1 Kings

Book 11        1 Kings

11:001:001 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered

           him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

11:001:002 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.

11:001:003 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of

           Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the

           king.

11:001:004 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and

           ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

11:001:005 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.

11:001:006 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.

11:001:007 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with

           Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.

11:001:008 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.

11:001:009 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:

11:001:010 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and

           Solomon his brother, he called not.

11:001:011 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?

11:001:012 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.

11:001:013 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?

11:001:014 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also

           will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

11:001:015 And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the

           king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto

           the king.

11:001:016 And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the

           king said, What wouldest thou?

11:001:017 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.

11:001:018 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king,

           thou knowest it not:

11:001:019 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.

11:001:020 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.

11:001:021 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.

11:001:022 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the

           prophet also came in.

11:001:023 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.

11:001:024 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah

           shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

11:001:025 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.

11:001:026 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah

           the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not

           called.

11:001:027 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?

11:001:028 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she

           came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

11:001:029 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath

           redeemed my soul out of all distress,

11:001:030 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.

11:001:031 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.

11:001:032 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.

11:001:033 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:

11:001:034 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.

11:001:035 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.

11:001:036 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said,

           Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.

11:001:037 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.

11:001:038 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.

11:001:039 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.

11:001:040 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.

11:001:041 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?

11:001:042 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.

11:001:043 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord

           king David hath made Solomon king.

11:001:044 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:

11:001:045 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.

11:001:046 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

11:001:047 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.

11:001:048 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.

11:001:049 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and

           rose up, and went every man his way.

11:001:050 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went,

           and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

11:001:051 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.

11:001:052 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.

11:001:053 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.

11:002:001 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he

           charged Solomon his son, saying,

11:002:002 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and

           shew thyself a man;

11:002:003 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:

11:002:004 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.

11:002:005 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.

11:002:006 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar

           head go down to the grave in peace.

11:002:007 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.

11:002:008 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.

11:002:009 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.

11:002:010 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of

           David.

11:002:011 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.

11:002:012 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his

           kingdom was established greatly.

11:002:013 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother

           of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said,

           Peaceably.

11:002:014 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she

           said, Say on.

11:002:015 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.

11:002:016 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said

           unto him, Say on.

11:002:017 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.

11:002:018 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

11:002:019 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.

11:002:020 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.

11:002:021 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah

           thy brother to wife.

11:002:022 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.

11:002:023 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.

11:002:024 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.

11:002:025 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of

           Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.

11:002:026 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.

11:002:027 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.

11:002:028 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.

11:002:029 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.

11:002:030 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.

11:002:031 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.

11:002:032 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.

11:002:033 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.

11:002:034 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.

11:002:035 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.

11:002:036 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.

11:002:037 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.

11:002:038 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.

11:002:039 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.

11:002:040 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.

11:002:041 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to

           Gath, and was come again.

11:002:042 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.

11:002:043 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the

           commandment that I have charged thee with?

11:002:044 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;

11:002:045 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David

           shall be established before the LORD for ever.

11:002:046 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.

11:003:001 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.

11:003:002 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was

           no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

11:003:003 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David

           his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high

           places.

11:003:004 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.

11:003:005 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night:

           and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

11:003:006 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.

11:003:007 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.

11:003:008 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.

11:003:009 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?

11:003:010 And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this

           thing.

11:003:011 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;

11:003:012 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.

11:003:013 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.

11:003:014 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.

11:003:015 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.

11:003:016 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king,

           and stood before him.

11:003:017 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.

11:003:018 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.

11:003:019 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid

           it.

11:003:020 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.

11:003:021 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.

11:003:022 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.

11:003:023 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.

11:003:024 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword

           before the king.

11:003:025 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give

           half to the one, and half to the other.

11:003:026 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.

11:003:027 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child,

           and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

11:003:028 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.

11:004:001 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

11:004:002 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of

           Zadok the priest,

11:004:003 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat

           the son of Ahilud, the recorder.

11:004:004 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok

           and Abiathar were the priests:

11:004:005 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud

           the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's

           friend:

11:004:006 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of

           Abda was over the tribute.

11:004:007 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.

