge.
NUM 35:14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities
shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
NUM 35:15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of
Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every
one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
NUM 35:16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he
is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
NUM 35:17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and
he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
NUM 35:18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may
die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
NUM 35:19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he
meeteth him, he shall slay him.
NUM 35:20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait,
that he die;
NUM 35:21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him
shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood
shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
NUM 35:22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him
any thing without laying of wait,
NUM 35:23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast
it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
NUM 35:24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the
revenger of blood according to these judgments:
NUM 35:25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the
revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his
refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the
high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
NUM 35:26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the
city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
NUM 35:27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city
of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be
guilty of blood:
NUM 35:28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the
death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer
shall return into the land of his possession.
NUM 35:29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you
throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
NUM 35:30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the
mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to
cause him to die.
NUM 35:31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer,
which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
NUM 35:32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city
of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the
death of the priest.
NUM 35:33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it
defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed
therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
NUM 35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I
dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
NUM 36:1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the
son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph,
came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers
of the children of Israel:
NUM 36:2 And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an
inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by
the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his
daughters.
NUM 36:3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the
children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the
inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe
whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our
inheritance.
NUM 36:4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall
their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are
received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance
of the tribe of our fathers.
NUM 36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word
of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
NUM 36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the
daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only
to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
NUM 36:7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from
tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself
to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
NUM 36:8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe
of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe
of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the
inheritance of his fathers.
NUM 36:9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe;
but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to
his own inheritance.
NUM 36:10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of
Zelophehad:
NUM 36:11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters
of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
NUM 36:12 And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the
son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family
of their father.
NUM 36:13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD
commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of
Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
DEU 1:1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side
Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between
Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
DEU 1:2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir
unto Kadeshbarnea.)
DEU 1:3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on
the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel,
according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
DEU 1:4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in
Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
DEU 1:5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this
law, saying,
DEU 1:6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long
enough in this mount:
DEU 1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the
Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills,
and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the
Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
DEU 1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land
which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give
unto them and to their seed after them.
DEU 1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you
myself alone:
DEU 1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day
as the stars of heaven for multitude.
DEU 1:11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more
as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
DEU 1:12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your
strife?
DEU 1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your
tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
DEU 1:14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is
good for us to do.
DEU 1:15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made
them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and
captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your
tribes.
DEU 1:16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes
between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his
brother, and the stranger that is with him.
DEU 1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small
as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the
judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto
me, and I will hear it.
DEU 1:18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
DEU 1:19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and
terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites,
as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
DEU 1:20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites,
which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
DEU 1:21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and
possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not,
neither be discouraged.
DEU 1:22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men
before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by
what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
DEU 1:23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of
a tribe:
DEU 1:24 And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the
valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
DEU 1:25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it
down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which
the LORD our God doth give us.
DEU 1:26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD your God:
DEU 1:27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us,
he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the
hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
DEU 1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart,
saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and
walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
DEU 1:29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
DEU 1:30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you,
according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
DEU 1:31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God
bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye
came into this place.
DEU 1:32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
DEU 1:33 Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch
your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in
a cloud by day.
DEU 1:34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware,
saying,
DEU 1:35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see
that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers.
DEU 1:36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I
give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath
wholly followed the LORD.
DEU 1:37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also
shalt not go in thither.
DEU 1:38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in
thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
DEU 1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your
children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they
shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
DEU 1:40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness
by the way of the Red sea.
DEU 1:41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD,
we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us.
And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go
up into the hill.
DEU 1:42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither fight;
for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
DEU 1:43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
DEU 1:44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against
you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
DEU 1:45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not
hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
DEU 1:46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye
abode there.
DEU 2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way
of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many
days.
DEU 2:2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
DEU 2:3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
DEU 2:4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast
of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be
afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
DEU 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not
so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a
possession.
DEU 2:6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall
also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
DEU 2:7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand:
he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the
LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
DEU 2:8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which
dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber,
we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
DEU 2:9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend
with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession;
because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
DEU 2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and
tall, as the Anakims;
DEU 2:11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites
called them Emims.
DEU 2:12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau
succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt
in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD
gave unto them.
DEU 2:13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went
over the brook Zered.
DEU 2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come
over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation
of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto
them.
DEU 2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them
from among the host, until they were consumed.
DEU 2:16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead
from among the people,
DEU 2:17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
DEU 2:18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
DEU 2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon,
distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land
of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the
children of Lot for a possession.
DEU 2:20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in
old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
DEU 2:21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD
destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their
stead:
DEU 2:22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he
destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt
in their stead even unto this day:
DEU 2:23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the
Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt
in their stead.)
DEU 2:24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold,
I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his
land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
DEU 2:25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee
upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report
of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
DEU 2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon
king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
DEU 2:27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will
neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
DEU 2:28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water
for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
DEU 2:29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which
dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which
the LORD our God giveth us.
DEU 2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD
thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might
deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
DEU 2:31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his
land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
DEU 2:32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at
Jahaz.
DEU 2:33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and
his sons, and all his people.
DEU 2:34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the
men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to
remain:
DEU 2:35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil
of the cities which we took.
DEU 2:36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the
city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too
strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
DEU 2:37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto
any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto
whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
DEU 3:1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of
Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
DEU 3:2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and
all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as
thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
DEU 3:3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of
Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him
remaining.
DEU 3:4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we
took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom
of Og in Bashan.
DEU 3:5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside
unwalled towns a great many.
DEU 3:6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon,
utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
DEU 3:7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to
ourselves.
DEU 3:8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the
Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto
mount Hermon;
DEU 3:9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it
Shenir;)
DEU 3:10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto
Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
DEU 3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold
his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of
Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it,
after the cubit of a man.
DEU 3:12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is
by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I
unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
DEU 3:13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave
I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan,
which was called the land of giants.
DEU 3:14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the
coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name,
Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
DEU 3:15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
DEU 3:16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even
unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river
Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
DEU 3:17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth
even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah
eastward.
DEU 3:18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath
given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your
brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
DEU 3:19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know
that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
DEU 3:20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto
you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given
them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession,
which I have given you.
DEU 3:21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all
that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do
unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
DEU 3:22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
DEU 3:23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
DEU 3:24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and
thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do
according to thy works, and according to thy might?
DEU 3:25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond
Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
DEU 3:26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me:
and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this
matter.
DEU 3:27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes
westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with
thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
DEU 3:28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he
shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land
which thou shalt see.
DEU 3:29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
DEU 4:1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and
possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
DEU 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye
diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your
God which I command you.
DEU 4:3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the
men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among
you.
DEU 4:4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of
you this day.
DEU 4:5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my
God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess
it.
DEU 4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your
understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these
statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding
people.
DEU 4:7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as
the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
DEU 4:8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so
righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
DEU 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou
forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy
heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
DEU 4:10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in
Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will
make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that
they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
DEU 4:11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain
burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick
darkness.
DEU 4:12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard
the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
DEU 4:13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to
perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
DEU 4:14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and
judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess
it.
DEU 4:15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of
similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst
of the fire:
DEU 4:16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the
similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
DEU 4:17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any
winged fowl that flieth in the air,
DEU 4:18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness
of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
DEU 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the
sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be
driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided
unto all nations under the whole heaven.
DEU 4:20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron
furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are
this day.
DEU 4:21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that
I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
DEU 4:22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall
go over, and possess that good land.
DEU 4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD
your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the
likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
DEU 4:24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
DEU 4:25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall
have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a
graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight
of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
DEU 4:26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye
shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to
possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be
destroyed.
DEU 4:27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be
left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
DEU 4:28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and
stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
DEU 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find
him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
DEU 4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon
thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be
obedient unto his voice;
DEU 4:31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware
unto them.
DEU 4:32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since
the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of
heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great
thing is, or hath been heard like it?
DEU 4:33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst
of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
DEU 4:34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of
another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by
a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to
all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
DEU 4:35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is
God; there is none else beside him.
DEU 4:36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct
thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his
words out of the midst of the fire.
DEU 4:37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after
them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
DEU 4:38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou
art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is
this day.
DEU 4:39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the
LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none
else.
DEU 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I
command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children
after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
DEU 4:41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the
sunrising;
DEU 4:42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour
unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these
cities he might live:
DEU 4:43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the
Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the
Manassites.
DEU 4:44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
DEU 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which
Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.
DEU 4:46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land
of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the
children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
DEU 4:47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two
kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
DEU 4:48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount
Sion, which is Hermon,
DEU 4:49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea
of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
DEU 5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the
statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn
them, and keep, and do them.
DEU 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
DEU 5:3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even
us, who are all of us here alive this day.
DEU 5:4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst
of the fire,
DEU 5:5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word
of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into
the mount;) saying,
DEU 5:6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt,
from the house of bondage.
DEU 5:7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
DEU 5:8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is
in the waters beneath the earth:
DEU 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
DEU 5:10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my
commandments.
DEU 5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the
LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
DEU 5:12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath
commanded thee.
DEU 5:13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
DEU 5:14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and
thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
DEU 5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that
the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a
stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the
sabbath day.
DEU 5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded
thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee,
in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
DEU 5:17 Thou shalt not kill.
DEU 5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
DEU 5:19 Neither shalt thou steal.
DEU 5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
DEU 5:21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou
covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his
maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
DEU 5:22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out
of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a
great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of
stone, and delivered them unto me.
DEU 5:23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the
darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me,
even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
DEU 5:24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and
his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we
have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
DEU 5:25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us:
if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
DEU 5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the
living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
DEU 5:27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak
thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will
hear it, and do it.
DEU 5:28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me;
and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this
people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they
have spoken.
DEU 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and
keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with
their children for ever!
DEU 5:30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
DEU 5:31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee
all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess
it.
DEU 5:32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded
you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
DEU 5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded
you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may
prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
DEU 6:1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which
the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land
whither ye go to possess it:
DEU 6:2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and
his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son,
all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
DEU 6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well
with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers
hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
DEU 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
DEU 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy might.
DEU 6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine
heart:
DEU 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk
of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the
way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
DEU 6:8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between thine eyes.
DEU 6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy
gates.
DEU 6:10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into
the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
DEU 6:11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and
wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou
plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
DEU 6:12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
DEU 6:13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by
his name.
DEU 6:14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are
round about you;
DEU 6:15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger
of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the
face of the earth.
DEU 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
DEU 6:17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and
his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
DEU 6:18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the
LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess
the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers.
DEU 6:19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath
spoken.
DEU 6:20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the
testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath
commanded you?
DEU 6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt;
and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
DEU 6:22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt,
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
DEU 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give
us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
DEU 6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD
our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at
this day.
DEU 6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these
commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
DEU 7:1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou
goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the
Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and
mightier than thou;
DEU 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt
smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them,
nor shew mercy unto them:
DEU 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt
not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
DEU 7:4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve
other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy
thee suddenly.
DEU 7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and
break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven
images with fire.
DEU 7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God
hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that
are upon the face of the earth.
DEU 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye
were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
DEU 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath
which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a
mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of
Pharaoh king of Egypt.
DEU 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God,
which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his
commandments to a thousand generations;
DEU 7:10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he
will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
DEU 7:11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the
judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
DEU 7:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments,
and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the
covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
DEU 7:13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will
also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and
thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy
sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
DEU 7:14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or
female barren among you, or among your cattle.
DEU 7:15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none
of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay
them upon all them that hate thee.
DEU 7:16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall
deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou
serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
DEU 7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how
can I dispossess them?
DEU 7:18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the
LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
DEU 7:19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the
wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy
God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of
whom thou art afraid.
DEU 7:20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they
that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
DEU 7:21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among
you, a mighty God and terrible.
DEU 7:22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little
and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the
field increase upon thee.
DEU 7:23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy
them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
DEU 7:24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt
destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand
before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
DEU 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt
not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest
thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
DEU 7:26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou
be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt
utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
DEU 8:1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to
do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the
LORD sware unto your fathers.
DEU 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee
these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to
know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or
no.
DEU 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with
manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might
make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
DEU 8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these
forty years.
DEU 8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his
son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
DEU 8:6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to
walk in his ways, and to fear him.
DEU 8:7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks
of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
DEU 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and
pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
DEU 8:9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not
lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills
thou mayest dig brass.
DEU 8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy
God for the good land which he hath given thee.
DEU 8:11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his
commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this
day:
DEU 8:12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses,
and dwelt therein;
DEU 8:13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy
gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
DEU 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God,
which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
DEU 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were
fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who
brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
DEU 8:16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew
not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good
at thy latter end;
DEU 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath
gotten me this wealth.
DEU 8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth
thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware
unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
DEU 8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk
after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you
this day that ye shall surely perish.
DEU 8:20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall
ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your
God.
DEU 9:1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to
possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up
to heaven,
DEU 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou
knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children
of Anak!
DEU 9:3 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth
over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall
bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy
them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
DEU 9:4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast
them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought
me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD
doth drive them out from before thee.
DEU 9:5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost
thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the
LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform
the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
DEU 9:6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good
land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
DEU 9:7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to
wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land
of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the
LORD.
DEU 9:8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was
angry with you to have destroyed you.
DEU 9:9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even
the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the
mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
DEU 9:10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the
finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the
LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day
of the assembly.
DEU 9:11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that
the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
DEU 9:12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence;
for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted
themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded
them; they have made them a molten image.
DEU 9:13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this
people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
DEU 9:14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from
under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than
they.
DEU 9:15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with
fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
DEU 9:16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your
God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the
way which the LORD had commanded you.
DEU 9:17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and
brake them before your eyes.
DEU 9:18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and
forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your
sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke
him to anger.
DEU 9:19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD
was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that
time also.
DEU 9:20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I
prayed for Aaron also the same time.
DEU 9:21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as
dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the
mount.
DEU 9:22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked
the LORD to wrath.
DEU 9:23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and
possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the
commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to
his voice.
DEU 9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew
you.
DEU 9:25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I
fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
DEU 9:26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not
thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy
greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
DEU 9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the
stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
DEU 9:28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was
not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he
hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
DEU 9:29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest
out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
DEU 10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like
unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of
wood.
DEU 10:2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first
tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
DEU 10:3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like
unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine
hand.
DEU 10:4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten
commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst
of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
DEU 10:5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables
in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
DEU 10:6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the
children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and
Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
DEU 10:7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to
Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
DEU 10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto
him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
DEU 10:9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the
LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
DEU 10:10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days
and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the
LORD would not destroy thee.
DEU 10:11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the
people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their
fathers to give unto them.
DEU 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to
fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve
the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
DEU 10:13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I
command thee this day for thy good?
DEU 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy
God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
DEU 10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he
chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
DEU 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more
stiffnecked.
DEU 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great
God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh
reward:
DEU 10:18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth
the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
DEU 10:19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt.
DEU 10:20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him
shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
DEU 10:21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these
great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
DEU 10:22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons;
and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
DEU 11:1 Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and
his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
DEU 11:2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have
not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his
greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
DEU 11:3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt
unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
DEU 11:4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and
to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as
they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
DEU 11:5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this
place;
DEU 11:6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of
Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their
households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their
possession, in the midst of all Israel:
DEU 11:7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
DEU 11:8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this
day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to
possess it;
DEU 11:9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware
unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth
with milk and honey.
DEU 11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the
land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and
wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
DEU 11:11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and
valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
DEU 11:12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy
God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end
of the year.
DEU 11:13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my
commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to
serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
DEU 11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the
first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy
wine, and thine oil.
DEU 11:15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest
eat and be full.
DEU 11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye
turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
DEU 11:17 And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the
heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and
lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
DEU 11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your
soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets
between your eyes.
DEU 11:19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou
sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest
down, and when thou risest up.
DEU 11:20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and
upon thy gates:
DEU 11:21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children,
in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days
of heaven upon the earth.
DEU 11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I
command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways,
and to cleave unto him;
DEU 11:23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and
ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
DEU 11:24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be
yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates,
even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
DEU 11:25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your
God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye
shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
DEU 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
DEU 11:27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which
I command you this day:
DEU 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your
God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after
other gods, which ye have not known.
DEU 11:29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee
in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the
blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
DEU 11:30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun
goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over
against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
DEU 11:31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the
LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
DEU 11:32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I
set before you this day.
DEU 12:1 These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do
in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all
the days that ye live upon the earth.
DEU 12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye
shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills,
and under every green tree:
DEU 12:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and
burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their
gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
DEU 12:4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
DEU 12:5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all
your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye
seek, and thither thou shalt come:
DEU 12:6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,
and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your
freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
DEU 12:7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice
in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD
thy God hath blessed thee.
DEU 12:8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every
man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
DEU 12:9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which
the LORD your God giveth you.
DEU 12:10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD
your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your
enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
DEU 12:11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to
cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you;
your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave
offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
DEU 12:12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons,
and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the
Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor
inheritance with you.
DEU 12:13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in
every place that thou seest:
DEU 12:14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy
tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do
all that I command thee.
DEU 12:15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates,
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy
God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as
of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
DEU 12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as
water.
DEU 12:17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of
thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor
any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave
offering of thine hand:
DEU 12:18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which
the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and
thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine
hands unto.
DEU 12:19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as
thou livest upon the earth.
DEU 12:20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised
thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat
flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
DEU 12:21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name
there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy
flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou
shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
DEU 12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them:
the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
DEU 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life;
and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
DEU 12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
DEU 12:25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy
children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight
of the LORD.
DEU 12:26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt
take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
DEU 12:27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood,
upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be
poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
DEU 12:28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may
go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest
that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
DEU 12:29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee,
whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest
in their land;
DEU 12:30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them,
after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not
after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so
will I do likewise.
DEU 12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination
to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their
sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
DEU 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not
add thereto, nor diminish from it.
DEU 13:1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and
giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
DEU 13:2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee,
saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us
serve them;
DEU 13:3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that
dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love
the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
DEU 13:4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his
commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto
him.
DEU 13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death;
because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought
you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage,
to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk
in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
DEU 13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter,
or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice
thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not
known, thou, nor thy fathers;
DEU 13:7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh
unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the
other end of the earth;
DEU 13:8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall
thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
DEU 13:9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to
put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
DEU 13:10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath
sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
DEU 13:11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such
wickedness as this is among you.
DEU 13:12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God
hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
DEU 13:13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among
you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and
serve other gods, which ye have not known;
DEU 13:14 Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and,
behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is
wrought among you;
DEU 13:15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge
of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle
thereof, with the edge of the sword.
DEU 13:16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the
street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof
every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall
not be built again.
DEU 13:17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand:
that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee
mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn
unto thy fathers;
DEU 13:18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep
all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right
in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
DEU 14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut
yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
DEU 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath
chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that
are upon the earth.
DEU 14:3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
DEU 14:4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the
goat,
DEU 14:5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild
goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
DEU 14:6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into
two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
DEU 14:7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or
of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the
coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are
unclean unto you.
DEU 14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud,
it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead
carcase.
DEU 14:9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins
and scales shall ye eat:
DEU 14:10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is
unclean unto you.
DEU 14:11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
DEU 14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the
ossifrage, and the ospray,
DEU 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
DEU 14:14 And every raven after his kind,
DEU 14:15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after
his kind,
DEU 14:16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
DEU 14:17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
DEU 14:18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and
the bat.
DEU 14:19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall
not be eaten.
DEU 14:20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
DEU 14:21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give
it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest
sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God.
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
DEU 14:22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field
bringeth forth year by year.
DEU 14:23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he
shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and
of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou
mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
DEU 14:24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to
carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall
choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
DEU 14:25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine
hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
DEU 14:26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth
after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for
whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy
God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
DEU 14:27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him;
for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
DEU 14:28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of
thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
DEU 14:29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,)
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy
gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
DEU 15:1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
DEU 15:2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth
ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his
neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
DEU 15:3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine
with thy brother thine hand shall release;
DEU 15:4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall
greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance to possess it:
DEU 15:5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to
observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
DEU 15:6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou
shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign
over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
DEU 15:7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of
thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not
harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
DEU 15:8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend
him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
DEU 15:9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The
seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against
thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD
against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
DEU 15:10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved
when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
DEU 15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command
thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy
poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
DEU 15:12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto
thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him
go free from thee.
DEU 15:13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him
go away empty:
DEU 15:14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy
floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath
blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
DEU 15:15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of
Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this
thing to day.
DEU 15:16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee;
because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
DEU 15:17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the
door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant
thou shalt do likewise.
DEU 15:18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free
from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving
thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
DEU 15:19 All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou
shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the
firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
DEU 15:20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place
which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
DEU 15:21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or
have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
DEU 15:22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person
shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
DEU 15:23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon
the ground as water.
DEU 16:1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy
God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of
Egypt by night.
DEU 16:2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God,
of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place
his name there.
DEU 16:3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat
unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest
forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day
when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
DEU 16:4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast
seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou
sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
DEU 16:5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee:
DEU 16:6 But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his
name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down
of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
DEU 16:7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
DEU 16:8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day
shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work
therein.
DEU 16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven
weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
DEU 16:10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a
tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the
LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
DEU 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy
son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the
Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and
the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath
chosen to place his name there.
DEU 16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou
shalt observe and do these statutes.
DEU 16:13 Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that
thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
DEU 16:14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy
daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the
stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
DEU 16:15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God
in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands,
therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
DEU 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy
God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and
in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not
appear before the LORD empty:
DEU 16:17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the
LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
DEU 16:18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the
LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the
people with just judgment.
DEU 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons,
neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert
the words of the righteous.
DEU 16:20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest
live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
DEU 16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar
of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
DEU 16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God
hateth.
DEU 17:1 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep,
wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto
the LORD thy God.
DEU 17:2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD
thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight
of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
DEU 17:3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the
sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
DEU 17:4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired
diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such
abomination is wrought in Israel:
DEU 17:5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have
committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and
shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
DEU 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is
worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not
be put to death.
DEU 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to
death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil
away from among you.
DEU 17:8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood
and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being
matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee
up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
DEU 17:9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge
that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the
sentence of judgment:
DEU 17:10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that
place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to
do according to all that they inform thee:
DEU 17:11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach
thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt
do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee,
to the right hand, nor to the left.
DEU 17:12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto
the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto
the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from
Israel.
DEU 17:13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more
presumptuously.
DEU 17:14 When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will
set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
DEU 17:15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God
shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou
mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
DEU 17:16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to
return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the
LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
DEU 17:17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not
away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
DEU 17:18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom,
that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is
before the priests the Levites:
DEU 17:19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of
his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words
of this law and these statutes, to do them:
DEU 17:20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn
not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end
that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the
midst of Israel.
DEU 18:1 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no
part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD
made by fire, and his inheritance.
DEU 18:2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the
LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
DEU 18:3 And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that
offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the
priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
DEU 18:4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and
the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
DEU 18:5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand
to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
DEU 18:6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where
he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which
the LORD shall choose;
DEU 18:7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his
brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
DEU 18:8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the
sale of his patrimony.
DEU 18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
DEU 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or
his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an
observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
DEU 18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or
a necromancer.
DEU 18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and
because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from
before thee.
DEU 18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
DEU 18:14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto
observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath
not suffered thee so to do.
DEU 18:15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst
of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
DEU 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb
in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the
LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
DEU 18:17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they
have spoken.
DEU 18:18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto
thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all
that I shall command him.
DEU 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my
words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
DEU 18:20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name,
which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of
other gods, even that prophet shall die.
DEU 18:21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the
LORD hath not spoken?
DEU 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow
not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but
the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
DEU 19:1 When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD
thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities,
and in their houses;
DEU 19:2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
DEU 19:3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every
slayer may flee thither.
DEU 19:4 And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he
may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time
past;
DEU 19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and
his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head
slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he
shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
DEU 19:6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is
hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was
not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
DEU 19:7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities
for thee.
DEU 19:8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy
fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy
fathers;
DEU 19:9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command
thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then
shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
DEU 19:10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God
giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
DEU 19:11 But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise
up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one
of these cities:
DEU 19:12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and
deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
DEU 19:13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of
innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
DEU 19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old
time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that
the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
DEU 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for
any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the
mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
DEU 19:16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him
that which is wrong;
DEU 19:17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand
before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those
days;
DEU 19:18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the
witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
DEU 19:19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his
brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
DEU 19:20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth
commit no more any such evil among you.
DEU 19:21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
DEU 20:1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest
horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for
the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of
Egypt.
DEU 20:2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the
priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
DEU 20:3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto
battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not
tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
DEU 20:4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you
against your enemies, to save you.
DEU 20:5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is
there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and
return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
DEU 20:6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet
eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the
battle, and another man eat of it.
DEU 20:7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken
her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and
another man take her.
DEU 20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall
say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and
return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
DEU 20:9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto
the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
DEU 20:10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim
peace unto it.
DEU 20:11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto
thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be
tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
DEU 20:12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against
thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
DEU 20:13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou
shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
DEU 20:14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is
in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and
thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given
thee.
DEU 20:15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from
thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
DEU 20:16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give
thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
DEU 20:17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the
Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites;
as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
DEU 20:18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which
they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
DEU 20:19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it
to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe
against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down
(for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
DEU 20:20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat,
thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against
the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
DEU 21:1 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee
to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
DEU 21:2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall
measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
DEU 21:3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even
the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought
with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
DEU 21:4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough
valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's
neck there in the valley:
DEU 21:5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD
thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the
LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
DEU 21:6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man,
shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
DEU 21:7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood,
neither have our eyes seen it.
DEU 21:8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast
redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And
the blood shall be forgiven them.
DEU 21:9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you,
when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
DEU 21:10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy
God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
DEU 21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire
unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
DEU 21:12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave
her head, and pare her nails;
DEU 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and
shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full
month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she
shall be thy wife.
DEU 21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let
her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou
shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
DEU 21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they
have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn
son be hers that was hated:
DEU 21:16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he
hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son
of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
DEU 21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by
giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of
his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
DEU 21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the
voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have
chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
DEU 21:19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him
out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
DEU 21:20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is
stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a
drunkard.
DEU 21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he
die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall
hear, and fear.
DEU 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be
put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
DEU 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in
any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that
thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance.
DEU 22:1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide
thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
DEU 22:2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him
not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee
until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
DEU 22:3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with
his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath
lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide
thyself.
DEU 22:4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the
way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up
again.
DEU 22:5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither
shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto
the LORD thy God.
DEU 22:6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or
on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon
the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
DEU 22:7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young
to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy
days.
DEU 22:8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for
thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from
thence.
DEU 22:9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of
thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
DEU 22:10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
DEU 22:11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and
linen together.
DEU 22:12 Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture,
wherewith thou coverest thyself.
DEU 22:13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
DEU 22:14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name
upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not
a maid:
DEU 22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring
forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the
gate:
DEU 22:16 And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my
daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
DEU 22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I
found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's
virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
DEU 22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
DEU 22:19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give
them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name
upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away
all his days.
DEU 22:20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found
for the damsel:
DEU 22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's
house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die:
because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's
house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
DEU 22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then
they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the
woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
DEU 22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man
find her in the city, and lie with her;
DEU 22:24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye
shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried
not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's
wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
DEU 22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force
her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.
DEU 22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no
sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and
slayeth him, even so is this matter:
DEU 22:27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and
there was none to save her.
DEU 22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and
lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
DEU 22:29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father
fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled
her, he may not put her away all his days.
DEU 22:30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's
skirt.
DEU 23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off,
shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
DEU 23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to
his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
DEU 23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the
LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the
congregation of the LORD for ever:
DEU 23:4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when
ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the
son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
DEU 23:5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the
LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy
God loved thee.
DEU 23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for
ever.
DEU 23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt
not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
DEU 23:8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the
congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
DEU 23:9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from
every wicked thing.
DEU 23:10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of
uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the
camp, he shall not come within the camp:
DEU 23:11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with
water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
DEU 23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go
forth abroad:
DEU 23:13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when
thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back
and cover that which cometh from thee:
DEU 23:14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver
thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be
holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
DEU 23:15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped
from his master unto thee:
DEU 23:16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he
shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not
oppress him.
DEU 23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite
of the sons of Israel.
DEU 23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog,
into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
DEU 23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury
of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
DEU 23:20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother
thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all
that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
DEU 23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not
slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it
would be sin in thee.
DEU 23:22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
DEU 23:23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even
a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God,
which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
DEU 23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat
grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy
vessel.
DEU 23:25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou
mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto
thy neighbour's standing corn.
DEU 24:1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass
that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness
in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her
hand, and send her out of his house.
DEU 24:2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another
man's wife.
DEU 24:3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of
divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or
if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;
DEU 24:4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be
his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD:
and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee
for an inheritance.
DEU 24:5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither
shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one
year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
DEU 24:6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he
taketh a man's life to pledge.
DEU 24:7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of
Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall
die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
DEU 24:8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and
do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I
commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
DEU 24:9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that
ye were come forth out of Egypt.
DEU 24:10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into
his house to fetch his pledge.
DEU 24:11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall
bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
DEU 24:12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
DEU 24:13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun
goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it
shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
DEU 24:14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy,
whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land
within thy gates:
DEU 24:15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go
down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry
against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
DEU 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither
shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to
death for his own sin.
DEU 24:17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the
fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
DEU 24:18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the
LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
DEU 24:19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a
sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the
stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may
bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
DEU 24:20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the
boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the
widow.
DEU 24:21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean
it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the
widow.
DEU 24:22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of
Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
DEU 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment,
that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and
condemn the wicked.
DEU 25:2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the
judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face,
according to his fault, by a certain number.
DEU 25:3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should
exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should
seem vile unto thee.
DEU 25:4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
DEU 25:5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no
child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her
husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and
perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
DEU 25:6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed
in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of
Israel.
DEU 25:7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his
brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's
brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not
perform the duty of my husband's brother.
DEU 25:8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and
if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
DEU 25:9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the
elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall
answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his
brother's house.
DEU 25:10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath
his shoe loosed.
DEU 25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one
draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth
him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
DEU 25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
DEU 25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
DEU 25:14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a
small.
DEU 25:15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just
measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which
the LORD thy God giveth thee.
DEU 25:16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
DEU 25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come
forth out of Egypt;
DEU 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all
that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared
not God.
DEU 25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest
from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the
remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
DEU 26:1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest
therein;
DEU 26:2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth,
which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and
shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God
shall choose to place his name there.
DEU 26:3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and
say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto
the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.
DEU 26:4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it
down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
DEU 26:5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready
to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there
with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
DEU 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon
us hard bondage:
DEU 26:7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard
our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
DEU 26:8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and
with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and
with wonders:
DEU 26:9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land,
even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
DEU 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which
thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy
God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
DEU 26:11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God
hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the
stranger that is among you.
DEU 26:12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine
increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto
the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat
within thy gates, and be filled;
DEU 26:13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the
hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the
Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according
to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed
thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.
DEU 26:14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away
ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but
I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to
all that thou hast commanded me.
DEU 26:15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy
people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto
our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
DEU 26:16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes
and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine
heart, and with all thy soul.
DEU 26:17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in
his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments,
and to hearken unto his voice:
DEU 26:18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people,
as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
DEU 26:19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in
praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people
unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
DEU 27:1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying,
Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
DEU 27:2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great
stones, and plaister them with plaister:
DEU 27:3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou
art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God
giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy
fathers hath promised thee.
DEU 27:4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set
up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt
plaister them with plaister.
DEU 27:5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar
of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
DEU 27:6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and
thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
DEU 27:7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and
rejoice before the LORD thy God.
DEU 27:8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very
plainly.
DEU 27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying,
Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the
LORD thy God.
DEU 27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his
commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
DEU 27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
DEU 27:12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye
are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and
Joseph, and Benjamin:
DEU 27:13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and
Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
DEU 27:14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with
a loud voice,
DEU 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an
abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and
putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
DEU 27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all
the people shall say, Amen.
DEU 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the
people shall say, Amen.
DEU 27:18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all
the people shall say, Amen.
DEU 27:19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger,
fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
DEU 27:20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he
uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
DEU 27:21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people
shall say, Amen.
DEU 27:22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father,
or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
DEU 27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people
shall say, Amen.
DEU 27:24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people
shall say, Amen.
DEU 27:25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all
the people shall say, Amen.
DEU 27:26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do
them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
DEU 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the
voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I
command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all
nations of the earth:
DEU 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if
thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
DEU 28:3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the
field.
DEU 28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy
ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks
of thy sheep.
DEU 28:5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
DEU 28:6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be
when thou goest out.
DEU 28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be
smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee
before thee seven ways.
DEU 28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and
in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land
which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
DEU 28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath
sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and
walk in his ways.
DEU 28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the
name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
DEU 28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy
body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the
land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
DEU 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give
the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine
hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
DEU 28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou
shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto
the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to
observe and to do them:
DEU 28:14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command
thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to
serve them.
DEU 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice
of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes
which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon
thee, and overtake thee:
DEU 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the
field.
DEU 28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
DEU 28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy
land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
DEU 28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be
when thou goest out.
DEU 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all
that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and
until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby
thou hast forsaken me.
DEU 28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have
consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
DEU 28:22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and
with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and
with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
DEU 28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth
that is under thee shall be iron.
DEU 28:24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from
heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
DEU 28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou
shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt
be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
DEU 28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto
the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
DEU 28:27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the
emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be
healed.
DEU 28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and
astonishment of heart:
DEU 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in
darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only
oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
DEU 28:30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou
shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a
vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
DEU 28:31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat
thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and
shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies,
and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
DEU 28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and
thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and
there shall be no might in thine hand.
DEU 28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which
thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
DEU 28:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou
shalt see.
DEU 28:35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore
botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy
head.
DEU 28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over
thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there
shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
DEU 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword,
among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
DEU 28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but
little in; for the locust shall consume it.
DEU 28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink
of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
DEU 28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou
shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
DEU 28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them;
for they shall go into captivity.
DEU 28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
DEU 28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high;
and thou shalt come down very low.
DEU 28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be
the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
DEU 28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue
thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not
unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes
which he commanded thee:
DEU 28:46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon
thy seed for ever.
DEU 28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with
gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
DEU 28:48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send
against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all
things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have
destroyed thee.
DEU 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end
of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt
not understand;
DEU 28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person
of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
DEU 28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land,
until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine,
or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have
destroyed thee.
DEU 28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and
fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and
he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the
LORD thy God hath given thee.
DEU 28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy
sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the
siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
DEU 28:54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye
shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and
toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
DEU 28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children
whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the
straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
DEU 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure
to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness,
her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her
son, and toward her daughter,
DEU 28:57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and
toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of
all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall
distress thee in thy gates.
DEU 28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are
written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name,
THE LORD THY GOD;
DEU 28:59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of
thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore
sicknesses, and of long continuance.
DEU 28:60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which
thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
DEU 28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the
book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be
destroyed.
DEU 28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of
heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD
thy God.
DEU 28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do
you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy
you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land
whither thou goest to possess it.
DEU 28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end
of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods,
which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
DEU 28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the
sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling
heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
DEU 28:66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear
day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
DEU 28:67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even
thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart
wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt
see.
DEU 28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the
way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye
shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall
buy you.
DEU 29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses
to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant
which he made with them in Horeb.
DEU 29:2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen
all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and
unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
DEU 29:3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and
those great miracles:
DEU 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to
see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
DEU 29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are
not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
DEU 29:6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink:
that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
DEU 29:7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og
the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
DEU 29:8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
DEU 29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may
prosper in all that ye do.
DEU 29:10 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains
of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
DEU 29:11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp,
from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
DEU 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and
into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
DEU 29:13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and
that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath
sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
DEU 29:14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
DEU 29:15 But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our
God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
DEU 29:16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came
through the nations which ye passed by;
DEU 29:17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and
stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
DEU 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe,
whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the
gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth
gall and wormwood;
DEU 29:19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that
he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk
in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
DEU 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his
jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in
this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under
heaven.
DEU 29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of
Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this
book of the law:
DEU 29:22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up
after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when
they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath
laid upon it;
DEU 29:23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning,
that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the
overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew
in his anger, and in his wrath:
DEU 29:24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto
this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
DEU 29:25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the
LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth
out of the land of Egypt:
DEU 29:26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom
they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
DEU 29:27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring
upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
DEU 29:28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in
wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is
this day.
DEU 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things
which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may
do all the words of this law.
DEU 30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon
thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou
shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath
driven thee,
DEU 30:2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice
according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with
all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
DEU 30:3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations,
whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
DEU 30:4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from
thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
DEU 30:5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers
possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply
thee above thy fathers.
DEU 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of
thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul, that thou mayest live.
DEU 30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies,
and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
DEU 30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his
commandments which I command thee this day.
DEU 30:9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine
hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the
fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for
good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
DEU 30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep
his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the
law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul.
DEU 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden
from thee, neither is it far off.
DEU 30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us
to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
DEU 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go
over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
DEU 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart,
that thou mayest do it.
DEU 30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and
evil;
DEU 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in
his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments,
that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee
in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
DEU 30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt
be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
DEU 30:18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that
ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over
Jordan to go to possess it.
DEU 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have
set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life,
that both thou and thy seed may live:
DEU 30:20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey
his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the
length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware
unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
DEU 31:1 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
DEU 31:2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day;
I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt
not go over this Jordan.
DEU 31:3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy
these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he
shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
DEU 31:4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings
of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
DEU 31:5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto
them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
DEU 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for
the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor
forsake thee.
DEU 31:7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all
Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people
unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and
thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
DEU 31:8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with
thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be
dismayed.
DEU 31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons
of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the
elders of Israel.
DEU 31:10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years,
in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
DEU 31:11 When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the
place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel
in their hearing.
DEU 31:12 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy
stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may
learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this
law:
DEU 31:13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may
hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land
whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
DEU 31:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou
must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the
congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and
presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
DEU 31:15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and
the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
DEU 31:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the
strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake
me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
DEU 31:17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will
forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be
devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will
say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not
among us?
DEU 31:18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which
they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
DEU 31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children
of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me
against the children of Israel.
DEU 31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto
their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten
and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods,
and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
DEU 31:21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen
them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall
not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their
imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into
the land which I sware.
DEU 31:22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel.
DEU 31:23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and
of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land
which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
DEU 31:24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words
of this law in a book, until they were finished,
DEU 31:25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant
of the LORD, saying,
DEU 31:26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against
thee.
DEU 31:27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet
alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how
much more after my death?
DEU 31:28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers,
that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to
record against them.
DEU 31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves,
and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall
you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to
provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
DEU 31:30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the
words of this song, until they were ended.
DEU 32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the
words of my mouth.
DEU 32:2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the
dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the
grass:
DEU 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness
unto our God.
DEU 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a
God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
DEU 32:5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his
children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
DEU 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he
thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established
thee?
DEU 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask
thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
DEU 32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he
separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the
number of the children of Israel.
DEU 32:9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his
inheritance.
DEU 32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness;
he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
DEU 32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
DEU 32:12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with
him.
DEU 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat
the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the
rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
DEU 32:14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams
of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou
didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
DEU 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made
him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
DEU 32:16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations
provoked they him to anger.
DEU 32:17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not,
to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
DEU 32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten
God that formed thee.
DEU 32:19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking
of his sons, and of his daughters.
DEU 32:20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their
end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no
faith.
DEU 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have
provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy
with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a
foolish nation.
DEU 32:22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest
hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the
foundations of the mountains.
DEU 32:23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
DEU 32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and
with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with
the poison of serpents of the dust.
DEU 32:25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young
man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
DEU 32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the
remembrance of them to cease from among men:
DEU 32:27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their
adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our
hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
DEU 32:28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any
understanding in them.
DEU 32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would
consider their latter end!
DEU 32:30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight,
except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
DEU 32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being
judges.
DEU 32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of
Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
DEU 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
DEU 32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my
treasures?
DEU 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in
due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall
come upon them make haste.
DEU 32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his
servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up,
or left.
DEU 32:37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they
trusted,
DEU 32:38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine
of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your
protection.
DEU 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I
kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can
deliver out of my hand.
DEU 32:40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
DEU 32:41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
DEU 32:42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour
flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the
beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
DEU 32:43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood
of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be
merciful unto his land, and to his people.
DEU 32:44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears
of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
DEU 32:45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
DEU 32:46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I
testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe
to do, all the words of this law.
DEU 32:47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and
through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over
Jordan to possess it.
DEU 32:48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
DEU 32:49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is
in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of
Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
DEU 32:50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy
people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his
people:
DEU 32:51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the
waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me
not in the midst of the children of Israel.
DEU 32:52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go
thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
DEU 33:1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the
children of Israel before his death.
DEU 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto
them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of
saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
DEU 33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they
sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
DEU 33:4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of
Jacob.
DEU 33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the
tribes of Israel were gathered together.
DEU 33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
DEU 33:7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice
of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him;
and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
DEU 33:8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy
one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the
waters of Meribah;
DEU 33:9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him;
neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they
have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
DEU 33:10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall
put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
DEU 33:11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite
through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him,
that they rise not again.
DEU 33:12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in
safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall
dwell between his shoulders.
DEU 33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the
precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth
beneath,
DEU 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the
precious things put forth by the moon,
DEU 33:15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the
precious things of the lasting hills,
DEU 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and
for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon
the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated
from his brethren.
DEU 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are
like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together
to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they
are the thousands of Manasseh.
DEU 33:18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,
Issachar, in thy tents.
DEU 33:19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer
sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the
seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
DEU 33:20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as
a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
DEU 33:21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a
portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the
people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
DEU 33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from
Bashan.
DEU 33:23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full
with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
DEU 33:24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be
acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
DEU 33:25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy
strength be.
DEU 33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the
heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
DEU 33:27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting
arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say,
Destroy them.
DEU 33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall
be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
DEU 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by
the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and
thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their
high places.
DEU 34:1 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo,
to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him
all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
DEU 34:2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the
land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
DEU 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of
palm trees, unto Zoar.
DEU 34:4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto
Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I
have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over
thither.
DEU 34:5 So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab,
according to the word of the LORD.
DEU 34:6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against
Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
DEU 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye
was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
DEU 34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab
thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
DEU 34:9 And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses
had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto
him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
DEU 34:10 And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom
the LORD knew face to face,
DEU 34:11 In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do
in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his
land,
DEU 34:12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses
shewed in the sight of all Israel.
JOS 1:1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass,
that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
JOS 1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,
thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the
children of Israel.
JOS 1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I
given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
JOS 1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the
river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward
the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
JOS 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of
thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee.
JOS 1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou
divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give
them.
JOS 1:7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to
do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not
from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper
withersoever thou goest.
JOS 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good success.
JOS 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not
afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest.
JOS 1:10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
JOS 1:11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you
victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to
possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
JOS 1:12 And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of
Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
JOS 1:13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you,
saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.
JOS 1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the
land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your
brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
JOS 1:15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given
you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth
them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it,
which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the
sunrising.
JOS 1:16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will
do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
JOS 1:17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we
hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
JOS 1:18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not
hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to
death: only be strong and of a good courage.
JOS 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly,
saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an
harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
JOS 2:2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in
hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
JOS 2:3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men
that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come
to search out all the country.
JOS 2:4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There
came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
JOS 2:5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it
was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after
them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
JOS 2:6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them
with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
JOS 2:7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and
as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
JOS 2:8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
JOS 2:9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the
land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants
of the land faint because of you.
JOS 2:10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for
you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the
Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly
destroyed.
JOS 2:11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt,
neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the
LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
JOS 2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have
shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's
house, and give me a true token:
JOS 2:13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my
brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from
death.
JOS 2:14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this
our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we
will deal kindly and truly with thee.
JOS 2:15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house
was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
JOS 2:16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers
meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be
returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
JOS 2:17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath
which thou hast made us swear.
JOS 2:18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of
scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt
bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's
household, home unto thee.
JOS 2:19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy
house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be
guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be
on our head, if any hand be upon him.
JOS 2:20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine
oath which thou hast made us to swear.
JOS 2:21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them
away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
JOS 2:22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three
days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them
throughout all the way, but found them not.
JOS 2:23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed
over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell
them:
JOS 2:24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our
hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint
because of us.
JOS 3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from
Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged
there before they passed over.
JOS 3:2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through
the host;
JOS 3:3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then
ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
JOS 3:4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand
cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which
ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
JOS 3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow
the LORD will do wonders among you.
JOS 3:6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the
covenant, and went before the people.
JOS 3:7 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee
in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so
I will be with thee.
JOS 3:8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant,
saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand
still in Jordan.
JOS 3:9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the
words of the LORD your God.
JOS 3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among
you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the
Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
JOS 3:11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.
JOS 3:12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of
every tribe a man.
JOS 3:13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the
priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest
in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the
waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
JOS 3:14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to
pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the
people;
JOS 3:15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet
of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for
Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
JOS 3:16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an
heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came
down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut
off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
JOS 3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood
firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over
on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
JOS 4:1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over
Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
JOS 4:2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
JOS 4:3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of
Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve
stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging
place, where ye shall lodge this night.
JOS 4:4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the
children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
JOS 4:5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your
God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon
his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of
Israel:
JOS 4:6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their
fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
JOS 4:7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off
before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the
waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto
the children of Israel for ever.
JOS 4:8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up
twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried
them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down
there.
JOS 4:9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place
where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and
they are there unto this day.
JOS 4:10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan,
until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto
the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people
hasted and passed over.
JOS 4:11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that
the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the
people.
JOS 4:12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the
tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses
spake unto them:
JOS 4:13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD
unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
JOS 4:14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and
they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
JOS 4:15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
JOS 4:16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they
come up out of Jordan.
JOS 4:17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of
Jordan.
JOS 4:18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the
covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles
of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of
Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did
before.
JOS 4:19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first
month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
JOS 4:20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua
pitch in Gilgal.
JOS 4:21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children
shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
JOS 4:22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this
Jordan on dry land.
JOS 4:23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you,
until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he
dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
JOS 4:24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD,
that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
JOS 5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on
the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were
by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before
the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted,
neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
JOS 5:2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and
circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
JOS 5:3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of
Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
JOS 5:4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that
came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the
wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
JOS 5:5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people
that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of
Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
JOS 5:6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till
all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed,
because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that
he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that
he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
JOS 5:7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua
circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised
them by the way.
JOS 5:8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people,
that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
JOS 5:9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the
reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called
Gilgal unto this day.
JOS 5:10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover
on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
JOS 5:11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the
passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
JOS 5:12 And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old
corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they
did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
JOS 5:13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up
his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his
sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art
thou for us, or for our adversaries?
JOS 5:14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now
come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said
unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?
JOS 5:15 And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe
from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua
did so.
JOS 6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel:
none went out, and none came in.
JOS 6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand
Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
JOS 6:3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about
the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
JOS 6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams'
horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the
priests shall blow with the trumpets.
JOS 6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the
ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall
shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and
the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
JOS 6:6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take
up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of
rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
JOS 6:7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let
him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
JOS 6:8 And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the
seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the
LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD
followed them.
JOS 6:9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets,
and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with
the trumpets.
JOS 6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor
make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your
mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
JOS 6:11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and
they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
JOS 6:12 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark
of the LORD.
JOS 6:13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the
ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the
armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the
LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
JOS 6:14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into
the camp: so they did six days.
JOS 6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about
the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven
times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
JOS 6:16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with
the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you
the city.
JOS 6:17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein,
to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her
in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
JOS 6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye
make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the
camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
JOS 6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are
consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
JOS 6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it
came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people
shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people
went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
JOS 6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and
woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
JOS 6:22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country,
Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she
hath, as ye sware unto her.
JOS 6:23 And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and
her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they
brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
JOS 6:24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the
silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the
treasury of the house of the LORD.
JOS 6:25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's
household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this
day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
JOS 6:26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man
before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay
the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set
up the gates of it.
JOS 6:27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all
the country.
JOS 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing:
for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe
of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled
against the children of Israel.
JOS 7:2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on
the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country.
And the men went up and viewed Ai.
JOS 7:3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people
go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make
not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
JOS 7:4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and
they fled before the men of Ai.
JOS 7:5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they
chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the
going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
JOS 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face
before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of
Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
JOS 7:7 And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought
this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to
destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side
Jordan!
JOS 7:8 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their
enemies!
JOS 7:9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of
it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what
wilt thou do unto thy great name?
JOS 7:10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus
upon thy face?
JOS 7:11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which
I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have
also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own
stuff.
JOS 7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their
enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were
accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed
from among you.
JOS 7:13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to
morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing
in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies,
until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
JOS 7:14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your
tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come
according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take
shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall
come man by man.
JOS 7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall
be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the
covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
JOS 7:16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their
tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
JOS 7:17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the
Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was
taken:
JOS 7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of
Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
JOS 7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the
LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou
hast done; hide it not from me.
JOS 7:20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the
LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
JOS 7:21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two
hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then
I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the
midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
JOS 7:22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold,
it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
JOS 7:23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them
unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before
the LORD.
JOS 7:24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and
the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his
daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all
that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
JOS 7:25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble
thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with
fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
JOS 7:26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the
LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that
place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
JOS 8:1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed:
take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have
given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his
land:
JOS 8:2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and
her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a
prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
JOS 8:3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and
Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by
night.
JOS 8:4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against
the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all
ready:
JOS 8:5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the
city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the
first, that we will flee before them,
JOS 8:6 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the
city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we
will flee before them.
JOS 8:7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for
the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
JOS 8:8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the
city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I
have commanded you.
JOS 8:9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and
abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that
night among the people.
JOS 8:10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and
went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
JOS 8:11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went
up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of
Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
JOS 8:12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush
between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
JOS 8:13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the
north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua
went that night into the midst of the valley.
JOS 8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and
rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he
and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not
that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
JOS 8:15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before
them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
JOS 8:16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue
after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
JOS 8:17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after
Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
JOS 8:18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy
hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out
the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
JOS 8:19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon
as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took
it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
JOS 8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the
smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this
way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon
the pursuers.
JOS 8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the
city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and
slew the men of Ai.
JOS 8:22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were
in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they
smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
JOS 8:23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
JOS 8:24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the
inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased
them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were
consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the
edge of the sword.
JOS 8:25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women,
were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
JOS 8:26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the
spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
JOS 8:27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey
unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded
Joshua.
JOS 8:28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation
unto this day.
JOS 8:29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as
the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down
from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise
thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
JOS 8:30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
JOS 8:31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as
it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over
which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings
unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
JOS 8:32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which
he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
JOS 8:33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges,
stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites,
which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he
that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half
of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had
commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
JOS 8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
JOS 8:35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read
not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little
ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
JOS 9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side
Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great
sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the
Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
JOS 9:2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with
Israel, with one accord.
JOS 9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto
Jericho and to Ai,
JOS 9:4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been
ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and
rent, and bound up;
JOS 9:5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them;
and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
JOS 9:6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto
him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore
make ye a league with us.
JOS 9:7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell
among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
JOS 9:8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto
them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
JOS 9:9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come
because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of
him, and all that he did in Egypt,
JOS 9:10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were
beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was
at Ashtaroth.
JOS 9:11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to
us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and
say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
JOS 9:12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the
day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is
mouldy:
JOS 9:13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and,
behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by
reason of the very long journey.
JOS 9:14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the
mouth of the LORD.
JOS 9:15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let
them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
JOS 9:16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a
league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that
they dwelt among them.
JOS 9:17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on
the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and
Kirjathjearim.
JOS 9:18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the
congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the
congregation murmured against the princes.
JOS 9:19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn
unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
JOS 9:20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be
upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
JOS 9:21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers
of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had
promised them.
JOS 9:22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore
have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among
us?
JOS 9:23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed
from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of
my God.
JOS 9:24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy
servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you
all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before
you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done
this thing.
JOS 9:25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right
unto thee to do unto us, do.
JOS 9:26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the
children of Israel, that they slew them not.
JOS 9:27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the
place which he should choose.
JOS 10:1 Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how
Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho
and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of
Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
JOS 10:2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one
of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men
thereof were mighty.
JOS 10:3 Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of
Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and
unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
JOS 10:4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath
made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
JOS 10:5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the
king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon,
gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and
encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
JOS 10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying,
Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and
help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are
gathered together against us.
JOS 10:7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with
him, and all the mighty men of valour.
JOS 10:8 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered
them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
JOS 10:9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all
night.
JOS 10:10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a
great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to
Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
JOS 10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were
in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from
heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with
hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
JOS 10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up
the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of
Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of
Ajalon.
JOS 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had
avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of
Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go
down about a whole day.
JOS 10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD
hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
JOS 10:15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
JOS 10:16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
JOS 10:17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a
cave at Makkedah.
JOS 10:18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and
set men by it for to keep them:
JOS 10:19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the
hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD
your God hath delivered them into your hand.
JOS 10:20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made
an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed,
that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
JOS 10:21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in
peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
JOS 10:22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those
five kings unto me out of the cave.
JOS 10:23 And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out
of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of
Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
JOS 10:24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua,
that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains
of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the
necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks
of them.
JOS 10:25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and
of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom
ye fight.
JOS 10:26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on
five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
JOS 10:27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that
Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into
the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's
mouth, which remain until this very day.
JOS 10:28 And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the
sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls
that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as
he did unto the king of Jericho.
JOS 10:29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto
Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
JOS 10:30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand
of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that
were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he
did unto the king of Jericho.
JOS 10:31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto
Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
JOS 10:32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took
it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the
souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
JOS 10:33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote
him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
JOS 10:34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him;
and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
JOS 10:35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the
sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day,
according to all that he had done to Lachish.
JOS 10:36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron;
and they fought against it:
JOS 10:37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the
king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were
therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon;
but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
JOS 10:38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought
against it:
JOS 10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof;
and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the
souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so
he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and
to her king.
JOS 10:40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and
of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining,
but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
JOS 10:41 And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the
country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
JOS 10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time,
because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
JOS 10:43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to
Gilgal.
JOS 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things,
that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the
king of Achshaph,
JOS 11:2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the
plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on
the west,
JOS 11:3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the
Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the
mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
JOS 11:4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people,
even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and
chariots very many.
JOS 11:5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched
together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
JOS 11:6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to
morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou
shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
JOS 11:7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by
the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
JOS 11:8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote
them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the
valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none
remaining.
JOS 11:9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their
horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
JOS 11:10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the
king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those
kingdoms.
JOS 11:11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the
sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he
burnt Hazor with fire.
JOS 11:12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did
Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly
destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
JOS 11:13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel
burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
JOS 11:14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of
Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the
edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to
breathe.
JOS 11:15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command
Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD
commanded Moses.
JOS 11:16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south
country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the
mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
JOS 11:17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad
in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and
smote them, and slew them.
JOS 11:18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
JOS 11:19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel,
save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
JOS 11:20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come
against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they
might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded
Moses.
JOS 11:21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the
mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of
Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly
with their cities.
JOS 11:22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of
Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
JOS 11:23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said
unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according
to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
JOS 12:1 Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel
smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising
of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the
east:
JOS 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from
Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the
river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border
of the children of Ammon;
JOS 12:3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the
sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth;
and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
JOS 12:4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the
giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
JOS 12:5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto
the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the
border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
JOS 12:6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel
smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
JOS 12:7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children
of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley
of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua
gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
JOS 12:8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the
springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the
Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
JOS 12:9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel,
one;
JOS 12:10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
JOS 12:11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
JOS 12:12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
JOS 12:13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
JOS 12:14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
JOS 12:15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
JOS 12:16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
JOS 12:17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
JOS 12:18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
JOS 12:19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
JOS 12:20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
JOS 12:21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
JOS 12:22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
JOS 12:23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of
Gilgal, one;
JOS 12:24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
JOS 13:1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him,
Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to
be possessed.
JOS 13:2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the
Philistines, and all Geshuri,
JOS 13:3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron
northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines;
the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the
Ekronites; also the Avites:
JOS 13:4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is
beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
JOS 13:5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,
from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
JOS 13:6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto
Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the
children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an
inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
JOS 13:7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine
tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
JOS 13:8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their
inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the
servant of the LORD gave them;
JOS 13:9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city
that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
JOS 13:10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in
Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
JOS 13:11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and
all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
JOS 13:12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in
Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses
smite, and cast them out.
JOS 13:13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor
the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the
Israelites until this day.
JOS 13:14 Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the
sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as
he said unto them.
JOS 13:15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance
according to their families.
JOS 13:16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river
Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by
Medeba;
JOS 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and
Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
JOS 13:18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
JOS 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the
valley,
JOS 13:20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
JOS 13:21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king
of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes
of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of
Sihon, dwelling in the country.
JOS 13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of
Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
JOS 13:23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border
thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their
families, the cities and the villages thereof.
JOS 13:24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the
children of Gad according to their families.
JOS 13:25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half
the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
JOS 13:26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim
unto the border of Debir;
JOS 13:27 And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and
Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his
border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan
eastward.
JOS 13:28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their
families, the cities, and their villages.
JOS 13:29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this
was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their
families.
JOS 13:30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og
king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore
cities:
JOS 13:31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of
Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of
Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
JOS 13:32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance
in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
JOS 13:33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD
God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
JOS 14:1 And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited
in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of
Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,
distributed for inheritance to them.
JOS 14:2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of
Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
JOS 14:3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe
on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among
them.
JOS 14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:
therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to
dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
JOS 14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they
divided the land.
JOS 14:6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the
son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the
LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
JOS 14:7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from
Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in
mine heart.
JOS 14:8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the
people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
JOS 14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet
have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because
thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
JOS 14:10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these
forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while
the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day
fourscore and five years old.
JOS 14:11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent
me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go
out, and to come in.
JOS 14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that
day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the
cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall
be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
JOS 14:13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh
Hebron for an inheritance.
JOS 14:14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of
Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the
LORD God of Israel.
JOS 14:15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a
great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
JOS 15:1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their
families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the
uttermost part of the south coast.
JOS 15:2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the
bay that looketh southward:
JOS 15:3 And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along
to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along
to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
JOS 15:4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of
Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your
south coast.
JOS 15:5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan.
And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the
uttermost part of Jordan:
JOS 15:6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of
Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
JOS 15:7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so
northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim,
which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the
waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
JOS 15:8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the
south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up
to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward,
which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
JOS 15:9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain
of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the
border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
JOS 15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and
passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north
side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
JOS 15:11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the
border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out
unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
JOS 15:12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof.
This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their
families.
JOS 15:13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the
children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even
the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
JOS 15:14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
JOS 15:15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of
Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
JOS 15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him
will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
JOS 15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he
gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
JOS 15:18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask
of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her,
What wouldest thou?
JOS 15:19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south
land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and
the nether springs.
JOS 15:20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah
according to their families.
JOS 15:21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah
toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
JOS 15:22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
JOS 15:23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
JOS 15:24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
JOS 15:25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
JOS 15:26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
JOS 15:27 And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,
JOS 15:28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
JOS 15:29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
JOS 15:30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
JOS 15:31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
JOS 15:32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are
twenty and nine, with their villages:
JOS 15:33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
JOS 15:34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
JOS 15:35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
JOS 15:36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen
cities with their villages:
JOS 15:37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,
JOS 15:38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
JOS 15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
JOS 15:40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
JOS 15:41 And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities
with their villages:
JOS 15:42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
JOS 15:43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
JOS 15:44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their
villages:
JOS 15:45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
JOS 15:46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their
villages:
JOS 15:47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her
villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
JOS 15:48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
JOS 15:49 And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,
JOS 15:50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
JOS 15:51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
JOS 15:52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
JOS 15:53 And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,
JOS 15:54 And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities
with their villages:
JOS 15:55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
JOS 15:56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
JOS 15:57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
JOS 15:58 Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,
JOS 15:59 And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their
villages:
JOS 15:60 Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with
their villages:
JOS 15:61 In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
JOS 15:62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their
villages.
JOS 15:63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of
Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of
Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
JOS 16:1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho,
unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from
Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
JOS 16:2 And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders
of Archi to Ataroth,
JOS 16:3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of
Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the
sea.
JOS 16:4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their
inheritance.
JOS 16:5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families
was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was
Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
JOS 16:6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north
side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it
on the east to Janohah;
JOS 16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to
Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
JOS 16:8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and
the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Ephraim by their families.
JOS 16:9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the
inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
JOS 16:10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the
Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under
tribute.
JOS 17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the
firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father
of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
JOS 17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by
their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of
Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and
for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the
male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
JOS 17:3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the
names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
JOS 17:4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the
son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give
us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment
of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
JOS 17:5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead
and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
JOS 17:6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons:
and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
JOS 17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth
before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the
inhabitants of Entappuah.
JOS 17:8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of
Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
JOS 17:9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river:
these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of
Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it
were at the sea:
JOS 17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the
sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in
Issachar on the east.
JOS 17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns,
and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her
towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
JOS 17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of
those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
JOS 17:13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong,
that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
JOS 17:14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou
given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people,
forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
JOS 17:15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee
up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the
Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
JOS 17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and
all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of
iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the
valley of Jezreel.
JOS 17:17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to
Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt
not have one lot only:
JOS 17:18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt
cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out
the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
JOS 18:1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled
together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And
the land was subdued before them.
JOS 18:2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which
had not yet received their inheritance.
JOS 18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to
go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
JOS 18:4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send
them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according
to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
JOS 18:5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their
coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on
the north.
JOS 18:6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the
description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD
our God.
JOS 18:7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the
LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of
Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which
Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
JOS 18:8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went
to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe
it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD
in Shiloh.
JOS 18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by
cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at
Shiloh.
JOS 18:10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there
Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their
divisions.
JOS 18:11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up
according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between
the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
JOS 18:12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border
went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the
mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of
Bethaven.
JOS 18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz,
which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the
hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
JOS 18:14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea
southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the
goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the
children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
JOS 18:15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the
border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
JOS 18:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth
before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the
giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of
Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
JOS 18:17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went
forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and
descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
JOS 18:18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and
went down unto Arabah:
JOS 18:19 And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and
the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the
south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
JOS 18:20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about,
according to their families.
JOS 18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according
to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
JOS 18:22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
JOS 18:23 And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
JOS 18:24 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their
villages:
JOS 18:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
JOS 18:26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
JOS 18:27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
JOS 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and
Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the
children of Benjamin according to their families.
JOS 19:1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was
within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
JOS 19:2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
JOS 19:3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
JOS 19:4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
JOS 19:5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,
JOS 19:6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
JOS 19:7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
JOS 19:8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to
Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families.
JOS 19:9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance
of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much
for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the
inheritance of them.
JOS 19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according
to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
JOS 19:11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to
Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
JOS 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border
of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
JOS 19:13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to
Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;
JOS 19:14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the
outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
JOS 19:15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem:
twelve cities with their villages.
JOS 19:16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according
to their families, these cities with their villages.
JOS 19:17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of
Issachar according to their families.
JOS 19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
JOS 19:19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,
JOS 19:20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
JOS 19:21 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;
JOS 19:22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh;
and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their
villages.
JOS 19:23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
JOS 19:24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families.
JOS 19:25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
JOS 19:26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel
westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
JOS 19:27 And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to
Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of
Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
JOS 19:28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
JOS 19:29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre;
and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from
the coast to Achzib:
JOS 19:30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their
villages.
JOS 19:31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
JOS 19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the
children of Naphtali according to their families.
JOS 19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami,
Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
JOS 19:34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out
from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and
reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the
sunrising.
JOS 19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and
Chinnereth,
JOS 19:36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
JOS 19:37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,
JOS 19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh;
nineteen cities with their villages.
JOS 19:39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
according to their families, the cities and their villages.
JOS 19:40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families.
JOS 19:41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and
Irshemesh,
JOS 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
JOS 19:43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
JOS 19:44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
JOS 19:45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,
JOS 19:46 And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
JOS 19:47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them:
therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took
it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt
therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
JOS 19:48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan
according to their families, these cities with their villages.
JOS 19:49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by
their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of
Nun among them:
JOS 19:50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he
asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt
therein.
JOS 19:51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the
son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing
the country.
JOS 20:1 The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
JOS 20:2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities
of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
JOS 20:3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may
flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
JOS 20:4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at
the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears
of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and
give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
JOS 20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not
deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour
unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
JOS 20:6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the
congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall
be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own
city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
JOS 20:7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem
in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
JOS 20:8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer
in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in
Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of
Manasseh.
JOS 20:9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and
for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any
person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger
of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
JOS 21:1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar
the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers
of the tribes of the children of Israel;
JOS 21:2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The
LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the
suburbs thereof for our cattle.
JOS 21:3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their
inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
JOS 21:4 And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the
children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out
of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe
of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
JOS 21:5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families
of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half
tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
JOS 21:6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
JOS 21:7 The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of
Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve
cities.
JOS 21:8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities
with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
JOS 21:9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out
of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned
by name.
JOS 21:10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the
Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first
lot.
JOS 21:11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city
is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about
it.
JOS 21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
JOS 21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
JOS 21:14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
JOS 21:15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
JOS 21:16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and
Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
JOS 21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with
her suburbs,
JOS 21:18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
JOS 21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
JOS 21:20 And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which
remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out
of the tribe of Ephraim.
JOS 21:21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be
a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
JOS 21:22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four
cities.
JOS 21:23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon
with her suburbs,
JOS 21:24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
JOS 21:25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and
Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
JOS 21:26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the
children of Kohath that remained.
JOS 21:27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites,
out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her
suburbs; two cities.
JOS 21:28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh
with her suburbs,
JOS 21:29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
JOS 21:30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with
her suburbs,
JOS 21:31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
JOS 21:32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her
suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
JOS 21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were
thirteen cities with their suburbs.
JOS 21:34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah
with her suburbs,
JOS 21:35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
JOS 21:36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah
with her suburbs,
JOS 21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four
cities.
JOS 21:38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to
be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
JOS 21:39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in
all.
JOS 21:40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families,
which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve
cities.
JOS 21:41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children
of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
JOS 21:42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them:
thus were all these cities.
JOS 21:43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give
unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
JOS 21:44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he
sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies
before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
JOS 21:45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken
unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
JOS 22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasseh,
JOS 22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the
LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
JOS 22:3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but
have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
JOS 22:4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he
promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto
the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on
the other side Jordan.
JOS 22:5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses
the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk
in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to
serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
JOS 22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their
tents.
JOS 22:7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given
possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their
brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also
unto their tents, then he blessed them,
JOS 22:8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your
tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with
brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your
enemies with your brethren.
JOS 22:9 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe
of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh,
which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land
of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word
of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
JOS 22:10 And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land
of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe
of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
JOS 22:11 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben
and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar
over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage
of the children of Israel.
JOS 22:12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation
of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to
war against them.
JOS 22:13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and
to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of
Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
JOS 22:14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout
all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their
fathers among the thousands of Israel.
JOS 22:15 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they
spake with them, saying,
JOS 22:16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this
that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from
following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel
this day against the LORD?
JOS 22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not
cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation
of the LORD,
JOS 22:18 But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it
will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be
wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
JOS 22:19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then
pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's
tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the
LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the
LORD our God.
JOS 22:20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed
thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man
perished not alone in his iniquity.
JOS 22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half
tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of
Israel,
JOS 22:22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel
he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the
LORD, (save us not this day,)
JOS 22:23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or
if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace
offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
JOS 22:24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In
time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have
ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
JOS 22:25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye
children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall
your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
JOS 22:26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for
burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
JOS 22:27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our
generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him
with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace
offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye
have no part in the LORD.
JOS 22:28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us
or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the
pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt
offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
JOS 22:29 God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day
from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat
offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is
before his tabernacle.
JOS 22:30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation
and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words
that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of
Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
JOS 22:31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day
we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this
trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out
of the hand of the LORD.
JOS 22:32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out
of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of
Israel, and brought them word again.
JOS 22:33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of
Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to
destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
JOS 22:34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar
Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
JOS 23:1 And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest
unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and
stricken in age.
JOS 23:2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their
heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am
old and stricken in age:
JOS 23:3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these
nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.
JOS 23:4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to
be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I
have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
JOS 23:5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive
them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD
your God hath promised unto you.
JOS 23:6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written
in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the
right hand or to the left;
JOS 23:7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you;
neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them,
neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
JOS 23:8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
JOS 23:9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and
strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this
day.
JOS 23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it
is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
JOS 23:11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your
God.
JOS 23:12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant
of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages
with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
JOS 23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out
any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto
you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish
from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
JOS 23:14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye
know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed
of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are
come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
JOS 23:15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come
upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon
you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land
which the LORD your God hath given you.
JOS 23:16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which
he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves
to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye
shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
JOS 24:1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called
for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for
their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
JOS 24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even
Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other
gods.
JOS 24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and
led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave
him Isaac.
JOS 24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount
Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
JOS 24:5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that
which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
JOS 24:6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea;
and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto
the Red sea.
JOS 24:7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and
the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes
have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long
season.
JOS 24:8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the
other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand,
that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
JOS 24:9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against
Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
JOS 24:10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still:
so I delivered you out of his hand.
JOS 24:11 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of
Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the
Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
JOS 24:12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before
you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy
bow.
JOS 24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities
which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards
which ye planted not do ye eat.
JOS 24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in
truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side
of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
JOS 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day
whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on
the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye
dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
JOS 24:16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake
the LORD, to serve other gods;
JOS 24:17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers
out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those
great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we
went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
JOS 24:18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the
Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for
he is our God.
JOS 24:19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is
an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor
your sins.
JOS 24:20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn
and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
JOS 24:21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
JOS 24:22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves
that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are
witnesses.
JOS 24:23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among
you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
JOS 24:24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and
his voice will we obey.
JOS 24:25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a
statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
JOS 24:26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took
a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary
of the LORD.
JOS 24:27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a
witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake
unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
JOS 24:28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
JOS 24:29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of
Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
JOS 24:30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of
Gaash.
JOS 24:31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days
of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the
LORD, that he had done for Israel.
JOS 24:32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out
of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought
of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver:
and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
JOS 24:33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill
that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
JDG 1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of
Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites
first, to fight against them?
JDG 1:2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the
land into his hand.
JDG 1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot,
that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee
into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
JDG 1:4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the
Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
JDG 1:5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and
they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
JDG 1:6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and
cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
JDG 1:7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and
their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done,
so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he
died.
JDG 1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken
it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
JDG 1:9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the
Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
JDG 1:10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the
name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai.
JDG 1:11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the
name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
JDG 1:12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him
will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
JDG 1:13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and
he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
JDG 1:14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask
of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto
her, What wilt thou?
JDG 1:15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a
south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper
springs and the nether springs.
JDG 1:16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out
of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of
Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the
people.
JDG 1:17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites
that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city
was called Hormah.
JDG 1:18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the
coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.
JDG 1:19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the
mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they
had chariots of iron.
JDG 1:20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled
thence the three sons of Anak.
JDG 1:21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that
inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in
Jerusalem unto this day.
JDG 1:22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the
LORD was with them.
JDG 1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the
city before was Luz.)
JDG 1:24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said
unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew
thee mercy.
JDG 1:25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the
city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.
JDG 1:26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and
called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.
JDG 1:27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her
towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns,
nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo
and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
JDG 1:28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the
Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
JDG 1:29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but
the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
JDG 1:30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the
inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became
tributaries.
JDG 1:31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the
inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of
Aphik, nor of Rehob:
JDG 1:32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the
land: for they did not drive them out.
JDG 1:33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor
the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the
inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of
Bethanath became tributaries unto them.
JDG 1:34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for
they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
JDG 1:35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in
Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became
tributaries.
JDG 1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from
the rock, and upward.
JDG 2:1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I
made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I
sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
JDG 2:2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye
shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye
done this?
JDG 2:3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but
they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto
you.
JDG 2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto
all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
JDG 2:5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed
there unto the LORD.
JDG 2:6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went
every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
JDG 2:7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the
days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works
of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
JDG 2:8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an
hundred and ten years old.
JDG 2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres,
in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
JDG 2:10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and
there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet
the works which he had done for Israel.
JDG 2:11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and
served Baalim:
JDG 2:12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them
out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people
that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the
LORD to anger.
JDG 2:13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
JDG 2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered
them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the
hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand
before their enemies.
JDG 2:15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them
for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they
were greatly distressed.
JDG 2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out
of the hand of those that spoiled them.
JDG 2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a
whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly
out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the
LORD; but they did not so.
JDG 2:18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the
judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days
of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason
of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
JDG 2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and
corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to
serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings,
nor from their stubborn way.
JDG 2:20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said,
Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded
their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
JDG 2:21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the
nations which Joshua left when he died:
JDG 2:22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way
of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
JDG 2:23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out
hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
JDG 3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by
them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
JDG 3:2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to
teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
JDG 3:3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the
Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon
unto the entering in of Hamath.
JDG 3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would
hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers
by the hand of Moses.
JDG 3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and
Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
JDG 3:6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their
daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
JDG 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and
forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
JDG 3:8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold
them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children
of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
JDG 3:9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised
up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel
the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
JDG 3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and
went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia
into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
JDG 3:11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
JDG 3:12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD:
and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they
had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
JDG 3:13 And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went
and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
JDG 3:14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen
years.
JDG 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised
them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and
by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
JDG 3:16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length;
and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
JDG 3:17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a
very fat man.
JDG 3:18 And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the
people that bare the present.
JDG 3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by
Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep
silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
JDG 3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which
he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee.
And he arose out of his seat.
JDG 3:21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right
thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
JDG 3:22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon
the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the
dirt came out.
JDG 3:23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the
parlour upon him, and locked them.
JDG 3:24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that,
behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth
his feet in his summer chamber.
JDG 3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not
the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and,
behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
JDG 3:26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the
quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
JDG 3:27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the
mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the
mount, and he before them.
JDG 3:28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered
your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and
took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
JDG 3:29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all
lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
JDG 3:30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land
had rest fourscore years.
JDG 3:31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the
Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
JDG 4:1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD,
when Ehud was dead.
JDG 4:2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that
reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in
Harosheth of the Gentiles.
JDG 4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine
hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children
of Israel.
JDG 4:4 And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at
that time.
JDG 4:5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel
in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
JDG 4:6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of
Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded,
saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men
of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
JDG 4:7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of
Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him
into thine hand.
JDG 4:8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but
if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
JDG 4:9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey
that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell
Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to
Kedesh.
JDG 4:10 And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with
ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
JDG 4:11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father
in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent
unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
JDG 4:12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to
mount Tabor.
JDG 4:13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred
chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth
of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
JDG 4:14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the
LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before
thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
JDG 4:15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his
host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down
off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
JDG 4:16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto
Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge
of the sword; and there was not a man left.
JDG 4:17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of
Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the
house of Heber the Kenite.
JDG 4:18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my
lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the
tent, she covered him with a mantle.
JDG 4:19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink;
for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and
covered him.
JDG 4:20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall
be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man
here? that thou shalt say, No.
JDG 4:21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in
her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and
fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
JDG 4:22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and
said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when
he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his
temples.
JDG 4:23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the
children of Israel.
JDG 4:24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed
against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of
Canaan.
JDG 5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
JDG 5:2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people
willingly offered themselves.
JDG 5:3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto
the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
JDG 5:4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the
field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also
dropped water.
JDG 5:5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before
the LORD God of Israel.
JDG 5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the
highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
JDG 5:7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until
that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
JDG 5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or
spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
JDG 5:9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves
willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
JDG 5:10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk
by the way.
JDG 5:11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of
drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even
the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then
shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
JDG 5:12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and
lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
JDG 5:13 Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among
the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
JDG 5:14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee,
Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of
Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
JDG 5:15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and
also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben
there were great thoughts of heart.
JDG 5:16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the
flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
JDG 5:17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher
continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.
JDG 5:18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto
the death in the high places of the field.
JDG 5:19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach
by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
JDG 5:20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against
Sisera.
JDG 5:21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river
Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
JDG 5:22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the
pransings of their mighty ones.
JDG 5:23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the
inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the
help of the LORD against the mighty.
JDG 5:24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be,
blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
JDG 5:25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a
lordly dish.
JDG 5:26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's
hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when
she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
JDG 5:27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he
fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
JDG 5:28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the
lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his
chariots?
JDG 5:29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
JDG 5:30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a
damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours
of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the
necks of them that take the spoil?
JDG 5:31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him
be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty
years.
JDG 6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the
LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
JDG 6:2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the
Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the
mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
JDG 6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and
the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
JDG 6:4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the
earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither
sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
JDG 6:5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as
grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without
number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
JDG 6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the
children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
JDG 6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD
because of the Midianites,
JDG 6:8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said
unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from
Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
JDG 6:9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the
hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave
you their land;
JDG 6:10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
JDG 6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was
in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon
threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
JDG 6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The
LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
JDG 6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why
then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers
told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD
hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
JDG 6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and
thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
JDG 6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?
behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's
house.
JDG 6:16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou
shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
JDG 6:17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then
shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
JDG 6:18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring
forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until
thou come again.
JDG 6:19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an
ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a
pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.
JDG 6:20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened
cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
JDG 6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in
his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up
fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then
the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
JDG 6:22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon
said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to
face.
JDG 6:23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt
not die.
JDG 6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it
Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
JDG 6:25 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take
thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and
throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove
that is by it:
JDG 6:26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock,
in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt
sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
JDG 6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had
said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and
the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
JDG 6:28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the
altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and
the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
JDG 6:29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they
enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
JDG 6:30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he
may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut
down the grove that was by it.
JDG 6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for
Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death
whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because
one hath cast down his altar.
JDG 6:32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead
against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
JDG 6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the
east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of
Jezreel.
JDG 6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet;
and Abiezer was gathered after him.
JDG 6:35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered
after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto
Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
JDG 6:36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as
thou hast said,
JDG 6:37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be
on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I
know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
JDG 6:38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the
fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
JDG 6:39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and
I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the
fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let
there be dew.
JDG 6:40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and
there was dew on all the ground.
JDG 7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him,
rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the
Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the
valley.
JDG 7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too
many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt
themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
JDG 7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying,
Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount
Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there
remained ten thousand.
JDG 7:4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them
down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be,
that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with
thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the
same shall not go.
JDG 7:5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto
Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog
lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down
upon his knees to drink.
JDG 7:6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth,
were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their
knees to drink water.
JDG 7:7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped
will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the
other people go every man unto his place.
JDG 7:8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he
sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three
hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
JDG 7:9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him,
Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
JDG 7:10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down
to the host:
JDG 7:11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be
strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his
servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
JDG 7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the
east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their
camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
JDG 7:13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream
unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of
barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote
it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
JDG 7:14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword
of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God
delivered Midian, and all the host.
JDG 7:15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the
interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of
Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host
of Midian.
JDG 7:16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put
a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the
pitchers.
JDG 7:17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when
I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
JDG 7:18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye
the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the
LORD, and of Gideon.
JDG 7:19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the
outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but
newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that
were in their hands.
JDG 7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers,
and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands
to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
JDG 7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all
the host ran, and cried, and fled.
JDG 7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's
sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to
Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
JDG 7:23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of
Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the
Midianites.
JDG 7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come
down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah
and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and
took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
JDG 7:25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they
slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of
Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on
the other side Jordan.
JDG 8:1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus,
that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites?
And they did chide with him sharply.
JDG 8:2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is
not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
JDG 8:3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and
Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was
abated toward him, when he had said that.
JDG 8:4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred
men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
JDG 8:5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread
unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after
Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
JDG 8:6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna
now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
JDG 8:7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and
Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the
wilderness and with briers.
JDG 8:8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the
men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
JDG 8:9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in
peace, I will break down this tower.
JDG 8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them,
about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the
children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that
drew sword.
JDG 8:11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east
of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
JDG 8:12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the
two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
JDG 8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was
up,
JDG 8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him:
and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof,
even threescore and seventeen men.
JDG 8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and
Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and
Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are
weary?
JDG 8:16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and
briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
JDG 8:17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
JDG 8:18 Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they
whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one
resembled the children of a king.
JDG 8:19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as
the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
JDG 8:20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the
youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
JDG 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the
man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and
Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
JDG 8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both
thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from
the hand of Midian.
JDG 8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my
son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
JDG 8:24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye
would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden
earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
JDG 8:25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a
garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
JDG 8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a
thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars,
and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains
that were about their camels' necks.
JDG 8:27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in
Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a
snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
JDG 8:28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they
lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years
in the days of Gideon.
JDG 8:29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
JDG 8:30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he
had many wives.
JDG 8:31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose
name he called Abimelech.
JDG 8:32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried
in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
JDG 8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of
Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith
their god.
JDG 8:34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had
delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
JDG 8:35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely,
Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
JDG 9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's
brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his
mother's father, saying,
JDG 9:2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is
better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore
and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also
that I am your bone and your flesh.
JDG 9:3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of
Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for
they said, He is our brother.
JDG 9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house
of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which
followed him.
JDG 9:5 And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren
the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone:
notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid
himself.
JDG 9:6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of
Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was
in Shechem.
JDG 9:7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount
Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto
me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
JDG 9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they
said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
JDG 9:9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness,
wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the
trees?
JDG 9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
JDG 9:11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and
my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
JDG 9:12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
JDG 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth
God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
JDG 9:14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over
us.
JDG 9:15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king
over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire
come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
JDG 9:16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have
made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his
house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
JDG 9:17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and
delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
JDG 9:18 And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have
slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made
Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because
he is your brother;)
JDG 9:19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his
house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in
you:
JDG 9:20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of
Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of
Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
JDG 9:21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for
fear of Abimelech his brother.
JDG 9:22 When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
JDG 9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of
Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
JDG 9:24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal
might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew
them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his
brethren.
JDG 9:25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the
mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was
told Abimelech.
JDG 9:26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to
Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
JDG 9:27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and
trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and
did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
JDG 9:28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem,
that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his
officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we
serve him?
JDG 9:29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove
Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
JDG 9:30 And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son
of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
JDG 9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal
the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they
fortify the city against thee.
JDG 9:32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and
lie in wait in the field:
JDG 9:33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou
shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people
that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou
shalt find occasion.
JDG 9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by
night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
JDG 9:35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the
gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him,
from lying in wait.
JDG 9:36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come
people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou
seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
JDG 9:37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by the
middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
JDG 9:38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou
saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people
that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
JDG 9:39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with
Abimelech.
JDG 9:40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were
overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
JDG 9:41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his
brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
JDG 9:42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the
field; and they told Abimelech.
JDG 9:43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and
laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth
out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
JDG 9:44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and
stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies
ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
JDG 9:45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the
city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed
it with salt.
JDG 9:46 And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered
into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
JDG 9:47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem
were gathered together.
JDG 9:48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that
were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough
from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the
people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I
have done.
JDG 9:49 And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and
followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon
them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand
men and women.
JDG 9:50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took
it.
JDG 9:51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all
the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat
them up to the top of the tower.
JDG 9:52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went
hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
JDG 9:53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's
head, and all to brake his skull.
JDG 9:54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said
unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew
him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
JDG 9:55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed
every man unto his place.
JDG 9:56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his
father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
JDG 9:57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their
heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
JDG 10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of
Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount
Ephraim.
JDG 10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried
in Shamir.
JDG 10:3 And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and
two years.
JDG 10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had
thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the
land of Gilead.
JDG 10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
JDG 10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the
LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods
of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and
the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
JDG 10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them
into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of
Ammon.
JDG 10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel:
eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan
in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
JDG 10:9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also
against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so
that Israel was sore distressed.
JDG 10:10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have
sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served
Baalim.
JDG 10:11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you
from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and
from the Philistines?
JDG 10:12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did
oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
JDG 10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will
deliver you no more.
JDG 10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you
in the time of your tribulation.
JDG 10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do
thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray
thee, this day.
JDG 10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the
LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
JDG 10:17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in
Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and
encamped in Mizpeh.
JDG 10:18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man
is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be
head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
JDG 11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the
son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
JDG 11:2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and
they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our
father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
JDG 11:3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob:
and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
JDG 11:4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon
made war against Israel.
JDG 11:5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against
Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
JDG 11:6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may
fight with the children of Ammon.
JDG 11:7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and
expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye
are in distress?
JDG 11:8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again
to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of
Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
JDG 11:9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home
again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them
before me, shall I be your head?
JDG 11:10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness
between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
JDG 11:11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made
him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the
LORD in Mizpeh.
JDG 11:12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon,
saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight
in my land?
JDG 11:13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers
of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of
Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore
those lands again peaceably.
JDG 11:14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of
Ammon:
JDG 11:15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the
land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
JDG 11:16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the
wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
JDG 11:17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I
pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken
thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not
consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
JDG 11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land
of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of
Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border
of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
JDG 11:19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king
of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy
land into my place.
JDG 11:20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon
gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against
Israel.
JDG 11:21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into
the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land
of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
JDG 11:22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even
unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
JDG 11:23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from
before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
JDG 11:24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to
possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them
will we possess.
JDG 11:25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king
of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against
them,
JDG 11:26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her
towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three
hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
JDG 11:27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to
war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of
Israel and the children of Ammon.
JDG 11:28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the
words of Jephthah which he sent him.
JDG 11:29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over
Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of
Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
JDG 11:30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt
without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
JDG 11:31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my
house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall
surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
JDG 11:32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against
them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
JDG 11:33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even
twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great
slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of
Israel.
JDG 11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his
daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his
only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
JDG 11:35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and
said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one
of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I
cannot go back.
JDG 11:36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto
the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth;
forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even
of the children of Ammon.
JDG 11:37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me
alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my
virginity, I and my fellows.
JDG 11:38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went
with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
JDG 11:39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto
her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she
knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
JDG 11:40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of
Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
JDG 12:1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went
northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight
against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will
burn thine house upon thee with fire.
JDG 12:2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife
with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out
of their hands.
JDG 12:3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands,
and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them
into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight
against me?
JDG 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought
with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye
Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the
Manassites.
JDG 12:5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the
Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped
said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an
Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
JDG 12:6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth:
for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew
him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites
forty and two thousand.
JDG 12:7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the
Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
JDG 12:8 And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
JDG 12:9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent
abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged
Israel seven years.
JDG 12:10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
JDG 12:11 And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged
Israel ten years.
JDG 12:12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the
country of Zebulun.
JDG 12:13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
JDG 12:14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore
and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
JDG 12:15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in
Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
JDG 13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD;
and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
JDG 13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
JDG 13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her,
Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and
bear a son.
JDG 13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong
drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
JDG 13:5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come
on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he
shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
JDG 13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came
unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God,
very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his
name:
JDG 13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and
now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the
child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
JDG 13:8 Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of
God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do
unto the child that shall be born.
JDG 13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came
again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not
with her.
JDG 13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said
unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other
day.
JDG 13:11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and
said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I
am.
JDG 13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order
the child, and how shall we do unto him?
JDG 13:13 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto
the woman let her beware.
JDG 13:14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let
her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I
commanded her let her observe.
JDG 13:15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us
detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
JDG 13:16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I
will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must
offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
JDG 13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that
when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
JDG 13:18 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after
my name, seeing it is secret?
JDG 13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a
rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife
looked on.
JDG 13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off
the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And
Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
JDG 13:21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his
wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
JDG 13:22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have
seen God.
JDG 13:23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he
would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands,
neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time
have told us such things as these.
JDG 13:24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child
grew, and the LORD blessed him.
JDG 13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of
Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
JDG 14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the
daughters of the Philistines.
JDG 14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have
seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore
get her for me to wife.
JDG 14:3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman
among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest
to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his
father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
JDG 14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that
he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the
Philistines had dominion over Israel.
JDG 14:5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and
came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against
him.
JDG 14:6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as
he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his
father or his mother what he had done.
JDG 14:7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson
well.
JDG 14:8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see
the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey
in the carcase of the lion.
JDG 14:9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his
father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them
that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
JDG 14:10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a
feast; for so used the young men to do.
JDG 14:11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty
companions to be with him.
JDG 14:12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you:
if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and
find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of
garments:
JDG 14:13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets
and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle,
that we may hear it.
JDG 14:14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out
of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound
the riddle.
JDG 14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's
wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we
burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we
have? is it not so?
JDG 14:16 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate
me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my
people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not
told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
JDG 14:17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted:
and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay
sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
JDG 14:18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the
sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?
and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found
out my riddle.
JDG 14:19 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to
Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change
of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was
kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
JDG 14:20 But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as
his friend.
JDG 15:1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat
harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in
to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
JDG 15:2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated
her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer
than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
JDG 15:3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than
the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
JDG 15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands,
and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
JDG 15:5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the
standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the
standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
JDG 15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered,
Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and
given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and
her father with fire.
JDG 15:7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be
avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
JDG 15:8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went
down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
JDG 15:9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread
themselves in Lehi.
JDG 15:10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they
answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
JDG 15:11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock
Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers
over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As
they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
JDG 15:12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may
deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them,
Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
JDG 15:13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and
deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they
bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
JDG 15:14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and
the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon
his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from
off his hands.
JDG 15:15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and
took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
JDG 15:16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with
the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
JDG 15:17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he
cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
JDG 15:18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast
given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I
die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
JDG 15:19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came
water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived:
wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this
day.
JDG 15:20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
JDG 16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto
her.
JDG 16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they
compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the
city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day,
we shall kill him.
JDG 16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the
doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them,
bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top
of an hill that is before Hebron.
JDG 16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of
Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
JDG 16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her,
Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we
may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will
give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
JDG 16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great
strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
JDG 16:7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that
were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
JDG 16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs
which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
JDG 16:9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber.
And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the
withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his
strength was not known.
JDG 16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told
me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
JDG 16:11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never
were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
JDG 16:12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said
unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait
abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
JDG 16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told
me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If
thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
JDG 16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines
be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the
pin of the beam, and with the web.
JDG 16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine
heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not
told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
JDG 16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and
urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
JDG 16:17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not
come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my
mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall
become weak, and be like any other man.
JDG 16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent
and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for
he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up
unto her, and brought money in their hand.
JDG 16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and
she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to
afflict him, and his strength went from him.
JDG 16:20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out
of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake
myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
JDG 16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him
down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the
prison house.
JDG 16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was
shaven.
JDG 16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to
offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said,
Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
JDG 16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said,
Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our
country, which slew many of us.
JDG 16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said,
Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out
of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the
pillars.
JDG 16:26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me
that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean
upon them.
JDG 16:27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the
Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men
and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
JDG 16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me,
I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I
may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
JDG 16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house
stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and
of the other with his left.
JDG 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed
himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all
the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were
more than they which he slew in his life.
JDG 16:31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and
took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the
buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
JDG 17:1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
JDG 17:2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver
that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in
mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said,
Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
JDG 17:3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his
mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from
my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore
I will restore it unto thee.
JDG 17:4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two
hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a
graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
JDG 17:5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and
teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
JDG 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that
which was right in his own eyes.
JDG 17:7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of
Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
JDG 17:8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn
where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of
Micah, as he journeyed.
JDG 17:9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I
am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
JDG 17:10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and
a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit
of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
JDG 17:11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man
was unto him as one of his sons.
JDG 17:12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his
priest, and was in the house of Micah.
JDG 17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I
have a Levite to my priest.
JDG 18:1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the
tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that
day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of
Israel.
JDG 18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their
coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and
to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they
came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
JDG 18:3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the
young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who
brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou
here?
JDG 18:4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath
hired me, and I am his priest.
JDG 18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we
may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
JDG 18:6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your
way wherein ye go.
JDG 18:7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people
that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the
Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that
might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians,
and had no business with any man.
JDG 18:8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their
brethren said unto them, What say ye?
JDG 18:9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have
seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not
slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
JDG 18:10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land:
for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any
thing that is in the earth.
JDG 18:11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of
Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
JDG 18:12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore
they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind
Kirjathjearim.
JDG 18:13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house
of Micah.
JDG 18:14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of
Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses
an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore
consider what ye have to do.
JDG 18:15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man
the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
JDG 18:16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which
were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
JDG 18:17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in
thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the
molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six
hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
JDG 18:18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the
ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto
them, What do ye?
JDG 18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy
mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for
thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto
a tribe and a family in Israel?
JDG 18:20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the
teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
JDG 18:21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle
and the carriage before them.
JDG 18:22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that
were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook
the children of Dan.
JDG 18:23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their
faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a
company?
JDG 18:24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the
priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye
say unto me, What aileth thee?
JDG 18:25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard
among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the
lives of thy household.
JDG 18:26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they
were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
JDG 18:27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which
he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and
they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
JDG 18:28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they
had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by
Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
JDG 18:29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan
their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was
Laish at the first.
JDG 18:30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the
son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the
tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.
JDG 18:31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the
time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
JDG 19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel,
that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who
took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.
JDG 19:2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from
him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole
months.
JDG 19:3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto
her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of
asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father
of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
JDG 19:4 And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he
abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
JDG 19:5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the
morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son
in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your
way.
JDG 19:6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for
the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry
all night, and let thine heart be merry.
JDG 19:7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him:
therefore he lodged there again.
JDG 19:8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the
damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried
until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
JDG 19:9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his
servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now
the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day
groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow
get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
JDG 19:10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and
departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were
with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
JDG 19:11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant
said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city
of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
JDG 19:12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the
city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over
to Gibeah.
JDG 19:13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one
of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
JDG 19:14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon
them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
JDG 19:15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and
when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no
man that took them into his house to lodging.
JDG 19:16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at
even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the
men of the place were Benjamites.
JDG 19:17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the
street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence
comest thou?
JDG 19:18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the
side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I
am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me
to house.
JDG 19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is
bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which
is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
JDG 19:20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy
wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
JDG 19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses:
and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.
JDG 19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the
city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the
door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth
the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
JDG 19:23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said
unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that
this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
JDG 19:24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will
bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto
you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
JDG 19:25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his
concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her
all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let
her go.
JDG 19:26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the
door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
JDG 19:27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the
house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was
fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
JDG 19:28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered.
Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto
his place.
JDG 19:29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold
on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve
pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
JDG 19:30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed
done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the
land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your
minds.
JDG 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was
gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of
Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
JDG 20:2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,
presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred
thousand footmen that drew sword.
JDG 20:3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were
gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this
wickedness?
JDG 20:4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and
said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to
lodge.
JDG 20:5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round
about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have
they forced, that she is dead.
JDG 20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her
throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have
committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
JDG 20:7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and
counsel.
JDG 20:8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go
to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.
JDG 20:9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will
go up by lot against it;
JDG 20:10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of
Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to
fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of
Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
JDG 20:11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit
together as one man.
JDG 20:12 And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin,
saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
JDG 20:13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are
in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But
the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the
children of Israel.
JDG 20:14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the
cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
JDG 20:15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the
cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of
Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
JDG 20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men
lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
JDG 20:17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred
thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
JDG 20:18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of
God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the
battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up
first.
JDG 20:19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped
against Gibeah.
JDG 20:20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the
men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
JDG 20:21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed
down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
JDG 20:22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set
their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array
the first day.
JDG 20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until
even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle
against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against
him.)
JDG 20:24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of
Benjamin the second day.
JDG 20:25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second
day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again
eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
JDG 20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and
came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and
fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings
before the LORD.
JDG 20:27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the
covenant of God was there in those days,
JDG 20:28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it
in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the
children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up;
for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
JDG 20:29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
JDG 20:30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin
on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other
times.
JDG 20:31 And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were
drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as
at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of
God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
JDG 20:32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us,
as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them
from the city unto the highways.
JDG 20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put
themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth
out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
JDG 20:34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all
Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
JDG 20:35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of
Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an
hundred men: all these drew the sword.
JDG 20:36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men
of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers
in wait which they had set beside Gibeah.
JDG 20:37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers
in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the
sword.
JDG 20:38 Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the
liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out
of the city.
JDG 20:39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to
smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said,
Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
JDG 20:40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar
of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the
city ascended up to heaven.
JDG 20:41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were
amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them.
JDG 20:42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the
way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out
of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
JDG 20:43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and
trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
JDG 20:44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men
of valour.
JDG 20:45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of
Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and
pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
JDG 20:46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five
thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
JDG 20:47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock
Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.
JDG 20:48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of
Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every
city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the
cities that they came to.
JDG 21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not
any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
JDG 21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even
before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
JDG 21:3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel,
that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
JDG 21:4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and
built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
JDG 21:5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of
Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had
made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh,
saying, He shall surely be put to death.
JDG 21:6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their
brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
JDG 21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn
by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
JDG 21:8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came
not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from
Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
JDG 21:9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the
inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
JDG 21:10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the
valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of
Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
JDG 21:11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy
every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
JDG 21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred
young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought
them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
JDG 21:13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of
Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.
JDG 21:14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which
they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed
them not.
JDG 21:15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had
made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
JDG 21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives
for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
JDG 21:17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped
of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
JDG 21:18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the
children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to
Benjamin.
JDG 21:19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh
yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side
of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of
Lebonah.
JDG 21:20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and
lie in wait in the vineyards;
JDG 21:21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance
in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his
wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
JDG 21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us
to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our
sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did
not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
JDG 21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according
to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and
returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
JDG 21:24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man
to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to
his inheritance.
JDG 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which
was right in his own eyes.
RTH 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was
a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn
in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
RTH 1:2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife
Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of
Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
RTH 1:3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two
sons.
RTH 1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was
Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten
years.
RTH 1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left
of her two sons and her husband.
RTH 1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from
the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the
LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
RTH 1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two
daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land
of Judah.
RTH 1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her
mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the
dead, and with me.
RTH 1:9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of
her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
RTH 1:10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy
people.
RTH 1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are
there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
RTH 1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an
husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to
night, and should also bear sons;
RTH 1:13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them
from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your
sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
RTH 1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her
mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
RTH 1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her
people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
RTH 1:16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from
following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou
lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
RTH 1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do
so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
RTH 1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she
left speaking unto her.
RTH 1:19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass,
when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and
they said, Is this Naomi?
RTH 1:20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the
Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
RTH 1:21 I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why
then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the
Almighty hath afflicted me?
RTH 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with
her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem
in the beginning of barley harvest.
RTH 2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth,
of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
RTH 2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the
field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.
And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
RTH 2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers:
and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was
of the kindred of Elimelech.
RTH 2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The
LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
RTH 2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose
damsel is this?
RTH 2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is
the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
RTH 2:7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers
among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning
until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
RTH 2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to
glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my
maidens:
RTH 2:9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after
them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and
when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young
men have drawn.
RTH 2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said
unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take
knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
RTH 2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me,
all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine
husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of
thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
RTH 2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the
LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
RTH 2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that
thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine
handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
RTH 2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the
bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and
he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
RTH 2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men,
saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
RTH 2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave
them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
RTH 2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had
gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
RTH 2:18 And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw
what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had
reserved after she was sufficed.
RTH 2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day?
and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And
she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's
name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
RTH 2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD,
who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi
said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
RTH 2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep
fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
RTH 2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my
daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any
other field.
RTH 2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of
barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
RTH 3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not
seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
RTH 3:2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast?
Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
RTH 3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon
thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the
man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
RTH 3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place
where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee
down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
RTH 3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
RTH 3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her
mother in law bade her.
RTH 3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to
lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered
his feet, and laid her down.
RTH 3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned
himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
RTH 3:9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid:
spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
RTH 3:10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast
shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as
thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
RTH 3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou
requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous
woman.
RTH 3:12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a
kinsman nearer than I.
RTH 3:13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will
perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part:
but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part
of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
RTH 3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one
could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into
the floor.
RTH 3:15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it.
And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her:
and she went into the city.
RTH 3:16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my
daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
RTH 3:17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to
me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
RTH 3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter
will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing
this day.
RTH 4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and,
behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a
one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
RTH 4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down
here. And they sat down.
RTH 4:3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the
country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
RTH 4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the
inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it,
redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for
there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I
will redeem it.
RTH 4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi,
thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise
up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
RTH 4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine
own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
RTH 4:7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming
and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his
shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
RTH 4:8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off
his shoe.
RTH 4:9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are
witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that
was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
RTH 4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to
be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the
name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of
his place: ye are witnesses this day.
RTH 4:11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We
are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like
Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou
worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
RTH 4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto
Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
RTH 4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto
her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
RTH 4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not
left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
RTH 4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of
thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better
to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
RTH 4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse
unto it.
RTH 4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son
born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the
father of David.
RTH 4:18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
RTH 4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
RTH 4:20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,
RTH 4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
RTH 4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
SA1 1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and
his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of
Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
SA1 1:2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name
of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
SA1 1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to
sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni
and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
SA1 1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his
wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
SA1 1:5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the
LORD had shut up her womb.
SA1 1:6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret,
because the LORD had shut up her womb.
SA1 1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the
LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
SA1 1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and
why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee
than ten sons?
SA1 1:9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had
drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the
LORD.
SA1 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept
sore.
SA1 1:11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed
look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget
thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will
give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor
come upon his head.
SA1 1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that
Eli marked her mouth.
SA1 1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her
voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
SA1 1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy
wine from thee.
SA1 1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a
sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured
out my soul before the LORD.
SA1 1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the
abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
SA1 1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant
thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
SA1 1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the
woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
SA1 1:19 And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the
LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah
his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
SA1 1:20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah
had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying,
Because I have asked him of the LORD.
SA1 1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the
LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
SA1 1:22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go
up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear
before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
SA1 1:23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good;
tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the
woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
SA1 1:24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three
bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto
the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
SA1 1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
SA1 1:26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman
that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
SA1 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which
I asked of him:
SA1 1:28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he
shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
SA1 2:1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn
is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I
rejoice in thy salvation.
SA1 2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither
is there any rock like our God.
SA1 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your
mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
SA1 2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are
girded with strength.
SA1 2:5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that
were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath
many children is waxed feeble.
SA1 2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and
bringeth up.
SA1 2:7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth
up.
SA1 2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from
the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne
of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the
world upon them.
SA1 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in
darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
SA1 2:10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven
shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and
he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
SA1 2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister
unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
SA1 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
SA1 2:13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man
offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in
seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
SA1 2:14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all
that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in
Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
SA1 2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said
to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will
not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
SA1 2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat
presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer
him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
SA1 2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD:
for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
SA1 2:18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a
linen ephod.
SA1 2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him
from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly
sacrifice.
SA1 2:20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee
seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto
their own home.
SA1 2:21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three
sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
SA1 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all
Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
SA1 2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil
dealings by all this people.
SA1 2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the
LORD's people to transgress.
SA1 2:25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a
man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they
hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay
them.
SA1 2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the
LORD, and also with men.
SA1 2:27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith
the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were
in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
SA1 2:28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest,
to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and
did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the
children of Israel?
SA1 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have
commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make
yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
SA1 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy
house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now
the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and
they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
SA1 2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of
thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
SA1 2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which
God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for
ever.
SA1 2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall
be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of
thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
SA1 2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two
sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
SA1 2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to
that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure
house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
SA1 2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house
shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and
shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may
eat a piece of bread.
SA1 3:1 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word
of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
SA1 3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his
place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
SA1 3:3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the
ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
SA1 3:4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
SA1 3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he
said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
SA1 3:6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to
Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called
not, my son; lie down again.
SA1 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD
yet revealed unto him.
SA1 3:8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went
to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that
the LORD had called the child.
SA1 3:9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he
call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So
Samuel went and lay down in his place.
SA1 3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel,
Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
SA1 3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at
which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
SA1 3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken
concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
SA1 3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the
iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he
restrained them not.
SA1 3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity
of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
SA1 3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house
of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
SA1 3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered,
Here am I.
SA1 3:17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I
pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide
any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
SA1 3:18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he
said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
SA1 3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his
words fall to the ground.
SA1 3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was
established to be a prophet of the LORD.
SA1 3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself
to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
SA1 4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against
the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines
pitched in Aphek.
SA1 4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when
they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew
of the army in the field about four thousand men.
SA1 4:3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel
said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let
us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that,
when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
SA1 4:4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the
ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the
cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the
ark of the covenant of God.
SA1 4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all
Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
SA1 4:6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What
meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they
understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
SA1 4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the
camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing
heretofore.
SA1 4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty
Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the
wilderness.
SA1 4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be
not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like
men, and fight.
SA1 4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled
every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell
of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
SA1 4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, were slain.
SA1 4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh
the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
SA1 4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching:
for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the
city, and told it, all the city cried out.
SA1 4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the
noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
SA1 4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that
he could not see.
SA1 4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I
fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
SA1 4:17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and
thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is
taken.
SA1 4:18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he
fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck
brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged
Israel forty years.
SA1 4:19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be
delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and
that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and
travailed; for her pains came upon her.
SA1 4:20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto
her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did
she regard it.
SA1 4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from
Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law
and her husband.
SA1 4:22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God
is taken.
SA1 5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer
unto Ashdod.
SA1 5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the
house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
SA1 5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was
fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took
Dagon, and set him in his place again.
SA1 5:4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was
fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head
of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold;
only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
SA1 5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's
house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
SA1 5:6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he
destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts
thereof.
SA1 5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark
of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us,
and upon Dagon our god.
SA1 5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto
them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they
answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And
they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.
SA1 5:9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the
LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men
of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret
parts.
SA1 5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as
the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have
brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
SA1 5:11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the
Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go
again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a
deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy
there.
SA1 5:12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry
of the city went up to heaven.
SA1 6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven
months.
SA1 6:2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying,
What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it
to his place.
SA1 6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it
not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be
healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
SA1 6:4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall
return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice,
according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was
on you all, and on your lords.
SA1 6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your
mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel:
peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods,
and from off your land.
SA1 6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh
hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they
not let the people go, and they departed?
SA1 6:7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there
hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home
from them:
SA1 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the
jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by
the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
SA1 6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to
Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall
know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to
us.
SA1 6:10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the
cart, and shut up their calves at home:
SA1 6:11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with
the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
SA1 6:12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and
went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the
right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them
unto the border of Bethshemesh.
SA1 6:13 And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the
valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see
it.
SA1 6:14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood
there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the
cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
SA1 6:15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that
was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great
stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed
sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
SA1 6:16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned
to Ekron the same day.
SA1 6:17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a
trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon
one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
SA1 6:18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the
Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of
country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down
the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of
Joshua, the Bethshemite.
SA1 6:19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the
ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore
and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many
of the people with a great slaughter.
SA1 6:20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this
holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
SA1 6:21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying,
The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and
fetch it up to you.
SA1 7:1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the
LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified
Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
SA1 7:2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the
time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented
after the LORD.
SA1 7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return
unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and
Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve
him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
SA1 7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and
served the LORD only.
SA1 7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you
unto the LORD.
SA1 7:6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it
out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned
against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
SA1 7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were
gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against
Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the
Philistines.
SA1 7:8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the
LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
SA1 7:9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering
wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD
heard him.
SA1 7:10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines
drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great
thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were
smitten before Israel.
SA1 7:11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the
Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.
SA1 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and
called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
SA1 7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast
of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days
of Samuel.
SA1 7:14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were
restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did
Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace
between Israel and the Amorites.
SA1 7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
SA1 7:16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and
Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
SA1 7:17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he
judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
SA1 8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges
over Israel.
SA1 8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second,
Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
SA1 8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and
took bribes, and perverted judgment.
SA1 8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came
to Samuel unto Ramah,
SA1 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy
ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
SA1 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to
judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
SA1 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in
all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have
rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
SA1 8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I
brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken
me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
SA1 8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly
unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
SA1 8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked
of him a king.
SA1 8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign
over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his
chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
SA1 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over
fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to
make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
SA1 8:13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be
cooks, and to be bakers.
SA1 8:14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your
oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
SA1 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and
give to his officers, and to his servants.
SA1 8:16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your
goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
SA1 8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
SA1 8:18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall
have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
SA1 8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they
said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
SA1 8:20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge
us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
SA1 8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them
in the ears of the LORD.
SA1 8:22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them
a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his
city.
SA1 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of
Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a
Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
SA1 9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a
goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than
he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
SA1 9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul
his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the
asses.
SA1 9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of
Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of
Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the
Benjamites, but they found them not.
SA1 9:5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant
that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for
the asses, and take thought for us.
SA1 9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of
God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass:
now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
SA1 9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we
bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a
present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
SA1 9:8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at
hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of
God, to tell us our way.
SA1 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he
spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet
was beforetime called a Seer.)
SA1 9:10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they
went unto the city where the man of God was.
SA1 9:11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens
going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
SA1 9:12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you:
make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice
of the people to day in the high place:
SA1 9:13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him,
before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until
he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be
bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
SA1 9:14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the
city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
SA1 9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came,
saying,
SA1 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of
Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that
he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked
upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
SA1 9:17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom
I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.
SA1 9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray
thee, where the seer's house is.
SA1 9:19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me
unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will
let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
SA1 9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy
mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is
it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
SA1 9:21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest
of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the
tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
SA1 9:22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the
parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden,
which were about thirty persons.
SA1 9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee,
of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
SA1 9:24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and
set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before
thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I
have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
SA1 9:25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city,
Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
SA1 9:26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the
day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may
send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and
Samuel, abroad.
SA1 9:27 And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to
Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand thou
still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
SA1 10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and
kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be
captain over his inheritance?
SA1 10:2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men
by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say
unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy
father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What
shall I do for my son?
SA1 10:3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the
plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to
Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of
bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
SA1 10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which
thou shalt receive of their hands.
SA1 10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison
of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither
to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the
high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before
them; and they shall prophesy:
SA1 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt
prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
SA1 10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as
occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
SA1 10:8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come
down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of
peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew
thee what thou shalt do.
SA1 10:9 And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel,
God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
SA1 10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of
prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied
among them.
SA1 10:11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that,
behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to
another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among
the prophets?
SA1 10:12 And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their
father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
SA1 10:13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high
place.
SA1 10:14 And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye?
And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we
came to Samuel.
SA1 10:15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto
you.
SA1 10:16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were
found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him
not.
SA1 10:17 And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
SA1 10:18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand
of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that
oppressed you:
SA1 10:19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of
all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay,
but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by
your tribes, and by your thousands.
SA1 10:20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come
near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
SA1 10:21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their
families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken:
and when they sought him, he could not be found.
SA1 10:22 Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet
come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himself among the
stuff.
SA1 10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the
people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
SA1 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath
chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people
shouted, and said, God save the king.
SA1 10:25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it
in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people
away, every man to his house.
SA1 10:26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of
men, whose hearts God had touched.
SA1 10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And
they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.
SA1 11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead:
and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we
will serve thee.
SA1 11:2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make
a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it
for a reproach upon all Israel.
SA1 11:3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite,
that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there
be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
SA1 11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings
in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and
wept.
SA1 11:5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul
said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings
of the men of Jabesh.
SA1 11:6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and
his anger was kindled greatly.
SA1 11:7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them
throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying,
Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done
unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out
with one consent.
SA1 11:8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three
hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
SA1 11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto
the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall
have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and
they were glad.
SA1 11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto
you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
SA1 11:11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three
companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and
slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they
which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
SA1 11:12 And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul
reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
SA1 11:13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for
to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
SA1 11:14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and
renew the kingdom there.
SA1 11:15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king
before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace
offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced
greatly.
SA1 12:1 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your
voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
SA1 12:2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and
grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you
from my childhood unto this day.
SA1 12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his
anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I
defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe
to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
SA1 12:4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither
hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
SA1 12:5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his
anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And
they answered, He is witness.
SA1 12:6 And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses
and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
SA1 12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD
of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your
fathers.
SA1 12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the
LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers
out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
SA1 12:9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand
of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the
Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against
them.
SA1 12:10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we
have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver
us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
SA1 12:11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and
Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and
ye dwelled safe.
SA1 12:12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came
against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the
LORD your God was your king.
SA1 12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have
desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
SA1 12:14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not
rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the
king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
SA1 12:15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the
commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as
it was against your fathers.
SA1 12:16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do
before your eyes.
SA1 12:17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he
shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your
wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking
you a king.
SA1 12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain
that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
SA1 12:19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the
LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil,
to ask us a king.
SA1 12:20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this
wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD
with all your heart;
SA1 12:21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things,
which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
SA1 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake:
because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
SA1 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in
ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
SA1 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for
consider how great things he hath done for you.
SA1 12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and
your king.
SA1 13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
SA1 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand
were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with
Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man
to his tent.
SA1 13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in
Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout
all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
SA1 13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the
Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
SA1 13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with
Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as
the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and
pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
SA1 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the
people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in
thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
SA1 13:7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and
Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him
trembling.
SA1 13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had
appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from
him.
SA1 13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace
offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
SA1 13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering
the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that
he might salute him.
SA1 13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw
that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the
days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at
Michmash;
SA1 13:12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to
Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself
therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
SA1 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not
kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now
would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
SA1 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a
man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over
his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
SA1 13:15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of
Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six
hundred men.
SA1 13:16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present
with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in
Michmash.
SA1 13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the
land of Shual:
SA1 13:18 And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company
turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward
the wilderness.
SA1 13:19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for
the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
SA1 13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen
every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
SA1 13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for
the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
SA1 13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither
sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul
and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
SA1 13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of
Michmash.
SA1 14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said
unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the
Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.
SA1 14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate
tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six
hundred men;
SA1 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas,
the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people
knew not that Jonathan was gone.
SA1 14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto
the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a
sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name
of the other Seneh.
SA1 14:5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against
Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
SA1 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and
let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the
LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many
or by few.
SA1 14:7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart:
turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
SA1 14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we
will discover ourselves unto them.
SA1 14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will
stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
SA1 14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the
LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
SA1 14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the
Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out
of the holes where they had hid themselves.
SA1 14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his
armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And
Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath
delivered them into the hand of Israel.
SA1 14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his
armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer
slew after him.
SA1 14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made,
was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of
oxen might plow.
SA1 14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the
people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth
quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
SA1 14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and,
behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
SA1 14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and
see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his
armourbearer were not there.
SA1 14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark
of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
SA1 14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the
noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul
said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
SA1 14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves,
and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his
fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
SA1 14:21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that
time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about,
even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and
Jonathan.