11:004:008 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:

11:004:009 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh,

           and Elonbethhanan:

11:004:010 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all

           the land of Hepher:

11:004:011 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had

           Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:

11:004:012 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:

11:004:013 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:

11:004:014 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

11:004:015 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of

           Solomon to wife:

11:004:016 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:

11:004:017 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:

11:004:018 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

11:004:019 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.

11:004:020 Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in

           multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

11:004:021 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.

11:004:022 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of

           fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,

11:004:023 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an

           hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and

           fatted fowl.

11:004:024 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.

11:004:025 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.

11:004:026 And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his

           chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

11:004:027 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.

11:004:028 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought

           they unto the place where the officers were, every man

           according to his charge.

11:004:029 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much,

           and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea

           shore.

11:004:030 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children

           of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

11:004:031 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.

11:004:032 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a

           thousand and five.

11:004:033 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.

11:004:034 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon,

           from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

11:005:001 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.

11:005:002 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,

11:005:003 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.

11:005:004 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so

           that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

11:005:005 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.

11:005:006 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.

11:005:007 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.

11:005:008 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.

11:005:009 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.

11:005:010 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to

           all his desire.

11:005:011 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.

11:005:012 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.

11:005:013 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy

           was thirty thousand men.

11:005:014 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.

11:005:015 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens,

           and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;

11:005:016 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.

11:005:017 And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly

           stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

11:005:018 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and

           the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build

           the house.

11:006:001 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.

11:006:002 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.

11:006:003 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.

11:006:004 And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.

11:006:005 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:

11:006:006 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.

11:006:007 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.

11:006:008 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.

11:006:009 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house

           with beams and boards of cedar.

11:006:010 And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits

           high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

11:006:011 And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

11:006:012 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:

11:006:013 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not

           forsake my people Israel.

11:006:014 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.

11:006:015 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.

11:006:016 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.

11:006:017 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits

           long.

11:006:018 And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and

           open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

11:006:019 And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there

           the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

11:006:020 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.

11:006:021 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.

11:006:022 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.

11:006:023 And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree,

           each ten cubits high.

11:006:024 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.

11:006:025 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were

           of one measure and one size.

11:006:026 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of

           the other cherub.

11:006:027 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.

11:006:028 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

11:006:029 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.

11:006:030 And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and

           without.

11:006:031 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.

11:006:032 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.

11:006:033 So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive

           tree, a fourth part of the wall.

11:006:034 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.

11:006:035 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open

           flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved

           work.

11:006:036 And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone,

           and a row of cedar beams.

11:006:037 In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD

           laid, in the month Zif:

11:006:038 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.

11:007:001 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he

           finished all his house.

11:007:002 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.

11:007:003 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay

           on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

11:007:004 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against

           light in three ranks.

11:007:005 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and

           light was against light in three ranks.

11:007:006 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.

11:007:007 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.

11:007:008 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.

11:007:009 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.

11:007:010 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones,

           stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

11:007:011 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed

           stones, and cedars.

11:007:012 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.

11:007:013 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

11:007:014 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.

11:007:015 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high

           apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them

           about.

11:007:016 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:

11:007:017 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.

11:007:018 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.

11:007:019 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were

           of lily work in the porch, four cubits.

11:007:020 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.

11:007:021 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.

11:007:022 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work

           of the pillars finished.

11:007:023 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.

11:007:024 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.

11:007:025 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.

11:007:026 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.

11:007:027 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.

11:007:028 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had

           borders, and the borders were between the ledges:

11:007:029 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.

11:007:030 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.

11:007:031 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.

11:007:032 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.

11:007:033 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.

11:007:034 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one

           base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.

11:007:035 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.

11:007:036 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.

11:007:037 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one

           casting, one measure, and one size.

11:007:038 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.

11:007:039 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.

11:007:040 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:

11:007:041 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;

11:007:042 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;

11:007:043 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

11:007:044 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

11:007:045 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.

11:007:046 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay

           ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

11:007:047 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were

           exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

11:007:048 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,

11:007:049 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,

11:007:050 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.

11:007:051 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.

11:008:001 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.

11:008:002 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king

           Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the

           seventh month.

11:008:003 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the

           ark.

11:008:004 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.

11:008:005 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.

11:008:006 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.

11:008:007 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.

11:008:008 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.

11:008:009 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.

11:008:010 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the

           holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

11:008:011 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.

11:008:012 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the

           thick darkness.

11:008:013 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place

           for thee to abide in for ever.

11:008:014 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the

           congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel

           stood;)

11:008:015 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,

11:008:016 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.

11:008:017 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house

           for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

11:008:018 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.

11:008:019 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.

11:008:020 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.

11:008:021 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.

11:008:022 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:

11:008:023 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:

11:008:024 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.

11:008:025 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.

11:008:026 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be

           verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.

11:008:027 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?

11:008:028 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:

11:008:029 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.

11:008:030 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.

11:008:031 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:

11:008:032 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.

11:008:033 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:

11:008:034 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.

11:008:035 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:

11:008:036 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.

11:008:037 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;

11:008:038 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:

11:008:039 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;)

11:008:040 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the

           land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

11:008:041 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people

           Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

11:008:042 (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;

11:008:043 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.

11:008:044 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:

11:008:045 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication,

           and maintain their cause.

11:008:046 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;

11:008:047 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;

11:008:048 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:

11:008:049 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven

           thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

11:008:050 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:

11:008:051 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou

           broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace

           of iron:

11:008:052 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.

11:008:053 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.

11:008:054 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.

11:008:055 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with

           a loud voice, saying,

11:008:056 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.

11:008:057 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let

           him not leave us, nor forsake us:

11:008:058 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.

11:008:059 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:

11:008:060 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is

           God, and that there is none else.

11:008:061 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.

11:008:062 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice

           before the LORD.

11:008:063 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.

11:008:064 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.

11:008:065 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.

11:008:066 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.

11:009:001 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,

11:009:002 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had

           appeared unto him at Gibeon.

11:009:003 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.

11:009:004 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:

11:009:005 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.

11:009:006 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:

11:009:007 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:

11:009:008 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?

11:009:009 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.

11:009:010 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,

11:009:011 (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.

11:009:012 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon

           had given him; and they pleased him not.

11:009:013 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.

11:009:014 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

11:009:015 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.

11:009:016 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.

11:009:017 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

11:009:018 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

11:009:019 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.

11:009:020 And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites,

           Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the

           children of Israel,

11:009:021 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.

11:009:022 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.

11:009:023 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.

11:009:024 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.

11:009:025 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.

11:009:026 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.

11:009:027 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had

           knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

11:009:028 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four

           hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

11:010:001 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.

11:010:002 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.

11:010:003 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any

           thing hid from the king, which he told her not.

11:010:004 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and

           the house that he had built,

11:010:005 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.

11:010:006 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.

11:010:007 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.

11:010:008 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand

           continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

11:010:009 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.

11:010:010 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.

11:010:011 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir,

           brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and

           precious stones.

11:010:012 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.

11:010:013 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.

11:010:014 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was

           six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

11:010:015 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.

11:010:016 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six

           hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

11:010:017 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.

11:010:018 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid

           it with the best gold.

11:010:019 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.

11:010:020 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.

11:010:021 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.

11:010:022 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.

11:010:023 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches

           and for wisdom.

11:010:024 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which

           God had put in his heart.

11:010:025 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.

11:010:026 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.

11:010:027 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.

11:010:028 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn:

           the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

11:010:029 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.

11:011:001 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the

           daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites,

           Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

11:011:002 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.

11:011:003 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred

           concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

11:011:004 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.

11:011:005 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,

           and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.

11:011:006 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not

           fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

11:011:007 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.

11:011:008 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt

           incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

11:011:009 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was

           turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto

           him twice,

11:011:010 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should

           not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD

           commanded.

11:011:011 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.

11:011:012 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.

11:011:013 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.

11:011:014 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the

           Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.

11:011:015 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;

11:011:016 (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until

           he had cut off every male in Edom:)

11:011:017 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's

           servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little

           child.

11:011:018 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.

11:011:019 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.

11:011:020 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.

11:011:021 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.

11:011:022 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.