SA1 14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount
Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed
hard after them in the battle.
SA1 14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto
Bethaven.
SA1 14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured
the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening,
that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
SA1 14:25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon
the ground.
SA1 14:26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey
dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the
oath.
SA1 14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the
oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and
dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were
enlightened.
SA1 14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly
charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any
food this day. And the people were faint.
SA1 14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray
you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this
honey.
SA1 14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the
spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much
greater slaughter among the Philistines?
SA1 14:31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon:
and the people were very faint.
SA1 14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and
calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the
blood.
SA1 14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the
LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed:
roll a great stone unto me this day.
SA1 14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto
them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay
them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood.
And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew
them there.
SA1 14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar
that he built unto the LORD.
SA1 14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and
spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And
they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us
draw near hither unto God.
SA1 14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the
Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered
him not that day.
SA1 14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and
know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
SA1 14:39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in
Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the
people that answered him.
SA1 14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan
my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what
seemeth good unto thee.
SA1 14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot.
And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
SA1 14:42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And
Jonathan was taken.
SA1 14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And
Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end
of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
SA1 14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely
die, Jonathan.
SA1 14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought
this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall
not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God
this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
SA1 14:46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the
Philistines went to their own place.
SA1 14:47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his
enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and
against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines:
and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
SA1 14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered
Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
SA1 14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and
the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn
Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
SA1 14:50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz:
and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's
uncle.
SA1 14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the
son of Abiel.
SA1 14:52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul:
and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
SA1 15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be
king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice
of the words of the LORD.
SA1 15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to
Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
SA1 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and
spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and
sheep, camel and ass.
SA1 15:4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim,
two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
SA1 15:5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
SA1 15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among
the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all
the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites
departed from among the Amalekites.
SA1 15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur,
that is over against Egypt.
SA1 15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly
destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
SA1 15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and
of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and
would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse,
that they destroyed utterly.
SA1 15:10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
SA1 15:11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned
back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it
grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
SA1 15:12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told
Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and
is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
SA1 15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou
of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
SA1 15:14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in
mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
SA1 15:15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the
people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the
LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
SA1 15:16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD
hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
SA1 15:17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou
not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king
over Israel?
SA1 15:18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly
destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be
consumed.
SA1 15:19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst
fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
SA1 15:20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the
LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the
king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
SA1 15:21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD
thy God in Gilgal.
SA1 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings
and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is
better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
SA1 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as
iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he
hath also rejected thee from being king.
SA1 15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed
the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and
obeyed their voice.
SA1 15:25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me,
that I may worship the LORD.
SA1 15:26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou
hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from
being king over Israel.
SA1 15:27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt
of his mantle, and it rent.
SA1 15:28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel
from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better
than thou.
SA1 15:29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is
not a man, that he should repent.
SA1 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before
the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I
may worship the LORD thy God.
SA1 15:31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
SA1 15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the
Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the
bitterness of death is past.
SA1 15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so shall
thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before
the LORD in Gilgal.
SA1 15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah
of Saul.
SA1 15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death:
nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made
Saul king over Israel.
SA1 16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul,
seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with
oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided
me a king among his sons.
SA1 16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And
the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice
to the LORD.
SA1 16:3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt
do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
SA1 16:4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And
the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou
peaceably?
SA1 16:5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD:
sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified
Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
SA1 16:6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on
Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
SA1 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the
height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as
man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on
the heart.
SA1 16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he
said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
SA1 16:9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the
LORD chosen this.
SA1 16:10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And
Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
SA1 16:11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said,
There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And
Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he
come hither.
SA1 16:12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a
beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise,
anoint him: for this is he.
SA1 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of
his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day
forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
SA1 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit
from the LORD troubled him.
SA1 16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from
God troubleth thee.
SA1 16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to
seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to
pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his
hand, and thou shalt be well.
SA1 16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play
well, and bring him to me.
SA1 16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a
son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty
valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely
person, and the LORD is with him.
SA1 16:19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David
thy son, which is with the sheep.
SA1 16:20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a
kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
SA1 16:21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him
greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
SA1 16:22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before
me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
SA1 16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul,
that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and
was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
SA1 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and
were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched
between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
SA1 17:2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by
the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
SA1 17:3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel
stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
SA1 17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines,
named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
SA1 17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a
coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
SA1 17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass
between his shoulders.
SA1 17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's
head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went
before him.
SA1 17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them,
Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and
ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
SA1 17:9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your
servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our
servants, and serve us.
SA1 17:10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give
me a man, that we may fight together.
SA1 17:11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they
were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
SA1 17:12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose
name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old
man in the days of Saul.
SA1 17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the
battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab
the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
SA1 17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
SA1 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at
Bethlehem.
SA1 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented
himself forty days.
SA1 17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an
ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of thy
brethren;
SA1 17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and
look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
SA1 17:19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of
Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
SA1 17:20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a
keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the
trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
SA1 17:21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army
against army.
SA1 17:22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the
carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
SA1 17:23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the
Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
SA1 17:24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and
were sore afraid.
SA1 17:25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up?
surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who
killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him
his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
SA1 17:26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be
done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach
from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy
the armies of the living God?
SA1 17:27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it
be done to the man that killeth him.
SA1 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down
hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I
know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down
that thou mightest see the battle.
SA1 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
SA1 17:30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same
manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
SA1 17:31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them
before Saul: and he sent for him.
SA1 17:32 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy
servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
SA1 17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this
Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war
from his youth.
SA1 17:34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and
there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
SA1 17:35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his
mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote
him, and slew him.
SA1 17:36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the
living God.
SA1 17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw
of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the
hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with
thee.
SA1 17:38 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass
upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
SA1 17:39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go;
for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these;
for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
SA1 17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones
out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a
scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
SA1 17:41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man
that bare the shield went before him.
SA1 17:42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained
him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
SA1 17:43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to
me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
SA1 17:44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy
flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
SA1 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a
sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name
of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
SA1 17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite
thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host
of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts
of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
SA1 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword
and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
SA1 17:48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew
nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the
Philistine.
SA1 17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and
slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into
his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
SA1 17:50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a
stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the
hand of David.
SA1 17:51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his
sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his
head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they
fled.
SA1 17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued
the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron.
And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even
unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
SA1 17:53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the
Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
SA1 17:54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to
Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
SA1 17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said
unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And
Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
SA1 17:56 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
SA1 17:57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner
took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his
hand.
SA1 17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David
answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
SA1 18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul,
that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved
him as his own soul.
SA1 18:2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his
father's house.
SA1 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his
own soul.
SA1 18:4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave
it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his
girdle.
SA1 18:5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself
wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the
sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
SA1 18:6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the
slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel,
singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with
instruments of musick.
SA1 18:7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul
hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
SA1 18:8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said,
They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but
thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
SA1 18:9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
SA1 18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God
came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played
with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
SA1 18:11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even
to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
SA1 18:12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was
departed from Saul.
SA1 18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a
thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
SA1 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was
with him.
SA1 18:15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was
afraid of him.
SA1 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came
in before them.
SA1 18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I
give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles.
For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the
Philistines be upon him.
SA1 18:18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my
father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
SA1 18:19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should
have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to
wife.
SA1 18:20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the
thing pleased him.
SA1 18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to
him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul
said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
SA1 18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David
secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his
servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
SA1 18:23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And
David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing
that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
SA1 18:24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake
David.
SA1 18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any
dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the
king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the
Philistines.
SA1 18:26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well
to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
SA1 18:27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the
Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave
them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And
Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
SA1 18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal
Saul's daughter loved him.
SA1 18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's
enemy continually.
SA1 18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass,
after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the
servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
SA1 19:1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that
they should kill David.
SA1 19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told
David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray
thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret
place, and hide thyself:
SA1 19:3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou
art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will
tell thee.
SA1 19:4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto
him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath
not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very
good:
SA1 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the
LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst
rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David
without a cause?
SA1 19:6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the
LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
SA1 19:7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things.
And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times
past.
SA1 19:8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the
Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
SA1 19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his
house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
SA1 19:10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin:
but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the
wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
SA1 19:11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to
slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou
save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
SA1 19:12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and
fled, and escaped.
SA1 19:13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow
of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
SA1 19:14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
SA1 19:15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him
up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
SA1 19:16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image
in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
SA1 19:17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent
away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto
me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
SA1 19:18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told
him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in
Naioth.
SA1 19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
SA1 19:20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the
company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over
them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also
prophesied.
SA1 19:21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they
prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they
prophesied also.
SA1 19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in
Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said,
Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
SA1 19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was
upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in
Ramah.
SA1 19:24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel
in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore
they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
SA1 20:1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before
Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before
thy father, that he seeketh my life?
SA1 20:2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my
father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me:
and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
SA1 20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that
I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this,
lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
SA1 20:4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will
even do it for thee.
SA1 20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and
I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may
hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
SA1 20:6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave
of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly
sacrifice there for all the family.
SA1 20:7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he
be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
SA1 20:8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast
brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding,
if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me
to thy father?
SA1 20:9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that
evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it
thee?
SA1 20:10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy
father answer thee roughly?
SA1 20:11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the
field. And they went out both of them into the field.
SA1 20:12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have
sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if
there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
SA1 20:13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father
to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou
mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my
father.
SA1 20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the
LORD, that I die not:
SA1 20:15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever:
no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the
face of the earth.
SA1 20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the
LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
SA1 20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for
he loved him as he loved his own soul.
SA1 20:18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou
shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
SA1 20:19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down
quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the
business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
SA1 20:20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot
at a mark.
SA1 20:21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If
I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee,
take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the
LORD liveth.
SA1 20:22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond
thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
SA1 20:23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,
behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
SA1 20:24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was
come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
SA1 20:25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat
by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's
place was empty.
SA1 20:26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought,
Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
SA1 20:27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the
month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son,
Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
SA1 20:28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go
to Bethlehem:
SA1 20:29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice
in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I
have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my
brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
SA1 20:30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto
him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast
chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy
mother's nakedness?
SA1 20:31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt
not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto
me, for he shall surely die.
SA1 20:32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore
shall he be slain? what hath he done?
SA1 20:33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew
that it was determined of his father to slay David.
SA1 20:34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no
meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his
father had done him shame.
SA1 20:35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the
field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
SA1 20:36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I
shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
SA1 20:37 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan
had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond
thee?
SA1 20:38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And
Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
SA1 20:39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the
matter.
SA1 20:40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go,
carry them to the city.
SA1 20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward
the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times:
and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
SA1 20:42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn
both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and
thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed:
and Jonathan went into the city.
SA1 21:1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was
afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no
man with thee?
SA1 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me
a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business
whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed
my servants to such and such a place.
SA1 21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread
in mine hand, or what there is present.
SA1 21:4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread
under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept
themselves at least from women.
SA1 21:5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women
have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the
vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea,
though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
SA1 21:6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there
but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread
in the day when it was taken away.
SA1 21:7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day,
detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest
of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
SA1 21:8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand
spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me,
because the king's business required haste.
SA1 21:9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou
slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind
the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that
here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
SA1 21:10 And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to
Achish the king of Gath.
SA1 21:11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king
of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul
hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
SA1 21:12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of
Achish the king of Gath.
SA1 21:13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad
in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle
fall down upon his beard.
SA1 21:14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad:
wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
SA1 21:15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the
mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
SA1 22:1 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and
when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither
to him.
SA1 22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in
debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and
he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred
men.
SA1 22:3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of
Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you,
till I know what God will do for me.
SA1 22:4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him
all the while that David was in the hold.
SA1 22:5 And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold;
depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came
into the forest of Hareth.
SA1 22:6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with
him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his
hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
SA1 22:7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye
Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards,
and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
SA1 22:8 That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that
sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is
none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred
up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
SA1 22:9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of
Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of
Ahitub.
SA1 22:10 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave
him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
SA1 22:11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of
Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they
came all of them to the king.
SA1 22:12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I
am, my lord.
SA1 22:13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and
the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast
enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as
at this day?
SA1 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful
among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at
thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
SA1 22:15 Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let
not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my
father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
SA1 22:16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all
thy father's house.
SA1 22:17 And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and
slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and
because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants
of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the
LORD.
SA1 22:18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And
Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day
fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
SA1 22:19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the
sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and
sheep, with the edge of the sword.
SA1 22:20 And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar,
escaped, and fled after David.
SA1 22:21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.
SA1 22:22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the
Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the
death of all the persons of thy father's house.
SA1 22:23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh
thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
SA1 23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against
Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
SA1 23:2 Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite
these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the
Philistines, and save Keilah.
SA1 23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah:
how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the
Philistines?
SA1 23:4 Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him
and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into
thine hand.
SA1 23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the
Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great
slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
SA1 23:6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David
to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
SA1 23:7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said,
God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a
town that hath gates and bars.
SA1 23:8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah,
to besiege David and his men.
SA1 23:9 And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and
he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
SA1 23:10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly
heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
SA1 23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come
down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell
thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
SA1 23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into
the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
SA1 23:13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and
departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told
Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
SA1 23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a
mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God
delivered him not into his hand.
SA1 23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was
in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
SA1 23:16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and
strengthened his hand in God.
SA1 23:17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall
not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto
thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
SA1 23:18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the
wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
SA1 23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David
hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah,
which is on the south of Jeshimon?
SA1 23:20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy
soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
SA1 23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on
me.
SA1 23:22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his
haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very
subtilly.
SA1 23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he
hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go
with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search
him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
SA1 23:24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men
were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
SA1 23:25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David;
wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And
when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
SA1 23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on
that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul;
for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
SA1 23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come;
for the Philistines have invaded the land.
SA1 23:28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against
the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
SA1 23:29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
SA1 24:1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the
Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness
of Engedi.
SA1 24:2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went
to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
SA1 24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul
went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the
cave.
SA1 24:4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD
said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou
mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut
off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
SA1 24:5 And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because
he had cut off Saul's skirt.
SA1 24:6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing
unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him,
seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
SA1 24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not
to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
SA1 24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after
Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David
stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
SA1 24:9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying,
Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
SA1 24:10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had
delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee:
but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against
my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.
SA1 24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand:
for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou
and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have
not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
SA1 24:12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee:
but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
SA1 24:13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the
wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
SA1 24:14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou
pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
SA1 24:15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and
see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
SA1 24:16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these
words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul
lifted up his voice, and wept.
SA1 24:17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast
rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
SA1 24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me:
forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me
not.
SA1 24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore
the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
SA1 24:20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and
that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
SA1 24:21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off
my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's
house.
SA1 24:22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men
gat them up unto the hold.
SA1 25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and
lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went
down to the wilderness of Paran.
SA1 25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and
the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand
goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
SA1 25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail:
and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance:
but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of
Caleb.
SA1 25:4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
SA1 25:5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men,
Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
SA1 25:6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both
to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
SA1 25:7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which
were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them,
all the while they were in Carmel.
SA1 25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young
men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee,
whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
SA1 25:9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all
those words in the name of David, and ceased.
SA1 25:10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who
is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every
man from his master.
SA1 25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have
killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
SA1 25:12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and
told him all those sayings.
SA1 25:13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And
they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and
there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by
the stuff.
SA1 25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold,
David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he
railed on them.
SA1 25:15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither
missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were
in the fields:
SA1 25:16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we
were with them keeping the sheep.
SA1 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is
determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such
a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
SA1 25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two
bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched
corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and
laid them on asses.
SA1 25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come
after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
SA1 25:20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the
covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and
she met them.
SA1 25:21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow
hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto
him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
SA1 25:22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all
that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
SA1 25:23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and
fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
SA1 25:24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this
iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine
audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
SA1 25:25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal:
for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I
thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
SA1 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from
avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that
seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
SA1 25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my
lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
SA1 25:28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD
will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the
battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
SA1 25:29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the
soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God;
and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle
of a sling.
SA1 25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord
according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have
appointed thee ruler over Israel;
SA1 25:31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my
lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath
avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then
remember thine handmaid.
SA1 25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which
sent thee this day to meet me:
SA1 25:33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me
this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own
hand.
SA1 25:34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept
me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me,
surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that
pisseth against the wall.
SA1 25:35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and
said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy
voice, and have accepted thy person.
SA1 25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his
house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for
he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the
morning light.
SA1 25:37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of
Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within
him, and he became as a stone.
SA1 25:38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal,
that he died.
SA1 25:39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the
LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and
hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of
Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take
her to him to wife.
SA1 25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they
spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
SA1 25:41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said,
Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of
my lord.
SA1 25:42 And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five
damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of
David, and became his wife.
SA1 25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them
his wives.
SA1 25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the
son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
SA1 26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David
hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
SA1 26:2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having
three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness
of Ziph.
SA1 26:3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon,
by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came
after him into the wilderness.
SA1 26:4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in
very deed.
SA1 26:5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and
David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain
of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about
him.
SA1 26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai
the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul
to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
SA1 26:7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul
lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his
bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
SA1 26:8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine
hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear
even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
SA1 26:9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth
his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
SA1 26:10 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite
him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and
perish.
SA1 26:11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the
LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his
bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
SA1 26:12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster;
and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for
they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon
them.
SA1 26:13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an
hill afar off; a great space being between them:
SA1 26:14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying,
Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that
criest to the king?
SA1 26:15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like
to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for
there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
SA1 26:16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye
are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed.
And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his
bolster.
SA1 26:17 And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son
David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
SA1 26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant?
for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
SA1 26:19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of
his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an
offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD;
for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the
LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
SA1 26:20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face
of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one
doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
SA1 26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no
more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day:
behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
SA1 26:22 And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one
of the young men come over and fetch it.
SA1 26:23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness;
for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch
forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.
SA1 26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so
let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me
out of all tribulation.
SA1 26:25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt
both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his
way, and Saul returned to his place.
SA1 27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand
of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape
into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me
any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
SA1 27:2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that
were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
SA1 27:3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with
his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and
Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
SA1 27:4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no
more again for him.
SA1 27:5 And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes,
let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there:
for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
SA1 27:6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth
unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
SA1 27:7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a
full year and four months.
SA1 27:8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the
Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants
of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
SA1 27:9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and
took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the
apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
SA1 27:10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said,
Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and
against the south of the Kenites.
SA1 27:11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to
Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will
be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
SA1 27:12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel
utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
SA1 28:1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered
their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto
David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou
and thy men.
SA1 28:2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can
do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head
for ever.
SA1 28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him
in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar
spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
SA1 28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and
pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in
Gilboa.
SA1 28:5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his
heart greatly trembled.
SA1 28:6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not,
neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
SA1 28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a
familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants
said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
SA1 28:8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he
went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said,
I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom
I shall name unto thee.
SA1 28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath
done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards,
out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me
to die?
SA1 28:10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there
shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
SA1 28:11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said,
Bring me up Samuel.
SA1 28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the
woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
SA1 28:13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And
the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
SA1 28:14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man
cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was
Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
SA1 28:15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me
up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war
against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by
prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make
known unto me what I shall do.
SA1 28:16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the
LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
SA1 28:17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath
rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to
David:
SA1 28:18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his
fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee
this day.
SA1 28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand
of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the
LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
SA1 28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore
afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for
he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
SA1 28:21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and
said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put
my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto
me.
SA1 28:22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of
thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that
thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
SA1 28:23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together
with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose
from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
SA1 28:24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and
killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread
thereof:
SA1 28:25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they
did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
SA1 29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and
the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
SA1 29:2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by
thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
SA1 29:3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here?
And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the
servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or
these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this
day?
SA1 29:4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the
princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he
may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go
down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for
wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with
the heads of these men?
SA1 29:5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,
saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
SA1 29:6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD
liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me
in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the
day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee
not.
SA1 29:7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the
lords of the Philistines.
SA1 29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou
found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I
may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
SA1 29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in
my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines
have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
SA1 29:10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's
servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the
morning, and have light, depart.
SA1 29:11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to
return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to
Jezreel.
SA1 30:1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on
the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and
smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
SA1 30:2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not
any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
SA1 30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned
with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken
captives.
SA1 30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice
and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
SA1 30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess,
and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
SA1 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning
him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons
and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
SA1 30:7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee,
bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
SA1 30:8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this
troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt
surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
SA1 30:9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and
came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
SA1 30:10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode
behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
SA1 30:11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to
David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
SA1 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of
raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had
eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
SA1 30:13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art
thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my
master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
SA1 30:14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the
coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned
Ziklag with fire.
SA1 30:15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And
he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me
into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
SA1 30:16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad
upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the
great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out
of the land of Judah.
SA1 30:17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the
next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men,
which rode upon camels, and fled.
SA1 30:18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and
David rescued his two wives.
SA1 30:19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great,
neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken
to them: David recovered all.
SA1 30:20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before
those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
SA1 30:21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they
could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor:
and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him:
and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
SA1 30:22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that
went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give
them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife
and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
SA1 30:23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which
the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that
came against us into our hand.
SA1 30:24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is
that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the
stuff: they shall part alike.
SA1 30:25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and
an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
SA1 30:26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders
of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil
of the enemies of the LORD;
SA1 30:27 To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south
Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
SA1 30:28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in
Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
SA1 30:29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the
cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the
Kenites,
SA1 30:30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in
Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
SA1 30:31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David
himself and his men were wont to haunt.
SA1 31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
SA1 31:2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and
the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons.
SA1 31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and
he was sore wounded of the archers.
SA1 31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and
abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore
Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
SA1 31:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise
upon his sword, and died with him.
SA1 31:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his
men, that same day together.
SA1 31:7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the
valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of
Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities,
and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
SA1 31:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
SA1 31:9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their
idols, and among the people.
SA1 31:10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened
his body to the wall of Bethshan.
SA1 31:11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the
Philistines had done to Saul;
SA1 31:12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of
Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to
Jabesh, and burnt them there.
SA1 31:13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at
Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
SA2 1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned
from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
SA2 1:2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out
of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so
it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
SA2 1:3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto
him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
SA2 1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me.
And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the
people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
SA2 1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that
Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
SA2 1:6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon
mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and
horsemen followed hard after him.
SA2 1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I
answered, Here am I.
SA2 1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an
Amalekite.
SA2 1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for
anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
SA2 1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could
not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his
head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto
my lord.
SA2 1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all
the men that were with him:
SA2 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for
Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of
Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
SA2 1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And
he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
SA2 1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth
thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?
SA2 1:15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall
upon him. And he smote him that he died.
SA2 1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth
hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.
SA2 1:17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan
his son:
SA2 1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow:
behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
SA2 1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the
mighty fallen!
SA2 1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest
the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the
uncircumcised triumph.
SA2 1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be
rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty
is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed
with oil.
SA2 1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of
Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
SA2 1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and
in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they
were stronger than lions.
SA2 1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet,
with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
SA2 1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan,
thou wast slain in thine high places.
SA2 1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast
thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
SA2 1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
SA2 2:1 And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD,
saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto
him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
SA2 2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
SA2 2:3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his
household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
SA2 2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the
house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead
were they that buried Saul.
SA2 2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto
them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your
lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
SA2 2:6 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will
requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
SA2 2:7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for
your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king
over them.
SA2 2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the
son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
SA2 2:9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over
Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
SA2 2:10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over
Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
SA2 2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah
was seven years and six months.
SA2 2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of
Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
SA2 2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and
met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one
side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
SA2 2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before
us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
SA2 2:15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which
pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
SA2 2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his
sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place
was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
SA2 2:17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and
the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
SA2 2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and
Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
SA2 2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the
right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
SA2 2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he
answered, I am.
SA2 2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy
left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour.
But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
SA2 2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me:
wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my
face to Joab thy brother?
SA2 2:23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end
of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind
him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass,
that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood
still.
SA2 2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when
they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the
wilderness of Gibeon.
SA2 2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after
Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
SA2 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever?
knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall
it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
SA2 2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then
in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
SA2 2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued
after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
SA2 2:29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and
passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
SA2 2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all
the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and
Asahel.
SA2 2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's
men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
SA2 2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his
father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they
came to Hebron at break of day.
SA2 3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of
David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed
weaker and weaker.
SA2 3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon,
of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
SA2 3:3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite;
and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of
Geshur;
SA2 3:4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah
the son of Abital;
SA2 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to
David in Hebron.
SA2 3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and
the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
SA2 3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah:
and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's
concubine?
SA2 3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I
a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of
Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered
thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault
concerning this woman?
SA2 3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to
David, even so I do to him;
SA2 3:10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the
throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
SA2 3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
SA2 3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is
the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be
with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
SA2 3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I
require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring
Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
SA2 3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver
me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the
Philistines.
SA2 3:15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from
Phaltiel the son of Laish.
SA2 3:16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim.
Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
SA2 3:17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye
sought for David in times past to be king over you:
SA2 3:18 Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the
hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
SA2 3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to
speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that
seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
SA2 3:20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David
made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
SA2 3:21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all
Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that
thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner
away; and he went in peace.
SA2 3:22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a
troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David
in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
SA2 3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told
Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him
away, and he is gone in peace.
SA2 3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold,
Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite
gone?
SA2 3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and
to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
SA2 3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after
Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
SA2 3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the
gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that
he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
SA2 3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are
guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
SA2 3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and
let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is
a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that
lacketh bread.
SA2 3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain
their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
SA2 3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him,
Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And
king David himself followed the bier.
SA2 3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his
voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
SA2 3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool
dieth?
SA2 3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man
falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again
over him.
SA2 3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was
yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste
bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
SA2 3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as
whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
SA2 3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not
of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
SA2 3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a
prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
SA2 3:39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons
of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil
according to his wickedness.
SA2 4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands
were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
SA2 4:2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name
of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a
Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to
Benjamin.
SA2 4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until
this day.)
SA2 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was
five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and
his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to
flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
SA2 4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and
came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed
at noon.
SA2 4:6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they
would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab
and Baanah his brother escaped.
SA2 4:7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his
bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his
head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
SA2 4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said
to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which
sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of
Saul, and of his seed.
SA2 4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon
the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my
soul out of all adversity,
SA2 4:10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have
brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought
that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
SA2 4:11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his
own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your
hand, and take you away from the earth?
SA2 4:12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off
their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But
they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in
Hebron.
SA2 5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake,
saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
SA2 5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that
leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt
feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
SA2 5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David
made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David
king over Israel.
SA2 5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
forty years.
SA2 5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in
Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
SA2 5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take
away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David
cannot come in hither.
SA2 5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city
of David.
SA2 5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and
smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's
soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the
lame shall not come into the house.
SA2 5:9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David
built round about from Millo and inward.
SA2 5:10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with
him.
SA2 5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and
carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
SA2 5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over
Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
SA2 5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after
he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
SA2 5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem;
Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
SA2 5:15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
SA2 5:16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
SA2 5:17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over
Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and
went down to the hold.
SA2 5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.
SA2 5:19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the
Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto
David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
SA2 5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said,
The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of
waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
SA2 5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
SA2 5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the
valley of Rephaim.
SA2 5:23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up;
but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry
trees.
SA2 5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops
of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall
the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
SA2 5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the
Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
SA2 6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty
thousand.
SA2 6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from
Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called
by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
SA2 6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the
house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of
Abinadab, drave the new cart.
SA2 6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah,
accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
SA2 6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all
manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and
on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
SA2 6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his
hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
SA2 6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him
there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
SA2 6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon
Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
SA2 6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark
of the LORD come to me?
SA2 6:10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city
of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
SA2 6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the
Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
SA2 6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house
of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So
David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the
city of David with gladness.
SA2 6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone
six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
SA2 6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was
girded with a linen ephod.
SA2 6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD
with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
SA2 6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's
daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing
before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
SA2 6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place,
in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David
offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
SA2 6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and
peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
SA2 6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of
Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good
piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to
his house.
SA2 6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter
of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel
to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his
servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
SA2 6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me
before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the
people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
SA2 6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own
sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be
had in honour.
SA2 6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of
her death.
SA2 7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had
given him rest round about from all his enemies;
SA2 7:2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an
house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
SA2 7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for
the LORD is with thee.
SA2 7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto
Nathan, saying,
SA2 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me
an house for me to dwell in?
SA2 7:6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up
the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a
tent and in a tabernacle.
SA2 7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of
Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to
feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
SA2 7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to
be ruler over my people, over Israel:
SA2 7:9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all
thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto
the name of the great men that are in the earth.
SA2 7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant
them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
SA2 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people
Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD
telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
SA2 7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy
bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
SA2 7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne
of his kingdom for ever.
SA2 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity,
I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children
of men:
SA2 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul,
whom I put away before thee.
SA2 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before
thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
SA2 7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so
did Nathan speak unto David.
SA2 7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am
I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
SA2 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou
hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is
this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
SA2 7:20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest
thy servant.
SA2 7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done
all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
SA2 7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee,
neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard
with our ears.
SA2 7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like
Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a
name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy
people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their
gods?
SA2 7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people
unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
SA2 7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy
servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast
said.
SA2 7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is
the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established
before thee.
SA2 7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy
servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found
in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
SA2 7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and
thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
SA2 7:29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken
it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
SA2 8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and
subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
SA2 8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down
to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one
full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and
brought gifts.
SA2 8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he
went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
SA2 8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot
horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
SA2 8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of
Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
SA2 8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became
servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
SA2 8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
SA2 8:8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David
took exceeding much brass.
SA2 8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of
Hadadezer,
SA2 8:10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to
bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for
Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of
silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
SA2 8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and
gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
SA2 8:12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king
of Zobah.
SA2 8:13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians
in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
SA2 8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons,
and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
SA2 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and
justice unto all his people.
SA2 8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud was recorder;
SA2 8:17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were
the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
SA2 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
SA2 9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul,
that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
SA2 9:2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And
when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba?
And he said, Thy servant is he.
SA2 9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I
may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan
hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
SA2 9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king,
Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
SA2 9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the
son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
SA2 9:6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come
unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said,
Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
SA2 9:7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee
kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land
of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
SA2 9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou
shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
SA2 9:9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I
have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his
house.
SA2 9:10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land
for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have
food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my
table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
SA2 9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king
hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth,
said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
SA2 9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that
dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
SA2 9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the
king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
SA2 10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of
Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
SA2 10:2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash,
as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the
hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land
of the children of Ammon.
SA2 10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord,
Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters
unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the
city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
SA2 10:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half
of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their
buttocks, and sent them away.
SA2 10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men
were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards
be grown, and then return.
SA2 10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the
children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of
Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of
Ishtob twelve thousand men.
SA2 10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men.
SA2 10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at
the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and
Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
SA2 10:9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and
behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array
against the Syrians:
SA2 10:10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his
brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
SA2 10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt
help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will
come and help thee.
SA2 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for
the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
SA2 10:13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the
battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
SA2 10:14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then
fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned
from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
SA2 10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they
gathered themselves together.
SA2 10:16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the
river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of
Hadarezer went before them.
SA2 10:17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and
passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in
array against David, and fought with him.
SA2 10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven
hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote
Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
SA2 10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they
were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So
the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
SA2 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when
kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with
him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged
Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
SA2 11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his
bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a
woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
SA2 11:3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not
this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
SA2 11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto
him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she
returned unto her house.
SA2 11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with
child.
SA2 11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab
sent Uriah to David.
SA2 11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab
did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
SA2 11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And
Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat
from the king.
SA2 11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants
of his lord, and went not down to his house.
SA2 11:10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his
house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then
didst thou not go down unto thine house?
SA2 11:11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in
tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the
open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie
with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this
thing.
SA2 11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I
will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
SA2 11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and
he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the
servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
SA2 11:14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to
Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
SA2 11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront
of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and
die.
SA2 11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned
Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
SA2 11:17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there
fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died
also.
SA2 11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
SA2 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of
telling the matters of the war unto the king,
SA2 11:20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee,
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not
that they would shoot from the wall?
SA2 11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a
piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went
ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
SA2 11:22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had
sent him for.
SA2 11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against
us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the
entering of the gate.
SA2 11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some
of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead
also.
SA2 11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab,
Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as
another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and
encourage thou him.
SA2 11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead,
she mourned for her husband.
SA2 11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his
house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David
had done displeased the LORD.
SA2 12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said
unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
SA2 12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
SA2 12:3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had
bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his
children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in
his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
SA2 12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take
of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was
come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that
was come to him.
SA2 12:5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to
Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely
die:
SA2 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this
thing, and because he had no pity.
SA2 12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God
of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the
hand of Saul;
SA2 12:8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy
bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been
too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
SA2 12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil
in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast
taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the
children of Ammon.
SA2 12:10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because
thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy
wife.
SA2 12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out
of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give
them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this
sun.
SA2 12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all
Israel, and before the sun.
SA2 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And
Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not
die.
SA2 12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the
enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall
surely die.
SA2 12:15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child
that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
SA2 12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and
went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
SA2 12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up
from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
SA2 12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the
servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said,
Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not
hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the
child is dead?
SA2 12:19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that
the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child
dead? And they said, He is dead.
SA2 12:20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed
himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and
worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set
bread before him, and he did eat.
SA2 12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast
done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when
the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
SA2 12:22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I
said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may
live?
SA2 12:23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back
again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
SA2 12:24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and
lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the
LORD loved him.
SA2 12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his
name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
SA2 12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took
the royal city.
SA2 12:27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against
Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
SA2 12:28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp
against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after
my name.
SA2 12:29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and
fought against it, and took it.
SA2 12:30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof
was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's
head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
SA2 12:31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them
under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them
pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the
children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
SA2 13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a
fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
SA2 13:2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for
she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her.
SA2 13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah
David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
SA2 13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from
day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my
brother Absalom's sister.
SA2 13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself
sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let
my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that
I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
SA2 13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come
to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister
come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
SA2 13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's
house, and dress him meat.
SA2 13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And
she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the
cakes.
SA2 13:9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to
eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man
from him.
SA2 13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I
may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and
brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
SA2 13:11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of
her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
SA2 13:12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such
thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
SA2 13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou
shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak
unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
SA2 13:14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger
than she, forced her, and lay with her.
SA2 13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he
hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon
said unto her, Arise, be gone.
SA2 13:16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me
away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not
hearken unto her.
SA2 13:17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put
now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
SA2 13:18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such
robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his
servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
SA2 13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers
colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
SA2 13:20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been
with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not
this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
SA2 13:21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
SA2 13:22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for
Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
SA2 13:23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had
sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all
the king's sons.
SA2 13:24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath
sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy
servant.
SA2 13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go,
lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go,
but blessed him.
SA2 13:26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with
us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
SA2 13:27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons
go with him.
SA2 13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when
Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then
kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
SA2 13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded.
Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and
fled.
SA2 13:30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came
to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not
one of them left.
SA2 13:31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth;
and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
SA2 13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said,
Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's
sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath
been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
SA2 13:33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart,
to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
SA2 13:34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up
his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the
hill side behind him.
SA2 13:35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy
servant said, so it is.
SA2 13:36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking,
that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and
the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
SA2 13:37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of
Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
SA2 13:38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
SA2 13:39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he
was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
SA2 14:1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was
toward Absalom.
SA2 14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said
unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning
apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long
time mourned for the dead:
SA2 14:3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put
the words in her mouth.
SA2 14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face
to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
SA2 14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am
indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
SA2 14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the
field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew
him.
SA2 14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and
they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the
life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so
they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband
neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
SA2 14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give
charge concerning thee.
SA2 14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the
iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be
guiltless.
SA2 14:10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to
me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
SA2 14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God,
that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more,
lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not
one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
SA2 14:12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word
unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
SA2 14:13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing
against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is
faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
SA2 14:14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which
cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he
devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
SA2 14:15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the
king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I
will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the
request of his handmaid.
SA2 14:16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand
of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance
of God.
SA2 14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be
comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good
and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
SA2 14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I
pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord
the king now speak.
SA2 14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this?
And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none
can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king
hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words
in the mouth of thine handmaid:
SA2 14:20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this
thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to
know all things that are in the earth.
SA2 14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go
therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
SA2 14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and
thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found
grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the
request of his servant.
SA2 14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
SA2 14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not
see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's
face.
SA2 14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom
for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there
was no blemish in him.
SA2 14:26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he
polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he
weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
SA2 14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose
name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
SA2 14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's
face.
SA2 14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but
he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would
not come.
SA2 14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near
mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants
set the field on fire.
SA2 14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto
him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
SA2 14:32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come
hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from
Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let
me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
SA2 14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for
Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground
before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
SA2 15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots
and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
SA2 15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and
it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for
judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And
he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
SA2 15:3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but
there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
SA2 15:4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that
every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him
justice!
SA2 15:5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him
obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
SA2 15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king
for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
SA2 15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the
king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the
LORD, in Hebron.
SA2 15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying,
If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the
LORD.
SA2 15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to
Hebron.
SA2 15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,
As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom
reigneth in Hebron.
SA2 15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were
called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
SA2 15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor,
from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the
conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
SA2 15:13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men
of Israel are after Absalom.
SA2 15:14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at
Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom:
make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us,
and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
SA2 15:15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are
ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
SA2 15:16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the
king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
SA2 15:17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried
in a place that was far off.
SA2 15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites,
and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came
after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
SA2 15:19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also
with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a
stranger, and also an exile.
SA2 15:20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up
and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy
brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
SA2 15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my
lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether
in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
SA2 15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite
passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
SA2 15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people
passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the
people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
SA2 15:24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the
ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar
went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
SA2 15:25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the
city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me
again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
SA2 15:26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I,
let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
SA2 15:27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer?
return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy
son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
SA2 15:28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come
word from you to certify me.
SA2 15:29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to
Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
SA2 15:30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went
up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that
was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they
went up.
SA2 15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators
with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of
Ahithophel into foolishness.
SA2 15:32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the
mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him
with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
SA2 15:33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be
a burden unto me:
SA2 15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy
servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now
also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of
Ahithophel.
SA2 15:35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?
therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the
king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
SA2 15:36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's
son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every
thing that ye can hear.
SA2 15:37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into
Jerusalem.
SA2 16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba
the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon
them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an
hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
SA2 16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba
said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and
summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint
in the wilderness may drink.
SA2 16:3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto
the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the
house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
SA2 16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto
Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in
thy sight, my lord, O king.
SA2 16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man
of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera:
he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
SA2 16:6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David:
and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his
left.
SA2 16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody
man, and thou man of Belial:
SA2 16:8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul,
in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom
into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy
mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
SA2 16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this
dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off
his head.
SA2 16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?
so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall
then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
SA2 16:11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son,
which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this
Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden
him.
SA2 16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the
LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
SA2 16:13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the
hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at
him, and cast dust.
SA2 16:14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and
refreshed themselves there.
SA2 16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to
Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
SA2 16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was
come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save
the king.
SA2 16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why
wentest thou not with thy friend?
SA2 16:18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this
people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I
abide.
SA2 16:19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence
of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy
presence.
SA2 16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we
shall do.
SA2 16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's
concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear
that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are
with thee be strong.
SA2 16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom
went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
SA2 16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days,
was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of
Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
SA2 17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve
thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
SA2 17:2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will
make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will
smite the king only:
SA2 17:3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou
seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
SA2 17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
SA2 17:5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear
likewise what he saith.
SA2 17:6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying,
Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if
not; speak thou.
SA2 17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given
is not good at this time.
SA2 17:8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be
mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps
in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the
people.
SA2 17:9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it
will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that
whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that
follow Absalom.
SA2 17:10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion,
shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty
man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
SA2 17:11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee,
from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and
that thou go to battle in thine own person.
SA2 17:12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and
we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of
all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
SA2 17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring
ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not
one small stone found there.
SA2 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai
the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had
appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the
LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
SA2 17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and
thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and
thus have I counselled.
SA2 17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this
night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king
be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
SA2 17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be
seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and
told king David.
SA2 17:18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both
of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well
in his court; whither they went down.
SA2 17:19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and
spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
SA2 17:20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they
said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be
gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find
them, they returned to Jerusalem.
SA2 17:21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out
of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and
pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
SA2 17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they
passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that
was not gone over Jordan.
SA2 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he
saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and
put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried
in the sepulchre of his father.
SA2 17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and
all the men of Israel with him.
SA2 17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which
Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to
Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
SA2 17:26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
SA2 17:27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the
son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of
Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
SA2 17:28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and
barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched
pulse,
SA2 17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and
for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is
hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
SA2 18:1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of
thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.
SA2 18:2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of
Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's
brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king
said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
SA2 18:3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee
away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care
for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better
that thou succour us out of the city.
SA2 18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the
king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by
thousands.
SA2 18:5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal
gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people
heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
SA2 18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle
was in the wood of Ephraim;
SA2 18:7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of
David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
SA2 18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country:
and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
SA2 18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a
mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head
caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth;
and the mule that was under him went away.
SA2 18:10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
Absalom hanged in an oak.
SA2 18:11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest
him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have
given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
SA2 18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand
shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against
the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and
Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
SA2 18:13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for
there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set
thyself against me.
SA2 18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three
darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was
yet alive in the midst of the oak.
SA2 18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote
Absalom, and slew him.
SA2 18:16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing
after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
SA2 18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the
wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled
every one to his tent.
SA2 18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a
pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my
name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is
called unto this day, Absalom's place.
SA2 18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the
king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
SA2 18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but
thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings,
because the king's son is dead.
SA2 18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And
Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
SA2 18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever,
let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou
run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
SA2 18:23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then
Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
SA2 18:24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the
roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and
behold a man running alone.
SA2 18:25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he
be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
SA2 18:26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called
unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king
said, He also bringeth tidings.
SA2 18:27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is
like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good
man, and cometh with good tidings.
SA2 18:28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell
down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the
LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand
against my lord the king.
SA2 18:29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz
answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a
great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
SA2 18:30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he
turned aside, and stood still.
SA2 18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king:
for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against
thee.
SA2 18:32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And
Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against
thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
SA2 18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the
gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my
son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
SA2 19:1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for
Absalom.
SA2 19:2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the
people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his
son.
SA2 19:3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people
being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
SA2 19:4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice,
O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
SA2 19:5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed
this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy
life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy
wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
SA2 19:6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou
hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for
this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this
day, then it had pleased thee well.
SA2 19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy
servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry
one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil
that befell thee from thy youth until now.
SA2 19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the
people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people
came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
SA2 19:9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of
Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he
delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out
of the land for Absalom.
SA2 19:10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now
therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
SA2 19:11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king
back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even
to his house.
SA2 19:12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are
ye the last to bring back the king?
SA2 19:13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God
do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me
continually in the room of Joab.
SA2 19:14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of
one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy
servants.
SA2 19:15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal,
to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
SA2 19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim,
hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
SA2 19:17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the
servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants
with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
SA2 19:18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's
household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell
down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
SA2 19:19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me,
neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that
my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his
heart.
SA2 19:20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I
am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my
lord the king.
SA2 19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei
be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?
SA2 19:22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that
ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to
death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over
Israel?
SA2 19:23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the
king sware unto him.
SA2 19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had
neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from
the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
SA2 19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king,
that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me,
Mephibosheth?
SA2 19:26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy
servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the
king; because thy servant is lame.
SA2 19:27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord
the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
SA2 19:28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the
king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own
table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
SA2 19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy
matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
SA2 19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all,
forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
SA2 19:31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over
Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
SA2 19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he
had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a
very great man.
SA2 19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will
feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
SA2 19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I
should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
SA2 19:35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good
and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any
more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy
servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
SA2 19:36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why
should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
SA2 19:37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in
mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But
behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to
him what shall seem good unto thee.
SA2 19:38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do
to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt
require of me, that will I do for thee.
SA2 19:39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come
over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his
own place.
SA2 19:40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and
all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of
Israel.
SA2 19:41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto
the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have
brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over
Jordan?
SA2 19:42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the
king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have
we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
SA2 19:43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have
ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then
did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back
our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words
of the men of Israel.
SA2 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was
Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We
have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every
man to his tents, O Israel.
SA2 20:2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba
the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan
even to Jerusalem.
SA2 20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten
women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in
ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the
day of their death, living in widowhood.
SA2 20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within
three days, and be thou here present.
SA2 20:5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer
than the set time which he had appointed him.
SA2 20:6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us
more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after
him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
SA2 20:7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue
after Sheba the son of Bichri.
SA2 20:8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went
before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and
upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof;
and as he went forth it fell out.
SA2 20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took
Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
SA2 20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he
smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the
ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his
brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
SA2 20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth
Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
SA2 20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when
the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the
highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one
that came by him stood still.
SA2 20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after
Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
SA2 20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to
Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went
also after him.
SA2 20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast
up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people
that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
SA2 20:16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray
you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
SA2 20:17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab?
And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine
handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
SA2 20:18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying,
They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
SA2 20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou
seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up
the inheritance of the LORD?
SA2 20:20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I
should swallow up or destroy.
SA2 20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of
Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David:
deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto
Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
SA2 20:22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut
off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew
a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab
returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
SA2 20:23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
SA2 20:24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud
was recorder:
SA2 20:25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
SA2 20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
SA2 21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after
year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for
Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
SA2 21:2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the
Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the
Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to
slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
SA2 21:3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you?
and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance
of the LORD?
SA2 21:4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of
Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And
he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
SA2 21:5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that
devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the
coasts of Israel,
SA2 21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them
up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king
said, I will give them.
SA2 21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of
Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and
Jonathan the son of Saul.
SA2 21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom
she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the
daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the
Meholathite:
SA2 21:9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they
hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven
together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days,
in the beginning of barley harvest.
SA2 21:10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for
her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon
them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them
by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
SA2 21:11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the
concubine of Saul, had done.
SA2 21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan
his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street
of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had
slain Saul in Gilboa:
SA2 21:13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of
Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
SA2 21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the
country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they
performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for
the land.
SA2 21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David
went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and
David waxed faint.
SA2 21:16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of
whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded
with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
SA2 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the
Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying,
Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light
of Israel.
SA2 21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with
the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was
of the sons of the giant.
SA2 21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where
Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath
the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
SA2 21:20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great
stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four
and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
SA2 21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother
of David slew him.
SA2 21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.
SA2 22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that
the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the
hand of Saul:
SA2 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
SA2 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the
horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest
me from violence.
SA2 22:4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be
saved from mine enemies.
SA2 22:5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made
me afraid;
SA2 22:6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented
me;
SA2 22:7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he
did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
SA2 22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved
and shook, because he was wroth.
SA2 22:9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
devoured: coals were kindled by it.
SA2 22:10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his
feet.
SA2 22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the
wings of the wind.
SA2 22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and
thick clouds of the skies.
SA2 22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
SA2 22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
SA2 22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and
discomfited them.
SA2 22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world
were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of
his nostrils.
SA2 22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
SA2 22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me:
for they were too strong for me.
SA2 22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my
stay.
SA2 22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me,
because he delighted in me.
SA2 22:21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the
cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
SA2 22:22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed
from my God.
SA2 22:23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did
not depart from them.
SA2 22:24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine
iniquity.
SA2 22:25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my
righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
SA2 22:26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the
upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
SA2 22:27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou
wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
SA2 22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the
haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
SA2 22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
SA2 22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over
a wall.
SA2 22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is
a buckler to all them that trust in him.
SA2 22:32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
SA2 22:33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
SA2 22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high
places.
SA2 22:35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by
mine arms.
SA2 22:36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy
gentleness hath made me great.
SA2 22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
SA2 22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not
again until I had consumed them.
SA2 22:39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not
arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
SA2 22:40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up
against me hast thou subdued under me.
SA2 22:41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might
destroy them that hate me.
SA2 22:42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he
answered them not.
SA2 22:43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp
them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
SA2 22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou
hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve
me.
SA2 22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they
hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
SA2 22:46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their
close places.
SA2 22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God
of the rock of my salvation.
SA2 22:48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under
me.
SA2 22:49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted
me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from
the violent man.
SA2 22:50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the
heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
SA2 22:51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his
anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
SA2 23:1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse
said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of
Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
SA2 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
SA2 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that
ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
SA2 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,
even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth
by clear shining after rain.
SA2 23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an
everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my
salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
SA2 23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away,
because they cannot be taken with hands:
SA2 23:7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the
staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same
place.
SA2 23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite
that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the
Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
SA2 23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the
three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there
gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
SA2 23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and
his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day;
and the people returned after him only to spoil.
SA2 23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the
Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground
full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
SA2 23:12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew
the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
SA2 23:13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the
harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines
pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
SA2 23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines
was then in Bethlehem.
SA2 23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the
water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
SA2 23:16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the
Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the
gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink
thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
SA2 23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is
not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore
he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
SA2 23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief
among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew
them, and had the name among three.
SA2 23:19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain:
howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
SA2 23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of
Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went
down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
SA2 23:21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear
in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out
of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
SA2 23:22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among
three mighty men.
SA2 23:23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the
first three. And David set him over his guard.
SA2 23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of
Dodo of Bethlehem,
SA2 23:25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
SA2 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
SA2 23:27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
SA2 23:28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
SA2 23:29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out
of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
SA2 23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
SA2 23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
SA2 23:32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
SA2 23:33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
SA2 23:34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the
son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
SA2 23:35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
SA2 23:36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
SA2 23:37 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the
son of Zeruiah,
SA2 23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
SA2 23:39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
SA2 24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he
moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
SA2 24:2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with
him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and
number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
SA2 24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the
people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord
the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
SA2 24:4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against
the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from
the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
SA2 24:5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side
of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
SA2 24:6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they
came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,
SA2 24:7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the
Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even
to Beersheba.
SA2 24:8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at
the end of nine months and twenty days.
SA2 24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king:
and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the
sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
SA2 24:10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people.
And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and
now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I
have done very foolishly.
SA2 24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto
the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
SA2 24:12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three
things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
SA2 24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven
years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months
before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days'
pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him
that sent me.
SA2 24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now
into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall
into the hand of man.
SA2 24:15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even
to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to
Beersheba seventy thousand men.
SA2 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy
it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed
the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was
by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
SA2 24:17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the
people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these
sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and
against my father's house.
SA2 24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an
altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
SA2 24:19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD
commanded.
SA2 24:20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on
toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his
face upon the ground.
SA2 24:21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?
And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the
LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
SA2 24:22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up
what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and
threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
SA2 24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And
Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
SA2 24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it
of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God
of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and
the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
SA2 24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and
the plague was stayed from Israel.
KI1 1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him
with clothes, but he gat no heat.
KI1 1:2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord
the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her
cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get
heat.
KI1 1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of
Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
KI1 1:4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered
to him: but the king knew her not.
KI1 1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be
king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before
him.
KI1 1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast
thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him
after Absalom.
KI1 1:7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the
priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
KI1 1:8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the
prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David,
were not with Adonijah.
KI1 1:9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of
Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons,
and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
KI1 1:10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon
his brother, he called not.
KI1 1:11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying,
Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David
our lord knoweth it not?
KI1 1:12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou
mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
KI1 1:13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou,
my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son
shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah
reign?
KI1 1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come
in after thee, and confirm thy words.
KI1 1:15 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king
was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
KI1 1:16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king
said, What wouldest thou?
KI1 1:17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto
thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and
he shall sit upon my throne.
KI1 1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou
knowest it not:
KI1 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and
hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the
captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
KI1 1:20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that
thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king
after him.
KI1 1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep
with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
KI1 1:22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also
came in.
KI1 1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when
he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his
face to the ground.
KI1 1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall
reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
KI1 1:25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and
sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains
of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before
him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
KI1 1:26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
KI1 1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it
unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
KI1 1:28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came
into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
KI1 1:29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed
my soul out of all distress,
KI1 1:30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying,
Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my
throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
KI1 1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence
to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
KI1 1:32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
KI1 1:33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your
lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down
to Gihon:
KI1 1:34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king
over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
KI1 1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my
throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be
ruler over Israel and over Judah.
KI1 1:36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen:
the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
KI1 1:37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with
Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
KI1 1:38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused
Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
KI1 1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and
anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God
save king Solomon.
KI1 1:40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with
pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound
of them.
KI1 1:41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they
had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he
said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
KI1 1:42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the
priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant
man, and bringest good tidings.
KI1 1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king
David hath made Solomon king.
KI1 1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
KI1 1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in
Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang
again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
KI1 1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
KI1 1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David,
saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his
throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
KI1 1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which
hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
KI1 1:49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose
up, and went every man his way.
KI1 1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and
caught hold on the horns of the altar.
KI1 1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king
Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let
king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the
sword.
KI1 1:52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall
not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in
him, he shall die.
KI1 1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And
he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to
thine house.
KI1 2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged
Solomon his son, saying,
KI1 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew
thyself a man;
KI1 2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep
his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies,
as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that
thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
KI1 2:4 That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me,
saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth
with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said
he) a man on the throne of Israel.
KI1 2:5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and
what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of
Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of
war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his
loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
KI1 2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go
down to the grave in peace.
KI1 2:7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let
them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled
because of Absalom thy brother.
KI1 2:8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite
of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to
Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the
LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
KI1 2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and
knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down
to the grave with blood.
KI1 2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
KI1 2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven
years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in
Jerusalem.
KI1 2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom
was established greatly.
KI1 2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
KI1 2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say
on.
KI1 2:15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all
Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is
turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
KI1 2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto
him, Say on.
KI1 2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will
not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
KI1 2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
KI1 2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for
Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and
sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother;
and she sat on his right hand.
KI1 2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say
me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say
thee nay.
KI1 2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy
brother to wife.
KI1 2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou
ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he
is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for
Joab the son of Zeruiah.
KI1 2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and
more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
KI1 2:24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set
me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he
promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
KI1 2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and
he fell upon him that he died.
KI1 2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth,
unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this
time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD God before
David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my
father was afflicted.
KI1 2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that
he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of
Eli in Shiloh.
KI1 2:28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though
he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the
LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
KI1 2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle
of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
KI1 2:30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him,
Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And
Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he
answered me.
KI1 2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon
him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab
shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
KI1 2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon
two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my
father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain
of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of
Judah.
KI1 2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon
the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon
his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
KI1 2:34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew
him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
KI1 2:35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the
host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
KI1 2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build
thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any
whither.
KI1 2:37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the
brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy
blood shall be upon thine own head.
KI1 2:38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the
king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many
days.
KI1 2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the
servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they
told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
KI1 2:40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to
seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
KI1 2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to
Gath, and was come again.
KI1 2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not
make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a
certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou
shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is
good.
KI1 2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment
that I have charged thee with?
KI1 2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness
which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore
the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
KI1 2:45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be
established before the LORD for ever.
KI1 2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went
out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the
hand of Solomon.
KI1 3:1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took
Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made
an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of
Jerusalem round about.
KI1 3:2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house
built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
KI1 3:3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his
father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
KI1 3:4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great
high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
KI1 3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God
said, Ask what I shall give thee.
KI1 3:6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father
great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in
righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for
him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne,
as it is this day.
KI1 3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of
David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or
come in.
KI1 3:8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen,
a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
KI1 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people,
that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so
great a people?
KI1 3:10 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.
KI1 3:11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast
not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor
hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself
understanding to discern judgment;
KI1 3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a
wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before
thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
KI1 3:13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both
riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto
thee all thy days.
KI1 3:14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my
commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
KI1 3:15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to
Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered
up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his
servants.
KI1 3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and
stood before him.
KI1 3:17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one
house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
KI1 3:18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that
this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger
with us in the house, save we two in the house.
KI1 3:19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
KI1 3:20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while
thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my
bosom.
KI1 3:21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was
dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son,
which I did bear.
KI1 3:22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead
is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my
son. Thus they spake before the king.
KI1 3:23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and
thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and
my son is the living.
KI1 3:24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before
the king.
KI1 3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half
to the one, and half to the other.
KI1 3:26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for
her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living
child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor
thine, but divide it.
KI1 3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no
wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
KI1 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and
they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do
judgment.
KI1 4:1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
KI1 4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the
priest,
KI1 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son
of Ahilud, the recorder.
KI1 4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and
Abiathar were the priests:
KI1 4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son
of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
KI1 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was
over the tribute.
KI1 4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made
provision.
KI1 4:8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
KI1 4:9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and
Elonbethhanan:
KI1 4:10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the
land of Hepher:
KI1 4:11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the
daughter of Solomon to wife:
KI1 4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and
all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to
Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
KI1 4:13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair
the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of
Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen
bars:
KI1 4:14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
KI1 4:15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon
to wife:
KI1 4:16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
KI1 4:17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
KI1 4:18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
KI1 4:19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of
Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only
officer which was in the land.
KI1 4:20 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in
multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
KI1 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land
of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and
served Solomon all the days of his life.
KI1 4:22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine
flour, and threescore measures of meal,
KI1 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred
sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
KI1 4:24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from
Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had
peace on all sides round about him.
KI1 4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under
his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
KI1 4:26 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen.
KI1 4:27 And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all
that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked
nothing.
KI1 4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they
unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
KI1 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and
largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
KI1 4:30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the
east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
KI1 4:31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and
Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all
nations round about.
KI1 4:32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand
and five.
KI1 4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even
unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and
of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
KI1 4:34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all
kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
KI1 5:1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had
heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram
was ever a lover of David.