11:011:023 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of

           Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

11:011:024 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.

11:011:025 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.

11:011:026 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.

11:011:027 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.

11:011:028 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.

11:011:029 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:

11:011:030 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it

           in twelve pieces:

11:011:031 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:

11:011:032 (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:)

11:011:033 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.

11:011:034 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:

11:011:035 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will

           give it unto thee, even ten tribes.

11:011:036 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.

11:011:037 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all

           that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

11:011:038 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.

11:011:039 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for

           ever.

11:011:040 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.

11:011:041 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?

11:011:042 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel

           was forty years.

11:011:043 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city

           of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his

           stead.

11:012:001 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to

           Shechem to make him king.

11:012:002 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;)

11:012:003 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the

           congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

11:012:004 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.

11:012:005 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come

           again to me. And the people departed.

11:012:006 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?

11:012:007 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.

11:012:008 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:

11:012:009 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?

11:012:010 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.

11:012:011 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.

11:012:012 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.

11:012:013 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old

           men's counsel that they gave him;

11:012:014 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.

11:012:015 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.

11:012:016 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.

11:012:017 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of

           Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

11:012:018 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.

11:012:019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

11:012:020 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.

11:012:021 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.

11:012:022 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

11:012:023 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,

11:012:024 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.

11:012:025 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt

           therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

11:012:026 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return

           to the house of David:

11:012:027 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.

11:012:028 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.

11:012:029 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

11:012:030 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship

           before the one, even unto Dan.

11:012:031 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.

11:012:032 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.

11:012:033 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.

11:013:001 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.

11:013:002 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.

11:013:003 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.

11:013:004 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.

11:013:005 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.

11:013:006 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.

11:013:007 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and

           refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.

11:013:008 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:

11:013:009 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.

11:013:010 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he

           came to Bethel.

11:013:011 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.

11:013:012 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.

11:013:013 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled

           him the ass: and he rode thereon,

11:013:014 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.

11:013:015 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.

11:013:016 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:

11:013:017 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.

11:013:018 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.

11:013:019 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and

           drank water.

11:013:020 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:

11:013:021 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,

11:013:022 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.

11:013:023 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.

11:013:024 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.

11:013:025 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.

11:013:026 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.

11:013:027 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they

           saddled him.

11:013:028 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.

11:013:029 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.

11:013:030 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned

           over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

11:013:031 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:

11:013:032 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.

11:013:033 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.

11:013:034 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.

11:014:001 At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

11:014:002 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.

11:014:003 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.

11:014:004 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.

11:014:005 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.

11:014:006 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.

11:014:007 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,

11:014:008 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;

11:014:009 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:

11:014:010 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.

11:014:011 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.

11:014:012 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when

           thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

11:014:013 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.

11:014:014 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.

11:014:015 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.

11:014:016 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam,

           who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.

11:014:017 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah:

           and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child

           died;

11:014:018 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.

11:014:019 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.

11:014:020 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.

11:014:021 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.

11:014:022 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.

11:014:023 For they also built them high places, and images, and groves,

           on every high hill, and under every green tree.

11:014:024 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.

11:014:025 And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that

           Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

11:014:026 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.

11:014:027 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.

11:014:028 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.

11:014:029 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?

11:014:030 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their

           days.

11:014:031 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.

11:015:001 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat

           reigned Abijam over Judah.

11:015:002 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was

           Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

11:015:003 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.

11:015:004 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:

11:015:005 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.

11:015:006 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days

           of his life.

11:015:007 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.

11:015:008 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the

           city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

11:015:009 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned

           Asa over Judah.

11:015:010 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his

           mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

11:015:011 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as

           did David his father.

11:015:012 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed

           all the idols that his fathers had made.

11:015:013 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.

11:015:014 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart

           was perfect with the LORD all his days.

11:015:015 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.

11:015:016 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all

           their days.

11:015:017 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.

11:015:018 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,

11:015:019 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.

11:015:020 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.

11:015:021 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left

           off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

11:015:022 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.

11:015:023 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.

11:015:024 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.

11:015:025 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.

11:015:026 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.

11:015:027 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.

11:015:028 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay

           him, and reigned in his stead.

11:015:029 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