KI1 5:2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
KI1 5:3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto
the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side,
until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
KI1 5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that
there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
KI1 5:5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my
God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set
upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
KI1 5:6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of
Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I
give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou
knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto
the Sidonians.
KI1 5:7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he
rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given
unto David a wise son over this great people.
KI1 5:8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which
thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of
cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
KI1 5:9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I
will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint
me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them:
and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
KI1 5:10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his
desire.
KI1 5:11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to
his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram
year by year.
KI1 5:12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was
peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
KI1 5:13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was
thirty thousand men.
KI1 5:14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month
they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
KI1 5:15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and
fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
KI1 5:16 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work,
three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought
in the work.
KI1 5:17 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly
stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
KI1 5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the
stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
KI1 6:1 And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the
children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of
Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month,
that he began to build the house of the LORD.
KI1 6:2 And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length
thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the
height thereof thirty cubits.
KI1 6:3 And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the
length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the
breadth thereof before the house.
KI1 6:4 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
KI1 6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about,
against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the
oracle: and he made chambers round about:
KI1 6:6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six
cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall
of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be
fastened in the walls of the house.
KI1 6:7 And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready
before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor
any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
KI1 6:8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house:
and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the
middle into the third.
KI1 6:9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with
beams and boards of cedar.
KI1 6:10 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high:
and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
KI1 6:11 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
KI1 6:12 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk
in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to
walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David
thy father:
KI1 6:13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake
my people Israel.
KI1 6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
KI1 6:15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both
the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on
the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
KI1 6:16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor
and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even
for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
KI1 6:17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
KI1 6:18 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open
flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
KI1 6:19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark
of the covenant of the LORD.
KI1 6:20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and
twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he
overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
KI1 6:21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a
partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with
gold.
KI1 6:22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all
the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
KI1 6:23 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten
cubits high.
KI1 6:24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the
other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the
uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
KI1 6:25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one
measure and one size.
KI1 6:26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the
other cherub.
KI1 6:27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched
forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one
wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their
wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
KI1 6:28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
KI1 6:29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved
figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
KI1 6:30 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and
without.
KI1 6:31 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the
lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
KI1 6:32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them
carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with
gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
KI1 6:33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a
fourth part of the wall.
KI1 6:34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door
were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
KI1 6:35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and
covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
KI1 6:36 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a
row of cedar beams.
KI1 6:37 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid,
in the month Zif:
KI1 6:38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth
month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according
to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
KI1 7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished
all his house.
KI1 7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof
was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height
thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon
the pillars.
KI1 7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty
five pillars, fifteen in a row.
KI1 7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in
three ranks.
KI1 7:5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light
was against light in three ranks.
KI1 7:6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits,
and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the
other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
KI1 7:7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the
porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor
to the other.
KI1 7:8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which
was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom
he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
KI1 7:9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed
stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto
the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
KI1 7:10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of
ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
KI1 7:11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and
cedars.
KI1 7:12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed
stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house
of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
KI1 7:13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
KI1 7:14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a
man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and
understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king
Solomon, and wrought all his work.
KI1 7:15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and
a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
KI1 7:16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops
of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the
height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
KI1 7:17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the
chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one
chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
KI1 7:18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one
network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates:
and so did he for the other chapiter.
KI1 7:19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily
work in the porch, four cubits.
KI1 7:20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above,
over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were
two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
KI1 7:21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up
the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left
pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
KI1 7:22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the
pillars finished.
KI1 7:23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other:
it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty
cubits did compass it round about.
KI1 7:24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it,
ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two
rows, when it was cast.
KI1 7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three
looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their
hinder parts were inward.
KI1 7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought
like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand
baths.
KI1 7:27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one
base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
KI1 7:28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and
the borders were between the ledges:
KI1 7:29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and
cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions
and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
KI1 7:30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the
four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters
molten, at the side of every addition.
KI1 7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but
the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half:
and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare,
not round.
KI1 7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the
wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and
half a cubit.
KI1 7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel:
their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were
all molten.
KI1 7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and
the undersetters were of the very base itself.
KI1 7:35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit
high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof
were of the same.
KI1 7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof,
he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of
every one, and additions round about.
KI1 7:37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting,
one measure, and one size.
KI1 7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths:
and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one
laver.
KI1 7:39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the
left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house
eastward over against the south.
KI1 7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram
made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house
of the LORD:
KI1 7:41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the
top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the
chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
KI1 7:42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of
pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that
were upon the pillars;
KI1 7:43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
KI1 7:44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
KI1 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels,
which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright
brass.
KI1 7:46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zarthan.
KI1 7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were
exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
KI1 7:48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the
LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
KI1 7:49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five
on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the
tongs of gold,
KI1 7:50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and
the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the
inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit,
of the temple.
KI1 7:51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the
LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated;
even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the
treasures of the house of the LORD.
KI1 8:1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the
tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon
in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD
out of the city of David, which is Zion.
KI1 8:2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at
the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
KI1 8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
KI1 8:4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the
congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even
those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
KI1 8:5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were
assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen,
that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
KI1 8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto
his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under
the wings of the cherubims.
KI1 8:7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the
ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
KI1 8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen
out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and
there they are unto this day.
KI1 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses
put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of
Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
KI1 8:10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy
place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
KI1 8:11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud:
for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
KI1 8:12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick
darkness.
KI1 8:13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for
thee to abide in for ever.
KI1 8:14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation
of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
KI1 8:15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his
mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
KI1 8:16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I
chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name
might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
KI1 8:17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the
name of the LORD God of Israel.
KI1 8:18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart
to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
KI1 8:19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall
come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
KI1 8:20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up
in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD
promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
KI1 8:21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant
of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the
land of Egypt.
KI1 8:22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all
the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
KI1 8:23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven
above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants
that walk before thee with all their heart:
KI1 8:24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst
him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand,
as it is this day.
KI1 8:25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my
father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in
my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed
to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
KI1 8:26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified,
which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
KI1 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven
of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
KI1 8:28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which
thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
KI1 8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even
toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou
mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this
place.
KI1 8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in
heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
KI1 8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon
him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this
house:
KI1 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning
the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to
give him according to his righteousness.
KI1 8:33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they
have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy
name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
KI1 8:34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people
Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their
fathers.
KI1 8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have
sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy
name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
KI1 8:36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of
thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should
walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an
inheritance.
KI1 8:37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting,
mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them
in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
KI1 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy
people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and
spread forth his hands toward this house:
KI1 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and
give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou,
even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
KI1 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which
thou gavest unto our fathers.
KI1 8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but
cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
KI1 8:42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and
of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
KI1 8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that
the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy
name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this
house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
KI1 8:44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever
thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou
hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
KI1 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and
maintain their cause.
KI1 8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and
thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry
them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
KI1 8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were
carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land
of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done
perversely, we have committed wickedness;
KI1 8:48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their
soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray
unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city
which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
KI1 8:49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy
dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
KI1 8:50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their
transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them
compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have
compassion on them:
KI1 8:51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest
forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
KI1 8:52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and
unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that
they call for unto thee.
KI1 8:53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth,
to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant,
when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.
KI1 8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this
prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the
LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
KI1 8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud
voice, saying,
KI1 8:56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel,
according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his
good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
KI1 8:57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not
leave us, nor forsake us:
KI1 8:58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and
to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he
commanded our fathers.
KI1 8:59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the
LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause
of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the
matter shall require:
KI1 8:60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and
that there is none else.
KI1 8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in
his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
KI1 8:62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the
LORD.
KI1 8:63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered
unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty
thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the
house of the LORD.
KI1 8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was
before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that
was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
KI1 8:65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a
great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt,
before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
KI1 8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the
king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness
that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
KI1 9:1 And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the
house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he
was pleased to do,
KI1 9:2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared
unto him at Gibeon.
KI1 9:3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy
supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house,
which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine
heart shall be there perpetually.
KI1 9:4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in
integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have
commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
KI1 9:5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever,
as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man
upon the throne of Israel.
KI1 9:6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set
before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
KI1 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them;
and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my
sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
KI1 9:8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall
be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done
thus unto this land, and to this house?
KI1 9:9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who
brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold
upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath
the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
KI1 9:10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had
built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
KI1 9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees
and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king
Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
KI1 9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had
given him; and they pleased him not.
KI1 9:13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my
brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
KI1 9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
KI1 9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to
build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of
Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
KI1 9:16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it
with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for
a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
KI1 9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
KI1 9:18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
KI1 9:19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his
chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to
build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
KI1 9:20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,
Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
KI1 9:21 Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the
children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did
Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
KI1 9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they
were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and
rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
KI1 9:23 These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work,
five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the
work.
KI1 9:24 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her
house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
KI1 9:25 And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace
offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense
upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
KI1 9:26 And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside
Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
KI1 9:27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge
of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
KI1 9:28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred
and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
KI1 10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning
the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
KI1 10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that
bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come
to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
KI1 10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid
from the king, which he told her not.
KI1 10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the
house that he had built,
KI1 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his
ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more
spirit in her.
KI1 10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine
own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
KI1 10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had
seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity
exceedeth the fame which I heard.
KI1 10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
KI1 10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on
the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made
he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
KI1 10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of
spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such
abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
KI1 10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in
from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
KI1 10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the
LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there
came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
KI1 10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty.
So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
KI1 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
KI1 10:15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the
spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the
country.
KI1 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
KI1 10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of
gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of
Lebanon.
KI1 10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with
the best gold.
KI1 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round
behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two
lions stood beside the stays.
KI1 10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon
the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
KI1 10:21 And 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; none were of
silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
KI1 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram:
once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver,
ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
KI1 10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and
for wisdom.
KI1 10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God
had put in his heart.
KI1 10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a
rate year by year.
KI1 10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a
thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he
bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
KI1 10:27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars
made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
KI1 10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the
king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
KI1 10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels
of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings
of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their
means.
KI1 11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter
of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and
Hittites:
KI1 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of
Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for
surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto
these in love.
KI1 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred
concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
KI1 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away
his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his
God, as was the heart of David his father.
KI1 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and
after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
KI1 11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully
after the LORD, as did David his father.
KI1 11:7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of
Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination
of the children of Ammon.
KI1 11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense
and sacrificed unto their gods.
KI1 11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned
from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
KI1 11:10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go
after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
KI1 11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done
of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have
commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to
thy servant.
KI1 11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's
sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
KI1 11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one
tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which
I have chosen.
KI1 11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the
Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
KI1 11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain
of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in
Edom;
KI1 11:16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had
cut off every male in Edom:)
KI1 11:17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants
with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
KI1 11:18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men
with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt;
which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
KI1 11:19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he
gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the
queen.
KI1 11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes
weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the
sons of Pharaoh.
KI1 11:21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and
that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me
depart, that I may go to mine own country.
KI1 11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that,
behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing:
howbeit let me go in any wise.
KI1 11:23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah,
which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
KI1 11:24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when
David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and
reigned in Damascus.
KI1 11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside
the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
KI1 11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's
servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his
hand against the king.
KI1 11:27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king:
Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his
father.
KI1 11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing
the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge
of the house of Joseph.
KI1 11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of
Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he
had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
KI1 11:30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in
twelve pieces:
KI1 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the
LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of
Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
KI1 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for
Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of
Israel:)
KI1 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth
the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the
god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that
which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did
David his father.
KI1 11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I
will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake,
whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
KI1 11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it
unto thee, even ten tribes.
KI1 11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may
have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to
put my name there.
KI1 11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy
soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
KI1 11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command
thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my
statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with
thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel
unto thee.
KI1 11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
KI1 11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and
fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death
of Solomon.
KI1 11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his
wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
KI1 11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was
forty years.
KI1 11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
KI1 12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to
make him king.
KI1 12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in
Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and
Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
KI1 12:3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation
of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
KI1 12:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the
grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us,
lighter, and we will serve thee.
KI1 12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to
me. And the people departed.
KI1 12:6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may
answer this people?
KI1 12:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this
people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words
to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
KI1 12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given
him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which
stood before him:
KI1 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this
people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put
upon us lighter?
KI1 12:10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him,
saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying,
Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt
thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
KI1 12:11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add
to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions.
KI1 12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as
the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
KI1 12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's
counsel that they gave him;
KI1 12:14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My
father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also
chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
KI1 12:15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was
from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by
Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
KI1 12:16 So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the
people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have
we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine
own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
KI1 12:17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
KI1 12:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all
Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made
speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
KI1 12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
KI1 12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come
again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king
over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the
tribe of Judah only.
KI1 12:21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house
of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand
chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to
bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
KI1 12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
KI1 12:23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all
the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
KI1 12:24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this
thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and
returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
KI1 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and
went out from thence, and built Penuel.
KI1 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the
house of David:
KI1 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at
Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord,
even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to
Rehoboam king of Judah.
KI1 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and
said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
KI1 12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
KI1 12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before
the one, even unto Dan.
KI1 12:31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest
of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
KI1 12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth
day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon
the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made:
and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
KI1 12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the
fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of
his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he
offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
KI1 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the
LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
KI1 13:2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O
altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the
house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests
of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be
burnt upon thee.
KI1 13:3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the
LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are
upon it shall be poured out.
KI1 13:4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man
of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his
hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put
forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
KI1 13:5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar,
according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
KI1 13:6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the
face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me
again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored
him again, and became as it was before.
KI1 13:7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh
thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
KI1 13:8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half
thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink
water in this place:
KI1 13:9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no
bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
KI1 13:10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to
Bethel.
KI1 13:11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told
him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words
which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
KI1 13:12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had
seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
KI1 13:13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him
the ass: and he rode thereon,
KI1 13:14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak:
and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he
said, I am.
KI1 13:15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
KI1 13:16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee:
neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
KI1 13:17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no
bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou
camest.
KI1 13:18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel
spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into
thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
KI1 13:19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank
water.
KI1 13:20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the
LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
KI1 13:21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and
hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
KI1 13:22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place,
of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy
carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
KI1 13:23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had
drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had
brought back.
KI1 13:24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and
his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood
by the carcase.
KI1 13:25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and
the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where
the old prophet dwelt.
KI1 13:26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard
thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word
of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath
torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake
unto him.
KI1 13:27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they
saddled him.
KI1 13:28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and
the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor
torn the ass.
KI1 13:29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it
upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to
mourn and to bury him.
KI1 13:30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him,
saying, Alas, my brother!
KI1 13:31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his
sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man
of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
KI1 13:32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the
altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are
in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
KI1 13:33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made
again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever
would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high
places.
KI1 13:34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it
off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
KI1 14:1 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
KI1 14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise
thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to
Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be
king over this people.
KI1 14:3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of
honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
KI1 14:4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came
to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by
reason of his age.
KI1 14:5 And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to
ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say
unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself
to be another woman.
KI1 14:6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came
in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest
thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
KI1 14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I
exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people
Israel,
KI1 14:8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee:
and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and
who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine
eyes;
KI1 14:9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast
gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and
hast cast me behind thy back:
KI1 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and
will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is
shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of
Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
KI1 14:11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him
that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath
spoken it.
KI1 14:12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet
enter into the city, the child shall die.
KI1 14:13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of
Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good
thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
KI1 14:14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall
cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
KI1 14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the
water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave
to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have
made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
KI1 14:16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did
sin, and who made Israel to sin.
KI1 14:17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and
when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
KI1 14:18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according
to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the
prophet.
KI1 14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he
reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Israel.
KI1 14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and
he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
KI1 14:21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty
and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in
Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of
Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an
Ammonitess.
KI1 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him
to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their
fathers had done.
KI1 14:23 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on
every high hill, and under every green tree.
KI1 14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to
all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the
children of Israel.
KI1 14:25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
KI1 14:26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the
treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all
the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
KI1 14:27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed
them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the
king's house.
KI1 14:28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that
the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
KI1 14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI1 14:30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
KI1 14:31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And
Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
KI1 15:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned
Abijam over Judah.
KI1 15:2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was
Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
KI1 15:3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before
him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of
David his father.
KI1 15:4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in
Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
KI1 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and
turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his
life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
KI1 15:6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his
life.
KI1 15:7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was
war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
KI1 15:8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of
David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
KI1 15:9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over
Judah.
KI1 15:10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
KI1 15:11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did
David his father.
KI1 15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the
idols that his fathers had made.
KI1 15:13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen,
because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and
burnt it by the brook Kidron.
KI1 15:14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was
perfect with the LORD all his days.
KI1 15:15 And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the
things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and
gold, and vessels.
KI1 15:16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their
days.
KI1 15:17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah,
that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
KI1 15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's
house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent
them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that
dwelt at Damascus, saying,
KI1 15:19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy
father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and
break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
KI1 15:20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the
hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and
Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
KI1 15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off
building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
KI1 15:22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was
exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof,
wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of
Benjamin, and Mizpah.
KI1 15:23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he
did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he
was diseased in his feet.
KI1 15:24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his
stead.
KI1 15:25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the
second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
KI1 15:26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of
his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
KI1 15:27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired
against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the
Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
KI1 15:28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and
reigned in his stead.
KI1 15:29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of
Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed
him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant
Ahijah the Shilonite:
KI1 15:30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made
Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel
to anger.
KI1 15:31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI1 15:32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their
days.
KI1 15:33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of
Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
KI1 15:34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
KI1 16:1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against
Baasha, saying,
KI1 16:2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince
over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast
made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
KI1 16:3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity
of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat.
KI1 16:4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that
dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
KI1 16:5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI1 16:6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah
his son reigned in his stead.
KI1 16:7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the
word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil
that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work
of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
KI1 16:8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son
of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
KI1 16:9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired
against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza
steward of his house in Tirzah.
KI1 16:10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and
seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
KI1 16:11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on
his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that
pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
KI1 16:12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the
word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet.
KI1 16:13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which
they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God
of Israel to anger with their vanities.
KI1 16:14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI1 16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign
seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which
belonged to the Philistines.
KI1 16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath
conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the
captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
KI1 16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they
besieged Tirzah.
KI1 16:18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he
went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him
with fire, and died.
KI1 16:19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD,
in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make
Israel to sin.
KI1 16:20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought,
are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI1 16:21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the
people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed
Omri.
KI1 16:22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that
followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
KI1 16:23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to
reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
KI1 16:24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of
silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he
built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
KI1 16:25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than
all that were before him.
KI1 16:26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in
his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to
anger with their vanities.
KI1 16:27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he
shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
KI1 16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab
his son reigned in his stead.
KI1 16:29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab
the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over
Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
KI1 16:30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all
that were before him.
KI1 16:31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk
in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the
daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and
worshipped him.
KI1 16:32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he
had built in Samaria.
KI1 16:33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of
Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
KI1 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the
foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in
his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by
Joshua the son of Nun.
KI1 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said
unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall
not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
KI1 17:2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
KI1 17:3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook
Cherith, that is before Jordan.
KI1 17:4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have
commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
KI1 17:5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went
and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
KI1 17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread
and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
KI1 17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because
there had been no rain in the land.
KI1 17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
KI1 17:9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell
there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
KI1 17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate
of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he
called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel,
that I may drink.
KI1 17:11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring
me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
KI1 17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an
handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am
gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that
we may eat it, and die.
KI1 17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but
make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for
thee and for thy son.
KI1 17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not
waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD
sendeth rain upon the earth.
KI1 17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and
he, and her house, did eat many days.
KI1 17:16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil
fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
KI1 17:17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the
woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore,
that there was no breath left in him.
KI1 17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of
God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
KI1 17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her
bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his
own bed.
KI1 17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also
brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
KI1 17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto
the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come
into him again.
KI1 17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child
came into him again, and he revived.
KI1 17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber
into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy
son liveth.
KI1 17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man
of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
KI1 18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came
to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will
send rain upon the earth.
KI1 18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore
famine in Samaria.
KI1 18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now
Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
KI1 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that
Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed
them with bread and water.)
KI1 18:5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of
water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses
and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
KI1 18:6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab
went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
KI1 18:7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew
him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
KI1 18:8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
KI1 18:9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy
servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
KI1 18:10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither
my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he
took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
KI1 18:11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
KI1 18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the
Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come
and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant
fear the LORD from my youth.
KI1 18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets
of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a
cave, and fed them with bread and water?
KI1 18:14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and
he shall slay me.
KI1 18:15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I
will surely shew myself unto him to day.
KI1 18:16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet
Elijah.
KI1 18:17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him,
Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
KI1 18:18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy
father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and
thou hast followed Baalim.
KI1 18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount
Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets
of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
KI1 18:20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the
prophets together unto mount Carmel.
KI1 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye
between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then
follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
KI1 18:22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet
of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
KI1 18:23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one
bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no
fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put
no fire under:
KI1 18:24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name
of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the
people answered and said, It is well spoken.
KI1 18:25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock
for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of
your gods, but put no fire under.
KI1 18:26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed
it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O
Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped
upon the altar which was made.
KI1 18:27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry
aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in
a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
KI1 18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with
knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
KI1 18:29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until
the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither
voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
KI1 18:30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the
people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was
broken down.
KI1 18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes
of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel
shall be thy name:
KI1 18:32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and
he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of
seed.
KI1 18:33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and
laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on
the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
KI1 18:34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time.
And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
KI1 18:35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench
also with water.
KI1 18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham,
Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in
Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at
thy word.
KI1 18:37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art
the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
KI1 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt
sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the
water that was in the trench.
KI1 18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they
said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
KI1 18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one
of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook
Kishon, and slew them there.
KI1 18:41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is
a sound of abundance of rain.
KI1 18:42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top
of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between
his knees,
KI1 18:43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went
up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven
times.
KI1 18:44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there
ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up,
say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee
not.
KI1 18:45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black
with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to
Jezreel.
KI1 18:46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins,
and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
KI1 19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had
slain all the prophets with the sword.
KI1 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do
to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to
morrow about this time.
KI1 19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to
Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
KI1 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and
sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might
die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not
better than my fathers.
KI1 19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel
touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
KI1 19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and
a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down
again.
KI1 19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched
him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
KI1 19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that
meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
KI1 19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the
word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here,
Elijah?
KI1 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for
the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars,
and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they
seek my life, to take it away.
KI1 19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.
And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the
mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was
not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not
in the earthquake:
KI1 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire:
and after the fire a still small voice.
KI1 19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his
mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And,
behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
KI1 19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine
altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left;
and they seek my life, to take it away.
KI1 19:15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness
of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
KI1 19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel:
and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet
in thy room.
KI1 19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of
Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall
Elisha slay.
KI1 19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which
have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
KI1 19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was
plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and
Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
KI1 19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray
thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said
unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
KI1 19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew
them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto
the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and
ministered unto him.
KI1 20:1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and
there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he
went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
KI1 20:2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said
unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
KI1 20:3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children,
even the goodliest, are mine.
KI1 20:4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according
to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
KI1 20:5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad,
saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy
silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
KI1 20:6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and
they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall
be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their
hand, and take it away.
KI1 20:7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said,
Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me
for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I
denied him not.
KI1 20:8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto
him, nor consent.
KI1 20:9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the
king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but
this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word
again.
KI1 20:10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and
more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the
people that follow me.
KI1 20:11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that
girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
KI1 20:12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was
drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants,
Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
KI1 20:13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will
deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
KI1 20:14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by
the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order
the battle? And he answered, Thou.
KI1 20:15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and
they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the
people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
KI1 20:16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk
in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
KI1 20:17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first;
and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of
Samaria.
KI1 20:18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or
whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
KI1 20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the
city, and the army which followed them.
KI1 20:20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel
pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the
horsemen.
KI1 20:21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots,
and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
KI1 20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go,
strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return
of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
KI1 20:23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are
gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight
against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
KI1 20:24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his
place, and put captains in their rooms:
KI1 20:25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse
for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the
plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their
voice, and did so.
KI1 20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad
numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
KI1 20:27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and
went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two
little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
KI1 20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and
said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God
of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all
this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
KI1 20:29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it
was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of
Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
KI1 20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell
upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad
fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
KI1 20:31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the
kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put
sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of
Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
KI1 20:32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their
heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith,
I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
KI1 20:33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from
him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he
said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to
come up into the chariot.
KI1 20:34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from
thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus,
as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this
covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
KI1 20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his
neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused
to smite him.
KI1 20:36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the
LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.
And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
KI1 20:37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the
man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
KI1 20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and
disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
KI1 20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy
servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned
aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he
be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a
talent of silver.
KI1 20:40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the
king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided
it.
KI1 20:41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king
of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
KI1 20:42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go
out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy
life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
KI1 20:43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and
came to Samaria.
KI1 21:1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite
had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of
Samaria.
KI1 21:2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may
have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will
give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I
will give thee the worth of it in money.
KI1 21:3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give
the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
KI1 21:4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word
which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not
give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his
bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
KI1 21:5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy
spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
KI1 21:6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and
said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I
will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee
my vineyard.
KI1 21:7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom
of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give
thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
KI1 21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his
seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his
city, dwelling with Naboth.
KI1 21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth
on high among the people:
KI1 21:10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against
him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him
out, and stone him, that he may die.
KI1 21:11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the
inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was
written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
KI1 21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
KI1 21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him:
and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the
presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then
they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he
died.
KI1 21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
KI1 21:15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and
was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard
of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth
is not alive, but dead.
KI1 21:16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab
rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take
possession of it.
KI1 21:17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
KI1 21:18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria:
behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess
it.
KI1 21:19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast
thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of
Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
KI1 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he
answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil
in the sight of the LORD.
KI1 21:21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy
posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and
him that is shut up and left in Israel,
KI1 21:22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation
wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
KI1 21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat
Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
KI1 21:24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that
dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
KI1 21:25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work
wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
KI1 21:26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all
things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of
Israel.
KI1 21:27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his
clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in
sackcloth, and went softly.
KI1 21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
KI1 21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth
himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's
days will I bring the evil upon his house.
KI1 22:1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
KI1 22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah came down to the king of Israel.
KI1 22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in
Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king
of Syria?
KI1 22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to
Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art,
my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
KI1 22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee,
at the word of the LORD to day.
KI1 22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four
hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle,
or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into
the hand of the king.
KI1 22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might enquire of him?
KI1 22:8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,
Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him;
for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said,
Let not the king say so.
KI1 22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither
Micaiah the son of Imlah.
KI1 22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on
his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the
gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
KI1 22:11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he
said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou
have consumed them.
KI1 22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's
hand.
KI1 22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him,
saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with
one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and
speak that which is good.
KI1 22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me,
that will I speak.
KI1 22:15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall
we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered
him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the
king.
KI1 22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that
thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
KI1 22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep
that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them
return every man to his house in peace.
KI1 22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee
that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
KI1 22:19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the
LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his
right hand and on his left.
KI1 22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and
fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that
manner.
KI1 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said,
I will persuade him.
KI1 22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go
forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he
said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
KI1 22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth
of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
KI1 22:24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on
the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak
unto thee?
KI1 22:25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou
shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
KI1 22:26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto
Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
KI1 22:27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and
feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come
in peace.
KI1 22:28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not
spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
KI1 22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramothgilead.
KI1 22:30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of
Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
KI1 22:31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had
rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only
with the king of Israel.
KI1 22:32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw
Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned
aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
KI1 22:33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived
that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
KI1 22:34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of
Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver
of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am
wounded.
KI1 22:35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his
chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the
wound into the midst of the chariot.
KI1 22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going
down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own
country.
KI1 22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the
king in Samaria.
KI1 22:38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs
licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word
of the LORD which he spake.
KI1 22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory
house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI1 22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his
stead.
KI1 22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the
fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
KI1 22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
KI1 22:43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside
from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the
high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet
in the high places.
KI1 22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
KI1 22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he
shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Judah?
KI1 22:46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his
father Asa, he took out of the land.
KI1 22:47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
KI1 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but
they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
KI1 22:49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants
go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
KI1 22:50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his
stead.
KI1 22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over
Israel.
KI1 22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of
his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
KI1 22:53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the
LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
KI2 1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
KI2 1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was
in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go,
enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this
disease.
KI2 1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to
meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not
because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the
god of Ekron?
KI2 1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that
bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
KI2 1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why
are ye now turned back?
KI2 1:6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto
us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith
the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest
to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down
from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
KI2 1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet
you, and told you these words?
KI2 1:8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of
leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
KI2 1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he
went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto
him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
KI2 1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man
of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.
And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
KI2 1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty.
And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said,
Come down quickly.
KI2 1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let
fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of
God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
KI2 1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And
the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before
Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let
my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
KI2 1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two
captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now
be precious in thy sight.
KI2 1:15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not
afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
KI2 1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast
sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because
there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not
come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
KI2 1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken.
And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
KI2 1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI2 2:1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by
a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
KI2 2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD
hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.
KI2 2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to
Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy
master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
KI2 2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the
LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy
soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
KI2 2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and
said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy
head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
KI2 2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath
sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I
will not leave thee. And they two went on.
KI2 2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar
off: and they two stood by Jordan.
KI2 2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the
waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over
on dry ground.
KI2 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto
Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And
Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
KI2 2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see
me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall
not be so.
KI2 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that,
behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them
both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
KI2 2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of
Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of
his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
KI2 2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went
back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
KI2 2:14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the
waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had
smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
KI2 2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw
him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to
meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
KI2 2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty
strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure
the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or
into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
KI2 2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent
therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
KI2 2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said
unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
KI2 2:19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is
naught, and the ground barren.
KI2 2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they
brought it to him.
KI2 2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt
in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there
shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
KI2 2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of
Elisha which he spake.
KI2 2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the
way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and
said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
KI2 2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name
of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare
forty and two children of them.
KI2 2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned
to Samaria.
KI2 3:1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
KI2 3:2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his
father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his
father had made.
KI2 3:3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
KI2 3:4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king
of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the
wool.
KI2 3:5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab
rebelled against the king of Israel.
KI2 3:6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all
Israel.
KI2 3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The
king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to
battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy
people, and my horses as thy horses.
KI2 3:8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way
through the wilderness of Edom.
KI2 3:9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of
Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no
water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
KI2 3:10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
KI2 3:11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that
we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants
answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on
the hands of Elijah.
KI2 3:12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king
of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
KI2 3:13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee?
get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.
And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these
three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
KI2 3:14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand,
surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of
Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
KI2 3:15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel
played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
KI2 3:16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
KI2 3:17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see
rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both
ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
KI2 3:18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will
deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
KI2 3:19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and
shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good
piece of land with stones.
KI2 3:20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was
offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country
was filled with water.
KI2 3:21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight
against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and
upward, and stood in the border.
KI2 3:22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the
water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
KI2 3:23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they
have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
KI2 3:24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and
smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward
smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
KI2 3:25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast
every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of
water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the
stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
KI2 3:26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him,
he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even
unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
KI2 3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his
stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was
great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned
to their own land.
KI2 4:1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the
prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou
knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take
unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
KI2 4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast
thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the
house, save a pot of oil.
KI2 4:3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours,
even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
KI2 4:4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon
thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside
that which is full.
KI2 4:5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons,
who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
KI2 4:6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto
her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel
more. And the oil stayed.
KI2 4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the
oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
KI2 4:8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great
woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he
passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
KI2 4:9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an
holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
KI2 4:10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us
set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it
shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
KI2 4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the
chamber, and lay there.
KI2 4:12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he
had called her, she stood before him.
KI2 4:13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been
careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou
be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I
dwell among mine own people.
KI2 4:14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered,
Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
KI2 4:15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the
door.
KI2 4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou
shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie
unto thine handmaid.
KI2 4:17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha
had said unto her, according to the time of life.
KI2 4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to
his father to the reapers.
KI2 4:19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad,
Carry him to his mother.
KI2 4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on
her knees till noon, and then died.
KI2 4:21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut
the door upon him, and went out.
KI2 4:22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one
of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and
come again.
KI2 4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new
moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
KI2 4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go
forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
KI2 4:25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came
to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his
servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
KI2 4:26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with
thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she
answered, It is well:
KI2 4:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by
the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said,
Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it
from me, and hath not told me.
KI2 4:28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not
deceive me?
KI2 4:29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine
hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute
thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
KI2 4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
KI2 4:31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face
of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went
again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
KI2 4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was
dead, and laid upon his bed.
KI2 4:33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed
unto the LORD.
KI2 4:34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his
mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and
stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
KI2 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went
up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and
the child opened his eyes.
KI2 4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called
her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
KI2 4:37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the
ground, and took up her son, and went out.
KI2 4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land;
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his
servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the
prophets.
KI2 4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild
vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them
into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
KI2 4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they
were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of
God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
KI2 4:41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he
said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm
in the pot.
KI2 4:42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God
bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn
in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
KI2 4:43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men?
He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD,
They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
KI2 4:44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof,
according to the word of the LORD.
KI2 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man
with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given
deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a
leper.
KI2 5:2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away
captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's
wife.
KI2 5:3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the
prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
KI2 5:4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the
maid that is of the land of Israel.
KI2 5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto
the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of
silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
KI2 5:6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this
letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant
to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
KI2 5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that
he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this
man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I
pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
KI2 5:8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of
Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast
thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there
is a prophet in Israel.
KI2 5:9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the
door of the house of Elisha.
KI2 5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan
seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
KI2 5:11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He
will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his
God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
KI2 5:12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the
waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went
away in a rage.
KI2 5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father,
if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done
it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
KI2 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan,
according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto
the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
KI2 5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and
came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no
God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a
blessing of thy servant.
KI2 5:16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive
none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
KI2 5:17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy
servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer
neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
KI2 5:18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth
into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I
bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of
Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
KI2 5:19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little
way.
KI2 5:20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my
master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that
which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take
somewhat of him.
KI2 5:21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running
after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all
well?
KI2 5:22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold,
even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons
of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes
of garments.
KI2 5:23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and
bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and
laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
KI2 5:24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and
bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
KI2 5:25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto
him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
KI2 5:26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man
turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive
money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and
oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
KI2 5:27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy
seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
KI2 6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place
where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
KI2 6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a
beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered,
Go ye.
KI2 6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And
he answered, I will go.
KI2 6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down
wood.
KI2 6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and
he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
KI2 6:6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place.
And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
KI2 6:7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and
took it.
KI2 6:8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with
his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
KI2 6:9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that
thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
KI2 6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told
him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
KI2 6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this
thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me
which of us is for the king of Israel?
KI2 6:12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the
prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou
speakest in thy bedchamber.
KI2 6:13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him.
And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
KI2 6:14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and
they came by night, and compassed the city about.
KI2 6:15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone
forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And
his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
KI2 6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than
they that be with them.
KI2 6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that
he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and,
behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about
Elisha.
KI2 6:18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and
said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with
blindness according to the word of Elisha.
KI2 6:19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the
city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led
them to Samaria.
KI2 6:20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha
said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD
opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of
Samaria.
KI2 6:21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father,
shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
KI2 6:22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those
whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and
water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
KI2 6:23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and
drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of
Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
KI2 6:24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered
all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
KI2 6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged
it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the
fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
KI2 6:26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a
woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
KI2 6:27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee?
out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
KI2 6:28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This
woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat
my son to morrow.
KI2 6:29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next
day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
KI2 6:30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that
he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people
looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
KI2 6:31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha
the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
KI2 6:32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the
king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said
to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine
head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at
the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
KI2 6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down
unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait
for the LORD any longer?
KI2 7:1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD,
To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
KI2 7:2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and
said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be?
And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat
thereof.
KI2 7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and
they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
KI2 7:4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the
city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now
therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us
alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
KI2 7:5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians:
and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria,
behold, there was no man there.
KI2 7:6 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of
chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they
said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings
of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
KI2 7:7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents,
and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for
their life.
KI2 7:8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they
went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and
gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into
another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
KI2 7:9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of
good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some
mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the
king's household.
KI2 7:10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told
them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no
man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the
tents as they were.
KI2 7:11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house
within.
KI2 7:12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will
now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry;
therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field,
saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get
into the city.
KI2 7:13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray
thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city,
(behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold,
I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are
consumed:) and let us send and see.
KI2 7:14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the
host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
KI2 7:15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full
of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And
the messengers returned, and told the king.
KI2 7:16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a
measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a
shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
KI2 7:17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the
charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died,
as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
KI2 7:18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying,
Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a
shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
KI2 7:19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the
LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said,
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
KI2 7:20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the
gate, and he died.
KI2 8:1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life,
saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou
canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come
upon the land seven years.
KI2 8:2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and
she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines
seven years.
KI2 8:3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned
out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king
for her house and for her land.
KI2 8:4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying,
Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
KI2 8:5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a
dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to
life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My
lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to
life.
KI2 8:6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed
unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the
fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
KI2 8:7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick;
and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
KI2 8:8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go,
meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover
of this disease?
KI2 8:9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every
good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before
him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying,
Shall I recover of this disease?
KI2 8:10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly
recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
KI2 8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and
the man of God wept.
KI2 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know
the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds
wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and
wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
KI2 8:13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do
this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou
shalt be king over Syria.
KI2 8:14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him,
What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest
surely recover.
KI2 8:15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and
dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael
reigned in his stead.
KI2 8:16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel,
Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of
Judah began to reign.
KI2 8:17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
KI2 8:18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of
Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight
of the LORD.
KI2 8:19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as
he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
KI2 8:20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a
king over themselves.
KI2 8:21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he
rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the
captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
KI2 8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then
Libnah revolted at the same time.
KI2 8:23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI2 8:24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 8:25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
KI2 8:26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he
reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the
daughter of Omri king of Israel.
KI2 8:27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the
sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the
house of Ahab.
KI2 8:28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king
of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
KI2 8:29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which
the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of
Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram
the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
KI2 9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and
said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and
go to Ramothgilead:
KI2 9:2 And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of
Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among
his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
KI2 9:3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith
the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and
flee, and tarry not.
KI2 9:4 So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to
Ramothgilead.
KI2 9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and
he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of
all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
KI2 9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his
head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed
thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
KI2 9:7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge
the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants
of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
KI2 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab
him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in
Israel:
KI2 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
KI2 9:10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there
shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
KI2 9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto
him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto
them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
KI2 9:12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus
spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over
Israel.
KI2 9:13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under
him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
KI2 9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against
Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael
king of Syria.
KI2 9:15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.)
And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out
of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
KI2 9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there.
And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
KI2 9:17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the
company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take
an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
KI2 9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the
king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee
behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he
cometh not again.
KI2 9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said,
Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do
with peace? turn thee behind me.
KI2 9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not
again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he
driveth furiously.
KI2 9:21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram
king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and
they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the
Jezreelite.
KI2 9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace,
Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother
Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
KI2 9:23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is
treachery, O Ahaziah.
KI2 9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between
his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his
chariot.
KI2 9:25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the
portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I
and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon
him;
KI2 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of
his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the
LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according
to the word of the LORD.
KI2 9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way
of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also
in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam.
And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
KI2 9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried
him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
KI2 9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to
reign over Judah.
KI2 9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she
painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
KI2 9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who
slew his master?
KI2 9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side?
who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
KI2 9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her
blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under
foot.
KI2 9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now
this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
KI2 9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the
skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
KI2 9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the
word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
KI2 9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the
field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
KI2 10:1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and
sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that
brought up Ahab's children, saying,
KI2 10:2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons
are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city
also, and armour;
KI2 10:3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him
on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
KI2 10:4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood
not before him: how then shall we stand?
KI2 10:5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the
elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We
are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make
any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
KI2 10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be
mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your
master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the
king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city,
which brought them up.
KI2 10:7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the
king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and
sent him them to Jezreel.
KI2 10:8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought
the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the
entering in of the gate until the morning.
KI2 10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and
said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my
master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
KI2 10:10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word
of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD
hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
KI2 10:11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and
all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none
remaining.
KI2 10:12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the
shearing house in the way,
KI2 10:13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who
are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to
salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
KI2 10:14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew
them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left
he any of them.
KI2 10:15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of
Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine
heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If
it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to
him into the chariot.
KI2 10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they
made him ride in his chariot.
KI2 10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in
Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD,
which he spake to Elijah.
KI2 10:18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab
served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
KI2 10:19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his
servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great
sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But
Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers
of Baal.
KI2 10:20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they
proclaimed it.
KI2 10:21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal
came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the
house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
KI2 10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments
for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
KI2 10:23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of
Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be
here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal
only.
KI2 10:24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu
appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have
brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for
the life of him.
KI2 10:25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and
slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the
sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city
of the house of Baal.
KI2 10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and
burned them.
KI2 10:27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of
Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
KI2 10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
KI2 10:29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel
to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that
were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
KI2 10:30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in
executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of
Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth
generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
KI2 10:31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel
with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made
Israel to sin.
KI2 10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote
them in all the coasts of Israel;
KI2 10:33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even
Gilead and Bashan.
KI2 10:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his
might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
KI2 10:35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And
Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 10:36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and
eight years.
KI2 11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
KI2 11:2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took
Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were
slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from
Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
KI2 11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And
Athaliah did reign over the land.
KI2 11:4 And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over
hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the
house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them
in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
KI2 11:5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A
third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the
watch of the king's house;
KI2 11:6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the
gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be
not broken down.
KI2 11:7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they
shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
KI2 11:8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons
in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be
ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
KI2 11:9 And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that
Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to
come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came
to Jehoiada the priest.
KI2 11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's
spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
KI2 11:11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round
about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the
temple, along by the altar and the temple.
KI2 11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and
gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they
clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
KI2 11:13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people,
she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
KI2 11:14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the
manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the
people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her
clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
KI2 11:15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the
officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges:
and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let
her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
KI2 11:16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the
horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
KI2 11:17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the
people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the
people.
KI2 11:18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and
brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and
slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed
officers over the house of the LORD.
KI2 11:19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the
guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from
the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the
king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
KI2 11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet:
and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
KI2 11:21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
KI2 12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years
reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
KI2 12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his
days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
KI2 12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed
and burnt incense in the high places.
KI2 12:4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated
things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every
one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the
money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
KI2 12:5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and
let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be
found.
KI2 12:6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash
the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
KI2 12:7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other
priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now
therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the
breaches of the house.
KI2 12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,
neither to repair the breaches of the house.
KI2 12:9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of
it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the
house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the
money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
KI2 12:10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest,
that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags,
and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
KI2 12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did
the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it
out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
KI2 12:12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed
stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was
laid out for the house to repair it.
KI2 12:13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of
silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of
silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
KI2 12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house
of the LORD.
KI2 12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they
delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
KI2 12:16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house
of the LORD: it was the priests'.
KI2 12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took
it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
KI2 12:18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that
Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had
dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found
in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent
it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
KI2 12:19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI2 12:20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the
house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
KI2 12:21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer,
his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers
in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 13:1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of
Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned seventeen years.
KI2 13:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed
not therefrom.
KI2 13:3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he
delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of
Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
KI2 13:4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for
he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
KI2 13:5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under
the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as
beforetime.
KI2 13:6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of
Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the
grove also in Samaria.)
KI2 13:7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty
horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria
had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
KI2 13:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his
might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel?
KI2 13:9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria:
and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 13:10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash
the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen
years.
KI2 13:11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed
not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but
he walked therein.
KI2 13:12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his
might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI2 13:13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne:
and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
KI2 13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And
Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and
said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen
thereof.
KI2 13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him
bow and arrows.
KI2 13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And
he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
KI2 13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha
said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's
deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite
the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
KI2 13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the
king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
KI2 13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have
smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst
consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
KI2 13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites
invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
KI2 13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they
spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and
when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and
stood up on his feet.
KI2 13:22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
KI2 13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and
had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as
yet.
KI2 13:24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his
stead.
KI2 13:25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of
Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of
Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the
cities of Israel.
KI2 14:1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned
Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
KI2 14:2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned
twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of
Jerusalem.
KI2 14:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not
like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father
did.
KI2 14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did
sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
KI2 14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his
hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
KI2 14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that
which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded,
saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the
children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death
for his own sin.
KI2 14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by
war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
KI2 14:8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of
Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
KI2 14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,
The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast
that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
KI2 14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up:
glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt,
that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
KI2 14:11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went
up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at
Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
KI2 14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every
man to their tents.
KI2 14:13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake
down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate,
four hundred cubits.
KI2 14:14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were
found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and
hostages, and returned to Samaria.
KI2 14:15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and
how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI2 14:16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with
the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 14:17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of
Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
KI2 14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI2 14:19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to
Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
KI2 14:20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with
his fathers in the city of David.
KI2 14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years
old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
KI2 14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept
with his fathers.
KI2 14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah
Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and
reigned forty and one years.
KI2 14:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
KI2 14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the
sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he
spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet,
which was of Gathhepher.
KI2 14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter:
for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
KI2 14:27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from
under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
KI2 14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his
might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which
belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI2 14:29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel;
and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began
Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
KI2 15:2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two
and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of
Jerusalem.
KI2 15:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his father Amaziah had done;
KI2 15:4 Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and
burnt incense still on the high places.
KI2 15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of
his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over
the house, judging the people of the land.
KI2 15:6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI2 15:7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his
fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah
the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
KI2 15:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his
fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin.
KI2 15:10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him
before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
KI2 15:11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
KI2 15:12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy
sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it
came to pass.
KI2 15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth
year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
KI2 15:14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to
Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and
reigned in his stead.
KI2 15:15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he
made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
KI2 15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the
coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he
smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
KI2 15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began
Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in
Samaria.
KI2 15:18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel
to sin.
KI2 15:19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave
Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm
the kingdom in his hand.
KI2 15:20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men
of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of
Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the
land.
KI2 15:21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
KI2 15:22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in
his stead.
KI2 15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of
Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
KI2 15:24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
KI2 15:25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against
him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob
and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and
reigned in his room.
KI2 15:26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did,
behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
KI2 15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son
of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
KI2 15:28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
KI2 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and
Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them
captive to Assyria.
KI2 15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son
of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the
twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
KI2 15:31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they
are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
KI2 15:32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began
Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
KI2 15:33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the
daughter of Zadok.
KI2 15:34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did
according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
KI2 15:35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and
burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the
house of the LORD.
KI2 15:36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI2 15:37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of
Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
KI2 15:38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of
Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
KI2 16:2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD
his God, like David his father.
KI2 16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his
son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen,
whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
KI2 16:4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the
hills, and under every green tree.
KI2 16:5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel
came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome
him.
KI2 16:6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave
the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this
day.
KI2 16:7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I
am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king
of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against
me.
KI2 16:8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the
LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present
to the king of Assyria.
KI2 16:9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria
went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive
to Kir, and slew Rezin.
KI2 16:10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of
Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah
the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all
the workmanship thereof.
KI2 16:11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz
had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came
from Damascus.
KI2 16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar:
and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
KI2 16:13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured
his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the
altar.
KI2 16:14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD,
from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the
LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
KI2 16:15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great
altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the
king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all
the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings;
and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood
of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
KI2 16:16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz
commanded.
KI2 16:17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the
laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were
under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones.
KI2 16:18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and
the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king
of Assyria.
KI2 16:19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI2 16:20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers
in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of
Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
KI2 17:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as
the kings of Israel that were before him.
KI2 17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became
his servant, and gave him presents.
KI2 17:4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent
messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of
Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him
up, and bound him in prison.
KI2 17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up
to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
KI2 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and
carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by
the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
KI2 17:7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the
LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from
under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
KI2 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out
from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they
had made.
KI2 17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not
right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all
their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
KI2 17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under
every green tree:
KI2 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the
heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to
provoke the LORD to anger:
KI2 17:12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall
not do this thing.
KI2 17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the
prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep
my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded
your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
KI2 17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like
to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
KI2 17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with
their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they
followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round
about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not
do like them.
KI2 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made
them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the
host of heaven, and served Baal.
KI2 17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the
fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil
in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
KI2 17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out
of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
KI2 17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but
walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
KI2 17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted
them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them
out of his sight.
KI2 17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam
the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and
made them sin a great sin.
KI2 17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which
he did; they departed not from them;
KI2 17:23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by
all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own
land to Assyria unto this day.
KI2 17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from
Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them
in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they
possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
KI2 17:25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they
feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew
some of them.
KI2 17:26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations
which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the
manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and,
behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the
land.
KI2 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the
priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let
him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
KI2 17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came
and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
KI2 17:29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the
houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation
in their cities wherein they dwelt.
KI2 17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made
Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
KI2 17:31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt
their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
KI2 17:32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest
of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses
of the high places.
KI2 17:33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner
of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
KI2 17:34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the
LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or
after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob,
whom he named Israel;
KI2 17:35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye
shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor
sacrifice to them:
KI2 17:36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great
power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye
worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
KI2 17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the
commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and
ye shall not fear other gods.
KI2 17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget;
neither shall ye fear other gods.
KI2 17:39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out
of the hand of all your enemies.
KI2 17:40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former
manner.
KI2 17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images,
both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so
do they unto this day.
KI2 18:1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of
Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
KI2 18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
KI2 18:3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that David his father did.
KI2 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the
groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto
those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it
Nehushtan.
KI2 18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like
him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
KI2 18:6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but
kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
KI2 18:7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went
forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
KI2 18:8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof,
from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
KI2 18:9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was
the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king
of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
KI2 18:10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year
of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was
taken.
KI2 18:11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put
them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the
Medes:
KI2 18:12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but
transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
KI2 18:13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of
Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
KI2 18:14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish,
saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I
bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three
hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
KI2 18:15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house
of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.
KI2 18:16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the
temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had
overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
KI2 18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from
Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went
up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by
the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
KI2 18:18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim
the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and
Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
KI2 18:19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith
the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou
trustest?
KI2 18:20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and
strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest
against me?
KI2 18:21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even
upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it:
so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
KI2 18:22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he,
whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to
Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
KI2 18:23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of
Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy
part to set riders upon them.
KI2 18:24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of
my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for
horsemen?
KI2 18:25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it?
The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
KI2 18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto
Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we
understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the
people that are on the wall.
KI2 18:27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy
master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men
which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own
piss with you?
KI2 18:28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'
language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of
Assyria:
KI2 18:29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not
be able to deliver you out of his hand:
KI2 18:30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD
will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand
of the king of Assyria.
KI2 18:31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an
agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man
of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the
waters of his cistern:
KI2 18:32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land
of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of
honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he
persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
KI2 18:33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out
of the hand of the king of Assyria?
KI2 18:34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
KI2 18:35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have
delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver
Jerusalem out of mine hand?
KI2 18:36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for
the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
KI2 18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the
household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to
Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
KI2 19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his
clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the
LORD.
KI2 19:2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz.
KI2 19:3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the
birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
KI2 19:4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom
the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will
reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy
prayer for the remnant that are left.
KI2 19:5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
KI2 19:6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus
saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which
the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
KI2 19:7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and
shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in
his own land.
KI2 19:8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against
Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
KI2 19:9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is
come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah,
saying,
KI2 19:10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy
God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be
delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
KI2 19:11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all
lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
KI2 19:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which
were in Thelasar?
KI2 19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king
of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
KI2 19:14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and
read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it
before the LORD.
KI2 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel,
which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of
all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
KI2 19:16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see:
and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living
God.
KI2 19:17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations
and their lands,
KI2 19:18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but
the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
KI2 19:19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of
his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD
God, even thou only.
KI2 19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib
king of Assyria I have heard.
KI2 19:21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The
virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn;
the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
KI2 19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou
exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy
One of Israel.
KI2 19:23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With
the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains,
to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and
the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his
borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
KI2 19:24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet
have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
KI2 19:25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient
times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou
shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
KI2 19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed
and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb,
as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
KI2 19:27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy
rage against me.
KI2 19:28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine
ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips,
and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
KI2 19:29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such
things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth
of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and
eat the fruits thereof.
KI2 19:30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet
again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
KI2 19:31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape
out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
KI2 19:32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He
shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it
with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
KI2 19:33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not
come into this city, saith the LORD.
KI2 19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for
my servant David's sake.
KI2 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went
out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five
thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all
dead corpses.
KI2 19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineveh.
KI2 19:37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch
his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and
they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his
stead.
KI2 20:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah
the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set
thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
KI2 20:2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,
saying,
KI2 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in
truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy
sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
KI2 20:4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court,
that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
KI2 20:5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith
the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen
thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto
the house of the LORD.
KI2 20:6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee
and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this
city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
KI2 20:7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on
the boil, and he recovered.
KI2 20:8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD
will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third
day?
KI2 20:9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD
will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten
degrees, or go back ten degrees?
KI2 20:10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down
ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
KI2 20:11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the
shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
KI2 20:12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had
been sick.
KI2 20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of
his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the
precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in
his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that
Hezekiah shewed them not.
KI2 20:14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him,
What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said,
They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
KI2 20:15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah
answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is
nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
KI2 20:16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
KI2 20:17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that
which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into
Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
KI2 20:18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,
shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of
Babylon.
KI2 20:19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which
thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my
days?
KI2 20:20 And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he
made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI2 20:21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in
his stead.
KI2 21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.
KI2 21:2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of
Israel.
KI2 21:3 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab
king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
KI2 21:4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said,
In Jerusalem will I put my name.
KI2 21:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts
of the house of the LORD.
KI2 21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought
much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
KI2 21:7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and
in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
KI2 21:8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land
which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all
that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant
Moses commanded them.
KI2 21:9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil
than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
KI2 21:10 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
KI2 21:11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and
hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before
him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
KI2 21:12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing
such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his
ears shall tingle.
KI2 21:13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the
plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a
dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
KI2 21:14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them
into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to
all their enemies;
KI2 21:15 Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have
provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt,
even unto this day.
KI2 21:16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled
Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to
sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
KI2 21:17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his
sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah?
KI2 21:18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of
his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 21:19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the
daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
KI2 21:20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his
father Manasseh did.
KI2 21:21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served
the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
KI2 21:22 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the
way of the LORD.
KI2 21:23 And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in
his own house.
KI2 21:24 And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against
king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
KI2 21:25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI2 21:26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah
his son reigned in his stead.
KI2 22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the
daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
KI2 22:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked
in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or
to the left.
KI2 22:3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the
king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe,
to the house of the LORD, saying,
KI2 22:4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is
brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have
gathered of the people:
KI2 22:5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that
have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the
doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches
of the house,
KI2 22:6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn
stone to repair the house.
KI2 22:7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was
delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
KI2 22:8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have
found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book
to Shaphan, and he read it.
KI2 22:9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word
again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the
house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that
have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
KI2 22:10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
KI2 22:11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book
of the law, that he rent his clothes.
KI2 22:12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of
Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah
a servant of the king's, saying,
KI2 22:13 Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all
Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the
wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not
hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is
written concerning us.
KI2 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and
Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of
Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in
Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
KI2 22:15 And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the
man that sent you to me,
KI2 22:16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king
of Judah hath read:
KI2 22:17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other
gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands;
therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be
quenched.
KI2 22:18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus
shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words
which thou hast heard;
KI2 22:19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before
the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the
inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and
hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the
LORD.
KI2 22:20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou
shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all
the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word
again.
KI2 23:1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah
and of Jerusalem.
KI2 23:2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of
Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the
prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears
all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the
LORD.
KI2 23:3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD,
to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and
his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of
this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the
covenant.
KI2 23:4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests
of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the
temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the
grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem
in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
KI2 23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had
ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and
in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal,
to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of
heaven.
KI2 23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without
Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and
stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves
of the children of the people.
KI2 23:7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house
of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
KI2 23:8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and
defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to
Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the
entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a
man's left hand at the gate of the city.
KI2 23:9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar
of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among
their brethren.
KI2 23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of
Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the
fire to Molech.
KI2 23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the
sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of
Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the
chariots of the sun with fire.
KI2 23:12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz,
which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made
in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake
them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
KI2 23:13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the
right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had
builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the
abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children
of Ammon, did the king defile.
KI2 23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and
filled their places with the bones of men.
KI2 23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar
and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it
small to powder, and burned the grove.
KI2 23:16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were
there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and
burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the
LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
KI2 23:17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city
told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and
proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.
KI2 23:18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let
his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
KI2 23:19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities
of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger,
Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done
in Bethel.
KI2 23:20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon
the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
KI2 23:21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover
unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
KI2 23:22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the
judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor
of the kings of Judah;
KI2 23:23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was
holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
KI2 23:24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the
images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land
of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the
words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found
in the house of the LORD.
KI2 23:25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the
LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might,
according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like
him.
KI2 23:26 Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great
wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the
provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
KI2 23:27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I
have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have
chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
KI2 23:28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI2 23:29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of
Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew
him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
KI2 23:30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and
brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people
of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him
king in his father's stead.
KI2 23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and
he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
KI2 23:32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his fathers had done.
KI2 23:33 And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath,
that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an
hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
KI2 23:34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of
Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away:
and he came to Egypt, and died there.
KI2 23:35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed
the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he
exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one
according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.
KI2 23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and
he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the
daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
KI2 23:37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his fathers had done.
KI2 24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim
became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
KI2 24:2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the
Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and
sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD,
which he spake by his servants the prophets.
KI2 24:3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove
them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he
did;
KI2 24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem
with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
KI2 24:5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
KI2 24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned
in his stead.
KI2 24:7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for
the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river
Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
KI2 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the
daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
KI2 24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that his father had done.
KI2 24:10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up
against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
KI2 24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his
servants did besiege it.
KI2 24:12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon,
he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and
the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
KI2 24:13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the
LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the
vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the
LORD, as the LORD had said.
KI2 24:14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the
mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and
smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
KI2 24:15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's
mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land,
those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
KI2 24:16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and
smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king
of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
KI2 24:17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in
his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
KI2 24:18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
KI2 24:19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that Jehoiakim had done.
KI2 24:20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and
Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.
KI2 25:1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth
month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and
they built forts against it round about.
KI2 25:2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
KI2 25:3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the
city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
KI2 25:4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by
the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now
the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way
toward the plain.
KI2 25:5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him
in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
KI2 25:6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to
Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
KI2 25:7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the
eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to
Babylon.
KI2 25:8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the
nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan,
captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
KI2 25:9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the
houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
KI2 25:10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the
guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
KI2 25:11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the
fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the
multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
KI2 25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the
land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
KI2 25:13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the
bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees
break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
KI2 25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and
all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
KI2 25:15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in
gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
KI2 25:16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for
the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
KI2 25:17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter
upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the
wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass:
and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
KI2 25:18 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
KI2 25:19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of
war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found
in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people
of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found
in the city:
KI2 25:20 And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them
to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
KI2 25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the
land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
KI2 25:22 And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the
son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
KI2 25:23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard
that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah
to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of
Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the
son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
KI2 25:24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them,
Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the
king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
KI2 25:25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with
him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that
were with him at Mizpah.
KI2 25:26 And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the
armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
KI2 25:27 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity
of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth
day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began
to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
KI2 25:28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne
of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
KI2 25:29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually
before him all the days of his life.
KI2 25:30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a
daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
CH1 1:5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and
Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
CH1 1:6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
CH1 1:7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
CH1 1:8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
CH1 1:9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and
Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
CH1 1:10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
CH1 1:11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
CH1 1:12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and
Caphthorim.
CH1 1:13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
CH1 1:14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
CH1 1:15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
CH1 1:16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
CH1 1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and
Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
CH1 1:18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
CH1 1:19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg;
because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.
CH1 1:20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
CH1 1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
CH1 1:22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
CH1 1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
CH1 1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
CH1 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
CH1 1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
CH1 1:27 Abram; the same is Abraham.
CH1 1:28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
CH1 1:29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
CH1 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
CH1 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
CH1 1:32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and
Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of
Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
CH1 1:33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and
Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
CH1 1:34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
CH1 1:35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
CH1 1:36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and
Timna, and Amalek.
CH1 1:37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
CH1 1:38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and
Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.
CH1 1:39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
CH1 1:40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam.
and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
CH1 1:41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and
Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
CH1 1:42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan;
Uz, and Aran.
CH1 1:43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any
king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name
of his city was Dinhabah.
CH1 1:44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in
his stead.
CH1 1:45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned
in his stead.
CH1 1:46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian
in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was
Avith.
CH1 1:47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
CH1 1:48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in
his stead.
CH1 1:49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his
stead.
CH1 1:50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name
of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of
Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
CH1 1:51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah,
duke Jetheth,
CH1 1:52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
CH1 1:53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
CH1 1:54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
CH1 2:1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, and Zebulun,
CH1 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
CH1 2:3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born
unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of
Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
CH1 2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons
of Judah were five.
CH1 2:5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
CH1 2:6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and
Dara: five of them in all.
CH1 2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed
in the thing accursed.
CH1 2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
CH1 2:9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and
Ram, and Chelubai.
CH1 2:10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the
children of Judah;
CH1 2:11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
CH1 2:12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
CH1 2:13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and
Shimma the third,
CH1 2:14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
CH1 2:15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
CH1 2:16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah;
Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
CH1 2:17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the
Ishmeelite.
CH1 2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of
Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
CH1 2:19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him
Hur.
CH1 2:20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
CH1 2:21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of
Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him
Segub.
CH1 2:22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of
Gilead.
CH1 2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with
Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged
to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
CH1 2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's
wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
CH1 2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the
firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
CH1 2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the
mother of Onam.
CH1 2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and
Jamin, and Eker.
CH1 2:28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of
Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.
CH1 2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him
Ahban, and Molid.
CH1 2:30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without
children.
CH1 2:31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the
children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
CH1 2:32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan:
and Jether died without children.
CH1 2:33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of
Jerahmeel.
CH1 2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an
Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
CH1 2:35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she
bare him Attai.
CH1 2:36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
CH1 2:37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
CH1 2:38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
CH1 2:39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
CH1 2:40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
CH1 2:41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
CH1 2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his
firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father
of Hebron.
CH1 2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
CH1 2:44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat
Shammai.
CH1 2:45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
CH1 2:46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and
Haran begat Gazez.
CH1 2:47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and
Ephah, and Shaaph.
CH1 2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
CH1 2:49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of
Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
CH1 2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of
Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.
CH1 2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
CH1 2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half
of the Manahethites.
CH1 2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and
the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the
Eshtaulites,
CH1 2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the
house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
CH1 2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites,
the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of
Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
CH1 3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron;
the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of
Abigail the Carmelitess:
CH1 3:2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of
Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
CH1 3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
CH1 3:4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven
years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
CH1 3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and
Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
CH1 3:6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
CH1 3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
CH1 3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
CH1 3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the
concubines, and Tamar their sister.
CH1 3:10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
CH1 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
CH1 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
CH1 3:13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
CH1 3:14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
CH1 3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second
Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
CH1 3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
CH1 3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
CH1 3:18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and
Nedabiah.
CH1 3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of
Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
CH1 3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed,
five.
CH1 3:21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of
Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
CH1 3:22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah;
Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
CH1 3:23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
CH1 3:24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and
Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
CH1 4:1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
CH1 4:2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat
Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
CH1 4:3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash:
and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
CH1 4:4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These
are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
CH1 4:5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
CH1 4:6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari.
These were the sons of Naarah.
CH1 4:7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
CH1 4:8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son
of Harum.
CH1 4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called
his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
CH1 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest
bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with
me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And
God granted him that which he requested.
CH1 4:11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of
Eshton.
CH1 4:12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of
Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.
CH1 4:13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel;
Hathath.
CH1 4:14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the
valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
CH1 4:15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and
the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
CH1 4:16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
CH1 4:17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon:
and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
CH1 4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the
father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons
of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
CH1 4:19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of
Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
CH1 4:20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon.
And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
CH1 4:21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and
Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that
wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
CH1 4:22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the
dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.
CH1 4:23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges:
there they dwelt with the king for his work.
CH1 4:24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
CH1 4:25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
CH1 4:26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his
son.
CH1 4:27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren had
not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the
children of Judah.
CH1 4:28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
CH1 4:29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
CH1 4:30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
CH1 4:31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at
Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
CH1 4:32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and
Ashan, five cities:
CH1 4:33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto
Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
CH1 4:34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
CH1 4:35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son
of Asiel,
CH1 4:36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and
Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
CH1 4:37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the
son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
CH1 4:38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and
the house of their fathers increased greatly.
CH1 4:39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side
of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
CH1 4:40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and
quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
CH1 4:41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of
Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and
destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there
was pasture there for their flocks.
CH1 4:42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went
to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and
Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
CH1 4:43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and
dwelt there unto this day.
CH1 5:1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the
firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was
given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to
be reckoned after the birthright.
CH1 5:2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief
ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
CH1 5:3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and
Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
CH1 5:4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
CH1 5:5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
CH1 5:6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away
captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
CH1 5:7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their
generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
CH1 5:8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt
in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
CH1 5:9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from
the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of
Gilead.
CH1 5:10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by
their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of
Gilead.
CH1 5:11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of
Bashan unto Salcah:
CH1 5:12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in
Bashan.
CH1 5:13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and
Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
CH1 5:14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of
Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son
of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
CH1 5:15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their
fathers.
CH1 5:16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the
suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
CH1 5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of
Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
CH1 5:18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh,
of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with
bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and
threescore, that went out to the war.
CH1 5:19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and
Nodab.
CH1 5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered
into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the
battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
CH1 5:21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and
of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of
men an hundred thousand.
CH1 5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they
dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
CH1 5:23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land:
they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
CH1 5:24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even
Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and
Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their
fathers.
CH1 5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a
whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before
them.
CH1 5:26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of
Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried
them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of
Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river
Gozan, unto this day.
CH1 6:1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
CH1 6:2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
CH1 6:3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also
of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
CH1 6:5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
CH1 6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
CH1 6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
CH1 6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
CH1 6:9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
CH1 6:10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's
office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
CH1 6:11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
CH1 6:12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
CH1 6:13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
CH1 6:14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
CH1 6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah
and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
CH1 6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
CH1 6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
CH1 6:18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel.
CH1 6:19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families
of the Levites according to their fathers.
CH1 6:20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
CH1 6:21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
CH1 6:22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
CH1 6:23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
CH1 6:24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
CH1 6:25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
CH1 6:26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his
son,
CH1 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
CH1 6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
CH1 6:29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his
son,
CH1 6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
CH1 6:31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the
house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
CH1 6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle
of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the
LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their
order.
CH1 6:33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons
of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
CH1 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of
Toah,
CH1 6:35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of
Amasai,
CH1 6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of
Zephaniah,
CH1 6:37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of
Korah,
CH1 6:38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel.
CH1 6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the
son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
CH1 6:40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
CH1 6:41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
CH1 6:42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
CH1 6:43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
CH1 6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan
the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
CH1 6:45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
CH1 6:46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
CH1 6:47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of
Levi.
CH1 6:48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of
service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
CH1 6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt
offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work
of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all
that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
CH1 6:50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son,
CH1 6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
CH1 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
CH1 6:53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
CH1 6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their
coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs
was the lot.
CH1 6:55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs
thereof round about it.
CH1 6:56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to
Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
CH1 6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,
Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and
Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
CH1 6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
CH1 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
CH1 6:60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth
with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout
their families were thirteen cities.
CH1 6:61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that
tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe
of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
CH1 6:62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe
of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
CH1 6:63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families,
out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe
of Zebulun, twelve cities.
CH1 6:64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with
their suburbs.
CH1 6:65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and
out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
CH1 6:66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities
of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
CH1 6:67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount
Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
CH1 6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
CH1 6:69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
CH1 6:70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and
Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
CH1 6:71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half
tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her
suburbs:
CH1 6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath
with her suburbs,
CH1 6:73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
CH1 6:74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon
with her suburbs,
CH1 6:75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
CH1 6:76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,
and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
CH1 6:77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe
of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
CH1 6:78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan,
were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her
suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
CH1 6:79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
CH1 6:80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and
Mahanaim with her suburbs,
CH1 6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
CH1 7:1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom,
four.
CH1 7:2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and
Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they
were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days
of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
CH1 7:3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and
Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
CH1 7:4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers,
were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had
many wives and sons.
CH1 7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men
of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
CH1 7:6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
CH1 7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and
Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and
were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and
four.
CH1 7:8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and
Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All
these are the sons of Becher.
CH1 7:9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations,
heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty
thousand and two hundred.
CH1 7:10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and
Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
CH1 7:11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty
men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go
out for war and battle.
CH1 7:12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of
Aher.
CH1 7:13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the
sons of Bilhah.
CH1 7:14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the
Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
CH1 7:15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose
sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and
Zelophehad had daughters.
CH1 7:16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name
Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and
Rakem.
CH1 7:17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son
of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
CH1 7:18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
CH1 7:19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and
Aniam.
CH1 7:20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his
son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
CH1 7:21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom
the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to
take away their cattle.
CH1 7:22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to
comfort him.
CH1 7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and
he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
CH1 7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the
upper, and Uzzensherah.)
CH1 7:25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan
his son.
CH1 7:26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
CH1 7:27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
CH1 7:28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns
thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof;
Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
CH1 7:29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her
towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In
these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
CH1 7:30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and
Serah their sister.
CH1 7:31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of
Birzavith.
CH1 7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their
sister.
CH1 7:33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are
the children of Japhlet.
CH1 7:34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
CH1 7:35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and
Amal.
CH1 7:36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and
Imrah,
CH1 7:37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
CH1 7:38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
CH1 7:39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
CH1 7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house,
choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number
throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was
twenty and six thousand men.
CH1 8:1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah
the third,
CH1 8:2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
CH1 8:3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
CH1 8:4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
CH1 8:5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
CH1 8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers
of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
CH1 8:7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and
Ahihud.
CH1 8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent
them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
CH1 8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and
Malcham,
CH1 8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the
fathers.
CH1 8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
CH1 8:12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and
Lod, with the towns thereof:
CH1 8:13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the
inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
CH1 8:14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
CH1 8:15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
CH1 8:16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
CH1 8:17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
CH1 8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
CH1 8:19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
CH1 8:20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
CH1 8:21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
CH1 8:22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
CH1 8:23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
CH1 8:24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
CH1 8:25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
CH1 8:26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
CH1 8:27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
CH1 8:28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men.
These dwelt in Jerusalem.
CH1 8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was
Maachah:
CH1 8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
CH1 8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
CH1 8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren
in Jerusalem, over against them.
CH1 8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and
Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
CH1 8:34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.
CH1 8:35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
CH1 8:36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
CH1 8:37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his
son:
CH1 8:38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and
Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of
Azel.
CH1 8:39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush
the second, and Eliphelet the third.
CH1 8:40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many
sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of
Benjamin.
CH1 9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were
written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away
to Babylon for their transgression.
CH1 9:2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their
cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
CH1 9:3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children
of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
CH1 9:4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of
Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
CH1 9:5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
CH1 9:6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and
ninety.
CH1 9:7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of
Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
CH1 9:8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of
Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of
Ibnijah;
CH1 9:9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and
fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their
fathers.
CH1 9:10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
CH1 9:11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
CH1 9:12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of
Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of
Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
CH1 9:13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand
and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service
of the house of God.
CH1 9:14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of
Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
CH1 9:15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the
son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
CH1 9:16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of
Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the
villages of the Netophathites.
CH1 9:17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and
their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
CH1 9:18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters
in the companies of the children of Levi.
CH1 9:19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of
Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over
the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their
fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
CH1 9:20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time
past, and the LORD was with him.
CH1 9:21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
CH1 9:22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two
hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages,
whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
CH1 9:23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the
house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
CH1 9:24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and
south.
CH1 9:25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after
seven days from time to time with them.
CH1 9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set
office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
CH1 9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was
upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
CH1 9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that
they should bring them in and out by tale.
CH1 9:29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the
instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the
oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
CH1 9:30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
CH1 9:31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum
the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
CH1 9:32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over
the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
CH1 9:33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who
remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day
and night.
CH1 9:34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their
generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
CH1 9:35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name
was Maachah:
CH1 9:36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and
Ner, and Nadab.
CH1 9:37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
CH1 9:38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at
Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
CH1 9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and
Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
CH1 9:40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.
CH1 9:41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
CH1 9:42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and
Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
CH1 9:43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his
son.
CH1 9:44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and
Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
CH1 10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
CH1 10:2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and
the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of
Saul.
CH1 10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and
he was wounded of the archers.
CH1 10:4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his
armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and
fell upon it.
CH1 10:5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on
the sword, and died.
CH1 10:6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
CH1 10:7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they
fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities,
and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
CH1 10:8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip
the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
CH1 10:9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his
armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry
tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
CH1 10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his
head in the temple of Dagon.
CH1 10:11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to
Saul,
CH1 10:12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and
the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones
under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
CH1 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the
LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for
asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
CH1 10:14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the
kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
CH1 11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying,
Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
CH1 11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that
leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee,
Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people
Israel.
CH1 11:3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and
David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed
David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
CH1 11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the
Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
CH1 11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come
hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of
David.
CH1 11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief
and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
CH1 11:7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of
David.
CH1 11:8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and
Joab repaired the rest of the city.
CH1 11:9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with
him.
CH1 11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who
strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make
him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
CH1 11:11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam,
an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against
three hundred slain by him at one time.
CH1 11:12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one
of the three mighties.
CH1 11:13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were
gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and
the people fled from before the Philistines.
CH1 11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered
it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
CH1 11:15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David,
into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the
valley of Rephaim.
CH1 11:16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was
then at Bethlehem.
CH1 11:17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the
water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
CH1 11:18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew
water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and
brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out
to the LORD.
CH1 11:19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I
drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with
the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it.
These things did these three mightiest.
CH1 11:20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for
lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name
among the three.
CH1 11:21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their
captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
CH1 11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down
and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
CH1 11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high;
and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down
to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and
slew him with his own spear.
CH1 11:24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among
the three mighties.
CH1 11:25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the
first three: and David set him over his guard.
CH1 11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab,
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
CH1 11:27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
CH1 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
CH1 11:29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
CH1 11:30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
CH1 11:31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of
Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
CH1 11:32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
CH1 11:33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
CH1 11:34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the
Hararite,
CH1 11:35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
CH1 11:36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
CH1 11:37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
CH1 11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
CH1 11:39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab
the son of Zeruiah,
CH1 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
CH1 11:41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
CH1 11:42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the
Reubenites, and thirty with him,
CH1 11:43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
CH1 11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the
Aroerite,
CH1 11:45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
CH1 11:46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of
Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
CH1 11:47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
CH1 12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept
himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty
men, helpers of the war.
CH1 12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the
left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's
brethren of Benjamin.
CH1 12:3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the
Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and
Jehu the Antothite.
CH1 12:4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over
the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the
Gederathite,
CH1 12:5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the
Haruphite,
CH1 12:6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the
Korhites,
CH1 12:7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
CH1 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the
hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that
could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions,
and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
CH1 12:9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
CH1 12:10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
CH1 12:11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
CH1 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
CH1 12:13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
CH1 12:14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the
least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
CH1 12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had
overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both
toward the east, and toward the west.
CH1 12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold
unto David.
CH1 12:17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If
ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you:
but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in
mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
CH1 12:18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and
he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace,
peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee.
Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
CH1 12:19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the
Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords
of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his
master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
CH1 12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and
Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai,
captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
CH1 12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were
all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
CH1 12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until
it was a great host, like the host of God.
CH1 12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the
war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him,
according to the word of the LORD.
CH1 12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand
and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
CH1 12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven
thousand and one hundred.
CH1 12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
CH1 12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were
three thousand and seven hundred;
CH1 12:28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house
twenty and two captains.
CH1 12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three
thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the
house of Saul.
CH1 12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred,
mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
CH1 12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were
expressed by name, to come and make David king.
CH1 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had
understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads
of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
CH1 12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all
instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of
double heart.
CH1 12:34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and
spear thirty and seven thousand.
CH1 12:35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six
hundred.
CH1 12:36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty
thousand.
CH1 12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of
war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
CH1 12:38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect
heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of
Israel were of one heart to make David king.
CH1 12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for
their brethren had prepared for them.
CH1 12:40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun
and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on
oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and
oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
CH1 13:1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and
with every leader.
CH1 13:2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good
unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our
brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them
also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that
they may gather themselves unto us:
CH1 13:3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not
at it in the days of Saul.
CH1 13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing
was right in the eyes of all the people.
CH1 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto
the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
CH1 13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to
Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the
LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
CH1 13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of
Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
CH1 13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and
with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and
with cymbals, and with trumpets.
CH1 13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth
his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
CH1 13:10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote
him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
CH1 13:11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon
Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
CH1 13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the
ark of God home to me?
CH1 13:13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David,
but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
CH1 13:14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house
three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he
had.
CH1 14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of
cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
CH1 14:2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel,
for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
CH1 14:3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and
daughters.
CH1 14:4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem;
Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
CH1 14:5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
CH1 14:6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
CH1 14:7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
CH1 14:8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all
Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and
went out against them.
CH1 14:9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.
CH1 14:10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the
Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said
unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
CH1 14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then
David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the
breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place
Baalperazim.
CH1 14:12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a
commandment, and they were burned with fire.
CH1 14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the
valley.
CH1 14:14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not
up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the
mulberry trees.
CH1 14:15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops
of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone
forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
CH1 14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host
of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
CH1 14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought
the fear of him upon all nations.
CH1 15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place
for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
CH1 15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites:
for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto
him for ever.
CH1 15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the
ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
CH1 15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
CH1 15:5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred
and twenty:
CH1 15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred
and twenty:
CH1 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred
and thirty:
CH1 15:8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two
hundred:
CH1 15:9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
CH1 15:10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an
hundred and twelve.
CH1 15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the
Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
CH1 15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites:
sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark
of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
CH1 15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a
breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
CH1 15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the
ark of the LORD God of Israel.
CH1 15:15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their
shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word
of the LORD.
CH1 15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their
brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps
and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
CH1 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren,
Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan
the son of Kushaiah;
CH1 15:18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah,
Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and
Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and
Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
CH1 15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound
with cymbals of brass;
CH1 15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and
Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
CH1 15:21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and
Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
CH1 15:22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed
about the song, because he was skilful.
CH1 15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
CH1 15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and
Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets
before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
CH1 15:25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands,
went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of
Obededom with joy.
CH1 15:26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
CH1 15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites
that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with
the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
CH1 15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with
shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals,
making a noise with psalteries and harps.
CH1 15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came
to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a
window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
CH1 16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent
that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace
offerings before God.
CH1 16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and
the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
CH1 16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one
a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
CH1 16:4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark
of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
CH1 16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and
Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound
with cymbals;
CH1 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually
before the ark of the covenant of God.
CH1 16:7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD
into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
CH1 16:8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds
among the people.
CH1 16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous
works.
CH1 16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the LORD.
CH1 16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
CH1 16:12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and
the judgments of his mouth;
CH1 16:13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen
ones.
CH1 16:14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
CH1 16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to
a thousand generations;
CH1 16:16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath
unto Isaac;
CH1 16:17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant,
CH1 16:18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance;
CH1 16:19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
CH1 16:20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to
another people;
CH1 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for
their sakes,
CH1 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
CH1 16:23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his
salvation.
CH1 16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all
nations.
CH1 16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be
feared above all gods.
CH1 16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the
heavens.
CH1 16:27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in
his place.
CH1 16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD
glory and strength.
CH1 16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an
offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
CH1 16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that
it be not moved.
CH1 16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say
among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
CH1 16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields
rejoice, and all that is therein.
CH1 16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the
LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
CH1 16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth
for ever.
CH1 16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us
together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy
holy name, and glory in thy praise.
CH1 16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the
people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
CH1 16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph
and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work
required:
CH1 16:38 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom
also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
CH1 16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the
tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
CH1 16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt
offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is
written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
CH1 16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who
were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy
endureth for ever;
CH1 16:42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those
that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons
of Jeduthun were porters.
CH1 16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David
returned to bless his house.
CH1 17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to
Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the
covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
CH1 17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God
is with thee.
CH1 17:3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to
Nathan, saying,
CH1 17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not
build me an house to dwell in:
CH1 17:5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up
Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one
tabernacle to another.
CH1 17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any
of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have
ye not built me an house of cedars?
CH1 17:7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith
the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the
sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
CH1 17:8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have
cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like
the name of the great men that are in the earth.
CH1 17:9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant
them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more;
neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the
beginning,
CH1 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people
Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee
that the LORD will build thee an house.
CH1 17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must
go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which
shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
CH1 17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
CH1 17:13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my
mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
CH1 17:14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and
his throne shall be established for evermore.
CH1 17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so
did Nathan speak unto David.
CH1 17:16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I,
O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
CH1 17:17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast
also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast
regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
CH1 17:18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for
thou knowest thy servant.
CH1 17:19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart,
hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
CH1 17:20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside
thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
CH1 17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God
went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and
terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast
redeemed out of Egypt?
CH1 17:22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and
thou, LORD, becamest their God.
CH1 17:23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning
thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou
hast said.
CH1 17:24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever,
saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let
the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
CH1 17:25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him
an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
CH1 17:26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto
thy servant:
CH1 17:27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall
be blessed for ever.
CH1 18:1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and
subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
CH1 18:2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and
brought gifts.
CH1 18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to
stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
CH1 18:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot
horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
CH1 18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of
Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
CH1 18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became
David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
CH1 18:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
CH1 18:8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought
David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the
pillars, and the vessels of brass.
CH1 18:9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host
of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
CH1 18:10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his
welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against
Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him
all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
CH1 18:11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and
the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from
Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from
Amalek.
CH1 18:12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the
valley of salt eighteen thousand.
CH1 18:13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's
servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
CH1 18:14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice
among all his people.
CH1 18:15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud, recorder.
CH1 18:16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were
the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
CH1 18:17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
CH1 19:1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children
of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
CH1 19:2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash,
because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to
comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the
land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
CH1 19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou
that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee?
are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to
spy out the land?
CH1 19:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off
their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
CH1 19:5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And
he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said,
Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
CH1 19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves
odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of
silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of
Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
CH1 19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of
Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children
of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
CH1 19:8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men.
CH1 19:9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array
before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves
in the field.
CH1 19:10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and
behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array
against the Syrians.
CH1 19:11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his
brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
CH1 19:12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt
help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will
help thee.
CH1 19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our
people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good
in his sight.
CH1 19:14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the
Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
CH1 19:15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they
likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then
Joab came to Jerusalem.
CH1 19:16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before
Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the
river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
CH1 19:17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over
Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when
David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
CH1 19:18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians
seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and
killed Shophach the captain of the host.
CH1 19:19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the
worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants:
neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
CH1 20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time
that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted
the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David
tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
CH1 20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found
it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it
was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out
of the city.
CH1 20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with
saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all
the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to
Jerusalem.
CH1 20:4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with
the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was
of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
CH1 20:5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of
Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was
like a weaver's beam.
CH1 20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great
stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and
six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.
CH1 20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother
slew him.
CH1 20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.
CH1 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number
Israel.
CH1 21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number
Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I
may know it.
CH1 21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many
more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants?
why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass
to Israel?
CH1 21:4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab
departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
CH1 21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all
they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew
sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew
sword.
CH1 21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word
was abominable to Joab.
CH1 21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
CH1 21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done
this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for
I have done very foolishly.
CH1 21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
CH1 21:10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three
things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
CH1 21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose
thee
CH1 21:12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before
thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else
three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the
angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now
therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
CH1 21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now
into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not
fall into the hand of man.
CH1 21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel
seventy thousand men.
CH1 21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was
destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the
angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the
LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
CH1 21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand
between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched
out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in
sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
CH1 21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be
numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for
these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God,
be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should
be plagued.
CH1 21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David
should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of
Ornan the Jebusite.
CH1 21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name
of the LORD.
CH1 21:20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him
hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
CH1 21:21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out
of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the
ground.
CH1 21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor,
that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for
the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
CH1 21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king
do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt
offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat
offering; I give it all.
CH1 21:24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the
full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer
burnt offerings without cost.
CH1 21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by
weight.
CH1 21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him
from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
CH1 21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into
the sheath thereof.
CH1 21:28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
CH1 21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the
wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the
high place at Gibeon.
CH1 21:30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was
afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
CH1 22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the
altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
CH1 22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the
land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of
God.
CH1 22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors
of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
CH1 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre
brought much cedar wood to David.
CH1 22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house
that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and
of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for
it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
CH1 22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house
for the LORD God of Israel.
CH1 22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to
build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
CH1 22:8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood
abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my
name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
CH1 22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and
I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be
Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
CH1 22:10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I
will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over
Israel for ever.
CH1 22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the
house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
CH1 22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee
charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
CH1 22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes
and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be
strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
CH1 22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD
an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of
silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber
also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
CH1 22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and
workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner
of work.
CH1 22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no
number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
CH1 22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his
son, saying,
CH1 22:18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on
every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and
the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
CH1 22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise
therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that
is to be built to the name of the LORD.
CH1 23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king
over Israel.
CH1 23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests
and the Levites.
CH1 23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and
upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight
thousand.
CH1 23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work
of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
CH1 23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the
LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
CH1 23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely,
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
CH1 23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
CH1 23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel,
three.
CH1 23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These
were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
CH1 23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah.
These four were the sons of Shimei.
CH1 23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah
had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their
father's house.
CH1 23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
CH1 23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he
should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn
incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for
ever.
CH1 23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the
tribe of Levi.
CH1 23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
CH1 23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
CH1 23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had
none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
CH1 23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
CH1 23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
CH1 23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.
CH1 23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli;
Eleazar, and Kish.
CH1 23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren
the sons of Kish took them.
CH1 23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
CH1 23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even
the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their
polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the
age of twenty years and upward.
CH1 23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his
people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
CH1 23:26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle,
nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
CH1 23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty
years old and above:
CH1 23:28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the
service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and
in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house
of God;
CH1 23:29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat
offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the
pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
CH1 23:30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and
likewise at even:
CH1 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths,
in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order
commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
CH1 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of
Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
CH1 24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron;
Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
CH1 24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children:
therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
CH1 24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and
Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their
service.
CH1 24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than
of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar
there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among
the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
CH1 24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the
governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the
sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
CH1 24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites,
wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the
priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one
taken for Ithamar.
CH1 24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
CH1 24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
CH1 24:9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
CH1 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
CH1 24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,
CH1 24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
CH1 24:13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
CH1 24:14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
CH1 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
CH1 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
CH1 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
CH1 24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to
Maaziah.
CH1 24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the
house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as
the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
CH1 24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram;
Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
CH1 24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
CH1 24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
CH1 24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
CH1 24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
CH1 24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;
Zechariah.
CH1 24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
CH1 24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and
Ibri.
CH1 24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
CH1 24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
CH1 24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were
the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
CH1 24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of
Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the
chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers
over against their younger brethren.
CH1 25:1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service
of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with
harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen
according to their service was:
CH1 25:2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and
Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied
according to the order of the king.
CH1 25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah,
Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who
prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
CH1 25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and
Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer,
Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
CH1 25:5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God,
to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
CH1 25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house
of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the
house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
CH1 25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed
in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred
fourscore and eight.
CH1 25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the
great, the teacher as the scholar.
CH1 25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to
Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
CH1 25:10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
CH1 25:11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
CH1 25:12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
CH1 25:13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
CH1 25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
CH1 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
CH1 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
CH1 25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
CH1 25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
CH1 25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
CH1 25:20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
CH1 25:21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
CH1 25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
CH1 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
CH1 25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
CH1 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
CH1 25:26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
CH1 25:27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
CH1 25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
CH1 25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
CH1 25:30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
CH1 25:31 The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve.
CH1 26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was
Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
CH1 26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael
the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
CH1 26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
CH1 26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad
the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth.
CH1 26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God
blessed him.
CH1 26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the
house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
CH1 26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose
brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
CH1 26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their
brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of
Obededom.
CH1 26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
CH1 26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief,
(for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
CH1 26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all
the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
CH1 26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief
men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
CH1 26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the
house of their fathers, for every gate.
CH1 26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son,
a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
CH1 26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
CH1 26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate
Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
CH1 26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a
day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
CH1 26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
CH1 26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and
among the sons of Merari.
CH1 26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of
God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
CH1 26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan,
chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
CH1 26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over
the treasures of the house of the LORD.
CH1 26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the
Uzzielites:
CH1 26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the
treasures.
CH1 26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his
son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
CH1 26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the
dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains
over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
CH1 26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the
house of the LORD.
CH1 26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner
the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had
dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
CH1 26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward
business over Israel, for officers and judges.
CH1 26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a
thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side
Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the
king.
CH1 26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the
Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year
of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them
mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
CH1 26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred
chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to
God, and affairs of the king.
CH1 27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief
fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that
served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out
month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were
twenty and four thousand.
CH1 27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of
Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
CH1 27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the
host for the first month.
CH1 27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of
his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and
four thousand.
CH1 27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
CH1 27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the
thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
CH1 27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of
Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
CH1 27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and
in his course were twenty and four thousand.
CH1 27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
CH1 27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite,
of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
CH1 27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite,
of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
CH1 27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite,
of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
CH1 27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite,
of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
CH1 27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the
Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and
four thousand.
CH1 27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the
Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
CH1 27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites
was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of
Maachah:
CH1 27:17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites,
Zadok:
CH1 27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the
son of Michael:
CH1 27:19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the
son of Azriel:
CH1 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half
tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
CH1 27:21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah:
of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
CH1 27:22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the
tribes of Israel.
CH1 27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and
under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars
of the heavens.
CH1 27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not,
because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put
in the account of the chronicles of king David.
CH1 27:25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and
over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and
in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
CH1 27:26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the
ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
CH1 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase
of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
CH1 27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low
plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
CH1 27:29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and
over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
CH1 27:30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was
Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
CH1 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the
rulers of the substance which was king David's.
CH1 27:32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a
scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
CH1 27:33 And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was
the king's companion:
CH1 27:34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar:
and the general of the king's army was Joab.
CH1 28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the
tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by
course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds,
and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of
his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the
valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
CH1 28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my
brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of
rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our
God, and had made ready for the building:
CH1 28:3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name,
because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
CH1 28:4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my
father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the
ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons
of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
CH1 28:5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath
chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over
Israel.
CH1 28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my
courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
CH1 28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to
do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
CH1 28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the
LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments
of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an
inheritance for your children after you for ever.
CH1 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve
him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all
hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek
him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off
for ever.
CH1 28:10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for
the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
CH1 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and
of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper
chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the
mercy seat,
CH1 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts
of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the
treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated
things:
CH1 28:13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the
work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of
service in the house of the LORD.
CH1 28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of
all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight,
for all instruments of every kind of service:
CH1 28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of
gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the
candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the
lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
CH1 28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every
table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
CH1 28:17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and
for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise
silver by weight for every bason of silver:
CH1 28:18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for
the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and
covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
CH1 28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his
hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
CH1 28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good
courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God,
will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast
finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
CH1 28:21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they
shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall
be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any
manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy
commandment.
CH1 29:1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my
son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is
great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
CH1 29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the
gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and
the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for
things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of
divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in
abundance.
CH1 29:3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I
have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the
house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house.
CH1 29:4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven
thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses
withal:
CH1 29:5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and
for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is
willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
CH1 29:6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and
the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's
work, offered willingly,
CH1 29:7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand
talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of
brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
CH1 29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the
treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
CH1 29:9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because
with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king
also rejoiced with great joy.
CH1 29:10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and
David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and
ever.
CH1 29:11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and
the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth
is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above
all.
CH1 29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and
in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and
to give strength unto all.
CH1 29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
CH1 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer
so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own
have we given thee.
CH1 29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our
fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
CH1 29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee
an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
CH1 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure
in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly
offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are
present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
CH1 29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this
for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and
prepare their heart unto thee:
CH1 29:19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy
commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things,
and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
CH1 29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God.
And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed
down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
CH1 29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand
bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings,
and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
CH1 29:22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great
gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and
anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
CH1 29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David
his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
CH1 29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise
of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
CH1 29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all
Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king
before him in Israel.
CH1 29:26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
CH1 29:27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven
years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in
Jerusalem.
CH1 29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and
Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
CH1 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are
written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the
prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
CH1 29:30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over
him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
CH2 1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the
LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
CH2 1:2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and
of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the
chief of the fathers.
CH2 1:3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place
that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God,
which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
CH2 1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the
place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at
Jerusalem.
CH2 1:5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of
Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the
congregation sought unto it.
CH2 1:6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which
was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt
offerings upon it.
CH2 1:7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what
I shall give thee.
CH2 1:8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my
father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
CH2 1:9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established:
for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in
multitude.
CH2 1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in
before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
CH2 1:11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou
hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies,
neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for
thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
CH2 1:12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee
riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have
been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
CH2 1:13 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at
Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and
reigned over Israel.
CH2 1:14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and
four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the
chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
CH2 1:15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as
stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale
for abundance.
CH2 1:16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the
king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
CH2 1:17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six
hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so
brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings
of Syria, by their means.
CH2 2:1 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and
an house for his kingdom.
CH2 2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens,
and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six
hundred to oversee them.
CH2 2:3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal
with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to
dwell therein, even so deal with me.
CH2 2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate
it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual
shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths,
and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is
an ordinance for ever to Israel.
CH2 2:5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all
gods.
CH2 2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of
heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house,
save only to burn sacrifice before him?
CH2 2:7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in
silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and
that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in
Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
CH2 2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon:
for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold,
my servants shall be with thy servants,
CH2 2:9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about
to build shall be wonderful great.
CH2 2:10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber,
twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of
barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
CH2 2:11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to
Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over
them.
CH2 2:12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made
heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with
prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an
house for his kingdom.
CH2 2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of
Huram my father's,
CH2 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man
of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in
stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson;
also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall
be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord
David thy father.
CH2 2:15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which
my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
CH2 2:16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and
we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it
up to Jerusalem.
CH2 2:17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of
Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and
they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six
hundred.
CH2 2:18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of
burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three
thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
CH2 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in
mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place
that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
CH2 3:2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the
fourth year of his reign.
CH2 3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the
building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure
was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
CH2 3:4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was
according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an
hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
CH2 3:5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with
fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
CH2 3:6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the
gold was gold of Parvaim.
CH2 3:7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls
thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
CH2 3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according
to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty
cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
CH2 3:9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid
the upper chambers with gold.
CH2 3:10 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and
overlaid them with gold.
CH2 3:11 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing
of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the
other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other
cherub.
CH2 3:12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the
wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the
wing of the other cherub.
CH2 3:13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits:
and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
CH2 3:14 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine
linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
CH2 3:15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits
high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
CH2 3:16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads
of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
CH2 3:17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right
hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right
hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
CH2 4:1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length
thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height
thereof.
CH2 4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in
compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did
compass it round about.
CH2 4:3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round
about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were
cast, when it was cast.
CH2 4:4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three
looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three
looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their
hinder parts were inward.
CH2 4:5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like
the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and
held three thousand baths.
CH2 4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on
the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering
they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
CH2 4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set
them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
CH2 4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the
right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
CH2 4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and
doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
CH2 4:10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against
the south.
CH2 4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram
finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
CH2 4:12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which
were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two
pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
CH2 4:13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of
pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which
were upon the pillars.
CH2 4:14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
CH2 4:15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
CH2 4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their
instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the
LORD of bright brass.
CH2 4:17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground
between Succoth and Zeredathah.
CH2 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the
weight of the brass could not be found out.
CH2 4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the
golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
CH2 4:20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn
after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
CH2 4:21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and
that perfect gold;
CH2 4:22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of
pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most
holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
CH2 5:1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was
finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had
dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he
among the treasures of the house of God.
CH2 5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the
tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem,
to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David,
which is Zion.
CH2 5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king
in the feast which was in the seventh month.
CH2 5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
CH2 5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the
congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did
the priests and the Levites bring up.
CH2 5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were
assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not
be told nor numbered for multitude.
CH2 5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto
his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under
the wings of the cherubims:
CH2 5:8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the
ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
CH2 5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves
were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And
there it is unto this day.
CH2 5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put
therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel,
when they came out of Egypt.
CH2 5:11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy
place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not
then wait by course:
CH2 5:12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of
Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in
white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end
of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with
trumpets:)
CH2 5:13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to
make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they
lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of
musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth
for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the
LORD;
CH2 5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the
cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
CH2 6:1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick
darkness.
CH2 6:2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy
dwelling for ever.
CH2 6:3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of
Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
CH2 6:4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his
hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David,
saying,
CH2 6:5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt
I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my
name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people
Israel:
CH2 6:6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have
chosen David to be over my people Israel.
CH2 6:7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the
name of the LORD God of Israel.
CH2 6:8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine
heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine
heart:
CH2 6:9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which
shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
CH2 6:10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I
am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of
Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the
LORD God of Israel.
CH2 6:11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD,
that he made with the children of Israel.
CH2 6:12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the
congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
CH2 6:13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five
cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the
court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the
congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.
CH2 6:14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the
heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy
servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
CH2 6:15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou
hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with
thine hand, as it is this day.
CH2 6:16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my
father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a
man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children
take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
CH2 6:17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou
hast spoken unto thy servant David.
CH2 6:18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven
and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which
I have built!
CH2 6:19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy
servant prayeth before thee:
CH2 6:20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the
place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to
hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
CH2 6:21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy
people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy
dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
CH2 6:22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to
make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
CH2 6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by
requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by
justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
CH2 6:24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy,
because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy
name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
CH2 6:25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people
Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and
to their fathers.
CH2 6:26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have
sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy
name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
CH2 6:27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and
of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they
should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy
people for an inheritance.
CH2 6:28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be
blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them
in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
CH2 6:29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any
man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and
his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
CH2 6:30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and
render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest;
(for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
CH2 6:31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live
in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
CH2 6:32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel,
but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty
hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
CH2 6:33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do
according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people
of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and
may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
CH2 6:34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that
thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou
hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
CH2 6:35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause.
CH2 6:36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,)
and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and
they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
CH2 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried
captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying,
We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
CH2 6:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul
in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and
pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the
city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy
name:
CH2 6:39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their
prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy
people which have sinned against thee.
CH2 6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine
ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
CH2 6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and
the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with
salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
CH2 6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the
mercies of David thy servant.
CH2 7:1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from
heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory
of the LORD filled the house.
CH2 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because
the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
CH2 7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and
the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces
to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD,
saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
CH2 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
CH2 7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand
oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the
people dedicated the house of God.
CH2 7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with
instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise
the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their
ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
CH2 7:7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the
house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the
peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able
to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
CH2 7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all
Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath
unto the river of Egypt.
CH2 7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the
dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
CH2 7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the
people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that
the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
CH2 7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house:
and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and
in his own house, he prosperously effected.
CH2 7:12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have
heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of
sacrifice.
CH2 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the
locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
CH2 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves,
and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear
from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
CH2 7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer
that is made in this place.
CH2 7:16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be
there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
CH2 7:17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father
walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe
my statutes and my judgments;
CH2 7:18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have
covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to
be ruler in Israel.
CH2 7:19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments,
which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship
them;
CH2 7:20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have
given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast
out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all
nations.
CH2 7:21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one
that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto
this land, and unto this house?
CH2 7:22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their
fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on
other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought
all this evil upon them.
CH2 8:1 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had
built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
CH2 8:2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built
them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
CH2 8:3 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
CH2 8:4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which
he built in Hamath.
CH2 8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced
cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
CH2 8:6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the
chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired
to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his
dominion.
CH2 8:7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were
not of Israel,
CH2 8:8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the
children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until
this day.
CH2 8:9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his
work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of
his chariots and horsemen.
CH2 8:10 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred
and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
CH2 8:11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of
David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall
not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy,
whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
CH2 8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar
of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
CH2 8:13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the
commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the
solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened
bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
CH2 8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the
courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to
praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required:
the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of
God commanded.
CH2 8:15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the
priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
CH2 8:16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the
foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house
of the LORD was perfected.
CH2 8:17 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the
land of Edom.
CH2 8:18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants
that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to
Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought
them to king Solomon.
CH2 9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to
prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great
company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious
stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that
was in her heart.
CH2 9:2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from
Solomon which he told her not.
CH2 9:3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the
house that he had built,
CH2 9:4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and
their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD;
there was no more spirit in her.
CH2 9:5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine
own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
CH2 9:6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had
seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not
told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
CH2 9:7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand
continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
CH2 9:8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on
his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to
establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do
judgment and justice.
CH2 9:9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of
spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice
as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
CH2 9:10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which
brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
CH2 9:11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the
LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and
there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
CH2 9:12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she
turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
CH2 9:13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
CH2 9:14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of
Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
CH2 9:15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred
shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
CH2 9:16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred
shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the
forest of Lebanon.
CH2 9:17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with
pure gold.
CH2 9:18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold,
which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting
place, and two lions standing by the stays:
CH2 9:19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon
the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
CH2 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all
the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none
were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
CH2 9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram:
every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver,
ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
CH2 9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and
wisdom.
CH2 9:23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to
hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
CH2 9:24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and
vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate
year by year.
CH2 9:25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with
the king at Jerusalem.
CH2 9:26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land
of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
CH2 9:27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made
he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
CH2 9:28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all
lands.
CH2 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not
written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the
Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of
Nebat?
CH2 9:30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
CH2 9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of
David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
CH2 10:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to
make him king.
CH2 10:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in
Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that
Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
CH2 10:3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and
spake to Rehoboam, saying,
CH2 10:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat
the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us,
and we will serve thee.
CH2 10:5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the
people departed.
CH2 10:6 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before
Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to
return answer to this people?
CH2 10:7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and
please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for
ever.
CH2 10:8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took
counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before
him.
CH2 10:9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer
to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that
thy father did put upon us?
CH2 10:10 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him,
saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy
father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus
shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's
loins.
CH2 10:11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to
your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions.
CH2 10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as
the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
CH2 10:13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the
counsel of the old men,
CH2 10:14 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My
father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you
with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
CH2 10:15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God,
that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah
the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
CH2 10:16 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto
them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?
and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O
Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their
tents.
CH2 10:17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah,
Rehoboam reigned over them.
CH2 10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the
children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam
made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
CH2 10:19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
CH2 11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of
Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were
warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to
Rehoboam.
CH2 11:2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
CH2 11:3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all
Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
CH2 11:4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your
brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And
they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
CH2 11:5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in
Judah.
CH2 11:6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
CH2 11:7 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
CH2 11:8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
CH2 11:9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
CH2 11:10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in
Benjamin fenced cities.
CH2 11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and
store of victual, and of oil and wine.
CH2 11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them
exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
CH2 11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to
him out of all their coasts.
CH2 11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to
Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from
executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
CH2 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils,
and for the calves which he had made.
CH2 11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their
hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto
the LORD God of their fathers.
CH2 11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son
of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of
David and Solomon.
CH2 11:18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of
David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
CH2 11:19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
CH2 11:20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare
him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
CH2 11:21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his
wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore
concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
CH2 11:22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler
among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
CH2 11:23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout
all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave
them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
CH2 12:1 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and
had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with
him.
CH2 12:2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed
against the LORD,
CH2 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and
the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims,
the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
CH2 12:4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to
Jerusalem.
CH2 12:5 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of
Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said
unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I
also left you in the hand of Shishak.
CH2 12:6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and
they said, The LORD is righteous.
CH2 12:7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the
LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will
not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall
not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
CH2 12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my
service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
CH2 12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he
took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
CH2 12:10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed
them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the
king's house.
CH2 12:11 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came
and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
CH2 12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him,
that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
CH2 12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for
Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all
the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah
an Ammonitess.
CH2 12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
CH2 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written
in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning
genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
CH2 12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
CH2 13:1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign
over Judah.
CH2 13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah
and Jeroboam.
CH2 13:3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of
war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in
array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of
valour.
CH2 13:4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount
Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
CH2 13:5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom
over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of
salt?
CH2 13:6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of
David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
CH2 13:7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and
have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when
Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
CH2 13:8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand
of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with your
golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
CH2 13:9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and
the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of
other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young
bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
CH2 13:10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him;
and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the
Levites wait upon their business:
CH2 13:11 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt
sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the
pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every
evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken
him.
CH2 13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests
with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight
ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
CH2 13:13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they
were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
CH2 13:14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and
behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the
trumpets.
CH2 13:15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted,
it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and
Judah.
CH2 13:16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them
into their hand.
CH2 13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there
fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
CH2 13:18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the
children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their
fathers.
CH2 13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel
with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with
the towns thereof.
CH2 13:20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah:
and the LORD struck him, and he died.
CH2 13:21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat
twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
CH2 13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,
are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
CH2 14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of
David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet
ten years.
CH2 14:2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his
God:
CH2 14:3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places,
and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
CH2 14:4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do
the law and the commandment.
CH2 14:5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and
the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
CH2 14:6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he
had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
CH2 14:7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make
about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before
us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath
given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
CH2 14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah
three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows,
two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
CH2 14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a
thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
CH2 14:10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array
in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
CH2 14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing
with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help
us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this
multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.
CH2 14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and
the Ethiopians fled.
CH2 14:13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar:
and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves;
for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they
carried away very much spoil.
CH2 14:14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the
LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding
much spoil in them.
CH2 14:15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and
camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
CH2 15:1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
CH2 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and
all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye
seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake
you.
CH2 15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and
without a teaching priest, and without law.
CH2 15:4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of
Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
CH2 15:5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to
him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the
countries.
CH2 15:6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex
them with all adversity.
CH2 15:7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work
shall be rewarded.
CH2 15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet,
he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of
Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount
Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the
LORD.
CH2 15:9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them
out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of
Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
CH2 15:10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third
month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
CH2 15:11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which
they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
CH2 15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their
fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
CH2 15:13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put
to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
CH2 15:14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with
shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
CH2 15:15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all
their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found
of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
CH2 15:16 And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed
her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut
down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
CH2 15:17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless
the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
CH2 15:18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had
dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
CH2 15:19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the
reign of Asa.
CH2 16:1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of
Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might
let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
CH2 16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the
house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of
Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
CH2 16:3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father
and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy
league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
CH2 16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his
armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and
Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
CH2 16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building
of Ramah, and let his work cease.
CH2 16:6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of
Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built
therewith Geba and Mizpah.
CH2 16:7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said
unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on
the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of
thine hand.
CH2 16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many
chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered
them into thine hand.
CH2 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,
to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward
him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt
have wars.
CH2 16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for
he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some
of the people the same time.
CH2 16:11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written
in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
CH2 16:12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in
his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought
not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
CH2 16:13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth
year of his reign.
CH2 16:14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for
himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with
sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art:
and they made a very great burning for him.
CH2 17:1 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened
himself against Israel.
CH2 17:2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set
garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his
father had taken.
CH2 17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first
ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
CH2 17:4 But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his
commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
CH2 17:5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah
brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.
CH2 17:6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took
away the high places and groves out of Judah.
CH2 17:7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to
Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah,
to teach in the cities of Judah.
CH2 17:8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and
Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and
Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram,
priests.
CH2 17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD
with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the
people.
CH2 17:10 And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands
that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
CH2 17:11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and
tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven
hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
CH2 17:12 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah
castles, and cities of store.
CH2 17:13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war,
mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.
CH2 17:14 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their
fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him
mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
CH2 17:15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred
and fourscore thousand.
CH2 17:16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered
himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of
valour.
CH2 17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed
men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
CH2 17:18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore
thousand ready prepared for the war.
CH2 17:19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the
fenced cities throughout all Judah.
CH2 18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined
affinity with Ahab.
CH2 18:2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab
killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had
with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
CH2 18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt
thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and
my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
CH2 18:4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee,
at the word of the LORD to day.
CH2 18:5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four
hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or
shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the
king's hand.
CH2 18:6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might enquire of him?
CH2 18:7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man,
by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied
good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
CH2 18:8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said,
Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
CH2 18:9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either
of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place
at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied
before them.
CH2 18:10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and
said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be
consumed.
CH2 18:11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the
king.
CH2 18:12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying,
Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent;
let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of their's, and speak thou
good.
CH2 18:13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that
will I speak.
CH2 18:14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah,
shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye
up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
CH2 18:15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that
thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
CH2 18:16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as
sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let
them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
CH2 18:17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that
he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
CH2 18:18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD
sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right
hand and on his left.
CH2 18:19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may
go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and
another saying after that manner.
CH2 18:20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I
will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
CH2 18:21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of
all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt
also prevail: go out, and do even so.
CH2 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth
of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
CH2 18:23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon
the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak
unto thee?
CH2 18:24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt
go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
CH2 18:25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to
Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
CH2 18:26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and
feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I
return in peace.
CH2 18:27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not
the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
CH2 18:28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramothgilead.
CH2 18:29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king
of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
CH2 18:30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots
that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with
the king of Israel.
CH2 18:31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw
Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they
compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped
him; and God moved them to depart from him.
CH2 18:32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots
perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from
pursuing him.
CH2 18:33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of
Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot
man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am
wounded.
CH2 18:34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed
himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the
time of the sun going down he died.
CH2 19:1 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to
Jerusalem.
CH2 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to
king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate
the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
CH2 19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast
taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek
God.
CH2 19:4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the
people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD
God of their fathers.
CH2 19:5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of
Judah, city by city,
CH2 19:6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for
man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
CH2 19:7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do
it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons,
nor taking of gifts.
CH2 19:8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the
priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the
LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
CH2 19:9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the
LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
CH2 19:10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell
in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment,
statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not
against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this
do, and ye shall not trespass.
CH2 19:11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters
of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of
Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before
you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
CH2 20:1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the
children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against
Jehoshaphat to battle.
CH2 20:2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a
great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and,
behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.
CH2 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and
proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
CH2 20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even
out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
CH2 20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem,
in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
CH2 20:6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and
rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is
there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
CH2 20:7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this
land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy
friend for ever?
CH2 20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for
thy name, saying,
CH2 20:9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence,
or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is
in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and
help.
CH2 20:10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom
thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt,
but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
CH2 20:11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy
possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
CH2 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against
this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but
our eyes are upon thee.
CH2 20:13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their
wives, and their children.
CH2 20:14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son
of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the
Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
CH2 20:15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not
afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not
yours, but God's.
CH2 20:16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff
of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness
of Jeruel.
CH2 20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye
still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem:
fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will
be with you.
CH2 20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the
LORD.
CH2 20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the
children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a
loud voice on high.
CH2 20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the
wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear
me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God,
so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
CH2 20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto
the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out
before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for
ever.
CH2 20:22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments
against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against
Judah; and they were smitten.
CH2 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants
of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an
end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
CH2 20:24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they
looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the
earth, and none escaped.
CH2 20:25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil
of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies,
and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they
could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was
so much.
CH2 20:26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of
Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same
place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
CH2 20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and
Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for
the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
CH2 20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets
unto the house of the LORD.
CH2 20:29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when
they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
CH2 20:30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest
round about.
CH2 20:31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
CH2 20:32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from
it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
CH2 20:33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people
had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
CH2 20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last,
behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is
mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
CH2 20:35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with
Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
CH2 20:36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and
they made the ships in Eziongaber.
CH2 20:37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD
hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to
go to Tarshish.
CH2 21:1 Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
CH2 21:2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and
Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons
of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
CH2 21:3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of
precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to
Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
CH2 21:4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he
strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers
also of the princes of Israel.
CH2 21:5 Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
CH2 21:6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the
house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that
which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
CH2 21:7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the
covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to
him and to his sons for ever.
CH2 21:8 In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of
Judah, and made themselves a king.
CH2 21:9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with
him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him
in, and the captains of the chariots.
CH2 21:10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day.
The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had
forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
CH2 21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah
thereto.
CH2 21:12 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying,
Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked
in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
CH2 21:13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms
of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house,
which were better than thyself:
CH2 21:14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy
children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
CH2 21:15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until
thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
CH2 21:16 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
CH2 21:17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all
the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his
wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of
his sons.
CH2 21:18 And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an
incurable disease.
CH2 21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two
years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore
diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his
fathers.
CH2 21:20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit
they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
CH2 22:1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king
in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had
slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
CH2 22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he
reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the
daughter of Omri.
CH2 22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was
his counsellor to do wickedly.
CH2 22:4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of
Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his
destruction.
CH2 22:5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of
Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and
the Syrians smote Joram.
CH2 22:6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which
were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And
Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of
Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
CH2 22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for
when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi,
whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
CH2 22:8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the
house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren
of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
CH2 22:9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in
Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried
him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD
with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the
kingdom.
CH2 22:10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
CH2 22:11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of
Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put
him and his nurse in a bedchamber. 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 slew him not.
CH2 22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah
reigned over the land.
CH2 23:1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the
captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of
Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and
Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
CH2 23:2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the
cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to
Jerusalem.
CH2 23:3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house
of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the
LORD hath said of the sons of David.
CH2 23:4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on
the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the
doors;
CH2 23:5 And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at
the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the
house of the LORD.
CH2 23:6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and
they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but
all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
CH2 23:7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with
his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall
be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth
out.
CH2 23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that
Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to
come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for
Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
CH2 23:9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds
spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were
in the house of God.
CH2 23:10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand,
from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by
the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
CH2 23:11 Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the
crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his
sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
CH2 23:12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising
the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
CH2 23:13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the
entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people
of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with
instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent
her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
CH2 23:14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that
were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and
whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said,
Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
CH2 23:15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering
of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
CH2 23:16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the
people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
CH2 23:17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it
down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the
priest of Baal before the altars.
CH2 23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the
hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house
of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written
in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by
David.
CH2 23:19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that
none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
CH2 23:20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the
governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the
king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the
king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
CH2 23:21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet,
after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
CH2 24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.
CH2 24:2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the
days of Jehoiada the priest.
CH2 24:3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
CH2 24:4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the
house of the LORD.
CH2 24:5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said
to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to
repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the
matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
CH2 24:6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why
hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of
Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant
of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of
witness?
CH2 24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house
of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they
bestow upon Baalim.
CH2 24:8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without
at the gate of the house of the LORD.
CH2 24:9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in
to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel
in the wilderness.
CH2 24:10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and
cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
CH2 24:11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto
the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there
was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and
emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they
did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
CH2 24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the
service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair
the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the
house of the LORD.
CH2 24:13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they
set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
CH2 24:14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money
before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the
LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels
of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD
continually all the days of Jehoiada.
CH2 24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an
hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
CH2 24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he
had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
CH2 24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made
obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
CH2 24:18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served
groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their
trespass.
CH2 24:19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and
they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
CH2 24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the
priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why
transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because
ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
CH2 24:21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the
commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
CH2 24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his
father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD
look upon it, and require it.
CH2 24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria
came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all
the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil
of them unto the king of Damascus.
CH2 24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and
the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had
forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against
Joash.
CH2 24:25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great
diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons
of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried
him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the
kings.
CH2 24:26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of
Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
CH2 24:27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon
him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the
story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
CH2 25:1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
CH2 25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not
with a perfect heart.
CH2 25:3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he
slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
CH2 25:4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law
in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not
die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but
every man shall die for his own sin.
CH2 25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over
thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their
fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty
years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able
to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
CH2 25:6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel
for an hundred talents of silver.
CH2 25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army
of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the
children of Ephraim.
CH2 25:8 But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make
thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
CH2 25:9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the
hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God
answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
CH2 25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him
out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled
against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
CH2 25:11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went
to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
CH2 25:12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry
away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down
from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
CH2 25:13 But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they
should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria
even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
CH2 25:14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter
of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set
them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned
incense unto them.
CH2 25:15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he
sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the
gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine
hand?
CH2 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto
him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be
smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined
to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my
counsel.
CH2 25:17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son
of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one
another in the face.
CH2 25:18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The
thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying,
Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that
was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
CH2 25:19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart
lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to
thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
CH2 25:20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might
deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the
gods of Edom.
CH2 25:21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the
face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to
Judah.
CH2 25:22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every
man to his tent.
CH2 25:23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of
Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and
brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate,
four hundred cubits.
CH2 25:24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that
were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's
house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
CH2 25:25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of
Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
CH2 25:26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are
they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
CH2 25:27 Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the
LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish:
but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
CH2 25:28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers
in the city of Judah.
CH2 26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years
old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
CH2 26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept
with his fathers.
CH2 26:3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned
fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of
Jerusalem.
CH2 26:4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his father Amaziah did.
CH2 26:5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding
in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to
prosper.
CH2 26:6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down
the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built
cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
CH2 26:7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians
that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
CH2 26:8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad
even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
CH2 26:9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at
the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
CH2 26:10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he
had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen
also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved
husbandry.
CH2 26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by
bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the
scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's
captains.
CH2 26:12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of
valour were two thousand and six hundred.
CH2 26:13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven
thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king
against the enemy.
CH2 26:14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and
spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
CH2 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on
the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal.
And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was
strong.
CH2 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction:
for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the
LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
CH2 26:17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore
priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
CH2 26:18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It
appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the
priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out
of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine
honour from the LORD God.
CH2 26:19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense:
and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his
forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense
altar.
CH2 26:20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon
him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out
from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten
him.
CH2 26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt
in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the
LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the
land.
CH2 26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the
prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
CH2 26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his
fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they
said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
CH2 27:1 Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the
daughter of Zadok.
CH2 27:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple
of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
CH2 27:3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of
Ophel he built much.
CH2 27:4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the
forests he built castles and towers.
CH2 27:5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against
them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of
silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So
much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the
third.
CH2 27:6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD
his God.
CH2 27:7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways,
lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
CH2 27:8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem.
CH2 27:9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of
David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
CH2 28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight
of the LORD, like David his father:
CH2 28:2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also
molten images for Baalim.
CH2 28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and
burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom
the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
CH2 28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the
hills, and under every green tree.
CH2 28:5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of
Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them
captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the
hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
CH2 28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty
thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken
the LORD God of their fathers.
CH2 28:7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's
son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the
king.
CH2 28:8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two
hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil
from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
CH2 28:9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went
out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because
the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them
into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto
heaven.
CH2 28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem
for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with
you, sins against the LORD your God?
CH2 28:11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have
taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
CH2 28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the
son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of
Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from
the war,
CH2 28:13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for
whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to
our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce
wrath against Israel.
CH2 28:14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes
and all the congregation.
CH2 28:15 And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the
captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and
arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed
them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to
Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to
Samaria.
CH2 28:16 At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help
him.
CH2 28:17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away
captives.
CH2 28:18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and
of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and
Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages
thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
CH2 28:19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for
he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
CH2 28:20 And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed
him, but strengthened him not.
CH2 28:21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out
of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of
Assyria: but he helped him not.
CH2 28:22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the
LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
CH2 28:23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he
said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I
sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and
of all Israel.
CH2 28:24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut
in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house
of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
CH2 28:25 And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn
incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
CH2 28:26 Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last,
behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
CH2 28:27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city,
even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings
of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
CH2 29:1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he
reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
CH2 29:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that David his father had done.
CH2 29:3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the
doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
CH2 29:4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them
together into the east street,
CH2 29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and
sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the holy place.
CH2 29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the
eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their
faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
CH2 29:7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps,
and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place
unto the God of Israel.
CH2 29:8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he
hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see
with your eyes.
CH2 29:9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our
daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
CH2 29:10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of
Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
CH2 29:11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand
before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn
incense.
CH2 29:12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son
of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish
the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites;
Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
CH2 29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of
Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
CH2 29:14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of
Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
CH2 29:15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and
came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to
cleanse the house of the LORD.
CH2 29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD,
to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the
temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites
took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
CH2 29:17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and
on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they
sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day
of the first month they made an end.
CH2 29:18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed
all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the
vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
CH2 29:19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away
in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are
before the altar of the LORD.
CH2 29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the
city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
CH2 29:21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs,
and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the
sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to
offer them on the altar of the LORD.
CH2 29:22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and
sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they
sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they
sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
CH2 29:23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the
king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
CH2 29:24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their
blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king
commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all
Israel.
CH2 29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with
psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad
the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the
LORD by his prophets.
CH2 29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests
with the trumpets.
CH2 29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar.
And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the
trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
CH2 29:28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the
trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was
finished.
CH2 29:29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that
were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
CH2 29:30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to
sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And
they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
CH2 29:31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves
unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the
house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank
offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
CH2 29:32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation
brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred
lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
CH2 29:33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand
sheep.
CH2 29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the
burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the
work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for
the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the
priests.
CH2 29:35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the
peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the
service of the house of the LORD was set in order.
CH2 29:36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the
people: for the thing was done suddenly.
CH2 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to
Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at
Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
CH2 30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the
congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
CH2 30:3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not
sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered
themselves together to Jerusalem.
CH2 30:4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
CH2 30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all
Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the
passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it
of a long time in such sort as it was written.
CH2 30:6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes
throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the
king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped
out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
CH2 30:7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which
trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up
to desolation, as ye see.
CH2 30:8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves
unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for
ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn
away from you.
CH2 30:9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children
shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall
come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and
merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
CH2 30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim
and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked
them.
CH2 30:11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled
themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
CH2 30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the
commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
CH2 30:13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of
unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
CH2 30:14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and
all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook
Kidron.
CH2 30:15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second
month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified
themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
CH2 30:16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the
law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they
received of the hand of the Levites.
CH2 30:17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified:
therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for
every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
CH2 30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh,
Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the
passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying,
The good LORD pardon every one
CH2 30:19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers,
though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
CH2 30:20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
CH2 30:21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the
feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and
the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto
the LORD.
CH2 30:22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the
good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days,
offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their
fathers.
CH2 30:23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and
they kept other seven days with gladness.
CH2 30:24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand
bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a
thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests
sanctified themselves.
CH2 30:25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the
Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers
that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
CH2 30:26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon
the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
CH2 30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their
voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even
unto heaven.
CH2 31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out
to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the
groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and
Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them
all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession,
into their own cities.
CH2 31:2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites
after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and
Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give
thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
CH2 31:3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt
offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt
offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as
it is written in the law of the LORD.
CH2 31:4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the
portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the
law of the LORD.
CH2 31:5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel
brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and
of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in
abundantly.
CH2 31:6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the
cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the
tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid
them by heaps.
CH2 31:7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and
finished them in the seventh month.
CH2 31:8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they
blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
CH2 31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning
the heaps.
CH2 31:10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and
said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the
LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath
blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
CH2 31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the
LORD; and they prepared them,
CH2 31:12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things
faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother
was the next.
CH2 31:13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and
Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers
under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of
Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
CH2 31:14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east,
was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the
LORD, and the most holy things.
CH2 31:15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah,
Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to
give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
CH2 31:16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward,
even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily
portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
CH2 31:17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers,
and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their
courses;
CH2 31:18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and
their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their
set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
CH2 31:19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields
of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were
expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and
to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
CH2 31:20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which
was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
CH2 31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of
God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with
all his heart, and prospered.
CH2 32:1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king
of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced
cities, and thought to win them for himself.
CH2 32:2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was
purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
CH2 32:3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the
waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
CH2 32:4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the
fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why
should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
CH2 32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was
broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and
repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
CH2 32:6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them
together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably
to them, saying,
CH2 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of
Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with
us than with him:
CH2 32:8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help
us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words
of Hezekiah king of Judah.
CH2 32:9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to
Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with
him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem,
saying,
CH2 32:10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye
abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
CH2 32:11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by
famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the
hand of the king of Assyria?
CH2 32:12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his
altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before
one altar, and burn incense upon it?
CH2 32:13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of
other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to
deliver their lands out of mine hand?
CH2 32:14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers
utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your
God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
CH2 32:15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this
manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able
to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers:
how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
CH2 32:16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against
his servant Hezekiah.
CH2 32:17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to
speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not
delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah
deliver his people out of mine hand.
CH2 32:18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the
people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble
them; that they might take the city.
CH2 32:19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods
of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
CH2 32:20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son
of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
CH2 32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of
valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So
he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the
house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with
the sword.
CH2 32:22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from
the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all
other, and guided them on every side.
CH2 32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to
Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations
from thenceforth.
CH2 32:24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the
LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
CH2 32:25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto
him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and
upon Judah and Jerusalem.
CH2 32:26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart,
both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came
not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
CH2 32:27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made
himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for
spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
CH2 32:28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and
stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
CH2 32:29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds
in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
CH2 32:30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and
brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah
prospered in all his works.
CH2 32:31 Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of
Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the
land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
CH2 32:32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they
are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the
book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
CH2 32:33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the
chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead.
CH2 33:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
CH2 33:2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children
of Israel.
CH2 33:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had
broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and
worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
CH2 33:4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had
said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
CH2 33:5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts
of the house of the LORD.
CH2 33:6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley
of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used
witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought
much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
CH2 33:7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house
of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this
house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel,
will I put my name for ever:
CH2 33:8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the
land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to
do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the
statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
CH2 33:9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and
to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children
of Israel.
CH2 33:10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would
not hearken.
CH2 33:11 Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the
king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with
fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
CH2 33:12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and
humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
CH2 33:13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his
supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then
Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
CH2 33:14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the
west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish
gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and
put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
CH2 33:15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house
of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house
of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
CH2 33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace
offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of
Israel.
CH2 33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet
unto the LORD their God only.
CH2 33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his
God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God
of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
CH2 33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins,
and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up
groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written
among the sayings of the seers.
CH2 33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own
house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
CH2 33:21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
reigned two years in Jerusalem.
CH2 33:22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did
Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which
Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
CH2 33:23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had
humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
CH2 33:24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own
house.
CH2 33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against
king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
CH2 34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in
Jerusalem one and thirty years.
CH2 34:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked
in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor
to the left.
CH2 34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began
to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began
to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the
carved images, and the molten images.
CH2 34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the
images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the
carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust
of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto
them.
CH2 34:5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed
Judah and Jerusalem.
CH2 34:6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon,
even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
CH2 34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten
the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the
land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
CH2 34:8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the
land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the
governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the
house of the LORD his God.
CH2 34:9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the
money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the
doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the
remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to
Jerusalem.
CH2 34:10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight
of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the
house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
CH2 34:11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn
stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of
Judah had destroyed.
CH2 34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were
Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and
Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the
Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
CH2 34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of
all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there
were scribes, and officers, and porters.
CH2 34:14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house
of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by
Moses.
CH2 34:15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found
the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book
to Shaphan.
CH2 34:16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word
back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
CH2 34:17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the
house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and
to the hand of the workmen.
CH2 34:18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest
hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
CH2 34:19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law,
that he rent his clothes.
CH2 34:20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and
Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the
king's, saying,
CH2 34:21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel
and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is
the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have
not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
CH2 34:22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah
the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah,
keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they
spake to her to that effect.
CH2 34:23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye
the man that sent you to me,
CH2 34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and
upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the
book which they have read before the king of Judah:
CH2 34:25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other
gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands;
therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be
quenched.
CH2 34:26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD,
so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the
words which thou hast heard;
CH2 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before
God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the
inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy
clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
CH2 34:28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be
gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil
that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So
they brought the king word again.
CH2 34:29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and
Jerusalem.
CH2 34:30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of
Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the
Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all
the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the
LORD.
CH2 34:31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the
LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his
testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to
perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
CH2 34:32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to
stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant
of God, the God of their fathers.
CH2 34:33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries
that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in
Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they
departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
CH2 35:1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they
killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
CH2 35:2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the
service of the house of the LORD,
CH2 35:3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy
unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David
king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve
now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
CH2 35:4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your
courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according
to the writing of Solomon his son.
CH2 35:5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the
families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division
of the families of the Levites.
CH2 35:6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your
brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of
Moses.
CH2 35:7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for
the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty
thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
CH2 35:8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and
to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God,
gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred
small cattle and three hundred oxen.
CH2 35:9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and
Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites
for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
CH2 35:10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their
place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
CH2 35:11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood
from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
CH2 35:12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according
to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it
is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
CH2 35:13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance:
but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans,
and divided them speedily among all the people.
CH2 35:14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests:
because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt
offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for
themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
CH2 35:15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according
to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's
seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their
service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
CH2 35:16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep
the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD,
according to the commandment of king Josiah.
CH2 35:17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at
that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
CH2 35:18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days
of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a
passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and
Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
CH2 35:19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover
kept.
CH2 35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of
Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out
against him.
CH2 35:21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee,
thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house
wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from
meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
CH2 35:22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised
himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of
Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
CH2 35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his
servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
CH2 35:24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him
in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he
died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah
and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
CH2 35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the
singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made
them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the
lamentations.
CH2 35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to
that which was written in the law of the LORD,
CH2 35:27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book
of the kings of Israel and Judah.
CH2 36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made
him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
CH2 36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
CH2 36:3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the
land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
CH2 36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and
Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his
brother, and carried him to Egypt.
CH2 36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD his God.
CH2 36:6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in
fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
CH2 36:7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD
to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
CH2 36:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he
did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book
of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his
stead.
CH2 36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD.
CH2 36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought
him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made
Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
CH2 36:11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
CH2 36:12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and
humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth
of the LORD.
CH2 36:13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning
unto the LORD God of Israel.
CH2 36:14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed
very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house
of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
CH2 36:15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers,
rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and
on his dwelling place:
CH2 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and
misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people,
till there was no remedy.
CH2 36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew
their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no
compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he
gave them all into his hand.
CH2 36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his
princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
CH2 36:19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the
goodly vessels thereof.
CH2 36:20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon;
where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom
of Persia:
CH2 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the
land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept
sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
CH2 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the
LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred
up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout
all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
CH2 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath
the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house
in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people?
The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
EZR 1:1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the
LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all
his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
EZR 1:2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me
all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house
at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
EZR 1:3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let
him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD
God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
EZR 1:4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men
of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with
beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in
Jerusalem.
EZR 1:5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the
priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up
to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
EZR 1:6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with
vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious
things, beside all that was willingly offered.
EZR 1:7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the
LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put
them in the house of his gods;
EZR 1:8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of
Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of
Judah.
EZR 1:9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand
chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
EZR 1:10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred
and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
EZR 1:11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four
hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that
were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
EZR 2:1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the
captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and
Judah, every one unto his city;
EZR 2:2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah,
Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men
of the people of Israel:
EZR 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
EZR 2:4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
EZR 2:5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
EZR 2:6 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two
thousand eight hundred and twelve.
EZR 2:7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
EZR 2:8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
EZR 2:9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
EZR 2:10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
EZR 2:11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
EZR 2:12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
EZR 2:13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
EZR 2:14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
EZR 2:15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
EZR 2:16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
EZR 2:17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
EZR 2:18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
EZR 2:19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
EZR 2:20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
EZR 2:21 The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
EZR 2:22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
EZR 2:23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
EZR 2:24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
EZR 2:25 The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred
and forty and three.
EZR 2:26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
EZR 2:27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
EZR 2:28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
EZR 2:29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
EZR 2:30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
EZR 2:31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and
four.
EZR 2:32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
EZR 2:33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
EZR 2:34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
EZR 2:35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
EZR 2:36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine
hundred seventy and three.
EZR 2:37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
EZR 2:38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
EZR 2:39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
EZR 2:40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of
Hodaviah, seventy and four.
EZR 2:41 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
EZR 2:42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of
Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of
Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
EZR 2:43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the
children of Tabbaoth,
EZR 2:44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
EZR 2:45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of
Akkub,
EZR 2:46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of
Hanan,
EZR 2:47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of
Reaiah,
EZR 2:48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of
Gazzam,
EZR 2:49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
EZR 2:50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of
Nephusim,
EZR 2:51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of
Harhur,
EZR 2:52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of
Harsha,
EZR 2:53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of
Thamah,
EZR 2:54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
EZR 2:55 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
EZR 2:56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of
Giddel,
EZR 2:57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
EZR 2:58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three
hundred ninety and two.
EZR 2:59 And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub,
Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their
seed, whether they were of Israel:
EZR 2:60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of
Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
EZR 2:61 And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the
children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the
daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
EZR 2:62 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put
from the priesthood.
EZR 2:63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the
most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
EZR 2:64 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three
hundred and threescore,
EZR 2:65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven
thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two
hundred singing men and singing women.
EZR 2:66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two
hundred forty and five;
EZR 2:67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand
seven hundred and twenty.
EZR 2:68 And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house
of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set
it up in his place:
EZR 2:69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work
threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of
silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
EZR 2:70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the
singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all
Israel in their cities.
EZR 3:1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were
in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to
Jerusalem.
EZR 3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests,
and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar
of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written
in the law of Moses the man of God.
EZR 3:3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because
of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon
unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
EZR 3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered
the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of
every day required;
EZR 3:5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new
moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of
every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
EZR 3:6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt
offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not
yet laid.
EZR 3:7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and
meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring
cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that
they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
EZR 3:8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at
Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and
the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem;
and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward
the work of the house of the LORD.
EZR 3:9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his
sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of
God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
EZR 3:10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the
LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites
the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of
David king of Israel.
EZR 3:11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto
the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel.
And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD,
because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
EZR 3:12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who
were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this
house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted
aloud for joy:
EZR 3:13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy
from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a
loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
EZR 4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children
of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
EZR 4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and
said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we
do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which
brought us up hither.
EZR 4:3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers
of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house
unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of
Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
EZR 4:4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of
Judah, and troubled them in building,
EZR 4:5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all
the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of
Persia.
EZR 4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote
they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
EZR 4:7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and
the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing
of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian
tongue.
EZR 4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against
Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
EZR 4:9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest
of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the
Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the
Dehavites, and the Elamites,
EZR 4:10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought
over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side
the river, and at such a time.
EZR 4:11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto
Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such
a time.
EZR 4:12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to
us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and
have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
EZR 4:13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the
walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so
thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
EZR 4:14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was
not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and
certified the king;
EZR 4:15 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so
shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a
rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have
moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city
destroyed.
EZR 4:16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the
walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side
the river.
EZR 4:17 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to
Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in
Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
EZR 4:18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
EZR 4:19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this
city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and
sedition have been made therein.
EZR 4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled
over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid
unto them.
EZR 4:21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this
city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
EZR 4:22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow
to the hurt of the kings?
EZR 4:23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before
Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste
to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
EZR 4:24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it
ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
EZR 5:1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo,
prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the
God of Israel, even unto them.
EZR 5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of
Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with
them were the prophets of God helping them.
EZR 5:3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the
river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who
hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
EZR 5:4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the
men that make this building?
EZR 5:5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they
could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they
returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
EZR 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the
river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on
this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
EZR 5:7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the
king, all peace.
EZR 5:8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea,
to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber
is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their
hands.
EZR 5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you
to build this house, and to make up these walls?
EZR 5:10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the
names of the men that were the chief of them.
EZR 5:11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the
God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many
years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
EZR 5:12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath,
he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the
Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
EZR 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king
Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
EZR 5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them
into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple
of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar,
whom he had made governor;
EZR 5:15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple
that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
EZR 5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house
of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been
in building, and yet it is not finished.
EZR 5:17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made
in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so,
that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at
Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
EZR 6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house
of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
EZR 6:2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province
of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
EZR 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a
decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be
builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations
thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the
breadth thereof threescore cubits;
EZR 6:4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the
expenses be given out of the king's house:
EZR 6:5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and
brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is
at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.
EZR 6:6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and
your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from
thence:
EZR 6:7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews
and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
EZR 6:8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews
for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the
tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that
they be not hindered.
EZR 6:9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and
lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and
oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let
it be given them day by day without fail:
EZR 6:10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of
heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
EZR 6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let
timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged
thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
EZR 6:12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all
kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this
house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be
done with speed.
EZR 6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and
their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they
did speedily.
EZR 6:14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the
prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they
builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of
Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes
king of Persia.
EZR 6:15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which
was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
EZR 6:16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the
rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of
God with joy.
EZR 6:17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred
bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for
all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
EZR 6:18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their
courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written
in the book of Moses.
EZR 6:19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the
fourteenth day of the first month.
EZR 6:20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them
were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and
for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
EZR 6:21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of
captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the
filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did
eat,
EZR 6:22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the
LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto
them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of
Israel.
EZR 7:1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia,
Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
EZR 7:2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
EZR 7:3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
EZR 7:4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
EZR 7:5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son
of Aaron the chief priest:
EZR 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law
of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him
all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
EZR 7:7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests,
and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto
Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
EZR 7:8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh
year of the king.
EZR 7:9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from
Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem,
according to the good hand of his God upon him.
EZR 7:10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to
do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
EZR 7:11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto
Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments
of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
EZR 7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law
of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
EZR 7:13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his
priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to
go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
EZR 7:14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors,
to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God
which is in thine hand;
EZR 7:15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors
have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
EZR 7:16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province
of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests,
offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
EZR 7:17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs,
with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the
altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
EZR 7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do
with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
EZR 7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of
thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
EZR 7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which
thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure
house.
EZR 7:21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the
treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the
scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done
speedily,
EZR 7:22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of
wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and
salt without prescribing how much.
EZR 7:23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently
done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath
against the realm of the king and his sons?
EZR 7:24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites,
singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not
be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
EZR 7:25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand,
set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond
the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know
them not.
EZR 7:26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the
king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death,
or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
EZR 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing
as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in
Jerusalem:
EZR 7:28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors,
and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand
of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief
men to go up with me.
EZR 8:1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy
of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the
king.
EZR 8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel:
of the sons of David; Hattush.
EZR 8:3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with
him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
EZR 8:4 Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him
two hundred males.
EZR 8:5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three
hundred males.
EZR 8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty
males.
EZR 8:7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him
seventy males.
EZR 8:8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with
him fourscore males.
EZR 8:9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two
hundred and eighteen males.
EZR 8:10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an
hundred and threescore males.
EZR 8:11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him
twenty and eight males.
EZR 8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him
an hundred and ten males.
EZR 8:13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet,
Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
EZR 8:14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy
males.
EZR 8:15 And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and
there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests,
and found there none of the sons of Levi.
EZR 8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for
Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for
Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan,
men of understanding.
EZR 8:17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place
Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren
the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us
ministers for the house of our God.
EZR 8:18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of
understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and
Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
EZR 8:19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his
brethren and their sons, twenty;
EZR 8:20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for
the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them
were expressed by name.
EZR 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might
afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for
our little ones, and for all our substance.
EZR 8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and
horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto
the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek
him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
EZR 8:23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of
us.
EZR 8:24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah,
Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
EZR 8:25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even
the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors,
and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
EZR 8:26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of
silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred
talents;
EZR 8:27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of
fine copper, precious as gold.
EZR 8:28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy
also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God
of your fathers.
EZR 8:29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the
priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem,
in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
EZR 8:30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the
gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
EZR 8:31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the
first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and
he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the
way.
EZR 8:32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
EZR 8:33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels
weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the
priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was
Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
EZR 8:34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written
at that time.
EZR 8:35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were
come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel,
twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs,
twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the
LORD.
EZR 8:36 And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's
lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered
the people, and the house of God.
EZR 9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The
people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated
themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their
abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the
Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
EZR 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their
sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those
lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this
trespass.
EZR 9:3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and
plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
EZR 9:4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words
of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been
carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
EZR 9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having
rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands
unto the LORD my God,
EZR 9:6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee,
my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is
grown up unto the heavens.
EZR 9:7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto
this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been
delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to
captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
EZR 9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our
God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy
place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in
our bondage.
EZR 9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage,
but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give
us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations
thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
EZR 9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have
forsaken thy commandments,
EZR 9:11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The
land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness
of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it
from one end to another with their uncleanness.
EZR 9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take
their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for
ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for
an inheritance to your children for ever.
EZR 9:13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our
great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our
iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
EZR 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the
people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou
hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
EZR 9:15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped,
as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we
cannot stand before thee because of this.
EZR 10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and
casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of
Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the
people wept very sore.
EZR 10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered
and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken
strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel
concerning this thing.
EZR 10:3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the
wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and
of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done
according to the law.
EZR 10:4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with
thee: be of good courage, and do it.
EZR 10:5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all
Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
EZR 10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the
chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat
no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression
of them that had been carried away.
EZR 10:7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all
the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together
unto Jerusalem;
EZR 10:8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the
counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be
forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been
carried away.
EZR 10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together
unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth
day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God,
trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
EZR 10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have
transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of
Israel.
EZR 10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and
do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and
from the strange wives.
EZR 10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As
thou hast said, so must we do.
EZR 10:13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are
not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we
are many that have transgressed in this thing.
EZR 10:14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them
which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and
with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce
wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
EZR 10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were
employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped
them.
EZR 10:16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with
certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all
of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the
tenth month to examine the matter.
EZR 10:17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives
by the first day of the first month.
EZR 10:18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken
strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his
brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
EZR 10:19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and
being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
EZR 10:20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
EZR 10:21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and
Jehiel, and Uzziah.
EZR 10:22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel,
Jozabad, and Elasah.
EZR 10:23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is
Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
EZR 10:24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and
Telem, and Uri.
EZR 10:25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and
Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
EZR 10:26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and
Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
EZR 10:27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and
Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
EZR 10:28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
EZR 10:29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and
Sheal, and Ramoth.
EZR 10:30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah,
Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
EZR 10:31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah,
Shimeon,
EZR 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
EZR 10:33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,
Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
EZR 10:34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
EZR 10:35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
EZR 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
EZR 10:37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
EZR 10:38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
EZR 10:39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
EZR 10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
EZR 10:41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
EZR 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
EZR 10:43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and
Joel, Benaiah.
EZR 10:44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by
whom they had children.
NEH 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the
month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
NEH 1:2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah;
and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the
captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
NEH 1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity
there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of
Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
NEH 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and
wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of
heaven,
NEH 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible
God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his
commandments:
NEH 1:6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest
hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night,
for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children
of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house
have sinned.
NEH 1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the
commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy
servant Moses.
NEH 1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant
Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
NEH 1:9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though
there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I
gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have
chosen to set my name there.
NEH 1:10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by
thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
NEH 1:11 O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer
of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy
name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy
in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
NEH 2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of
Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and
gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
NEH 2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing
thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very
sore afraid,
NEH 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my
countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth
waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
NEH 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I
prayed to the God of heaven.
NEH 2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant
have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto
the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
NEH 2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how
long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king
to send me; and I set him a time.
NEH 2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be
given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till
I come into Judah;
NEH 2:8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may
give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained
to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall
enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God
upon me.
NEH 2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the
king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with
me.
NEH 2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite,
heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek
the welfare of the children of Israel.
NEH 2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
NEH 2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I
any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there
any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
NEH 2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the
dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which
were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
NEH 2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool:
but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
NEH 2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and
turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
NEH 2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I
as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the
rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
NEH 2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how
Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and
let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
NEH 2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as
also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise
up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
NEH 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the
Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and
despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against
the king?
NEH 2:20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will
prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no
portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
NEH 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests,
and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of
it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of
Hananeel.
NEH 3:2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded
Zaccur the son of Imri.
NEH 3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the
beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof.
NEH 3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of
Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of
Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
NEH 3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not
their necks to the work of their LORD.
NEH 3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and
Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the
doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
NEH 3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the
Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the
governor on this side the river.
NEH 3:8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths.
Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and
they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
NEH 3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the
half part of Jerusalem.
NEH 3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over
against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
NEH 3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,
repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
NEH 3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler
of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
NEH 3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they
built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars
thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
NEH 3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of
part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof.
NEH 3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of
Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set
up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall
of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down
from the city of David.
NEH 3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half
part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and
to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
NEH 3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him
repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
NEH 3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the
ruler of the half part of Keilah.
NEH 3:19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah,
another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the
wall.
NEH 3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other
piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib
the high priest.
NEH 3:21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another
piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of
Eliashib.
NEH 3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
NEH 3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house.
After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his
house.
NEH 3:24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the
house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
NEH 3:25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the
tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court
of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
NEH 3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against
the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
NEH 3:27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the
great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
NEH 3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over
against his house.
NEH 3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house.
After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the
east gate.
NEH 3:30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth
son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of
Berechiah over against his chamber.
NEH 3:31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the
Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the
going up of the corner.
NEH 3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired
the goldsmiths and the merchants.
NEH 4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the
wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
NEH 4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said,
What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice?
will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps
of the rubbish which are burned?
NEH 4:3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they
build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
NEH 4:4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon
their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
NEH 4:5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out
from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
NEH 4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the
half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
NEH 4:7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the
Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of
Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they
were very wroth,
NEH 4:8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against
Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
NEH 4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against
them day and night, because of them.
NEH 4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is
decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the
wall.
NEH 4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we
come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
NEH 4:12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them
came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return
unto us they will be upon you.
NEH 4:13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the
higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords,
their spears, and their bows.
NEH 4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the
rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the
LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons,
and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
NEH 4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto
us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us
to the wall, every one unto his work.
NEH 4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my
servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the
spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were
behind all the house of Judah.
NEH 4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with
those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and
with the other hand held a weapon.
NEH 4:18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so
builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
NEH 4:19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the
people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one
far from another.
NEH 4:20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye
thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
NEH 4:21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the
rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
NEH 4:22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with
his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to
us, and labour on the day.
NEH 4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the
guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every
one put them off for washing.
NEH 5:1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against
their brethren the Jews.
NEH 5:2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many:
therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
NEH 5:3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands,
vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
NEH 5:4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's
tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
NEH 5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as
their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to
be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already:
neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and
vineyards.
NEH 5:6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
NEH 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the
rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I
set a great assembly against them.
NEH 5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren
the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your
brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and
found nothing to answer.
NEH 5:9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the
fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
NEH 5:10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them
money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
NEH 5:11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their
vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the
money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
NEH 5:12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing
of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an
oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
NEH 5:13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his
house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he
shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the
LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
NEH 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor
in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth
year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have
not eaten the bread of the governor.
NEH 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto
the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of
silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I,
because of the fear of God.
NEH 5:16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any
land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
NEH 5:17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and
rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about
us.
NEH 5:18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice
sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all
sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor,
because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
NEH 5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done
for this people.
NEH 6:1 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the
Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and
that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up
the doors upon the gates;)
NEH 6:2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet
together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to
do me mischief.
NEH 6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so
that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and
come down to you?
NEH 6:4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them
after the same manner.
NEH 6:5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time
with an open letter in his hand;
NEH 6:6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu
saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou
buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
NEH 6:7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem,
saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king
according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel
together.
NEH 6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou
sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
NEH 6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened
from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my
hands.
NEH 6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the
son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the
house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for
they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
NEH 6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that,
being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
NEH 6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he
pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
NEH 6:13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and
sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might
reproach me.
NEH 6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their
works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that
would have put me in fear.
NEH 6:15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month
Elul, in fifty and two days.
NEH 6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all
the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down
in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
NEH 6:17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto
Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
NEH 6:18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son
in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the
daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
NEH 6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to
him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
NEH 7:1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the
doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
NEH 7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace,
charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
NEH 7:3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until
the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar
them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his
watch, and every one to be over against his house.
NEH 7:4 Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and
the houses were not builded.
NEH 7:5 And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the
rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found
a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found
written therein,
NEH 7:6 These are the children of the province, that went up out of the
captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every
one unto his city;
NEH 7:7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah,
Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I
say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
NEH 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
NEH 7:9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
NEH 7:10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
NEH 7:11 The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two
thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
NEH 7:12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
NEH 7:13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
NEH 7:14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
NEH 7:15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
NEH 7:16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
NEH 7:17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
NEH 7:18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven.
NEH 7:19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.
NEH 7:20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
NEH 7:21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
NEH 7:22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
NEH 7:23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
NEH 7:24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
NEH 7:25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
NEH 7:26 The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
NEH 7:27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
NEH 7:28 The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two.
NEH 7:29 The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty
and three.
NEH 7:30 The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
NEH 7:31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
NEH 7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
NEH 7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
NEH 7:34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and
four.
NEH 7:35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
NEH 7:36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
NEH 7:37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
NEH 7:38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
NEH 7:39 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine
hundred seventy and three.
NEH 7:40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
NEH 7:41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
NEH 7:42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
NEH 7:43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children
of Hodevah, seventy and four.
NEH 7:44 The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
NEH 7:45 The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the
children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the
children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
NEH 7:46 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the
children of Tabbaoth,
NEH 7:47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
NEH 7:48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of
Shalmai,
NEH 7:49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
NEH 7:50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of
Nekoda,
NEH 7:51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of
Phaseah,
NEH 7:52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of
Nephishesim,
NEH 7:53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of
Harhur,
NEH 7:54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of
Harsha,
NEH 7:55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of
Tamah,
NEH 7:56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
NEH 7:57 The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
NEH 7:58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of
Giddel,
NEH 7:59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon.
NEH 7:60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three
hundred ninety and two.
NEH 7:61 And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha,
Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor
their seed, whether they were of Israel.
NEH 7:62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of
Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
NEH 7:63 And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the
children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the
Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
NEH 7:64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by
genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from
the priesthood.
NEH 7:65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the
most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
NEH 7:66 The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three
hundred and threescore,
NEH 7:67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were
seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty
and five singing men and singing women.
NEH 7:68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred
forty and five:
NEH 7:69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven
hundred and twenty asses.
NEH 7:70 And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The
Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five
hundred and thirty priests' garments.
NEH 7:71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work
twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of
silver.
NEH 7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams
of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests'
garments.
NEH 7:73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers,
and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their
cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their
cities.
NEH 8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the
street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to
bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
NEH 8:2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of
men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day
of the seventh month.
NEH 8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate
from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that
could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book
of the law.
NEH 8:4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made
for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and
Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand,
Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana,
Zechariah, and Meshullam.
NEH 8:5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was
above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
NEH 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered,
Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and
worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
NEH 8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,
Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites,
caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
NEH 8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the
sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
NEH 8:9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the
scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people,
This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the
people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
NEH 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the
sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day
is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your
strength.
NEH 8:11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for
the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
NEH 8:12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send
portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that
were declared unto them.
NEH 8:13 And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers
of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even
to understand the words of the law.
NEH 8:14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by
Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the
seventh month:
NEH 8:15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in
Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and
pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick
trees, to make booths, as it is written.
NEH 8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves
booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the
courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the
street of the gate of Ephraim.
NEH 8:17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the
captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua
the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And
there was very great gladness.
NEH 8:18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the
book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth
day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
NEH 9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel
were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
NEH 9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and
stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
NEH 9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law
of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part
they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
NEH 9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani,
Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a
loud voice unto the LORD their God.
NEH 9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah,
Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God
for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above
all blessing and praise.
NEH 9:6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of
heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the
seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of
heaven worshippeth thee.
NEH 9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him
forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
NEH 9:8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant
with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and
the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to
his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
NEH 9:9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest
their cry by the Red sea;
NEH 9:10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his
servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt
proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
NEH 9:11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through
the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest
into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
NEH 9:12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the
night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should
go.
NEH 9:13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from
heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and
commandments:
NEH 9:14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them
precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
NEH 9:15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest
forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them
that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give
them.
NEH 9:16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and
hearkened not to thy commandments,
NEH 9:17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou
didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed
a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon,
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest
them not.
NEH 9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God
that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
NEH 9:19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the
wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead
them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and
the way wherein they should go.
NEH 9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest
not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
NEH 9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that
they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
NEH 9:22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them
into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king
of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
NEH 9:23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and
broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their
fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
NEH 9:24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst
before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into
their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do
with them as they would.
NEH 9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses
full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees
in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted
themselves in thy great goodness.
NEH 9:26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and
cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified
against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
NEH 9:27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who
vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou
heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest
them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
NEH 9:28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore
leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominion
over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them
from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
NEH 9:29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again
unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy
commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall
live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would
not hear.
NEH 9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them
by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest
thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
NEH 9:31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly
consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
NEH 9:32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God,
who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before
thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our
priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people,
since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
NEH 9:33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast
done right, but we have done wickedly:
NEH 9:34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers,
kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies,
wherewith thou didst testify against them.
NEH 9:35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great
goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou
gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
NEH 9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest
unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we
are servants in it:
NEH 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over
us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our
cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
NEH 9:38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and
our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
NEH 10:1 Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of
Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
NEH 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
NEH 10:3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
NEH 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
NEH 10:5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
NEH 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
NEH 10:7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
NEH 10:8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
NEH 10:9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons
of Henadad, Kadmiel;
NEH 10:10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
NEH 10:11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
NEH 10:12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
NEH 10:13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
NEH 10:14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
NEH 10:15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
NEH 10:16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
NEH 10:17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
NEH 10:18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
NEH 10:19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
NEH 10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
NEH 10:21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
NEH 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
NEH 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
NEH 10:24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
NEH 10:25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
NEH 10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
NEH 10:27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
NEH 10:28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters,
the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from
the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and
their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
NEH 10:29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a
curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the
servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our
Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
NEH 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the
land, not take their daughters for our sons:
NEH 10:31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the
sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on
the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of
every debt.
NEH 10:32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the
third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
NEH 10:33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the
continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set
feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an
atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
NEH 10:34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people,
for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the
houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the
altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
NEH 10:35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of
all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
NEH 10:36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written
in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring
to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our
God:
NEH 10:37 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our
offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the
priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our
ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all
the cities of our tillage.
NEH 10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the
Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes
unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
NEH 10:39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the
offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where
are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the
porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
NEH 11:1 And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the
people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy
city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
NEH 11:2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves
to dwell at Jerusalem.
NEH 11:3 Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but
in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to
wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the
children of Solomon's servants.
NEH 11:4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the
children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of
Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the
son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;
NEH 11:5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of
Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son
of Shiloni.
NEH 11:6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred
threescore and eight valiant men.
NEH 11:7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the
son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the
son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
NEH 11:8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
NEH 11:9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of
Senuah was second over the city.
NEH 11:10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
NEH 11:11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of
God.
NEH 11:12 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred
twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son
of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah.
NEH 11:13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two:
and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of
Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
NEH 11:14 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and
eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
NEH 11:15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of
Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
NEH 11:16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the
oversight of the outward business of the house of God.
NEH 11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,
was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the
second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the
son of Jeduthun.
NEH 11:18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and
four.
NEH 11:19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept
the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
NEH 11:20 And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in
all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
NEH 11:21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the
Nethinims.
NEH 11:22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of
Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the
sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
NEH 11:23 For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain
portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
NEH 11:24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the
son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
NEH 11:25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of
Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and
in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
NEH 11:26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet,
NEH 11:27 And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,
NEH 11:28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof,
NEH 11:29 And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
NEH 11:30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields
thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from
Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
NEH 11:31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and
Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages.
NEH 11:32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
NEH 11:33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
NEH 11:34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
NEH 11:35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
NEH 11:36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.
NEH 12:1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
NEH 12:2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
NEH 12:3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
NEH 12:4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
NEH 12:5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
NEH 12:6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
NEH 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests
and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
NEH 12:8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and
Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
NEH 12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them
in the watches.
NEH 12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib
begat Joiada,
NEH 12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
NEH 12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers:
of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
NEH 12:13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
NEH 12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
NEH 12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
NEH 12:16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
NEH 12:17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:
NEH 12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
NEH 12:19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
NEH 12:20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
NEH 12:21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
NEH 12:22 The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and
Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of
Darius the Persian.
NEH 12:23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book
of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
NEH 12:24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the
son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give
thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over
against ward.
NEH 12:25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were
porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
NEH 12:26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of
Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the
priest, the scribe.
NEH 12:27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the
Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the
dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with
cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
NEH 12:28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out
of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of
Netophathi;
NEH 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and
Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
NEH 12:30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified
the people, and the gates, and the wall.
NEH 12:31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed
two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right
hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
NEH 12:32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
NEH 12:33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
NEH 12:34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
NEH 12:35 And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah
the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of
Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
NEH 12:36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai,
Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man
of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.
NEH 12:37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up
by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the
house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
NEH 12:38 And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against
them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond
the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
NEH 12:39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and
above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even
unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
NEH 12:40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of
God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me:
NEH 12:41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
NEH 12:42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and
Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with
Jezrahiah their overseer.
NEH 12:43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God
had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children
rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
NEH 12:44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the
treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to
gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for
the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the
Levites that waited.
NEH 12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and
the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of
Solomon his son.
NEH 12:46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the
singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
NEH 12:47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of
Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his
portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites
sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
NEH 13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the
people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite
should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
NEH 13:2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with
water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our
God turned the curse into a blessing.
NEH 13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated
from Israel all the mixed multitude.
NEH 13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the
chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
NEH 13:5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they
laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes
of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given
to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the
priests.
NEH 13:6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after
certain days obtained I leave of the king:
NEH 13:7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did
for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
NEH 13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household
stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.
NEH 13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought
I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the
frankincense.
NEH 13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given
them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one
to his field.
NEH 13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God
forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
NEH 13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and
the oil unto the treasuries.
NEH 13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and
Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the
son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and
their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
NEH 13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good
deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
NEH 13:15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the
sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and
figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the
sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold
victuals.
NEH 13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all
manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in
Jerusalem.
NEH 13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What
evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
NEH 13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil
upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning
the sabbath.
NEH 13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be
dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and
charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my
servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the
sabbath day.
NEH 13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without
Jerusalem once or twice.
NEH 13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye
about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time
forth came they no more on the sabbath.
NEH 13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and
that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day.
Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the
greatness of thy mercy.
NEH 13:23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of
Ammon, and of Moab:
NEH 13:24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not
speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
NEH 13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain
of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye
shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto
your sons, or for yourselves.
NEH 13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many
nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made
him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to
sin.
NEH 13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to
transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
NEH 13:28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,
was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
NEH 13:29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the
priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
NEH 13:30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards
of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
NEH 13:31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the
firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
EST 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which
reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty
provinces:)
EST 1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his
kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
EST 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes
and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes
of the provinces, being before him:
EST 1:4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of
his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
EST 1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the
people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small,
seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
EST 1:6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of
fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of
gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black,
marble.
EST 1:7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being
diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the
state of the king.
EST 1:8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the
king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do
according to every man's pleasure.
EST 1:9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house
which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
EST 1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine,
he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and
Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the
king,
EST 1:11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to
shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
EST 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his
chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
EST 1:13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was
the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
EST 1:14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish,
Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw
the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
EST 1:15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she
hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
EST 1:16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the
queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and
to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
EST 1:17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that
they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported,
The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him,
but she came not.
EST 1:18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all
the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall
there arise too much contempt and wrath.
EST 1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and
let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be
not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king
give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
EST 1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published
throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give
to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
EST 1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did
according to the word of Memucan:
EST 1:22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every
province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their
language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it
should be published according to the language of every people.
EST 2:1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he
remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
EST 2:2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be
fair young virgins sought for the king:
EST 2:3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom,
that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the
palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's
chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be
given them:
EST 2:4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti.
And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
EST 2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was
Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
EST 2:6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had
been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon had carried away.
EST 2:7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for
she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom
Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
EST 2:8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was
heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace,
to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house,
to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
EST 2:9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he
speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged
to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's
house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house
of the women.
EST 2:10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had
charged her that she should not shew it.
EST 2:11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house,
to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
EST 2:12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after
that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for
so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with
oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the
purifying of the women;)
EST 2:13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was
given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
EST 2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the
second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's
chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more,
except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
EST 2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of
Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the
king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper
of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them
that looked upon her.
EST 2:16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the
tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
EST 2:17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace
and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal
crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
EST 2:18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his
servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and
gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
EST 2:19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then
Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
EST 2:20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had
charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was
brought up with him.
EST 2:21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the
king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were
wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
EST 2:22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the
queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
EST 2:23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out;
therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book
of the chronicles before the king.
EST 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the
princes that were with him.
EST 3:2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and
reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai
bowed not, nor did him reverence.
EST 3:3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto
Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
EST 3:4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened
not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would
stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
EST 3:5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
EST 3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had
shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the
Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of
Mordecai.
EST 3:7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of
king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to
day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
EST 3:8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people
scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy
kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the
king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
EST 3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed:
and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have
the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
EST 3:10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
EST 3:11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people
also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
EST 3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the
first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded
unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every
province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according
to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name
of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
EST 3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to
destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old,
little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the
twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a
prey.
EST 3:14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every
province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against
that day.
EST 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the
decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to
drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
EST 4:1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his
clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the
city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
EST 4:2 And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the
king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
EST 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his
decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and
weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
EST 4:4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was
the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and
to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
EST 4:5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he
had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to
know what it was, and why it was.
EST 4:6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which
was before the king's gate.
EST 4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the
sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for
the Jews, to destroy them.
EST 4:8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given
at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto
her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make
supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
EST 4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
EST 4:10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto
Mordecai;
EST 4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do
know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto the king into the
inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death,
except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may
live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
EST 4:12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
EST 4:13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that
thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
EST 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall
there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but
thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou
art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
EST 4:15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
EST 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and
fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also
and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which
is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
EST 4:17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had
commanded him.
EST 5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal
apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the
king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over
against the gate of the house.
EST 5:2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the
court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther
the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the
top of the sceptre.
EST 5:3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is
thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
EST 5:4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and
Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
EST 5:5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as
Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had
prepared.
EST 5:6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy
petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the
half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
EST 5:7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
EST 5:8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the
king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman
come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as
the king hath said.
EST 5:9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when
Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for
him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
EST 5:10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent
and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
EST 5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of
his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how
he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
EST 5:12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in
with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to
morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
EST 5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew
sitting at the king's gate.
EST 5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows
be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that
Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto
the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be
made.
EST 6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the
book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
EST 6:2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and
Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought
to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
EST 6:3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai
for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is
nothing done for him.
EST 6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the
outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on
the gallows that he had prepared for him.
EST 6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the
court. And the king said, Let him come in.
EST 6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto
the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart,
To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
EST 6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to
honour,
EST 6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the
horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his
head:
EST 6:9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the
king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king
delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the
city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king
delighteth to honour.
EST 6:10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the
horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at
the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
EST 6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and
brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed
before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to
honour.
EST 6:12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his
house mourning, and having his head covered.
EST 6:13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that
had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If
Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall,
thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
EST 6:14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's
chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had
prepared.
EST 7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
EST 7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet
of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee:
and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the
kingdom.
EST 7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy
sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my
petition, and my people at my request:
EST 7:4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to
perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my
tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
EST 7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who
is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
EST 7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then
Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
EST 7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into
the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther
the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
EST 7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the
banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then
said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the
word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
EST 7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold
also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who
spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said,
Hang him thereon.
EST 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for
Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
EST 8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews'
enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther
had told what he was unto her.
EST 8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and
gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
EST 8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his
feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the
Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
EST 8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther
arose, and stood before the king,
EST 8:5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his
sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his
eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all
the king's provinces:
EST 8:6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?
or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
EST 8:7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the
Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged
upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
EST 8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and
seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's
name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
EST 8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month,
that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was
written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the
lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from
India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every
province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their
language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their
language.
EST 8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the
king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules,
camels, and young dromedaries:
EST 8:11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather
themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to
cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault
them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
EST 8:12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the
thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
EST 8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every
province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready
against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
EST 8:14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened
and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan
the palace.
EST 8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel
of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine
linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
EST 8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
EST 8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's
commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a
good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the
Jews fell upon them.
EST 9:1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth
day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be
put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power
over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over
them that hated them;)
EST 9:2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all
the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their
hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all
people.
EST 9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the
deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of
Mordecai fell upon them.
EST 9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out
throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and
greater.
EST 9:5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the
sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those
that hated them.
EST 9:6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred
men.
EST 9:7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
EST 9:8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
EST 9:9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
EST 9:10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews,
slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
EST 9:11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace
was brought before the king.
EST 9:12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and
destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman;
what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy
petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and
it shall be done.
EST 9:13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the
Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's
decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
EST 9:14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at
Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
EST 9:15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the
fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan;
but on the prey they laid not their hand.
EST 9:16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered
themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their
enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not
their hands on the prey,
EST 9:17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day
of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
EST 9:18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the
thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth
day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
EST 9:19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns,
made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and
a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
EST 9:20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews
that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
EST 9:21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day
of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
EST 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month
which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good
day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending
portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
EST 9:23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had
written unto them;
EST 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all
the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur,
that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
EST 9:25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that
his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his
own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
EST 9:26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.
Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen
concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
EST 9:27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon
all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they
would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their
appointed time every year;
EST 9:28 And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every
generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days
of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish
from their seed.
EST 9:29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew,
wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
EST 9:30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and
seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
EST 9:31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as
Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had
decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and
their cry.
EST 9:32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was
written in the book.
EST 10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the
isles of the sea.
EST 10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration
of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
EST 10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among
the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth
of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
JOB 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man
was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
JOB 1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
JOB 1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand
camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very
great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the
east.
JOB 1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and
sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
JOB 1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that
Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered
burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be
that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job
continually.
JOB 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
JOB 1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered
the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up
and down in it.
JOB 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,
that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one
that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
JOB 1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
JOB 1:10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about
all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and
his substance is increased in the land.
JOB 1:11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will
curse thee to thy face.
JOB 1:12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy
power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from
the presence of the LORD.
JOB 1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and
drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
JOB 1:14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were
plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
JOB 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have
slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to
tell thee.
JOB 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The
fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the
servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
JOB 1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The
Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried
them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only
am escaped alone to tell thee.
JOB 1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy
sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest
brother's house:
JOB 1:19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote
the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are
dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
JOB 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell
down upon the ground, and worshipped,
JOB 1:21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I
return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the
name of the LORD.
JOB 1:22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
JOB 2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the
LORD.
JOB 2:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan
answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from
walking up and down in it.
JOB 2:3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job,
that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one
that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his
integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without
cause.
JOB 2:4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a
man hath will he give for his life.
JOB 2:5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he
will curse thee to thy face.
JOB 2:6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save
his life.
JOB 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with
sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
JOB 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down
among the ashes.
JOB 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?
curse God, and die.
JOB 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women
speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not
receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
JOB 2:11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come
upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and
Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an
appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
JOB 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they
lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and
sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
JOB 2:13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven
nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very
great.
JOB 3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
JOB 3:2 And Job spake, and said,
JOB 3:3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was
said, There is a man child conceived.
JOB 3:4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither
let the light shine upon it.
JOB 3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon
it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
JOB 3:6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined
unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
JOB 3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
JOB 3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their
mourning.
JOB 3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light,
but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
JOB 3:10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow
from mine eyes.
JOB 3:11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I
came out of the belly?
JOB 3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
JOB 3:13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept:
then had I been at rest,
JOB 3:14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places
for themselves;
JOB 3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
JOB 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never
saw light.
JOB 3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.
JOB 3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the
oppressor.
JOB 3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his
master.
JOB 3:20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the
bitter in soul;
JOB 3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for
hid treasures;
JOB 3:22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the
grave?
JOB 3:23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath
hedged in?
JOB 3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out
like the waters.
JOB 3:25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which
I was afraid of is come unto me.
JOB 3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet
trouble came.
JOB 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
JOB 4:2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can
withhold himself from speaking?
JOB 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak
hands.
JOB 4:4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast
strengthened the feeble knees.
JOB 4:5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and
thou art troubled.
JOB 4:6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of
thy ways?
JOB 4:7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where
were the righteous cut off?
JOB 4:8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap
the same.
JOB 4:9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are
they consumed.
JOB 4:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the
teeth of the young lions, are broken.
JOB 4:11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps
are scattered abroad.
JOB 4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a
little thereof.
JOB 4:13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on
men,
JOB 4:14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
JOB 4:15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
JOB 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image
was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
JOB 4:17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than
his maker?
JOB 4:18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged
with folly:
JOB 4:19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation
is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
JOB 4:20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever
without any regarding it.
JOB 4:21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even
without wisdom.
JOB 5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the
saints wilt thou turn?
JOB 5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
JOB 5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his
habitation.
JOB 5:4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate,
neither is there any to deliver them.
JOB 5:5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the
thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
JOB 5:6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble
spring out of the ground;
JOB 5:7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
JOB 5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
JOB 5:9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without
number:
JOB 5:10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
JOB 5:11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be
exalted to safety.
JOB 5:12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands
cannot perform their enterprise.
JOB 5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the
froward is carried headlong.
JOB 5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as
in the night.
JOB 5:15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the
hand of the mighty.
JOB 5:16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
JOB 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not
thou the chastening of the Almighty:
JOB 5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make
whole.
JOB 5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no
evil touch thee.
JOB 5:20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power
of the sword.
JOB 5:21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou
be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
JOB 5:22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be
afraid of the beasts of the earth.
JOB 5:23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the
beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
JOB 5:24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou
shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
JOB 5:25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine
offspring as the grass of the earth.
JOB 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn
cometh in in his season.
JOB 5:27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for
thy good.
JOB 6:1 But Job answered and said,
JOB 6:2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the
balances together!
JOB 6:3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my
words are swallowed up.
JOB 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof
drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against
me.
JOB 6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his
fodder?
JOB 6:6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any
taste in the white of an egg?
JOB 6:7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
JOB 6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing
that I long for!
JOB 6:9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose
his hand, and cut me off!
JOB 6:10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow:
let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
JOB 6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I
should prolong my life?
JOB 6:12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
JOB 6:13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
JOB 6:14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but
he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
JOB 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of
brooks they pass away;
JOB 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
JOB 6:17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are
consumed out of their place.
JOB 6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and
perish.
JOB 6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
JOB 6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and
were ashamed.
JOB 6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
JOB 6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
JOB 6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand
of the mighty?
JOB 6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand
wherein I have erred.
JOB 6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
JOB 6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is
desperate, which are as wind?
JOB 6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
JOB 6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if
I lie.
JOB 6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my
righteousness is in it.
JOB 6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse
things?
JOB 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days
also like the days of an hireling?
JOB 7:2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh
for the reward of his work:
JOB 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are
appointed to me.
JOB 7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and
I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
JOB 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is
broken, and become loathsome.
JOB 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without
hope.
JOB 7:7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
JOB 7:8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are
upon me, and I am not.
JOB 7:9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down
to the grave shall come up no more.
JOB 7:10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know
him any more.
JOB 7:11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of
my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
JOB 7:12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
JOB 7:13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my
complaints;
JOB 7:14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
JOB 7:15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
JOB 7:16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are
vanity.
JOB 7:17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest
set thine heart upon him?
JOB 7:18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every
moment?
JOB 7:19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I
swallow down my spittle?
JOB 7:20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men?
why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
JOB 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my
iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the
morning, but I shall not be.
JOB 8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
JOB 8:2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of
thy mouth be like a strong wind?
JOB 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
JOB 8:4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away
for their transgression;
JOB 8:5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication
to the Almighty;
JOB 8:6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and
make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
JOB 8:7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase.
JOB 8:8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself
to the search of their fathers:
JOB 8:9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon
earth are a shadow:)
JOB 8:10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out
of their heart?
JOB 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
JOB 8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth
before any other herb.
JOB 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope
shall perish:
JOB 8:14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
JOB 8:15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold
it fast, but it shall not endure.
JOB 8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his
garden.
JOB 8:17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
JOB 8:18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I
have not seen thee.
JOB 8:19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others
grow.
JOB 8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help
the evil doers:
JOB 8:21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
JOB 8:22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling
place of the wicked shall come to nought.
JOB 9:1 Then Job answered and said,
JOB 9:2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
JOB 9:3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
JOB 9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself
against him, and hath prospered?
JOB 9:5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth
them in his anger.
JOB 9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof
tremble.
JOB 9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
JOB 9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves
of the sea.
JOB 9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the
south.
JOB 9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without
number.
JOB 9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I
perceive him not.
JOB 9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him,
What doest thou?
JOB 9:13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under
him.
JOB 9:14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason
with him?
JOB 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would
make supplication to my judge.
JOB 9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that
he had hearkened unto my voice.
JOB 9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without
cause.
JOB 9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with
bitterness.
JOB 9:19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who
shall set me a time to plead?
JOB 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am
perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
JOB 9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise
my life.
JOB 9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and
the wicked.
JOB 9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the
innocent.
JOB 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces
of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
JOB 9:25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no
good.
JOB 9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth
to the prey.
JOB 9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness,
and comfort myself:
JOB 9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me
innocent.
JOB 9:29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
JOB 9:30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
JOB 9:31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall
abhor me.
JOB 9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should
come together in judgment.
JOB 9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon
us both.
JOB 9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
JOB 9:35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
JOB 10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I
will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
JOB 10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou
contendest with me.
JOB 10:3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest
despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
JOB 10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
JOB 10:5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
JOB 10:6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
JOB 10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver
out of thine hand.
JOB 10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet
thou dost destroy me.
JOB 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and
wilt thou bring me into dust again?
JOB 10:10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
JOB 10:11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with
bones and sinews.
JOB 10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath
preserved my spirit.
JOB 10:13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is
with thee.
JOB 10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from
mine iniquity.
JOB 10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not
lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
JOB 10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou
shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
JOB 10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine
indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
JOB 10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I
had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
JOB 10:19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been
carried from the womb to the grave.
JOB 10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take
comfort a little,
JOB 10:21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness
and the shadow of death;
JOB 10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death,
without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
JOB 11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
JOB 11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full
of talk be justified?
JOB 11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest,
shall no man make thee ashamed?
JOB 11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine
eyes.
JOB 11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
JOB 11:6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are
double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than
thine iniquity deserveth.
JOB 11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the
Almighty unto perfection?
JOB 11:8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what
canst thou know?
JOB 11:9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the
sea.
JOB 11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder
him?
JOB 11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then
consider it?
JOB 11:12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's
colt.
JOB 11:13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
JOB 11:14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not
wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
JOB 11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt
be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
JOB 11:16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that
pass away:
JOB 11:17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine
forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
JOB 11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig
about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
JOB 11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many
shall make suit unto thee.
JOB 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not
escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
JOB 12:1 And Job answered and said,
JOB 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
JOB 12:3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you:
yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
JOB 12:4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he
answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
JOB 12:5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the
thought of him that is at ease.
JOB 12:6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are
secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
JOB 12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
JOB 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the
sea shall declare unto thee.
JOB 12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought
this?
JOB 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of
all mankind.
JOB 12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
JOB 12:12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
JOB 12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
JOB 12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth
up a man, and there can be no opening.
JOB 12:15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth
them out, and they overturn the earth.
JOB 12:16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are
his.
JOB 12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
JOB 12:18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
JOB 12:19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
JOB 12:20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the
understanding of the aged.
JOB 12:21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the
mighty.
JOB 12:22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to
light the shadow of death.
JOB 12:23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the
nations, and straiteneth them again.
JOB 12:24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the
earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
JOB 12:25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger
like a drunken man.
JOB 13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood
it.
JOB 13:2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
JOB 13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with
God.
JOB 13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
JOB 13:5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your
wisdom.
JOB 13:6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
JOB 13:7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
JOB 13:8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
JOB 13:9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh
another, do ye so mock him?
JOB 13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
JOB 13:11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon
you?
JOB 13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of
clay.
JOB 13:13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me
what will.
JOB 13:14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine
hand?
JOB 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine
own ways before him.
JOB 13:16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come
before him.
JOB 13:17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
JOB 13:18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be
justified.
JOB 13:19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I
shall give up the ghost.
JOB 13:20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from
thee.
JOB 13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me
afraid.
JOB 13:22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou
me.
JOB 13:23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my
transgression and my sin.
JOB 13:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
JOB 13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the
dry stubble?
JOB 13:26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess
the iniquities of my youth.
JOB 13:27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto
all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
JOB 13:28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth
eaten.
JOB 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
JOB 14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a
shadow, and continueth not.
JOB 14:3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into
judgment with thee?
JOB 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
JOB 14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with
thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
JOB 14:6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an
hireling, his day.
JOB 14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout
again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
JOB 14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof
die in the ground;
JOB 14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs
like a plant.
JOB 14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and
where is he?
JOB 14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth
up:
JOB 14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they
shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
JOB 14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep
me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set
time, and remember me!
JOB 14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time
will I wait, till my change come.
JOB 14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire
to the work of thine hands.
JOB 14:16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
JOB 14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine
iniquity.
JOB 14:18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is
removed out of his place.
JOB 14:19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow
out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
JOB 14:20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest
his countenance, and sendest him away.
JOB 14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought
low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
JOB 14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him
shall mourn.
JOB 15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
JOB 15:2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the
east wind?
JOB 15:3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith
he can do no good?
JOB 15:4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
JOB 15:5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue
of the crafty.
JOB 15:6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips
testify against thee.
JOB 15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the
hills?
JOB 15:8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to
thyself?
JOB 15:9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which
is not in us?
JOB 15:10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than
thy father.
JOB 15:11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret
thing with thee?
JOB 15:12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
JOB 15:13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go
out of thy mouth?
JOB 15:14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a
woman, that he should be righteous?
JOB 15:15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not
clean in his sight.
JOB 15:16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity
like water?
JOB 15:17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will
declare;
JOB 15:18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
JOB 15:19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among
them.
JOB 15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of
years is hidden to the oppressor.
JOB 15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall
come upon him.
JOB 15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is
waited for of the sword.
JOB 15:23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that
the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
JOB 15:24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail
against him, as a king ready to the battle.
JOB 15:25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth
himself against the Almighty.
JOB 15:26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his
bucklers:
JOB 15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of
fat on his flanks.
JOB 15:28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man
inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
JOB 15:29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither
shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
JOB 15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his
branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
JOB 15:31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be
his recompence.
JOB 15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not
be green.
JOB 15:33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off
his flower as the olive.
JOB 15:34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall
consume the tabernacles of bribery.
JOB 15:35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly
prepareth deceit.
JOB 16:1 Then Job answered and said,
JOB 16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
JOB 16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou
answerest?
JOB 16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I
could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
JOB 16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips
should asswage your grief.
JOB 16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what
am I eased?
JOB 16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my
company.
JOB 16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me:
and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
JOB 16:9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with
his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
JOB 16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon
the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
JOB 16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the
hands of the wicked.
JOB 16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me
by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
JOB 16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins
asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
JOB 16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a
giant.
JOB 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the
dust.
JOB 16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of
death;
JOB 16:17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
JOB 16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
JOB 16:19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
JOB 16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
JOB 16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his
neighbour!
JOB 16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall
not return.
JOB 17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for
me.
JOB 17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue
in their provocation?
JOB 17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will
strike hands with me?
JOB 17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt
thou not exalt them.
JOB 17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his
children shall fail.
JOB 17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a
tabret.
JOB 17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a
shadow.
JOB 17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up
himself against the hypocrite.
JOB 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean
hands shall be stronger and stronger.
JOB 17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find
one wise man among you.
JOB 17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of
my heart.
JOB 17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of
darkness.
JOB 17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the
darkness.
JOB 17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art
my mother, and my sister.
JOB 17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
JOB 17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is
in the dust.
JOB 18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
JOB 18:2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards
we will speak.
JOB 18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
JOB 18:4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for
thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
JOB 18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his
fire shall not shine.
JOB 18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be
put out with him.
JOB 18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel
shall cast him down.
JOB 18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a
snare.
JOB 18:9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail
against him.
JOB 18:10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the
way.
JOB 18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to
his feet.
JOB 18:12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready
at his side.
JOB 18:13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of
death shall devour his strength.
JOB 18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall
bring him to the king of terrors.
JOB 18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his:
brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
JOB 18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be
cut off.
JOB 18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no
name in the street.
JOB 18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the
world.
JOB 18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any
remaining in his dwellings.
JOB 18:20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that
went before were affrighted.
JOB 18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place
of him that knoweth not God.
JOB 19:1 Then Job answered and said,
JOB 19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
JOB 19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye
make yourselves strange to me.
JOB 19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
JOB 19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me
my reproach:
JOB 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his
net.
JOB 19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but
there is no judgment.
JOB 19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness
in my paths.
JOB 19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
JOB 19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope
hath he removed like a tree.
JOB 19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto
him as one of his enemies.
JOB 19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and
encamp round about my tabernacle.
JOB 19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are
verily estranged from me.
JOB 19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
JOB 19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a
stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
JOB 19:16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with
my mouth.
JOB 19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the
children's sake of mine own body.
JOB 19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
JOB 19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned
against me.
JOB 19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with
the skin of my teeth.
JOB 19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand
of God hath touched me.
JOB 19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
JOB 19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a
book!
JOB 19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for
ever!
JOB 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the
latter day upon the earth:
JOB 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh
shall I see God:
JOB 19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not
another; though my reins be consumed within me.
JOB 19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the
matter is found in me?
JOB 19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the
sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
JOB 20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
JOB 20:2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make
haste.
JOB 20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my
understanding causeth me to answer.
JOB 20:4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
JOB 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the
hypocrite but for a moment?
JOB 20:6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach
unto the clouds;
JOB 20:7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen
him shall say, Where is he?
JOB 20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall
be chased away as a vision of the night.
JOB 20:9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his
place any more behold him.
JOB 20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall
restore their goods.
JOB 20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down
with him in the dust.
JOB 20:12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his
tongue;
JOB 20:13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his
mouth:
JOB 20:14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within
him.
JOB 20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God
shall cast them out of his belly.
JOB 20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
JOB 20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and
butter.
JOB 20:18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow
it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall
not rejoice therein.
JOB 20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he
hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
JOB 20:20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save
of that which he desired.
JOB 20:21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look
for his goods.
JOB 20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand
of the wicked shall come upon him.
JOB 20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his
wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
JOB 20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall
strike him through.
JOB 20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword
cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
JOB 20:26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown
shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
JOB 20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up
against him.
JOB 20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow
away in the day of his wrath.
JOB 20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage
appointed unto him by God.
JOB 21:1 But Job answered and said,
JOB 21:2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
JOB 21:3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
JOB 21:4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not
my spirit be troubled?
JOB 21:5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
JOB 21:6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my
flesh.
JOB 21:7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
JOB 21:8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their
offspring before their eyes.
JOB 21:9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
JOB 21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and
casteth not her calf.
JOB 21:11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children
dance.
JOB 21:12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the
organ.
JOB 21:13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the
grave.
JOB 21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the
knowledge of thy ways.
JOB 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit
should we have, if we pray unto him?
JOB 21:16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is
far from me.
JOB 21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh
their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
JOB 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm
carrieth away.
JOB 21:19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and
he shall know it.
JOB 21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath
of the Almighty.
JOB 21:21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of
his months is cut off in the midst?
JOB 21:22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are
high.
JOB 21:23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
JOB 21:24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with
marrow.
JOB 21:25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth
with pleasure.
JOB 21:26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover
them.
JOB 21:27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully
imagine against me.
JOB 21:28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the
dwelling places of the wicked?
JOB 21:29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their
tokens,
JOB 21:30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be
brought forth to the day of wrath.
JOB 21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what
he hath done?
JOB 21:32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
JOB 21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall
draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
JOB 21:34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there
remaineth falsehood?
JOB 22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
JOB 22:2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be
profitable unto himself?
JOB 22:3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it
gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
JOB 22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into
judgment?
JOB 22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
JOB 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and
stripped the naked of their clothing.
JOB 22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast
withholden bread from the hungry.
JOB 22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man
dwelt in it.
JOB 22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have
been broken.
JOB 22:10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth
thee;
JOB 22:11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover
thee.
JOB 22:12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the
stars, how high they are!
JOB 22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark
cloud?
JOB 22:14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he
walketh in the circuit of heaven.
JOB 22:15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
JOB 22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with
a flood:
JOB 22:17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do
for them?
JOB 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the
wicked is far from me.
JOB 22:19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to
scorn.
JOB 22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the
fire consumeth.
JOB 22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall
come unto thee.
JOB 22:22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words
in thine heart.
JOB 22:23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt
put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
JOB 22:24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the
stones of the brooks.
JOB 22:25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty
of silver.
JOB 22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift
up thy face unto God.
JOB 22:27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and
thou shalt pay thy vows.
JOB 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto
thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
JOB 22:29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up;
and he shall save the humble person.
JOB 22:30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by
the pureness of thine hands.
JOB 23:1 Then Job answered and said,
JOB 23:2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my
groaning.
JOB 23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his
seat!
JOB 23:4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
JOB 23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what
he would say unto me.
JOB 23:6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put
strength in me.
JOB 23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered
for ever from my judge.
JOB 23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot
perceive him:
JOB 23:9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he
hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
JOB 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall
come forth as gold.
JOB 23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
JOB 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have
esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
JOB 23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul
desireth, even that he doeth.
JOB 23:14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such
things are with him.
JOB 23:15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am
afraid of him.
JOB 23:16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
JOB 23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he
covered the darkness from my face.
JOB 24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know
him not see his days?
JOB 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed
thereof.
JOB 24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox
for a pledge.
JOB 24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide
themselves together.
JOB 24:5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work;
rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for
their children.
JOB 24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the
vintage of the wicked.
JOB 24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no
covering in the cold.
JOB 24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock
for want of a shelter.
JOB 24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the
poor.
JOB 24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the
sheaf from the hungry;
JOB 24:11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and
suffer thirst.
JOB 24:12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth
out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
JOB 24:13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the
ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
JOB 24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and
in the night is as a thief.
JOB 24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No
eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
JOB 24:16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for
themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
JOB 24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know
them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
JOB 24:18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he
beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
JOB 24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those
which have sinned.
JOB 24:20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he
shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
JOB 24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good
to the widow.
JOB 24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man
is sure of life.
JOB 24:23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his
eyes are upon their ways.
JOB 24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low;
they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the
ears of corn.
JOB 24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech
nothing worth?
JOB 25:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
JOB 25:2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
JOB 25:3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light
arise?
JOB 25:4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that
is born of a woman?
JOB 25:5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not
pure in his sight.
JOB 25:6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a
worm?
JOB 26:1 But Job answered and said,
JOB 26:2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the
arm that hath no strength?
JOB 26:3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou
plentifully declared the thing as it is?
JOB 26:4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
JOB 26:5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants
thereof.
JOB 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
JOB 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the
earth upon nothing.
JOB 26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not
rent under them.
JOB 26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon
it.
JOB 26:10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night
come to an end.
JOB 26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
JOB 26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he
smiteth through the proud.
JOB 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed
the crooked serpent.
JOB 26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard
of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
JOB 27:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
JOB 27:2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who
hath vexed my soul;
JOB 27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my
nostrils;
JOB 27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
JOB 27:5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove
mine integrity from me.
JOB 27:6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall
not reproach me so long as I live.
JOB 27:7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as
the unrighteous.
JOB 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when
God taketh away his soul?
JOB 27:9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
JOB 27:10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon
God?
JOB 27:11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty
will I not conceal.
JOB 27:12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus
altogether vain?
JOB 27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of
oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
JOB 27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his
offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
JOB 27:15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows
shall not weep.
JOB 27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the
clay;
JOB 27:17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent
shall divide the silver.
JOB 27:18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper
maketh.
JOB 27:19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he
openeth his eyes, and he is not.
JOB 27:20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away
in the night.
JOB 27:21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm
hurleth him out of his place.
JOB 27:22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out
of his hand.
JOB 27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his
place.
JOB 28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where
they fine it.
JOB 28:2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
JOB 28:3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the
stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
JOB 28:4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten
of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
JOB 28:5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up
as it were fire.
JOB 28:6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of
gold.
JOB 28:7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye
hath not seen:
JOB 28:8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by
it.
JOB 28:9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains
by the roots.
JOB 28:10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every
precious thing.
JOB 28:11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid
bringeth he forth to light.
JOB 28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of
understanding?
JOB 28:13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land
of the living.
JOB 28:14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with
me.
JOB 28:15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for
the price thereof.
JOB 28:16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx,
or the sapphire.
JOB 28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it
shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
JOB 28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of
wisdom is above rubies.
JOB 28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued
with pure gold.
JOB 28:20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
JOB 28:21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from
the fowls of the air.
JOB 28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our
ears.
JOB 28:23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
JOB 28:24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole
heaven;
JOB 28:25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by
measure.
JOB 28:26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning
of the thunder:
JOB 28:27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and
searched it out.
JOB 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom;
and to depart from evil is understanding.
JOB 29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
JOB 29:2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved
me;
JOB 29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked
through darkness;
JOB 29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my
tabernacle;
JOB 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
JOB 29:6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers
of oil;
JOB 29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat
in the street!
JOB 29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and
stood up.
JOB 29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
JOB 29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof
of their mouth.
JOB 29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me,
it gave witness to me:
JOB 29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him
that had none to help him.
JOB 29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
JOB 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe
and a diadem.
JOB 29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
JOB 29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I
searched out.
JOB 29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his
teeth.
JOB 29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as
the sand.
JOB 29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon
my branch.
JOB 29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
JOB 29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
JOB 29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon
them.
JOB 29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth
wide as for the latter rain.
JOB 29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my
countenance they cast not down.
JOB 29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the
army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
JOB 30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose
fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
JOB 30:2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old
age was perished?
JOB 30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness
in former time desolate and waste.
JOB 30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
JOB 30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as
after a thief;)
JOB 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and
in the rocks.
JOB 30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered
together.
JOB 30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were
viler than the earth.
JOB 30:9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
JOB 30:10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my
face.
JOB 30:11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let
loose the bridle before me.
JOB 30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they
raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
JOB 30:13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
JOB 30:14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation
they rolled themselves upon me.
JOB 30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my
welfare passeth away as a cloud.
JOB 30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have
taken hold upon me.
JOB 30:17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take
no rest.
JOB 30:18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth
me about as the collar of my coat.
JOB 30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
JOB 30:20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou
regardest me not.
JOB 30:21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest
thyself against me.
JOB 30:22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and
dissolvest my substance.
JOB 30:23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house
appointed for all living.
JOB 30:24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they
cry in his destruction.
JOB 30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved
for the poor?
JOB 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited
for light, there came darkness.
JOB 30:27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented
me.
JOB 30:28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the
congregation.
JOB 30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
JOB 30:30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
JOB 30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice
of them that weep.
JOB 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a
maid?
JOB 31:2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance
of the Almighty from on high?
JOB 31:3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the
workers of iniquity?
JOB 31:4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
JOB 31:5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
JOB 31:6 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine
integrity.
JOB 31:7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after
mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
JOB 31:8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted
out.
JOB 31:9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait
at my neighbour's door;
JOB 31:10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon
her.
JOB 31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished
by the judges.
JOB 31:12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out
all mine increase.
JOB 31:13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant,
when they contended with me;
JOB 31:14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what
shall I answer him?
JOB 31:15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one
fashion us in the womb?
JOB 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the
eyes of the widow to fail;
JOB 31:17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not
eaten thereof;
JOB 31:18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and
I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
JOB 31:19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without
covering;
JOB 31:20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the
fleece of my sheep;
JOB 31:21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my
help in the gate:
JOB 31:22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be
broken from the bone.
JOB 31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his
highness I could not endure.
JOB 31:24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art
my confidence;
JOB 31:25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had
gotten much;
JOB 31:26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in
brightness;
JOB 31:27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my
hand:
JOB 31:28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should
have denied the God that is above.
JOB 31:29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up
myself when evil found him:
JOB 31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his
soul.
JOB 31:31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh!
we cannot be satisfied.
JOB 31:32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors
to the traveller.
JOB 31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in
my bosom:
JOB 31:34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families
terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
JOB 31:35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty
would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
JOB 31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to
me.
JOB 31:37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I
go near unto him.
JOB 31:38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof
complain;
JOB 31:39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the
owners thereof to lose their life:
JOB 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.
The words of Job are ended.
JOB 32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in
his own eyes.
JOB 32:2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite,
of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he
justified himself rather than God.
JOB 32:3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they
had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
JOB 32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder
than he.
JOB 32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three
men, then his wrath was kindled.
JOB 32:6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am
young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you
mine opinion.
JOB 32:7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach
wisdom.
JOB 32:8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty
giveth them understanding.
JOB 32:9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
JOB 32:10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
JOB 32:11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst
ye searched out what to say.
JOB 32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that
convinced Job, or that answered his words:
JOB 32:13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him
down, not man.
JOB 32:14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer
him with your speeches.
JOB 32:15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.
JOB 32:16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and
answered no more;)
JOB 32:17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
JOB 32:18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
JOB 32:19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst
like new bottles.
JOB 32:20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and
answer.
JOB 32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give
flattering titles unto man.
JOB 32:22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would
soon take me away.
JOB 33:1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my
words.
JOB 33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my
mouth.
JOB 33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall
utter knowledge clearly.
JOB 33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath
given me life.
JOB 33:5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
JOB 33:6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed
out of the clay.
JOB 33:7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand
be heavy upon thee.
JOB 33:8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice
of thy words, saying,
JOB 33:9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there
iniquity in me.
JOB 33:10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his
enemy,
JOB 33:11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
JOB 33:12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is
greater than man.
JOB 33:13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any
of his matters.
JOB 33:14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
JOB 33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon
men, in slumberings upon the bed;
JOB 33:16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
JOB 33:17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
JOB 33:18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing
by the sword.
JOB 33:19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of
his bones with strong pain:
JOB 33:20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
JOB 33:21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones
that were not seen stick out.
JOB 33:22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the
destroyers.
JOB 33:23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a
thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
JOB 33:24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down
to the pit: I have found a ransom.
JOB 33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the
days of his youth:
JOB 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he
shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
JOB 33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted
that which was right, and it profited me not;
JOB 33:28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall
see the light.
JOB 33:29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
JOB 33:30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the
light of the living.
JOB 33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
JOB 33:32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to
justify thee.
JOB 33:33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee
wisdom.
JOB 34:1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
JOB 34:2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have
knowledge.
JOB 34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
JOB 34:4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is
good.
JOB 34:5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my
judgment.
JOB 34:6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without
transgression.
JOB 34:7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
JOB 34:8 Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with
wicked men.
JOB 34:9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight
himself with God.
JOB 34:10 Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from
God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should
commit iniquity.
JOB 34:11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man
to find according to his ways.
JOB 34:12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty
pervert judgment.
JOB 34:13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the
whole world?
JOB 34:14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit
and his breath;
JOB 34:15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
JOB 34:16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of
my words.
JOB 34:17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him
that is most just?
JOB 34:18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are
ungodly?
JOB 34:19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor
regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his
hands.
JOB 34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at
midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
JOB 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
JOB 34:22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of
iniquity may hide themselves.
JOB 34:23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter
into judgment with God.
JOB 34:24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others
in their stead.
JOB 34:25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the
night, so that they are destroyed.
JOB 34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
JOB 34:27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his
ways:
JOB 34:28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he
heareth the cry of the afflicted.
JOB 34:29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he
hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a
nation, or against a man only:
JOB 34:30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
JOB 34:31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I
will not offend any more:
JOB 34:32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will
do no more.
JOB 34:33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether
thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou
knowest.
JOB 34:34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto
me.
JOB 34:35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without
wisdom.
JOB 34:36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his
answers for wicked men.
JOB 34:37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among
us, and multiplieth his words against God.
JOB 35:1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,
JOB 35:2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is
more than God's?
JOB 35:3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What
profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
JOB 35:4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
JOB 35:5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are
higher than thou.
JOB 35:6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy
transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
JOB 35:7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of
thine hand?
JOB 35:8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may
profit the son of man.
JOB 35:9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to
cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
JOB 35:10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the
night;
JOB 35:11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us
wiser than the fowls of heaven?
JOB 35:12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil
men.
JOB 35:13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard
it.
JOB 35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before
him; therefore trust thou in him.
JOB 35:15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he
knoweth it not in great extremity:
JOB 35:16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words
without knowledge.
JOB 36:1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,
JOB 36:2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on
God's behalf.
JOB 36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness
to my Maker.
JOB 36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in
knowledge is with thee.
JOB 36:5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in
strength and wisdom.
JOB 36:6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the
poor.
JOB 36:7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are
they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are
exalted.
JOB 36:8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of
affliction;
JOB 36:9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they
have exceeded.
JOB 36:10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they
return from iniquity.
JOB 36:11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
JOB 36:12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall
die without knowledge.
JOB 36:13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he
bindeth them.
JOB 36:14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
JOB 36:15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in
oppression.
JOB 36:16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad
place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy
table should be full of fatness.
JOB 36:17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and
justice take hold on thee.
JOB 36:18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his
stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
JOB 36:19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of
strength.
JOB 36:20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
JOB 36:21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather
than affliction.
JOB 36:22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
JOB 36:23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought
iniquity?
JOB 36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
JOB 36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
JOB 36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of
his years be searched out.
JOB 36:27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain
according to the vapour thereof:
JOB 36:28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
JOB 36:29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise
of his tabernacle?
JOB 36:30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom
of the sea.
JOB 36:31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
JOB 36:32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by
the cloud that cometh betwixt.
JOB 36:33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning
the vapour.
JOB 37:1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
JOB 37:2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out
of his mouth.
JOB 37:3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the
ends of the earth.
JOB 37:4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his
excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
JOB 37:5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he,
which we cannot comprehend.
JOB 37:6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small
rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
JOB 37:7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
JOB 37:8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
JOB 37:9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
JOB 37:10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters
is straitened.
JOB 37:11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his
bright cloud:
JOB 37:12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do
whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
JOB 37:13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or
for mercy.
JOB 37:14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous
works of God.
JOB 37:15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his
cloud to shine?
JOB 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of
him which is perfect in knowledge?
JOB 37:17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south
wind?
JOB 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a
molten looking glass?
JOB 37:19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech
by reason of darkness.
JOB 37:20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall
be swallowed up.
JOB 37:21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the
wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
JOB 37:22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
JOB 37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in
power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
JOB 37:24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of
heart.
JOB 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
JOB 38:2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
JOB 38:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and
answer thou me.
JOB 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if
thou hast understanding.
JOB 38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath
stretched the line upon it?
JOB 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
corner stone thereof;
JOB 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted
for joy?
JOB 38:8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had
issued out of the womb?
JOB 38:9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a
swaddlingband for it,
JOB 38:10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
JOB 38:11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall
thy proud waves be stayed?
JOB 38:12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the
dayspring to know his place;
JOB 38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked
might be shaken out of it?
JOB 38:14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
JOB 38:15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm
shall be broken.
JOB 38:16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked
in the search of the depth?
JOB 38:17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the
doors of the shadow of death?
JOB 38:18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou
knowest it all.
JOB 38:19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is
the place thereof,
JOB 38:20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou
shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
JOB 38:21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number
of thy days is great?
JOB 38:22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen
the treasures of the hail,
JOB 38:23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day
of battle and war?
JOB 38:24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon
the earth?
JOB 38:25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a
way for the lightning of thunder;
JOB 38:26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the
wilderness, wherein there is no man;
JOB 38:27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud
of the tender herb to spring forth?
JOB 38:28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
JOB 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who
hath gendered it?
JOB 38:30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is
frozen.
JOB 38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands
of Orion?
JOB 38:32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide
Arcturus with his sons?
JOB 38:33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth?
JOB 38:34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters
may cover thee?
JOB 38:35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here
we are?
JOB 38:36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given
understanding to the heart?
JOB 38:37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of
heaven,
JOB 38:38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast
together?
JOB 38:39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the
young lions,
JOB 38:40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in
wait?
JOB 38:41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto
God, they wander for lack of meat.
JOB 39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or
canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
JOB 39:2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the
time when they bring forth?
JOB 39:3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out
their sorrows.
JOB 39:4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go
forth, and return not unto them.
JOB 39:5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands
of the wild ass?
JOB 39:6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his
dwellings.
JOB 39:7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the
crying of the driver.
JOB 39:8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after
every green thing.
JOB 39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
JOB 39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he
harrow the valleys after thee?
JOB 39:11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou
leave thy labour to him?
JOB 39:12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather
it into thy barn?
JOB 39:13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and
feathers unto the ostrich?
JOB 39:14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
JOB 39:15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast
may break them.
JOB 39:16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not
her's: her labour is in vain without fear;
JOB 39:17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to
her understanding.
JOB 39:18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and
his rider.
JOB 39:19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with
thunder?
JOB 39:20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his
nostrils is terrible.
JOB 39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on
to meet the armed men.
JOB 39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back
from the sword.
JOB 39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the
shield.
JOB 39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth
he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
JOB 39:25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar
off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
JOB 39:26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the
south?
JOB 39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
JOB 39:28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and
the strong place.
JOB 39:29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
JOB 39:30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is
she.
JOB 40:1 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
JOB 40:2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that
reproveth God, let him answer it.
JOB 40:3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
JOB 40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand
upon my mouth.
JOB 40:5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will
proceed no further.
JOB 40:6 Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
JOB 40:7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare
thou unto me.
JOB 40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou
mayest be righteous?
JOB 40:9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like
him?
JOB 40:10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with
glory and beauty.
JOB 40:11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is
proud, and abase him.
JOB 40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down
the wicked in their place.
JOB 40:13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
JOB 40:14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can
save thee.
JOB 40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an
ox.
JOB 40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel
of his belly.
JOB 40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are
wrapped together.
JOB 40:18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of
iron.
JOB 40:19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his
sword to approach unto him.
JOB 40:20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts
of the field play.
JOB 40:21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
JOB 40:22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the
brook compass him about.
JOB 40:23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he
can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
JOB 40:24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
JOB 41:1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord
which thou lettest down?
JOB 41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a
thorn?
JOB 41:3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words
unto thee?
JOB 41:4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant
for ever?
JOB 41:5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy
maidens?
JOB 41:6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among
the merchants?
JOB 41:7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish
spears?
JOB 41:8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
JOB 41:9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even
at the sight of him?
JOB 41:10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand
before me?
JOB 41:11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under
the whole heaven is mine.
JOB 41:12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely
proportion.
JOB 41:13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him
with his double bridle?
JOB 41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round
about.
JOB 41:15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
JOB 41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
JOB 41:17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they
cannot be sundered.
JOB 41:18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the
eyelids of the morning.
JOB 41:19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
JOB 41:20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or
caldron.
JOB 41:21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
JOB 41:22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before
him.
JOB 41:23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm
in themselves; they cannot be moved.
JOB 41:24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the
nether millstone.
JOB 41:25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of
breakings they purify themselves.
JOB 41:26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the
dart, nor the habergeon.
JOB 41:27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
JOB 41:28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into
stubble.
JOB 41:29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
JOB 41:30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon
the mire.
JOB 41:31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot
of ointment.
JOB 41:32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be
hoary.
JOB 41:33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
JOB 41:34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of
pride.
JOB 42:1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
JOB 42:2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be
withholden from thee.
JOB 42:3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I
uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
JOB 42:4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and
declare thou unto me.
JOB 42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye
seeth thee.
JOB 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
JOB 42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto
Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against
thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing
that is right, as my servant Job hath.
JOB 42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to
my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant
Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after
your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like
my servant Job.
JOB 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the
Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also
accepted Job.
JOB 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his
friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
JOB 42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and
all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him
in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that
the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and
every one an earring of gold.
JOB 42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning:
for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand
yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
JOB 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
JOB 42:14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the
second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
JOB 42:15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of
Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
JOB 42:16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons,
and his sons' sons, even four generations.
JOB 42:17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
PSA 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
PSA 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he
meditate day and night.
PSA 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
PSA 1:4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth
away.
PSA 1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners
in the congregation of the righteous.
PSA 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the
ungodly shall perish.
PSA 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
PSA 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel
together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
PSA 2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
PSA 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them
in derision.
PSA 2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore
displeasure.
PSA 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
PSA 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my
Son; this day have I begotten thee.
PSA 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
PSA 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in
pieces like a potter's vessel.
PSA 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the
earth.
PSA 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
PSA 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his
wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in
him.
PSA 3:1 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise
up against me.
PSA 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.
Selah.
PSA 3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of
mine head.
PSA 3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy
hill. Selah.
PSA 3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
PSA 3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
themselves against me round about.
PSA 3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
PSA 3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people.
Selah.
PSA 4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me
when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
PSA 4:2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long
will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
PSA 4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:
the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
PSA 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your
bed, and be still. Selah.
PSA 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
PSA 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up
the light of thy countenance upon us.
PSA 4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their
corn and their wine increased.
PSA 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only
makest me dwell in safety.
PSA 5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
PSA 5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee
will I pray.
PSA 5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I
direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
PSA 5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall
evil dwell with thee.
PSA 5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of
iniquity.
PSA 5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the
bloody and deceitful man.
PSA 5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy
mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
PSA 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make
thy way straight before my face.
PSA 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very
wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their
tongue.
PSA 5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast
them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled
against thee.
PSA 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever
shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name
be joyful in thee.
PSA 5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.
PSA 6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasure.
PSA 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my
bones are vexed.
PSA 6:3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
PSA 6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
PSA 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall
give thee thanks?
PSA 6:6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I
water my couch with my tears.
PSA 6:7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all
mine enemies.
PSA 6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard
the voice of my weeping.
PSA 6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
PSA 6:10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and
be ashamed suddenly.
PSA 7:1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that
persecute me, and deliver me:
PSA 7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is
none to deliver.
PSA 7:3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
PSA 7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I
have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
PSA 7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down
my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
PSA 7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of
mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
PSA 7:7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their
sakes therefore return thou on high.
PSA 7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my
righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
PSA 7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the
just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
PSA 7:10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
PSA 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every
day.
PSA 7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and
made it ready.
PSA 7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth
his arrows against the persecutors.
PSA 7:14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and
brought forth falsehood.
PSA 7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he
made.
PSA 7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing
shall come down upon his own pate.
PSA 7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing
praise to the name of the LORD most high.
PSA 8:1 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast
set thy glory above the heavens.
PSA 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength
because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
PSA 8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the
stars, which thou hast ordained;
PSA 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that
thou visitest him?
PSA 8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.
PSA 8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou
hast put all things under his feet:
PSA 8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
PSA 8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
through the paths of the seas.
PSA 8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
PSA 9:1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all
thy marvellous works.
PSA 9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O
thou most High.
PSA 9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy
presence.
PSA 9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the
throne judging right.
PSA 9:5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou
hast put out their name for ever and ever.
PSA 9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast
destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
PSA 9:7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for
judgment.
PSA 9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister
judgment to the people in uprightness.
PSA 9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of
trouble.
PSA 9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou,
LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
PSA 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the
people his doings.
PSA 9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he
forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
PSA 9:13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer
of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
PSA 9:14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of
Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
PSA 9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which
they hid is their own foot taken.
PSA 9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is
snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
PSA 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget
God.
PSA 9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the
poor shall not perish for ever.
PSA 9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy
sight.
PSA 9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be
but men. Selah.
PSA 10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times
of trouble?
PSA 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken
in the devices that they have imagined.
PSA 10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
PSA 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after
God: God is not in all his thoughts.
PSA 10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his
sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
PSA 10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be
in adversity.
PSA 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue
is mischief and vanity.
PSA 10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret
places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the
poor.
PSA 10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to
catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
PSA 10:10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his
strong ones.
PSA 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face;
he will never see it.
PSA 10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
PSA 10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart,
Thou wilt not require it.
PSA 10:14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite
it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper
of the fatherless.
PSA 10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his
wickedness till thou find none.
PSA 10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of
his land.
PSA 10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
PSA 10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth
may no more oppress.
PSA 11:1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to
your mountain?
PSA 11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon
the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
PSA 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
PSA 11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his
eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
PSA 11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth
violence his soul hateth.
PSA 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an
horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
PSA 11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth
behold the upright.
PSA 12:1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from
among the children of men.
PSA 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips
and with a double heart do they speak.
PSA 12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things:
PSA 12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own:
who is lord over us?
PSA 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now
will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth
at him.
PSA 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of
earth, purified seven times.
PSA 12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever.
PSA 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
PSA 13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou
hide thy face from me?
PSA 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart
daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
PSA 13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep
the sleep of death;
PSA 13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that
trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
PSA 13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation.
PSA 13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
PSA 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
PSA 14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if
there were any that did understand, and seek God.
PSA 14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there
is none that doeth good, no, not one.
PSA 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people
as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
PSA 14:5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the
righteous.
PSA 14:6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his
refuge.
PSA 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD
bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel
shall be glad.
PSA 15:1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy
hill?
PSA 15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh
the truth in his heart.
PSA 15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
PSA 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that
fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
PSA 15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against
the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
PSA 16:1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
PSA 16:2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my
goodness extendeth not to thee;
PSA 16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in
whom is all my delight.
PSA 16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into
my lips.
PSA 16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou
maintainest my lot.
PSA 16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly
heritage.
PSA 16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons.
PSA 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand,
I shall not be moved.
PSA 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also
shall rest in hope.
PSA 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer
thine Holy One to see corruption.
PSA 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of
joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
PSA 17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer,
that goeth not out of feigned lips.
PSA 17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold
the things that are equal.
PSA 17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou
hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not
transgress.
PSA 17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me
from the paths of the destroyer.
PSA 17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
PSA 17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine
ear unto me, and hear my speech.
PSA 17:7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right
hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
PSA 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy
wings,
PSA 17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass
me about.
PSA 17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak
proudly.
PSA 17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes
bowing down to the earth;
PSA 17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young
lion lurking in secret places.
PSA 17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from
the wicked, which is thy sword:
PSA 17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which
have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid
treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance
to their babes.
PSA 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be
satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
PSA 18:1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
PSA 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my
strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and
my high tower.
PSA 18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be
saved from mine enemies.
PSA 18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made
me afraid.
PSA 18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented
me.
PSA 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he
heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his
ears.
PSA 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills
moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
PSA 18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
devoured: coals were kindled by it.
PSA 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his
feet.
PSA 18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the
wings of the wind.
PSA 18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were
dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
PSA 18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail
stones and coals of fire.
PSA 18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his
voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
PSA 18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out
lightnings, and discomfited them.
PSA 18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the
world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of
thy nostrils.
PSA 18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
PSA 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me:
for they were too strong for me.
PSA 18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my
stay.
PSA 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me,
because he delighted in me.
PSA 18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the
cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
PSA 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed
from my God.
PSA 18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his
statutes from me.
PSA 18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
PSA 18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my
righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
PSA 18:25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright
man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
PSA 18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou
wilt shew thyself froward.
PSA 18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high
looks.
PSA 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my
darkness.
PSA 18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped
over a wall.
PSA 18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is
a buckler to all those that trust in him.
PSA 18:31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
PSA 18:32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
PSA 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high
places.
PSA 18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by
mine arms.
PSA 18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right
hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
PSA 18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
PSA 18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn
again till they were consumed.
PSA 18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen
under my feet.
PSA 18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast
subdued under me those that rose up against me.
PSA 18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might
destroy them that hate me.
PSA 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but
he answered them not.
PSA 18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast
them out as the dirt in the streets.
PSA 18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou
hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall
serve me.
PSA 18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall
submit themselves unto me.
PSA 18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close
places.
PSA 18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my
salvation be exalted.
PSA 18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
PSA 18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above
those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
PSA 18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the
heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
PSA 18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his
anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
PSA 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his
handywork.
PSA 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
PSA 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
PSA 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the
end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
PSA 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as
a strong man to run a race.
PSA 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto
the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
PSA 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony
of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
PSA 19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the
commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
PSA 19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments
of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
PSA 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
PSA 19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there
is great reward.
PSA 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
PSA 19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have
dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the
great transgression.
PSA 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
PSA 20:1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of
Jacob defend thee;
PSA 20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
PSA 20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
PSA 20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
PSA 20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will
set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
PSA 20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from
his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
PSA 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the
name of the LORD our God.
PSA 20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand
upright.
PSA 20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
PSA 21:1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how
greatly shall he rejoice!
PSA 21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the
request of his lips. Selah.
PSA 21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest
a crown of pure gold on his head.
PSA 21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days
for ever and ever.
PSA 21:5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou
laid upon him.
PSA 21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him
exceeding glad with thy countenance.
PSA 21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most
High he shall not be moved.
PSA 21:8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall
find out those that hate thee.
PSA 21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the
LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
PSA 21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from
among the children of men.
PSA 21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous
device, which they are not able to perform.
PSA 21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make
ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
PSA 21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and
praise thy power.
PSA 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from
helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
PSA 22:2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the
night season, and am not silent.
PSA 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
PSA 22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver
them.
PSA 22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and
were not confounded.
PSA 22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the
people.
PSA 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they
shake the head, saying,
PSA 22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver
him, seeing he delighted in him.
PSA 22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope
when I was upon my mother's breasts.
PSA 22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's
belly.
PSA 22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
PSA 22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me
round.
PSA 22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring
lion.
PSA 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my
heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
PSA 22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to
my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
PSA 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed
me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
PSA 22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
PSA 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
PSA 22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to
help me.
PSA 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the
dog.
PSA 22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns
of the unicorns.
PSA 22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.
PSA 22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify
him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
PSA 22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the
afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him,
he heard.
PSA 22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my
vows before them that fear him.
PSA 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that
seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
PSA 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and
all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
PSA 22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the
nations.
PSA 22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that
go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own
soul.
PSA 22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a
generation.
PSA 22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people
that shall be born, that he hath done this.
PSA 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
PSA 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the
still waters.
PSA 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for
his name's sake.
PSA 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
PSA 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
PSA 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
PSA 24:1 The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they
that dwell therein.
PSA 24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the
floods.
PSA 24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his
holy place?
PSA 24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up
his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
PSA 24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from
the God of his salvation.
PSA 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O
Jacob. Selah.
PSA 24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
PSA 24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD
mighty in battle.
PSA 24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
PSA 24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of
glory. Selah.
PSA 25:1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
PSA 25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine
enemies triumph over me.
PSA 25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which
transgress without cause.
PSA 25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
PSA 25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my
salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
PSA 25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for
they have been ever of old.
PSA 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according
to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
PSA 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the
way.
PSA 25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his
way.
PSA 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his
covenant and his testimonies.
PSA 25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
PSA 25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way
that he shall choose.
PSA 25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
PSA 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew
them his covenant.
PSA 25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out
of the net.
PSA 25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and
afflicted.
PSA 25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my
distresses.
PSA 25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
PSA 25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with
cruel hatred.
PSA 25:20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my
trust in thee.
PSA 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
PSA 25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
PSA 26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted
also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
PSA 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
PSA 26:3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy
truth.
PSA 26:4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with
dissemblers.
PSA 26:5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with
the wicked.
PSA 26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O
LORD:
PSA 26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all
thy wondrous works.
PSA 26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where
thine honour dwelleth.
PSA 26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
PSA 26:10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
PSA 26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be
merciful unto me.
PSA 26:12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless
the LORD.
PSA 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is
the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
PSA 27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat
up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
PSA 27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:
though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
PSA 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I
may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the
beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
PSA 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the
secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
PSA 27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about
me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing,
yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
PSA 27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and
answer me.
PSA 27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face,
LORD, will I seek.
PSA 27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger:
thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my
salvation.
PSA 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me
up.
PSA 27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of
mine enemies.
PSA 27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false
witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
PSA 27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
PSA 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine
heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
PSA 28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if
thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
PSA 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift
up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
PSA 28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity,
which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
PSA 28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness
of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them
their desert.
PSA 28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of
his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
PSA 28:6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my
supplications.
PSA 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I
am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I
praise him.
PSA 28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his
anointed.
PSA 28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and
lift them up for ever.
PSA 29:1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and
strength.
PSA 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD
in the beauty of holiness.
PSA 29:3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory
thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
PSA 29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of
majesty.
PSA 29:5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the
cedars of Lebanon.
PSA 29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a
young unicorn.
PSA 29:7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
PSA 29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the
wilderness of Kadesh.
PSA 29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the
forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
PSA 29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for
ever.
PSA 29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his
people with peace.
PSA 30:1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not
made my foes to rejoice over me.
PSA 30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
PSA 30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept
me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
PSA 30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness.
PSA 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping
may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
PSA 30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
PSA 30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou
didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
PSA 30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
PSA 30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall
the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
PSA 30:10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
PSA 30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off
my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
PSA 30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
PSA 31:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver
me in thy righteousness.
PSA 31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong
rock, for an house of defence to save me.
PSA 31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake
lead me, and guide me.
PSA 31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou
art my strength.
PSA 31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God
of truth.
PSA 31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the
LORD.
PSA 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my
trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
PSA 31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my
feet in a large room.
PSA 31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed
with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
PSA 31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my
strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
PSA 31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my
neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without
fled from me.
PSA 31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
PSA 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while
they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
PSA 31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
PSA 31:15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,
and from them that persecute me.
PSA 31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies'
sake.
PSA 31:17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the
wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
PSA 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things
proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
PSA 31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that
fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the
sons of men!
PSA 31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of
man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
PSA 31:21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness
in a strong city.
PSA 31:22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:
nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto
thee.
PSA 31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the
faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
PSA 31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that
hope in the LORD.
PSA 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
PSA 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no guile.
PSA 32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the
day long.
PSA 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned
into the drought of summer. Selah.
PSA 32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I
said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the
iniquity of my sin. Selah.
PSA 32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when
thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not
come nigh unto him.
PSA 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou
shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
PSA 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I
will guide thee with mine eye.
PSA 32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding:
whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto
thee.
PSA 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the
LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
PSA 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy,
all ye that are upright in heart.
PSA 33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the
upright.
PSA 33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings.
PSA 33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
PSA 33:4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in
truth.
PSA 33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the
goodness of the LORD.
PSA 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host
of them by the breath of his mouth.
PSA 33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up
the depth in storehouses.
PSA 33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him.
PSA 33:9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
PSA 33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh
the devices of the people of none effect.
PSA 33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart
to all generations.
PSA 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he
hath chosen for his own inheritance.
PSA 33:13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
PSA 33:14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants
of the earth.
PSA 33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
PSA 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is
not delivered by much strength.
PSA 33:17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by
his great strength.
PSA 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them
that hope in his mercy;
PSA 33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
PSA 33:20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
PSA 33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his
holy name.
PSA 33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
PSA 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be
in my mouth.
PSA 34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear
thereof, and be glad.
PSA 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
PSA 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my
fears.
PSA 34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not
ashamed.
PSA 34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all
his troubles.
PSA 34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and
delivereth them.
PSA 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that
trusteth in him.
PSA 34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that
fear him.
PSA 34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the
LORD shall not want any good thing.
PSA 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the
LORD.
PSA 34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may
see good?
PSA 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
PSA 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
PSA 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open
unto their cry.
PSA 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth.
PSA 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of
all their troubles.
PSA 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth
such as be of a contrite spirit.
PSA 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth
him out of them all.
PSA 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
PSA 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall
be desolate.
PSA 34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that
trust in him shall be desolate.
PSA 35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against
them that fight against me.
PSA 35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
PSA 35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute
me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
PSA 35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let
them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
PSA 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD
chase them.
PSA 35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD
persecute them.
PSA 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which
without cause they have digged for my soul.
PSA 35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he
hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
PSA 35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his
salvation.
PSA 35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which
deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and
the needy from him that spoileth him?
PSA 35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I
knew not.
PSA 35:12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
PSA 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I
humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
PSA 35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed
down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
PSA 35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves
together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I
knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
PSA 35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their
teeth.
PSA 35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their
destructions, my darling from the lions.
PSA 35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise
thee among much people.
PSA 35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:
neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
PSA 35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against
them that are quiet in the land.
PSA 35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha,
our eye hath seen it.
PSA 35:22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far
from me.
PSA 35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my
God and my Lord.
PSA 35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let
them not rejoice over me.
PSA 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them
not say, We have swallowed him up.
PSA 35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice
at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify
themselves against me.
PSA 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause:
yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure
in the prosperity of his servant.
PSA 35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all
the day long.
PSA 36:1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is
no fear of God before his eyes.
PSA 36:2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be
found to be hateful.
PSA 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to
be wise, and to do good.
PSA 36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that
is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
PSA 36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth
unto the clouds.
PSA 36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a
great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
PSA 36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of
men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
PSA 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and
thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
PSA 36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see
light.
PSA 36:10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy
righteousness to the upright in heart.
PSA 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand
of the wicked remove me.
PSA 36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and
shall not be able to rise.
PSA 37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious
against the workers of iniquity.
PSA 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the
green herb.
PSA 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
verily thou shalt be fed.
PSA 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.
PSA 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring
it to pass.
PSA 37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy
judgment as the noonday.
PSA 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself
because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth
wicked devices to pass.
PSA 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to
do evil.
PSA 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the
LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
PSA 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt
diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
PSA 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves
in the abundance of peace.
PSA 37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his
teeth.
PSA 37:13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
PSA 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to
cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
PSA 37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall
be broken.
PSA 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many
wicked.
PSA 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth
the righteous.
PSA 37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance
shall be for ever.
PSA 37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of
famine they shall be satisfied.
PSA 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as
the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
PSA 37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous
sheweth mercy, and giveth.
PSA 37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that
be cursed of him shall be cut off.
PSA 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth
in his way.
PSA 37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD
upholdeth him with his hand.
PSA 37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous
forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
PSA 37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
PSA 37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
PSA 37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are
preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
PSA 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
PSA 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh
of judgment.
PSA 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
PSA 37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
PSA 37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is
judged.
PSA 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to
inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
PSA 37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a
green bay tree.
PSA 37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he
could not be found.
PSA 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that
man is peace.
PSA 37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the
wicked shall be cut off.
PSA 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their
strength in the time of trouble.
PSA 37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver
them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
PSA 38:1 O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasure.
PSA 38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
PSA 38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is
there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
PSA 38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they
are too heavy for me.
PSA 38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
PSA 38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day
long.
PSA 38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no
soundness in my flesh.
PSA 38:8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the
disquietness of my heart.
PSA 38:9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from
thee.
PSA 38:10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine
eyes, it also is gone from me.
PSA 38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen
stand afar off.
PSA 38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that
seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
PSA 38:13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that
openeth not his mouth.
PSA 38:14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no
reproofs.
PSA 38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
PSA 38:16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:
when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
PSA 38:17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
PSA 38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
PSA 38:19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate
me wrongfully are multiplied.
PSA 38:20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I
follow the thing that good is.
PSA 38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
PSA 38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
PSA 39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I
will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
PSA 39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my
sorrow was stirred.
PSA 39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then
spake I with my tongue,
PSA 39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it
is: that I may know how frail I am.
PSA 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as
nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Selah.
PSA 39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted
in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
PSA 39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
PSA 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach
of the foolish.
PSA 39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
PSA 39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine
hand.
PSA 39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest
his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
PSA 39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace
at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my
fathers were.
PSA 39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be
no more.
PSA 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard
my cry.
PSA 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry
clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
PSA 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:
many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
PSA 40:4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth
not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
PSA 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast
done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in
order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can
be numbered.
PSA 40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou
opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
PSA 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of
me,
PSA 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
PSA 40:9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have
not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
PSA 40:10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared
thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness
and thy truth from the great congregation.
PSA 40:11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy
lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
PSA 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have
taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the
hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
PSA 40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
PSA 40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul
to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me
evil.
PSA 40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me,
Aha, aha.
PSA 40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such
as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
PSA 40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my
help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
PSA 41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in
time of trouble.
PSA 41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be
blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his
enemies.
PSA 41:3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt
make all his bed in his sickness.
PSA 41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned
against thee.
PSA 41:5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name
perish?
PSA 41:6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth
iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
PSA 41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they
devise my hurt.
PSA 41:8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he
lieth he shall rise up no more.
PSA 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my
bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
PSA 41:10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may
requite them.
PSA 41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not
triumph over me.
PSA 41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me
before thy face for ever.
PSA 41:13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to
everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
PSA 42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after
thee, O God.
PSA 42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and
appear before God?
PSA 42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say
unto me, Where is thy God?
PSA 42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had
gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice
of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
PSA 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me?
hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
PSA 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember
thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
PSA 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves
and thy billows are gone over me.
PSA 42:8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and
in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my
life.
PSA 42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I
mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
PSA 42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they
say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
PSA 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted
within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of
my countenance, and my God.
PSA 43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O
deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
PSA 43:2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why
go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
PSA 43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring
me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
PSA 43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea,
upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
PSA 43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within
me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my
countenance, and my God.
PSA 44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what
work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
PSA 44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst
them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
PSA 44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither
did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light
of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
PSA 44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
PSA 44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we
tread them under that rise up against us.
PSA 44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
PSA 44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame
that hated us.
PSA 44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.
Selah.
PSA 44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with
our armies.
PSA 44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us
spoil for themselves.
PSA 44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered
us among the heathen.
PSA 44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth
by their price.
PSA 44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision
to them that are round about us.
PSA 44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head
among the people.
PSA 44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath
covered me,
PSA 44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason
of the enemy and avenger.
PSA 44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither
have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
PSA 44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from
thy way;
PSA 44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered
us with the shadow of death.
PSA 44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands
to a strange god;
PSA 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the
heart.
PSA 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as
sheep for the slaughter.
PSA 44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
PSA 44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and
our oppression?
PSA 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the
earth.
PSA 44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
PSA 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I
have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
PSA 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy
lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
PSA 45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty.
PSA 45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness
and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
PSA 45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby
the people fall under thee.
PSA 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom
is a right sceptre.
PSA 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
PSA 45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the
ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
PSA 45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand
did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
PSA 45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget
also thine own people, and thy father's house;
PSA 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and
worship thou him.
PSA 45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich
among the people shall intreat thy favour.
PSA 45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of
wrought gold.
PSA 45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the
virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
PSA 45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter
into the king's palace.
PSA 45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make
princes in all the earth.
PSA 45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore
shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
PSA 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
PSA 46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though
the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
PSA 46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains
shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
PSA 46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of
God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
PSA 46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help
her, and that right early.
PSA 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the
earth melted.
PSA 46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
PSA 46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made
in the earth.
PSA 46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the
bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
PSA 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the
heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
PSA 46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
PSA 47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of
triumph.
PSA 47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the
earth.
PSA 47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
PSA 47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom
he loved. Selah.
PSA 47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
PSA 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing
praises.
PSA 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with
understanding.
PSA 47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his
holiness.
PSA 47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people
of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is
greatly exalted.
PSA 48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God,
in the mountain of his holiness.
PSA 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,
on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
PSA 48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
PSA 48:4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
PSA 48:5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted
away.
PSA 48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
PSA 48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
PSA 48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts,
in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
PSA 48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy
temple.
PSA 48:10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the
earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
PSA 48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because
of thy judgments.
PSA 48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
PSA 48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it
to the generation following.
PSA 48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even
unto death.
PSA 49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
PSA 49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
PSA 49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall
be of understanding.
PSA 49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon
the harp.
PSA 49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my
heels shall compass me about?
PSA 49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the
multitude of their riches;
PSA 49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a
ransom for him:
PSA 49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for
ever:)
PSA 49:9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
PSA 49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish
person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
PSA 49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for
ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands
after their own names.
PSA 49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts
that perish.
PSA 49:13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their
sayings. Selah.
PSA 49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and
the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty
shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
PSA 49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he
shall receive me. Selah.
PSA 49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his
house is increased;
PSA 49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not
descend after him.
PSA 49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee,
when thou doest well to thyself.
PSA 49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see
light.
PSA 49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts
that perish.
PSA 50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from
the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
PSA 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
PSA 50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour
before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
PSA 50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he
may judge his people.
PSA 50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant
with me by sacrifice.
PSA 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge
himself. Selah.
PSA 50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify
against thee: I am God, even thy God.
PSA 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to
have been continually before me.
PSA 50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy
folds.
PSA 50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a
thousand hills.
PSA 50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the
field are mine.
PSA 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and
the fulness thereof.
PSA 50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
PSA 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
PSA 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and
thou shalt glorify me.
PSA 50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my
statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
PSA 50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
PSA 50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast
been partaker with adulterers.
PSA 50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
PSA 50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine
own mother's son.
PSA 50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest
that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and
set them in order before thine eyes.
PSA 50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces,
and there be none to deliver.
PSA 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his
conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
PSA 51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according
unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
PSA 51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
PSA 51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
PSA 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy
sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when
thou judgest.
PSA 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive
me.
PSA 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden
part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
PSA 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be
whiter than snow.
PSA 51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast
broken may rejoice.
PSA 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
PSA 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within
me.
PSA 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit
from me.
PSA 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy
free spirit.
PSA 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be
converted unto thee.
PSA 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:
and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
PSA 51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
PSA 51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou
delightest not in burnt offering.
PSA 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
PSA 51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of
Jerusalem.
PSA 51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks
upon thine altar.
PSA 52:1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of
God endureth continually.
PSA 52:2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working
deceitfully.
PSA 52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak
righteousness. Selah.
PSA 52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
PSA 52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee
away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land
of the living. Selah.
PSA 52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
PSA 52:7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted
in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
PSA 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the
mercy of God for ever and ever.
PSA 52:9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will
wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
PSA 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are
they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
PSA 53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there
were any that did understand, that did seek God.
PSA 53:3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
PSA 53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as
they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
PSA 53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath
scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to
shame, because God hath despised them.
PSA 53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God
bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel
shall be glad.
PSA 54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
PSA 54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
PSA 54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my
soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
PSA 54:4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my
soul.
PSA 54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
PSA 54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD;
for it is good.
PSA 54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen
his desire upon mine enemies.
PSA 55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my
supplication.
PSA 55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a
noise;
PSA 55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the
wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
PSA 55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are
fallen upon me.
PSA 55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath
overwhelmed me.
PSA 55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly
away, and be at rest.
PSA 55:7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
PSA 55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
PSA 55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence
and strife in the city.
PSA 55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also
and sorrow are in the midst of it.
PSA 55:11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from
her streets.
PSA 55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne
it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then
I would have hid myself from him:
PSA 55:13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
PSA 55:14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in
company.
PSA 55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for
wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
PSA 55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
PSA 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and
he shall hear my voice.
PSA 55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against
me: for there were many with me.
PSA 55:19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old.
Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
PSA 55:20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he
hath broken his covenant.
PSA 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his
heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
PSA 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall
never suffer the righteous to be moved.
PSA 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust
in thee.
PSA 56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting
daily oppresseth me.
PSA 56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight
against me, O thou most High.
PSA 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
PSA 56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not
fear what flesh can do unto me.
PSA 56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for
evil.
PSA 56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my
steps, when they wait for my soul.
PSA 56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O
God.
PSA 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are
they not in thy book?
PSA 56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know;
for God is for me.
PSA 56:10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
PSA 56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do
unto me.
PSA 56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
PSA 56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my
feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
PSA 57:1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth
in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these
calamities be overpast.
PSA 57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things
for me.
PSA 57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that
would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
PSA 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on
fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their
tongue a sharp sword.
PSA 57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all
the earth.
PSA 57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they
have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen
themselves. Selah.
PSA 57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give
praise.
PSA 57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake
early.
PSA 57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee
among the nations.
PSA 57:10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the
clouds.
PSA 57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above
all the earth.
PSA 58:1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge
uprightly, O ye sons of men?
PSA 58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands
in the earth.
PSA 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as
they be born, speaking lies.
PSA 58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf
adder that stoppeth her ear;
PSA 58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so
wisely.
PSA 58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth
of the young lions, O LORD.
PSA 58:7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth
his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
PSA 58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the
untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
PSA 58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with
a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
PSA 58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall
wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
PSA 58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
PSA 59:1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise
up against me.
PSA 59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
PSA 59:3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered
against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
PSA 59:4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help
me, and behold.
PSA 59:5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to
visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
PSA 59:6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round
about the city.
PSA 59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips:
for who, say they, doth hear?
PSA 59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the
heathen in derision.
PSA 59:9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
PSA 59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire
upon mine enemies.
PSA 59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and
bring them down, O Lord our shield.
PSA 59:12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even
be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
PSA 59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let
them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
PSA 59:14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a
dog, and go round about the city.
PSA 59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not
satisfied.
PSA 59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy
in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my
trouble.
PSA 59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and
the God of my mercy.
PSA 60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been
displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
PSA 60:2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the
breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
PSA 60:3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink
the wine of astonishment.
PSA 60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be
displayed because of the truth. Selah.
PSA 60:5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear
me.
PSA 60:6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide
Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
PSA 60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of
mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
PSA 60:8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia,
triumph thou because of me.
PSA 60:9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
PSA 60:10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God,
which didst not go out with our armies?
PSA 60:11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
PSA 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread
down our enemies.
PSA 61:1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
PSA 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is
overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
PSA 61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the
enemy.
PSA 61:4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert
of thy wings. Selah.
PSA 61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage
of those that fear thy name.
PSA 61:6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
PSA 61:7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which
may preserve him.
PSA 61:8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily
perform my vows.
PSA 62:1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
PSA 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be
greatly moved.
PSA 62:3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain
all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
PSA 62:4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight
in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
PSA 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
PSA 62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be
moved.
PSA 62:7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my
refuge, is in God.
PSA 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him:
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
PSA 62:9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a
lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
PSA 62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches
increase, set not your heart upon them.
PSA 62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth
unto God.
PSA 62:12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every
man according to his work.
PSA 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for
thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
PSA 63:2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the
sanctuary.
PSA 63:3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise
thee.
PSA 63:4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy
name.
PSA 63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth
shall praise thee with joyful lips:
PSA 63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night
watches.
PSA 63:7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings
will I rejoice.
PSA 63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
PSA 63:9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower
parts of the earth.
PSA 63:10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
PSA 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him
shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
PSA 64:1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the
enemy.
PSA 64:2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection
of the workers of iniquity:
PSA 64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot
their arrows, even bitter words:
PSA 64:4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot
at him, and fear not.
PSA 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying
snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
PSA 64:6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both
the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
PSA 64:7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be
wounded.
PSA 64:8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that
see them shall flee away.
PSA 64:9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they
shall wisely consider of his doing.
PSA 64:10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and
all the upright in heart shall glory.
PSA 65:1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow
be performed.
PSA 65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
PSA 65:3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt
purge them away.
PSA 65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto
thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the
goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
PSA 65:5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our
salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them
that are afar off upon the sea:
PSA 65:6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with
power:
PSA 65:7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and
the tumult of the people.
PSA 65:8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:
thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
PSA 65:9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it
with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when
thou hast so provided for it.
PSA 65:10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the
furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the
springing thereof.
PSA 65:11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop
fatness.
PSA 65:12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills
rejoice on every side.
PSA 65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered
over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
PSA 66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
PSA 66:2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
PSA 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the
greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
PSA 66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they
shall sing to thy name. Selah.
PSA 66:5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the
children of men.
PSA 66:6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot:
there did we rejoice in him.
PSA 66:7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not
the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
PSA 66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be
heard:
PSA 66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be
moved.
PSA 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is
tried.
PSA 66:11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our
loins.
PSA 66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire
and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
PSA 66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my
vows,
PSA 66:14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in
trouble.
PSA 66:15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the
incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
PSA 66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath
done for my soul.
PSA 66:17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
PSA 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
PSA 66:19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my
prayer.
PSA 66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy
from me.
PSA 67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine
upon us; Selah.
PSA 67:2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all
nations.
PSA 67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
PSA 67:4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the
people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
PSA 67:5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
PSA 67:6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God,
shall bless us.
PSA 67:7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
PSA 68:1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate
him flee before him.
PSA 68:2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before
the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
PSA 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let
them exceedingly rejoice.
PSA 68:4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon
the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
PSA 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his
holy habitation.
PSA 68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are
bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
PSA 68:7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst
march through the wilderness; Selah:
PSA 68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God:
even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
PSA 68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm
thine inheritance, when it was weary.
PSA 68:10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of
thy goodness for the poor.
PSA 68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that
published it.
PSA 68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided
the spoil.
PSA 68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of
a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
PSA 68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in
Salmon.
PSA 68:15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill
of Bashan.
PSA 68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to
dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
PSA 68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels:
the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
PSA 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou
hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God
might dwell among them.
PSA 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the
God of our salvation. Selah.
PSA 68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord
belong the issues from death.
PSA 68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of
such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
PSA 68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my
people again from the depths of the sea:
PSA 68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the
tongue of thy dogs in the same.
PSA 68:24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my
King, in the sanctuary.
PSA 68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
PSA 68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain
of Israel.
PSA 68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and
their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
PSA 68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which
thou hast wrought for us.
PSA 68:29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto
thee.
PSA 68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the
calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver:
scatter thou the people that delight in war.
PSA 68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her
hands unto God.
PSA 68:32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the
Lord; Selah:
PSA 68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old;
lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
PSA 68:34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his
strength is in the clouds.
PSA 68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel
is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
PSA 69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
PSA 69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep
waters, where the floods overflow me.
PSA 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I
wait for my God.
PSA 69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine
head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:
then I restored that which I took not away.
PSA 69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from
thee.
PSA 69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for
my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of
Israel.
PSA 69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my
face.
PSA 69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my
mother's children.
PSA 69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches
of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
PSA 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my
reproach.
PSA 69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
PSA 69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song
of the drunkards.
PSA 69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable
time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy
salvation.
PSA 69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered
from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
PSA 69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me
up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
PSA 69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
PSA 69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me
speedily.
PSA 69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine
enemies.
PSA 69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine
adversaries are all before thee.
PSA 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I
looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I
found none.
PSA 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me
vinegar to drink.
PSA 69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should
have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
PSA 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins
continually to shake.
PSA 69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger
take hold of them.
PSA 69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
PSA 69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the
grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
PSA 69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy
righteousness.
PSA 69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be
written with the righteous.
PSA 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on
high.
PSA 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with
thanksgiving.
PSA 69:31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that
hath horns and hoofs.
PSA 69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live
that seek God.
PSA 69:33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
PSA 69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that
moveth therein.
PSA 69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that
they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
PSA 69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love
his name shall dwell therein.
PSA 70:1 MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.
PSA 70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them
be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
PSA 70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha,
aha.
PSA 70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let
such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
PSA 70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help
and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
PSA 71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
PSA 71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline
thine ear unto me, and save me.
PSA 71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:
thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
PSA 71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand
of the unrighteous and cruel man.
PSA 71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
PSA 71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me
out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
PSA 71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
PSA 71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the
day.
PSA 71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my
strength faileth.
PSA 71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my
soul take counsel together,
PSA 71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is
none to deliver him.
PSA 71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
PSA 71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
PSA 71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
PSA 71:15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all
the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
PSA 71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of
thy righteousness, even of thine only.
PSA 71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I
declared thy wondrous works.
PSA 71:18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until
I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one
that is to come.
PSA 71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great
things: O God, who is like unto thee!
PSA 71:20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me
again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
PSA 71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
PSA 71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God:
unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
PSA 71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul,
which thou hast redeemed.
PSA 71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for
they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
PSA 72:1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the
king's son.
PSA 72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with
judgment.
PSA 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills,
by righteousness.
PSA 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children
of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
PSA 72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout
all generations.
PSA 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that
water the earth.
PSA 72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so
long as the moon endureth.
PSA 72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto
the ends of the earth.
PSA 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his
enemies shall lick the dust.
PSA 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the
kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
PSA 72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve
him.
PSA 72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and
him that hath no helper.
PSA 72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the
needy.
PSA 72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious
shall their blood be in his sight.
PSA 72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba:
prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
PSA 72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the
mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city
shall flourish like grass of the earth.
PSA 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long
as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him
blessed.
PSA 72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous
things.
PSA 72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth
be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
PSA 72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
PSA 73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
PSA 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh
slipped.
PSA 73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the
wicked.
PSA 73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
PSA 73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like
other men.
PSA 73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth
them as a garment.
PSA 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could
wish.
PSA 73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they
speak loftily.
PSA 73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh
through the earth.
PSA 73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are
wrung out to them.
PSA 73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most
High?
PSA 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they
increase in riches.
PSA 73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in
innocency.
PSA 73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every
morning.
PSA 73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of thy children.
PSA 73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
PSA 73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
PSA 73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them
down into destruction.
PSA 73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are
utterly consumed with terrors.
PSA 73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou
shalt despise their image.
PSA 73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
PSA 73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
PSA 73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my
right hand.
PSA 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to
glory.
PSA 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I
desire beside thee.
PSA 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my
heart, and my portion for ever.
PSA 73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast
destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
PSA 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust
in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
PSA 74:1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke
against the sheep of thy pasture?
PSA 74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod
of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou
hast dwelt.
PSA 74:3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the
enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
PSA 74:4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up
their ensigns for signs.
PSA 74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick
trees.
PSA 74:6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and
hammers.
PSA 74:7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting
down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
PSA 74:8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have
burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
PSA 74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there
among us any that knoweth how long.
PSA 74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy
blaspheme thy name for ever?
PSA 74:11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of
thy bosom.
PSA 74:12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the
earth.
PSA 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads
of the dragons in the waters.
PSA 74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be
meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
PSA 74:15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty
rivers.
PSA 74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the
light and the sun.
PSA 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer
and winter.
PSA 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the
foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
PSA 74:19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the
wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
PSA 74:20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are
full of the habitations of cruelty.
PSA 74:21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy
praise thy name.
PSA 74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man
reproacheth thee daily.
PSA 74:23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise
up against thee increaseth continually.
PSA 75:1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for
that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
PSA 75:2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
PSA 75:3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up
the pillars of it. Selah.
PSA 75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift
not up the horn:
PSA 75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
PSA 75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor
from the south.
PSA 75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
PSA 75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it
is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof,
all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
PSA 75:9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
PSA 75:10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns
of the righteous shall be exalted.
PSA 76:1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
PSA 76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
PSA 76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and
the battle. Selah.
PSA 76:4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
PSA 76:5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none
of the men of might have found their hands.
PSA 76:6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast
into a dead sleep.
PSA 76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight
when once thou art angry?
PSA 76:8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth
feared, and was still,
PSA 76:9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
PSA 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath
shalt thou restrain.
PSA 76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him
bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
PSA 76:12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings
of the earth.
PSA 77:1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he
gave ear unto me.
PSA 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the
night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
PSA 77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was
overwhelmed. Selah.
PSA 77:4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
PSA 77:5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
PSA 77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own
heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
PSA 77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
PSA 77:8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
PSA 77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his
tender mercies? Selah.
PSA 77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years
of the right hand of the most High.
PSA 77:11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy
wonders of old.
PSA 77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
PSA 77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our
God?
PSA 77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength
among the people.
PSA 77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and
Joseph. Selah.
PSA 77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid:
the depths also were troubled.
PSA 77:17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine
arrows also went abroad.
PSA 77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened
the world: the earth trembled and shook.
PSA 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy
footsteps are not known.
PSA 77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
PSA 78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of
my mouth.
PSA 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
PSA 78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
PSA 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation
to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works
that he hath done.
PSA 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in
Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known
to their children:
PSA 78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which
should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
PSA 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of
God, but keep his commandments:
PSA 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious
generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit
was not stedfast with God.
PSA 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back
in the day of battle.
PSA 78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
PSA 78:11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
PSA 78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land
of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
PSA 78:13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the
waters to stand as an heap.
PSA 78:14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with
a light of fire.
PSA 78:15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out
of the great depths.
PSA 78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run
down like rivers.
PSA 78:17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High
in the wilderness.
PSA 78:18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
PSA 78:19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table
in the wilderness?
PSA 78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the
streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his
people?
PSA 78:21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled
against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
PSA 78:22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
PSA 78:23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors
of heaven,
PSA 78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them
of the corn of heaven.
PSA 78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
PSA 78:26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he
brought in the south wind.
PSA 78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as
the sand of the sea:
PSA 78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their
habitations.
PSA 78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own
desire;
PSA 78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was
yet in their mouths,
PSA 78:31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and
smote down the chosen men of Israel.
PSA 78:32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous
works.
PSA 78:33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in
trouble.
PSA 78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and
enquired early after God.
PSA 78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their
redeemer.
PSA 78:36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied
unto him with their tongues.
PSA 78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast
in his covenant.
PSA 78:38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and
destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not
stir up all his wrath.
PSA 78:39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth
away, and cometh not again.
PSA 78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him
in the desert!
PSA 78:41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of
Israel.
PSA 78:42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them
from the enemy.
PSA 78:43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field
of Zoan.
PSA 78:44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they
could not drink.
PSA 78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and
frogs, which destroyed them.
PSA 78:46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour
unto the locust.
PSA 78:47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with
frost.
PSA 78:48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot
thunderbolts.
PSA 78:49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and
indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
PSA 78:50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but
gave their life over to the pestilence;
PSA 78:51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength
in the tabernacles of Ham:
PSA 78:52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them
in the wilderness like a flock.
PSA 78:53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea
overwhelmed their enemies.
PSA 78:54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this
mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
PSA 78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an
inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
PSA 78:56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his
testimonies:
PSA 78:57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they
were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
PSA 78:58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him
to jealousy with their graven images.
PSA 78:59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
PSA 78:60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he
placed among men;
PSA 78:61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the
enemy's hand.
PSA 78:62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his
inheritance.
PSA 78:63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given
to marriage.
PSA 78:64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no
lamentation.
PSA 78:65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that
shouteth by reason of wine.
PSA 78:66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a
perpetual reproach.
PSA 78:67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the
tribe of Ephraim:
PSA 78:68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
PSA 78:69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which
he hath established for ever.
PSA 78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
PSA 78:71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed
Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
PSA 78:72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided
them by the skilfulness of his hands.
PSA 79:1 O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple
have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
PSA 79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the
fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
PSA 79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and
there was none to bury them.
PSA 79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision
to them that are round about us.
PSA 79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn
like fire?
PSA 79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and
upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
PSA 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
PSA 79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies
speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
PSA 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and
deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
PSA 79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be
known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy
servants which is shed.
PSA 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the
greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
PSA 79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their
reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
PSA 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for
ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
PSA 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a
flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
PSA 80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and
come and save us.
PSA 80:3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be
saved.
PSA 80:4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer
of thy people?
PSA 80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to
drink in great measure.
PSA 80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh
among themselves.
PSA 80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved.
PSA 80:8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the
heathen, and planted it.
PSA 80:9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep
root, and it filled the land.
PSA 80:10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof
were like the goodly cedars.
PSA 80:11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the
river.
PSA 80:12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which
pass by the way do pluck her?
PSA 80:13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the
field doth devour it.
PSA 80:14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and
behold, and visit this vine;
PSA 80:15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch
that thou madest strong for thyself.
PSA 80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of
thy countenance.
PSA 80:17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man
whom thou madest strong for thyself.
PSA 80:18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon
thy name.
PSA 80:19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved.
PSA 81:1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of
Jacob.
PSA 81:2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with
the psaltery.
PSA 81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our
solemn feast day.
PSA 81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
PSA 81:5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through
the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
PSA 81:6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from
the pots.
PSA 81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee
in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah.
Selah.
PSA 81:8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou
wilt hearken unto me;
PSA 81:9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any
strange god.
PSA 81:10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
PSA 81:11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none
of me.
PSA 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked
in their own counsels.
PSA 81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my
ways!
PSA 81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against
their adversaries.
PSA 81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him:
but their time should have endured for ever.
PSA 81:16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with
honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
PSA 82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the
gods.
PSA 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the
wicked? Selah.
PSA 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and
needy.
PSA 82:4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
PSA 82:5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in
darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
PSA 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most
High.
PSA 82:7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
PSA 82:8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
PSA 83:1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O
God.
PSA 83:2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have
lifted up the head.
PSA 83:3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted
against thy hidden ones.
PSA 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation;
that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
PSA 83:5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are
confederate against thee:
PSA 83:6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the
Hagarenes;
PSA 83:7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of
Tyre;
PSA 83:8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot.
Selah.
PSA 83:9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at
the brook of Kison:
PSA 83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
PSA 83:11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes
as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
PSA 83:12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
PSA 83:13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
PSA 83:14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains
on fire;
PSA 83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy
storm.
PSA 83:16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
PSA 83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put
to shame, and perish:
PSA 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the
most high over all the earth.
PSA 84:1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
PSA 84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my
heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
PSA 84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for
herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my
King, and my God.
PSA 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising
thee. Selah.
PSA 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the
ways of them.
PSA 84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also
filleth the pools.
PSA 84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion
appeareth before God.
PSA 84:8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
PSA 84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
PSA 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
PSA 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and
glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
PSA 84:12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
PSA 85:1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back
the captivity of Jacob.
PSA 85:2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all
their sin. Selah.
PSA 85:3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the
fierceness of thine anger.
PSA 85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to
cease.
PSA 85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger
to all generations?
PSA 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
PSA 85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
PSA 85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace
unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
PSA 85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell
in our land.
PSA 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.
PSA 85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look
down from heaven.
PSA 85:12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall
yield her increase.
PSA 85:13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of
his steps.
PSA 86:1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
PSA 86:2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that
trusteth in thee.
PSA 86:3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
PSA 86:4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up
my soul.
PSA 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in
mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
PSA 86:6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my
supplications.
PSA 86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer
me.
PSA 86:8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are
there any works like unto thy works.
PSA 86:9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O
Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
PSA 86:10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
PSA 86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart
to fear thy name.
PSA 86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will
glorify thy name for evermore.
PSA 86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul
from the lowest hell.
PSA 86:14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent
men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
PSA 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long
suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
PSA 86:16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy
servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
PSA 86:17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be
ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
PSA 87:1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
PSA 87:2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of
Jacob.
PSA 87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
PSA 87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold
Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
PSA 87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and
the highest himself shall establish her.
PSA 87:6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man
was born there. Selah.
PSA 87:7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all
my springs are in thee.
PSA 88:1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
PSA 88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
PSA 88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the
grave.
PSA 88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that
hath no strength:
PSA 88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou
rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
PSA 88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
PSA 88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy
waves. Selah.
PSA 88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me
an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
PSA 88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily
upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
PSA 88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise
thee? Selah.
PSA 88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy
faithfulness in destruction?
PSA 88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the
land of forgetfulness?
PSA 88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my
prayer prevent thee.
PSA 88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from
me?
PSA 88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy
terrors I am distracted.
PSA 88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
PSA 88:17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about
together.
PSA 88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance
into darkness.
PSA 89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I
make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
PSA 89:2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness
shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
PSA 89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my
servant,
PSA 89:4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all
generations. Selah.
PSA 89:5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness
also in the congregation of the saints.
PSA 89:6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the
sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
PSA 89:7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be
had in reverence of all them that are about him.
PSA 89:8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy
faithfulness round about thee?
PSA 89:9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou
stillest them.
PSA 89:10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast
scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
PSA 89:11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and
the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
PSA 89:12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon
shall rejoice in thy name.
PSA 89:13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right
hand.
PSA 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and
truth shall go before thy face.
PSA 89:15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O
LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
PSA 89:16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness
shall they be exalted.
PSA 89:17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn
shall be exalted.
PSA 89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
PSA 89:19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid
help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
PSA 89:20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
PSA 89:21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall
strengthen him.
PSA 89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness
afflict him.
PSA 89:23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that
hate him.
PSA 89:24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name
shall his horn be exalted.
PSA 89:25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the
rivers.
PSA 89:26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my
salvation.
PSA 89:27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the
earth.
PSA 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall
stand fast with him.
PSA 89:29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the
days of heaven.
PSA 89:30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
PSA 89:31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
PSA 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their
iniquity with stripes.
PSA 89:33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor
suffer my faithfulness to fail.
PSA 89:34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out
of my lips.
PSA 89:35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
PSA 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
PSA 89:37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful
witness in heaven. Selah.
PSA 89:38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine
anointed.
PSA 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned
his crown by casting it to the ground.
PSA 89:40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong
holds to ruin.
PSA 89:41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his
neighbours.
PSA 89:42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made
all his enemies to rejoice.
PSA 89:43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him
to stand in the battle.
PSA 89:44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the
ground.
PSA 89:45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him
with shame. Selah.
PSA 89:46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath
burn like fire?
PSA 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in
vain?
PSA 89:48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he
deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
PSA 89:49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto
David in thy truth?
PSA 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my
bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
PSA 89:51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have
reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
PSA 89:52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
PSA 90:1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
PSA 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed
the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
PSA 90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of
men.
PSA 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is
past, and as a watch in the night.
PSA 90:5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the
morning they are like grass which groweth up.
PSA 90:6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is
cut down, and withereth.
PSA 90:7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
PSA 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the
light of thy countenance.
PSA 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as
a tale that is told.
PSA 90:10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason
of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow;
for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
PSA 90:11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so
is thy wrath.
PSA 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
PSA 90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy
servants.
PSA 90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad
all our days.
PSA 90:15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,
and the years wherein we have seen evil.
PSA 90:16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their
children.
PSA 90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish
thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou
it.
PSA 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide
under the shadow of the Almighty.
PSA 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in
him will I trust.
PSA 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from
the noisome pestilence.
PSA 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou
trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
PSA 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow
that flieth by day;
PSA 91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the
destruction that wasteth at noonday.
PSA 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right
hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
PSA 91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the
wicked.
PSA 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most
High, thy habitation;
PSA 91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh
thy dwelling.
PSA 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all
thy ways.
PSA 91:12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
PSA 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the
dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
PSA 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:
I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
PSA 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
PSA 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
PSA 92:1 IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES
UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
PSA 92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness
every night,
PSA 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the
harp with a solemn sound.
PSA 92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph
in the works of thy hands.
PSA 92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
PSA 92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
PSA 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of
iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
PSA 92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
PSA 92:9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish;
all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
PSA 92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be
anointed with fresh oil.
PSA 92:11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears
shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
PSA 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like
a cedar in Lebanon.
PSA 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the
courts of our God.
PSA 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and
flourishing;
PSA 92:15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no
unrighteousness in him.
PSA 93:1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed
with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is
stablished, that it cannot be moved.
PSA 93:2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
PSA 93:3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their
voice; the floods lift up their waves.
PSA 93:4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than
the mighty waves of the sea.
PSA 93:5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD,
for ever.
PSA 94:1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance
belongeth, shew thyself.
PSA 94:2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the
proud.
PSA 94:3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
PSA 94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers
of iniquity boast themselves?
PSA 94:5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
PSA 94:6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
PSA 94:7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob
regard it.
PSA 94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye
be wise?
PSA 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye,
shall he not see?
PSA 94:10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that
teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
PSA 94:11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
PSA 94:12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him
out of thy law;
PSA 94:13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the
pit be digged for the wicked.
PSA 94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake
his inheritance.
PSA 94:15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in
heart shall follow it.
PSA 94:16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up
for me against the workers of iniquity?
PSA 94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in
silence.
PSA 94:18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
PSA 94:19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my
soul.
PSA 94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which
frameth mischief by a law?
PSA 94:21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
and condemn the innocent blood.
PSA 94:22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
PSA 94:23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them
off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
PSA 95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the
rock of our salvation.
PSA 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful
noise unto him with psalms.
PSA 95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
PSA 95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the
hills is his also.
PSA 95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
PSA 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our
maker.
PSA 95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the
sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
PSA 95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of
temptation in the wilderness:
PSA 95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
PSA 95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is
a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
PSA 95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my
rest.
PSA 96:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
PSA 96:2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day
to day.
PSA 96:3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
PSA 96:4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared
above all gods.
PSA 96:5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the
heavens.
PSA 96:6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his
sanctuary.
PSA 96:7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD
glory and strength.
PSA 96:8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an
offering, and come into his courts.
PSA 96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all
the earth.
PSA 96:10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall
be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people
righteously.
PSA 96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea
roar, and the fulness thereof.
PSA 96:12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the
trees of the wood rejoice
PSA 96:13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he
shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
PSA 97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles
be glad thereof.
PSA 97:2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment
are the habitation of his throne.
PSA 97:3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
PSA 97:4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
PSA 97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the
presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
PSA 97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his
glory.
PSA 97:7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast
themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
PSA 97:8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because
of thy judgments, O LORD.
PSA 97:9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far
above all gods.
PSA 97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his
saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
PSA 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in
heart.
PSA 97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness.
PSA 98:1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things:
his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
PSA 98:2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he
openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
PSA 98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of
Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
PSA 98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud
noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
PSA 98:5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a
psalm.
PSA 98:6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the
LORD, the King.
PSA 98:7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that
dwell therein.
PSA 98:8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
PSA 98:9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness
shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
PSA 99:1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the
cherubims; let the earth be moved.
PSA 99:2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
PSA 99:3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
PSA 99:4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity,
thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
PSA 99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is
holy.
PSA 99:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call
upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
PSA 99:7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies,
and the ordinance that he gave them.
PSA 99:8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest
them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
PSA 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD
our God is holy.
PSA 100:1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
PSA 100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
PSA 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not
we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
PSA 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with
praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
PSA 100:5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth
endureth to all generations.
PSA 101:1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
PSA 101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come
unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
PSA 101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them
that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
PSA 101:4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked
person.
PSA 101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that
hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
PSA 101:6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may
dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
PSA 101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that
telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
PSA 101:8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off
all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
PSA 102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
PSA 102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline
thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
PSA 102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an
hearth.
PSA 102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to
eat my bread.
PSA 102:5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
PSA 102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the
desert.
PSA 102:7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
PSA 102:8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against
me are sworn against me.
PSA 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with
weeping.
PSA 102:10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me
up, and cast me down.
PSA 102:11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like
grass.
PSA 102:12 But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto
all generations.
PSA 102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour
her, yea, the set time, is come.
PSA 102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust
thereof.
PSA 102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings
of the earth thy glory.
PSA 102:16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
PSA 102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their
prayer.
PSA 102:18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people
which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
PSA 102:19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from
heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
PSA 102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are
appointed to death;
PSA 102:21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in
Jerusalem;
PSA 102:22 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve
the LORD.
PSA 102:23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
PSA 102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy
years are throughout all generations.
PSA 102:25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens
are the work of thy hands.
PSA 102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall
wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall
be changed:
PSA 102:27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
PSA 102:28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall
be established before thee.
PSA 103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy
name.
PSA 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
PSA 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
PSA 103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with
lovingkindness and tender mercies;
PSA 103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is
renewed like the eagle's.
PSA 103:6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are
oppressed.
PSA 103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of
Israel.
PSA 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in
mercy.
PSA 103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
PSA 103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according
to our iniquities.
PSA 103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy
toward them that fear him.
PSA 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our
transgressions from us.
PSA 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them
that fear him.
PSA 103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
PSA 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he
flourisheth.
PSA 103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof
shall know it no more.
PSA 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon
them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
PSA 103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his
commandments to do them.
PSA 103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom
ruleth over all.
PSA 103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his
commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
PSA 103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do
his pleasure.
PSA 103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless
the LORD, O my soul.
PSA 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou
art clothed with honour and majesty.
PSA 104:2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest
out the heavens like a curtain:
PSA 104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the
clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
PSA 104:4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
PSA 104:5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed
for ever.
PSA 104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood
above the mountains.
PSA 104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted
away.
PSA 104:8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the
place which thou hast founded for them.
PSA 104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn
not again to cover the earth.
PSA 104:10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
PSA 104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench
their thirst.
PSA 104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which
sing among the branches.
PSA 104:13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied
with the fruit of thy works.
PSA 104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the
service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
PSA 104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his
face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
PSA 104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which
he hath planted;
PSA 104:17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees
are her house.
PSA 104:18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for
the conies.
PSA 104:19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
PSA 104:20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts
of the forest do creep forth.
PSA 104:21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from
God.
PSA 104:22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down
in their dens.
PSA 104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
PSA 104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them
all: the earth is full of thy riches.
PSA 104:25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping
innumerable, both small and great beasts.
PSA 104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to
play therein.
PSA 104:27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in
due season.
PSA 104:28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they
are filled with good.
PSA 104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their
breath, they die, and return to their dust.
PSA 104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest
the face of the earth.
PSA 104:31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice
in his works.
PSA 104:32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills,
and they smoke.
PSA 104:33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to
my God while I have my being.
PSA 104:34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
PSA 104:35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be
no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
PSA 105:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his
deeds among the people.
PSA 105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous
works.
PSA 105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the LORD.
PSA 105:4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
PSA 105:5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and
the judgments of his mouth;
PSA 105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
PSA 105:7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
PSA 105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he
commanded to a thousand generations.
PSA 105:9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
PSA 105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant:
PSA 105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance:
PSA 105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and
strangers in it.
PSA 105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to
another people;
PSA 105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for
their sakes;
PSA 105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
PSA 105:16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole
staff of bread.
PSA 105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
PSA 105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
PSA 105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
PSA 105:20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let
him go free.
PSA 105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
PSA 105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
PSA 105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of
Ham.
PSA 105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than
their enemies.
PSA 105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his
servants.
PSA 105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
PSA 105:27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
PSA 105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against
his word.
PSA 105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
PSA 105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers
of their kings.
PSA 105:31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all
their coasts.
PSA 105:32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
PSA 105:33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees
of their coasts.
PSA 105:34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without
number,
PSA 105:35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit
of their ground.
PSA 105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all
their strength.
PSA 105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not
one feeble person among their tribes.
PSA 105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon
them.
PSA 105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the
night.
PSA 105:40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with
the bread of heaven.
PSA 105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry
places like a river.
PSA 105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
PSA 105:43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with
gladness:
PSA 105:44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the
labour of the people;
PSA 105:45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye
the LORD.
PSA 106:1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever.
PSA 106:2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all
his praise?
PSA 106:3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness
at all times.
PSA 106:4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy
people: O visit me with thy salvation;
PSA 106:5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the
gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
PSA 106:6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have
done wickedly.
PSA 106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not
the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red
sea.
PSA 106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make
his mighty power to be known.
PSA 106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them
through the depths, as through the wilderness.
PSA 106:10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and
redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
PSA 106:11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them
left.
PSA 106:12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
PSA 106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
PSA 106:14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the
desert.
PSA 106:15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
PSA 106:16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the
LORD.
PSA 106:17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of
Abiram.
PSA 106:18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the
wicked.
PSA 106:19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
PSA 106:20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that
eateth grass.
PSA 106:21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in
Egypt;
PSA 106:22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red
sea.
PSA 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his
chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should
destroy them.
PSA 106:24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
PSA 106:25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice
of the LORD.
PSA 106:26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them
in the wilderness:
PSA 106:27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them
in the lands.
PSA 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices
of the dead.
PSA 106:29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the
plague brake in upon them.
PSA 106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague
was stayed.
PSA 106:31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all
generations for evermore.
PSA 106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill
with Moses for their sakes:
PSA 106:33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with
his lips.
PSA 106:34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD
commanded them:
PSA 106:35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
PSA 106:36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
PSA 106:37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
PSA 106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their
daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was
polluted with blood.
PSA 106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring
with their own inventions.
PSA 106:40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people,
insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
PSA 106:41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated
them ruled over them.
PSA 106:42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into
subjection under their hand.
PSA 106:43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their
counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
PSA 106:44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
PSA 106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according
to the multitude of his mercies.
PSA 106:46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them
captives.
PSA 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to
give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
PSA 106:48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:
and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
PSA 107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
PSA 107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the
hand of the enemy;
PSA 107:3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the
west, from the north, and from the south.
PSA 107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no
city to dwell in.
PSA 107:5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
PSA 107:6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered
them out of their distresses.
PSA 107:7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city
of habitation.
PSA 107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men!
PSA 107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with
goodness.
PSA 107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in
affliction and iron;
PSA 107:11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the
counsel of the most High:
PSA 107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell
down, and there was none to help.
PSA 107:13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them
out of their distresses.
PSA 107:14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake
their bands in sunder.
PSA 107:15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men!
PSA 107:16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in
sunder.
PSA 107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their
iniquities, are afflicted.
PSA 107:18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto
the gates of death.
PSA 107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them
out of their distresses.
PSA 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their
destructions.
PSA 107:21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men!
PSA 107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare
his works with rejoicing.
PSA 107:23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great
waters;
PSA 107:24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
PSA 107:25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up
the waves thereof.
PSA 107:26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths:
their soul is melted because of trouble.
PSA 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at
their wit's end.
PSA 107:28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them
out of their distresses.
PSA 107:29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
PSA 107:30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto
their desired haven.
PSA 107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his
wonderful works to the children of men!
PSA 107:32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and
praise him in the assembly of the elders.
PSA 107:33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry
ground;
PSA 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that
dwell therein.
PSA 107:35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground
into watersprings.
PSA 107:36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a
city for habitation;
PSA 107:37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of
increase.
PSA 107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and
suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
PSA 107:39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,
affliction, and sorrow.
PSA 107:40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the
wilderness, where there is no way.
PSA 107:41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him
families like a flock.
PSA 107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall
stop her mouth.
PSA 107:43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall
understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
PSA 108:1 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my
glory.
PSA 108:2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
PSA 108:3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing
praises unto thee among the nations.
PSA 108:4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth
unto the clouds.
PSA 108:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all
the earth;
PSA 108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and
answer me.
PSA 108:7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide
Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
PSA 108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of
mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
PSA 108:9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over
Philistia will I triumph.
PSA 108:10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
PSA 108:11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O
God, go forth with our hosts?
PSA 108:12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
PSA 108:13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread
down our enemies.
PSA 109:1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
PSA 109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are
opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
PSA 109:3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought
against me without a cause.
PSA 109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
PSA 109:5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
PSA 109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right
hand.
PSA 109:7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer
become sin.
PSA 109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
PSA 109:9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
PSA 109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek
their bread also out of their desolate places.
PSA 109:11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers
spoil his labour.
PSA 109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be
any to favour his fatherless children.
PSA 109:13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let
their name be blotted out.
PSA 109:14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and
let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
PSA 109:15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the
memory of them from the earth.
PSA 109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the
poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
PSA 109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not
in blessing, so let it be far from him.
PSA 109:18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let
it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
PSA 109:19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a
girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
PSA 109:20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and
of them that speak evil against my soul.
PSA 109:21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because
thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
PSA 109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
PSA 109:23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and
down as the locust.
PSA 109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
PSA 109:25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they
shaked their heads.
PSA 109:26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
PSA 109:27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast
done it.
PSA 109:28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be
ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
PSA 109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover
themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
PSA 109:30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise
him among the multitude.
PSA 109:31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from
those that condemn his soul.
PSA 110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool.
PSA 110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou
in the midst of thine enemies.
PSA 110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties
of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
PSA 110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever
after the order of Melchizedek.
PSA 110:5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of
his wrath.
PSA 110:6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the
dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
PSA 110:7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up
the head.
PSA 111:1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart,
in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
PSA 111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have
pleasure therein.
PSA 111:3 His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth
for ever.
PSA 111:4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is
gracious and full of compassion.
PSA 111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful
of his covenant.
PSA 111:6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give
them the heritage of the heathen.
PSA 111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments
are sure.
PSA 111:8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and
uprightness.
PSA 111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant
for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
PSA 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good
understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for
ever.
PSA 112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that
delighteth greatly in his commandments.
PSA 112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright
shall be blessed.
PSA 112:3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness
endureth for ever.
PSA 112:4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is
gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
PSA 112:5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs
with discretion.
PSA 112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in
everlasting remembrance.
PSA 112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting
in the LORD.
PSA 112:8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his
desire upon his enemies.
PSA 112:9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness
endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
PSA 112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his
teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
PSA 113:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the
name of the LORD.
PSA 113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for
evermore.
PSA 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the
LORD's name is to be praised.
PSA 113:4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
PSA 113:5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
PSA 113:6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and
in the earth!
PSA 113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out
of the dunghill;
PSA 113:8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his
people.
PSA 113:9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother
of children. Praise ye the LORD.
PSA 114:1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of
strange language;
PSA 114:2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
PSA 114:3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
PSA 114:4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
PSA 114:5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that
thou wast driven back?
PSA 114:6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like
lambs?
PSA 114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence
of the God of Jacob;
PSA 114:8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a
fountain of waters.
PSA 115:1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for
thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
PSA 115:2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
PSA 115:3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath
pleased.
PSA 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
PSA 115:5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see
not:
PSA 115:6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell
not:
PSA 115:7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk
not: neither speak they through their throat.
PSA 115:8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that
trusteth in them.
PSA 115:9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
PSA 115:10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their
shield.
PSA 115:11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and
their shield.
PSA 115:12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless
the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
PSA 115:13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
PSA 115:14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
PSA 115:15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
PSA 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he
given to the children of men.
PSA 115:17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into
silence.
PSA 115:18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
Praise the LORD.
PSA 116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my
supplications.
PSA 116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon
him as long as I live.
PSA 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold
upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
PSA 116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee,
deliver my soul.
PSA 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
PSA 116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
PSA 116:7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully
with thee.
PSA 116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears,
and my feet from falling.
PSA 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
PSA 116:10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
PSA 116:11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.
PSA 116:12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
PSA 116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the
LORD.
PSA 116:14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his
people.
PSA 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
PSA 116:16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of
thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
PSA 116:17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call
upon the name of the LORD.
PSA 116:18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his
people.
PSA 116:19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O
Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
PSA 117:1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
PSA 117:2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the
LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
PSA 118:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy
endureth for ever.
PSA 118:2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
PSA 118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
PSA 118:4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for
ever.
PSA 118:5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me
in a large place.
PSA 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
PSA 118:7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I
see my desire upon them that hate me.
PSA 118:8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
PSA 118:9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
PSA 118:10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I
destroy them.
PSA 118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the
name of the LORD I will destroy them.
PSA 118:12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of
thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
PSA 118:13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped
me.
PSA 118:14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
PSA 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the
righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
PSA 118:16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD
doeth valiantly.
PSA 118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
PSA 118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto
death.
PSA 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I
will praise the LORD:
PSA 118:20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
PSA 118:21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my
salvation.
PSA 118:22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone
of the corner.
PSA 118:23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
PSA 118:24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be
glad in it.
PSA 118:25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now
prosperity.
PSA 118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed
you out of the house of the LORD.
PSA 118:27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice
with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
PSA 118:28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will
exalt thee.
PSA 118:29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
PSA 119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the
LORD.
PSA 119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with
the whole heart.
PSA 119:3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
PSA 119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
PSA 119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
PSA 119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy
commandments.
PSA 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have
learned thy righteous judgments.
PSA 119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
PSA 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
thereto according to thy word.
PSA 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from
thy commandments.
PSA 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against
thee.
PSA 119:12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
PSA 119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
PSA 119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all
riches.
PSA 119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
PSA 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
PSA 119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy
word.
PSA 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy
law.
PSA 119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
PSA 119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at
all times.
PSA 119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy
commandments.
PSA 119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy
testimonies.
PSA 119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did
meditate in thy statutes.
PSA 119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.leth.
PSA 119:25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy
word.
PSA 119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy
statutes.
PSA 119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of
thy wondrous works.
PSA 119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto
thy word.
PSA 119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
PSA 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before
me.
PSA 119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
PSA 119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my
heart.
PSA 119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto
the end.
PSA 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall
observe it with my whole heart.
PSA 119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I
delight.
PSA 119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
PSA 119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in
thy way.
PSA 119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
PSA 119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
PSA 119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy
righteousness.
PSA 119:41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation,
according to thy word.
PSA 119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I
trust in thy word.
PSA 119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have
hoped in thy judgments.
PSA 119:44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
PSA 119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
PSA 119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be
ashamed.
PSA 119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
PSA 119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have
loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
PSA 119:49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me
to hope.
PSA 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened
me.
PSA 119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined
from thy law.
PSA 119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted
myself.
PSA 119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake
thy law.
PSA 119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
PSA 119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy
law.
PSA 119:56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
PSA 119:57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy
words.
PSA 119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me
according to thy word.
PSA 119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
PSA 119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
PSA 119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten
thy law.
PSA 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy
righteous judgments.
PSA 119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep
thy precepts.
PSA 119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
PSA 119:65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy
word.
PSA 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy
commandments.
PSA 119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
PSA 119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
PSA 119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy
precepts with my whole heart.
PSA 119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
PSA 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn
thy statutes.
PSA 119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and
silver.
PSA 119:73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding,
that I may learn thy commandments.
PSA 119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have
hoped in thy word.
PSA 119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in
faithfulness hast afflicted me.
PSA 119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,
according to thy word unto thy servant.
PSA 119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law
is my delight.
PSA 119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without
a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
PSA 119:79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known
thy testimonies.
PSA 119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
PSA 119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
PSA 119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
PSA 119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy
statutes.
PSA 119:84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute
judgment on them that persecute me?
PSA 119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
PSA 119:86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully;
help thou me.
PSA 119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy
precepts.
PSA 119:88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony
of thy mouth.
PSA 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
PSA 119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the
earth, and it abideth.
PSA 119:91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are
thy servants.
PSA 119:92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in
mine affliction.
PSA 119:93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened
me.
PSA 119:94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.
PSA 119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider
thy testimonies.
PSA 119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is
exceeding broad.
PSA 119:97 O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
PSA 119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies:
for they are ever with me.
PSA 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies
are my meditation.
PSA 119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
PSA 119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep
thy word.
PSA 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
PSA 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to
my mouth!
PSA 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every
false way.
PSA 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
PSA 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy
righteous judgments.
PSA 119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy
word.
PSA 119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O
LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
PSA 119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
PSA 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy
precepts.
PSA 119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are
the rejoicing of my heart.
PSA 119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even
unto the end.
PSA 119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
PSA 119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
PSA 119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of
my God.
PSA 119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not
be ashamed of my hope.
PSA 119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto
thy statutes continually.
PSA 119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for
their deceit is falsehood.
PSA 119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:
therefore I love thy testimonies.
PSA 119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy
judgments.
PSA 119:121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
PSA 119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
PSA 119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy
righteousness.
PSA 119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy
statutes.
PSA 119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy
testimonies.
PSA 119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy
law.
PSA 119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine
gold.
PSA 119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be
right; and I hate every false way.
PSA 119:129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
PSA 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding
unto the simple.
PSA 119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
PSA 119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do
unto those that love thy name.
PSA 119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion
over me.
PSA 119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy
precepts.
PSA 119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy
statutes.
PSA 119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy
law.
PSA 119:137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
PSA 119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very
faithful.
PSA 119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy
words.
PSA 119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
PSA 119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
PSA 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is
the truth.
PSA 119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments
are my delights.
PSA 119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me
understanding, and I shall live.
PSA 119:145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy
statutes.
PSA 119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
PSA 119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy
word.
PSA 119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy
word.
PSA 119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken
me according to thy judgment.
PSA 119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy
law.
PSA 119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
PSA 119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast
founded them for ever.
PSA 119:153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy
law.
PSA 119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
PSA 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
PSA 119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy
judgments.
PSA 119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline
from thy testimonies.
PSA 119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not
thy word.
PSA 119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to
thy lovingkindness.
PSA 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy
righteous judgments endureth for ever.
PSA 119:161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth
in awe of thy word.
PSA 119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
PSA 119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
PSA 119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous
judgments.
PSA 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend
them.
PSA 119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
PSA 119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
PSA 119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are
before thee.
PSA 119:169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding
according to thy word.
PSA 119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy
word.
PSA 119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
PSA 119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are
righteousness.
PSA 119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
PSA 119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my
delight.
PSA 119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments
help me.
PSA 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do
not forget thy commandments.
PSA 120:1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
PSA 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful
tongue.
PSA 120:3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou
false tongue?
PSA 120:4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
PSA 120:5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of
Kedar!
PSA 120:6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
PSA 120:7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
PSA 121:1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
PSA 121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
PSA 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will
not slumber.
PSA 121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
PSA 121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
PSA 121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
PSA 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy
soul.
PSA 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this
time forth, and even for evermore.
PSA 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the
LORD.
PSA 122:2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
PSA 122:3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
PSA 122:4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony
of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
PSA 122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of
David.
PSA 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
PSA 122:7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
PSA 122:8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be
within thee.
PSA 122:9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
PSA 123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
PSA 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters,
and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait
upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
PSA 123:3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are
exceedingly filled with contempt.
PSA 123:4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are
at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
PSA 124:1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
PSA 124:2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up
against us:
PSA 124:3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled
against us:
PSA 124:4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our
soul:
PSA 124:5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
PSA 124:6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
PSA 124:7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the
snare is broken, and we are escaped.
PSA 124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
PSA 125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be
removed, but abideth for ever.
PSA 125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round
about his people from henceforth even for ever.
PSA 125:3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the
righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
PSA 125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are
upright in their hearts.
PSA 125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall
lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
PSA 126:1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them
that dream.
PSA 126:2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with
singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things
for them.
PSA 126:3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
PSA 126:4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
PSA 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
PSA 126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
PSA 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:
except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
PSA 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the
bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
PSA 127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb
is his reward.
PSA 127:4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the
youth.
PSA 127:5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not
be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
PSA 128:1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his
ways.
PSA 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou
be, and it shall be well with thee.
PSA 128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house:
thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
PSA 128:4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
PSA 128:5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good
of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
PSA 128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
PSA 129:1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now
say:
PSA 129:2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not
prevailed against me.
PSA 129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
PSA 129:4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
PSA 129:5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
PSA 129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore
it groweth up:
PSA 129:7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth
sheaves his bosom.
PSA 129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon
you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
PSA 130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
PSA 130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my
supplications.
PSA 130:3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
PSA 130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
PSA 130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
PSA 130:6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the
morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
PSA 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and
with him is plenteous redemption.
PSA 130:8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
PSA 131:1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I
exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
PSA 131:2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned
of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
PSA 131:3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
PSA 132:1 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
PSA 132:2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
PSA 132:3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up
into my bed;
PSA 132:4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
PSA 132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty
God of Jacob.
PSA 132:6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the
wood.
PSA 132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
PSA 132:8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
PSA 132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints
shout for joy.
PSA 132:10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine
anointed.
PSA 132:11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it;
Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
PSA 132:12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall
teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
PSA 132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his
habitation.
PSA 132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
PSA 132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with
bread.
PSA 132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall
shout aloud for joy.
PSA 132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp
for mine anointed.
PSA 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his
crown flourish.
PSA 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity!
PSA 133:2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon
the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
PSA 133:3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the
mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for
evermore.
PSA 134:1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by
night stand in the house of the LORD.
PSA 134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
PSA 134:3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
PSA 135:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye
servants of the LORD.
PSA 135:2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house
of our God.
PSA 135:3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name;
for it is pleasant.
PSA 135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his
peculiar treasure.
PSA 135:5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all
gods.
PSA 135:6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth,
in the seas, and all deep places.
PSA 135:7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he
maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
PSA 135:8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
PSA 135:9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon
Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
PSA 135:10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
PSA 135:11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the
kingdoms of Canaan:
PSA 135:12 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his
people.
PSA 135:13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD,
throughout all generations.
PSA 135:14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself
concerning his servants.
PSA 135:15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's
hands.
PSA 135:16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see
not;
PSA 135:17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath
in their mouths.
PSA 135:18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that
trusteth in them.
PSA 135:19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of
Aaron:
PSA 135:20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the
LORD.
PSA 135:21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.
Praise ye the LORD.
PSA 136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
PSA 136:2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
PSA 136:3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
PSA 136:4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
PSA 136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
PSA 136:6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
PSA 136:7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
PSA 136:8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
PSA 136:9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
PSA 136:10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
PSA 136:11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
PSA 136:12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
PSA 136:13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
PSA 136:14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy
endureth for ever:
PSA 136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
PSA 136:16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
PSA 136:17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
PSA 136:18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
PSA 136:19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
PSA 136:20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
PSA 136:21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
PSA 136:22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
PSA 136:23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
PSA 136:24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
PSA 136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
PSA 136:26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for
ever.
PSA 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we
remembered Zion.
PSA 137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
PSA 137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;
and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the
songs of Zion.
PSA 137:4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
PSA 137:5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
PSA 137:6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
PSA 137:7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who
said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
PSA 137:8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be,
that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
PSA 137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against
the stones.
PSA 138:1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing
praise unto thee.
PSA 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy
lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all
thy name.
PSA 138:3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me
with strength in my soul.
PSA 138:4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear
the words of thy mouth.
PSA 138:5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory
of the LORD.
PSA 138:6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the
proud he knoweth afar off.
PSA 138:7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou
shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy
right hand shall save me.
PSA 138:8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD,
endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
PSA 139:1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
PSA 139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my
thought afar off.
PSA 139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with
all my ways.
PSA 139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest
it altogether.
PSA 139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
PSA 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain
unto it.
PSA 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy
presence?
PSA 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there.
PSA 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea;
PSA 139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold
me.
PSA 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall
be light about me.
PSA 139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as
the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
PSA 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my
mother's womb.
PSA 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
PSA 139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
PSA 139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy
book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when
as yet there was none of them.
PSA 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the
sum of them!
PSA 139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when
I awake, I am still with thee.
PSA 139:19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore,
ye bloody men.
PSA 139:20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy
name in vain.
PSA 139:21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved
with those that rise up against thee?
PSA 139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
PSA 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
PSA 139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting.
PSA 140:1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent
man;
PSA 140:2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they
gathered together for war.
PSA 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is
under their lips. Selah.
PSA 140:4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the
violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
PSA 140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net
by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
PSA 140:6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my
supplications, O LORD.
PSA 140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my
head in the day of battle.
PSA 140:8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked
device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
PSA 140:9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief
of their own lips cover them.
PSA 140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire;
into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
PSA 140:11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall
hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
PSA 140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and
the right of the poor.
PSA 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright
shall dwell in thy presence.
PSA 141:1 Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice,
when I cry unto thee.
PSA 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting
up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
PSA 141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
PSA 141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works
with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
PSA 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him
reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for
yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
PSA 141:6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my
words; for they are sweet.
PSA 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth
and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
PSA 141:8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust;
leave not my soul destitute.
PSA 141:9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins
of the workers of iniquity.
PSA 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal
escape.
PSA 142:1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did
I make my supplication.
PSA 142:2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my
trouble.
PSA 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.
In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
PSA 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that
would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
PSA 142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion
in the land of the living.
PSA 142:6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my
persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
PSA 142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the
righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
PSA 143:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy
faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
PSA 143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall
no man living be justified.
PSA 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down
to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been
long dead.
PSA 143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is
desolate.
PSA 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on
the work of thy hands.
PSA 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as
a thirsty land. Selah.
PSA 143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from
me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
PSA 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I
trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul
unto thee.
PSA 143:9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
PSA 143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good;
lead me into the land of uprightness.
PSA 143:11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness'
sake bring my soul out of trouble.
PSA 143:12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that
afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
PSA 144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and
my fingers to fight:
PSA 144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my
shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
PSA 144:3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of
man, that thou makest account of him!
PSA 144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
PSA 144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and
they shall smoke.
PSA 144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and
destroy them.
PSA 144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great
waters, from the hand of strange children;
PSA 144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood.
PSA 144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
PSA 144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his
servant from the hurtful sword.
PSA 144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose
mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
PSA 144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our
daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
PSA 144:13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that
our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
PSA 144:14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking
in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
PSA 144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that
people, whose God is the LORD.
PSA 145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for
ever and ever.
PSA 145:2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and
ever.
PSA 145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is
unsearchable.
PSA 145:4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare
thy mighty acts.
PSA 145:5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy
wondrous works.
PSA 145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will
declare thy greatness.
PSA 145:7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and
shall sing of thy righteousness.
PSA 145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of
great mercy.
PSA 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his
works.
PSA 145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless
thee.
PSA 145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy
power;
PSA 145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious
majesty of his kingdom.
PSA 145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.
PSA 145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be
bowed down.
PSA 145:15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in
due season.
PSA 145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living
thing.
PSA 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
PSA 145:18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call
upon him in truth.
PSA 145:19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear
their cry, and will save them.
PSA 145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will
he destroy.
PSA 145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh
bless his holy name for ever and ever.
PSA 146:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
PSA 146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God
while I have any being.
PSA 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there
is no help.
PSA 146:4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day
his thoughts perish.
PSA 146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is
in the LORD his God:
PSA 146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:
which keepeth truth for ever:
PSA 146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the
hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
PSA 146:8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that
are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
PSA 146:9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and
widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
PSA 146:10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all
generations. Praise ye the LORD.
PSA 147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for
it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
PSA 147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts
of Israel.
PSA 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
PSA 147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their
names.
PSA 147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is
infinite.
PSA 147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the
ground.
PSA 147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto
our God:
PSA 147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the
earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
PSA 147:9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
PSA 147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not
pleasure in the legs of a man.
PSA 147:11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope
in his mercy.
PSA 147:12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
PSA 147:13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy
children within thee.
PSA 147:14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest
of the wheat.
PSA 147:15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very
swiftly.
PSA 147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
PSA 147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his
cold?
PSA 147:18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to
blow, and the waters flow.
PSA 147:19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto
Israel.
PSA 147:20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments,
they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
PSA 148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him
in the heights.
PSA 148:2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
PSA 148:3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
PSA 148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the
heavens.
PSA 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they
were created.
PSA 148:6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a
decree which shall not pass.
PSA 148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
PSA 148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
PSA 148:9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
PSA 148:10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
PSA 148:11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the
earth:
PSA 148:12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
PSA 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is
excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
PSA 148:14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his
saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the
LORD.
PSA 149:1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise
in the congregation of saints.
PSA 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be
joyful in their King.
PSA 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto
him with the timbrel and harp.
PSA 149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the
meek with salvation.
PSA 149:5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their
beds.
PSA 149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword
in their hand;
PSA 149:7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the
people;
PSA 149:8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of
iron;
PSA 149:9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his
saints. Praise ye the LORD.
PSA 150:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the
firmament of his power.
PSA 150:2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his
excellent greatness.
PSA 150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the
psaltery and harp.
PSA 150:4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed
instruments and organs.
PSA 150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding
cymbals.
PSA 150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the
LORD.
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